Adopted By Matthew Espinosa (Hayes Grier)

Chapter 16

"Its all her fault!" Hayes yelled to me across the room. "Hayes stop it! Its nobody's fault, especially not Charlotte's!" Nash yells back at Hayes. "Ever since you have adopted her, there has been issues!" Hayes said as he walked up to dad. "Stop! It just happened! No one could have stopped it!" Taylor said. "Yeah but he was going to pick her up!" Hayes said that I didn't know. "What?" I asked with tears down my face. "Yeah, I bet you didn't know that, did ya?" Hayes said with tears in his eyes. I ran out of the house with tears streaming down my face. "Charlotte!" Dad yelled as he started to run after me, but I didn't stop.

4 hours before*

CHARLOTTES POV.

I woke up by alarm that was set to 7:00. The funeral started at 9. After I woke up I went and had a shower, no one else was up. I went back to my room and picked out a basic black dress that ended just above the knee, with black tights underneath. I looked in the mirror and I looked terrible. I had bags under my eyes from not sleeping and me eyes were all puffy from crying. I couldn't be bothered to fix everything up, so I brushed my hair and let my long brown curly hair to just sit on my chest and I put a bit of foundation on so I didn't look totally rachit. I put on Aaron's ring that Taylor gave me the other night and put in on a chain and walked downstairs. Shawn, Taylor and Carter decided to stay over and we would go to the funeral together and meet Cam, Jack and Jack there.

I walked downstairs to see all the guys sitting there in silence, well everyone except Jack and Jack. "Hi," I said as I sat down besides Hayes. He has been ignoring me ever since the accident, I have no idea why. "We have to leave," He said as he rolled his eyes all walked away from where he was sitting. "Oh okay," I said as I got back up from the seat. All the guys were wearing suits. I decided to go in the car with dad, Nash and Hayes, Carter, Shawn and Taylor went together. I sat in the back seat with Hayes, he wouldn't even look at me.

We got out at the cemetery, tears filled my eyes as memory's started to flow back from the last time I was here. "Are you alright?" Dad asked as he wrapped his arm around my shoulder, "Yep," I lied. As we were walking I saw Nash whisper something to Hayes, he turned around at me then rolled his eyes before he turned around again, I know he was upset and everything but what was his problem.

We sat in our seats and before we knew it, everyone one sitting in the 'audience' was crying. It ended about an hour after we got there. We drove home with silence in the car, Gilinsky decided to ride with us and Johnson and Cam rode with the other guys. I sat in the middle seat in the back of the car and I could tell that Hayes was not happy, it started to annoy me that he was acting like this when we all needed each other.

We got of the car and walked inside, Shawn, Carter and Taylor were right behind us. We walked inside when Hayes broke down. He started to yell all this stuff at me and tried to blame me. The thought of that made me even more upset if that was even possible. Then I found out that Aaron was coming to pick me up, my heart broke into a million pieces. I ran out of the house with tears running down my face not stopping. I heard dad yell my name as he ran after me, but that didn't stop me. I turned around and he had stopped chasing after me.

Present*

I started running and I found myself going to Joel's house, I haven't spoken to him since the accident. I knocked on the door with tears still running down my face. He opened the door and he was shocked, "Charlotte, what's wrong?" He asked as he grabbed my hand and pulled me inside shutting the door behind me. "Everything, everything is wrong!" I yelled between sobs and cried into his chest as he pulled me into a hug. He was so warm. We stood there for a good 5 minutes, him comforting me.

"Where is Katrina?" I asked as I pulled away from the hug and wiped my tears away. "She is out with Rosie," He said as he touched my face. "No what's the matter?" He asked before we sat down on the couch. "Today was the funeral and..." I said before I started to cry again. "It's all my fault, he was coming to pick me up... and, and he crashed. And now Hayes hates me, he won't even speak to me," I said as I started to cry. "Oh Char," He said as he pulled me into another hug.

"It's not your fault, you didn't know," He said as he pulled away. "It is, it is my fault though," I told him as I looked into his dark blue eyes. He stared at me, "What?" I asked as I wiped my hair out of my face, "Um, nothing," He said as he turned the other way. "Do you want to stay here for a while?" He asked as he brought me back a glass of ice cold water. "Just an hour or so," I said as I took a sip of water trying not to cry. "However long you want," He said as he bit his lip.

MATT POV.

I tried to run after Charlotte but decided to let her go, how could Hayes do that and blame her and say all those nasty things? They were like brother and sister. I walked back in the house furious, all the guys were yelling at Hayes, even Nash. "What the heck Hayes! She didn't know that he was on the way to pick her up, who knows where she is right now!" I yelled as I sat in the chair near him. "Why is everyone so protective over her, she is 15 and not everything is about her, Aaron just..."He started to say before tears started to flow down his red cheeks. I know he didn't mean to hurt Charlotte, he was just upset. He started to cry historically, Nash then pulling him into a tight hug. None of us have ever seen Hayes like this before, I don't even think Nash has..

CHARLOTTE POV.

I woke up on a bed, my eyes opened to see Joel sitting on his laptop. I must of fell asleep. "What happened?" I asked as I ran my hand through my hair. "You fell asleep on the couch and Katrina came home so she said to take you upstairs, you were so tired you didn't even realise that I was carrying you," He said as he sat down beside me. "You carried me?" I asked surprised. "Yeah, your really light," He said with a smile. "Thanks," I said as I faked a smile. "Do you want me to walk you home?" He asked. "Yeah, that would be great," I said as I got up and walked down the stairs.