I hold her to me.
I am never letting her go again.
I can't.
Eventually a member of hotel staff comes up and asks that we vacate the roof but I hold on to her hand, at first she tries to pull away but I hold tight.
I laugh a little, hug her to me and say, "sorry, we were trying to be romantic."
And he smiles, "it's fine. We get it a lot, they put a bolt on the door for a while but half the time it's couples coming up for picnics and stuff so one of the staff took it off." He notices her blotchy face and addresses her, "are you alright m'am?"
She nods and looks at him through her hair, "I-I'm fine," she lifts her head fully and smiles, "he just proposed."
My eyes widen, "w-what?" She elbows me, "yes, I proposed."
"Really?" A huge smile spread across his face and he shakes my hand, "congratulations. I'll get you some champagne sent to your room, on the house."
"Thank you but it's really-" I start.
"No, no, we love this kind of thing here. It's standard policy." He walks towards the door we all came from.
"Why did you say that?" I shout whisper to May.
"I panicked, I figured it was the one plausible explanation of why I was crying and on the roof of a building." She pauses before adding, "that wasn't the truth."
"Right..." She tugs me towards the door and we go back to the room where everyone else waits.
The second we enter the room she turns round to run back out but I have shut the door and grab her, me and B-Hol frogmarch her to a seat on the far side of the room where she sits angrily not looking at anyone.
"What are we going to do with you?"
"Just let me go, please." She begs.
I shake my head, "now more than ever, I think you should go to hospital."
Her eyes widen and she starts talking quickly. "Noyoucan'tpleaseIcan'tgotohospitalthey'llsendmehomeandhe'llbeatmeandthenI'llneverbeabletosaveWill-"
"Woah woah, who'll beat you?"
"My dad."
"Your dad?" I say in disbelief.
"Yeah, my dad." She sighs and you can tell she's about to start a long story, "when you found me, I was running away from my dad, I'd decided to escape and raise some money, so I could look after my brother, Will. I was going to find a job and an apartment and get my brother out."
"But you still need someone to sort-"
"To sort out the crap in my head?" She snaps, "yeah, I know. That ass who nicked my bag will find nothing but anti depressants and clothes. That's why I've been so... Odd the last few days. I haven't had my meds and that sends me a little." She crosses her eyes and twiddles a finger at the side of her head.
Brian laughs a little, "no kidding. But what are we gonna do?"
"Look after her, find her a place, help her find a job." I say only to be interrupted by Brian.
"No! That's stupid." But I give him a look saying we'll talk later and he shuts up.
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Kick It Up A Notch - Starkid
RomanceWhen May runs away from home the last thing she expects is to be adopted into the Starkid family.