1 week later

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Here I was in bed crying, thinking, and being so depressed. I can't believe it's been a whole week since the incedent. I came home last night. The griers invited me and my dad over for dinner. I couldn't pass it up because they were trying so hard to get my trust and to show they were truly sorry. I didn't wanna go I haven't eaten sins I left the hospital. Dad had been drinking. Coming home every night drunk yelling at me. He hit me this morning, because I didn't get up and make him breakfast. I was currently getting ready for tonight. I haven't done anything really in my opinion all day. I got in the shower and washed my hair. I was in there for at least 30 minutes. I got out and it was 5:25 I have a good 45 minutes left I thought to myself. I put on some music and turned on my blow dryer. After I was done with that I just curled my hair. It was now 5:45. I did my makeup which was only mascara. And put on a white crop top and red high waisted shorts. I thought I look pretty good for someone who just came home from the hospital. I walked out my room and it was now 5:55 I went into my dad's room and said are you ready? He looked at me and nodded. We walked out the door and to the griers. I was nervous this was my first time seeing the griers since Wednesday (it is Friday). Dad looked at me and said "you look beautiful for now." I looked at him and just shook my head. I didn't even say thank you. I knew what he meant and i wasn't scared. I rang the door bell and hayes opened the door. He sent smiles my way. Oh I loved it when he smiled his dimples and how... stop stop you barely know the kid hazel stop. Hayes finally spoke after the staring. Lol. "You guys can come in, how rude of me. Sorry. Um were still making dinner. But we're all in the family room." I just smiled and walked into the kitchen. Hayes and my dad went somewhere right I went left. Probably to the family room. I saw mrs. Grier trying to do a million things so I went up to her and stirred the mashed potatoes why she went to the oven. She looked at me and smiled and said "thank you this means a lot. You know mom's got to make dinner all the time no help when you live with boys." I looked at her and laughed a little bit and said " anytime mrs. Grier. I'd love to make dinner for you one night." I sent smiles her way and kept going "your really an inspiration the way you handle 4 kids and them all famous. If you were my mother I would help you everyday with out hesitation. I'd want to spent every moment with you. Whenever I wasn't touring. I'd love you just like I love my mom." I finish and she hugged me and said " call me liz and I would love you as a child you can take hayes place." We both laughed and hayes said "hey mommy I thought you loved me." He made puppy dog eyes. I laughed and smiled and liz said "hayes I love you but your a handful." Hayes spoke "that's why you love me." I just laughed at them and they both laughed with me. Hayes set the table and I helped liz finish dinner. I think I'm gonna like dinner tonight I thought and then smiled. We all gathered into the big kitchen. When I say big I meant huge. We all sat down. I was next to hayes and skye. Skye was next to nash. Next to nash was will. Next to will was my dad. Next to my dad was liz. And next to liz was hayes. We all got are food and started to talk. I looked at hayes and said " if you could have any super power what would it be?" He looked at me and said "that's a hard one." I smiled. Nash said "I would want to fly." I nodded in agreement and said " just imagine flying over the Empire state building or the Eiffel Tower. Seeing the beautiful scenery and smelling flowers. Taking people's hats. It would be the best." Everyone looked at me and smiled and nodded. Hayes said " but what if you could read minds? And got to know everyone's thoughts. That would be awesome." I looked at him in shock and said " hayes sorry to break this to you but not everyone's minds are innocent. I rather not know what someone is thinking. So then if it's dirty I don't needa know let alone wanna know I'm good with my innocent mind." I said and smiled and skye said "your mind isn't innocent hazel we all know that." I looked at her in pure shock. What have the Grier been teaching each other. Nash spoke "haha skye you can read people or something?" Skye said "I'm psychic Nash." Everyone laughed. My dad was some what silent the whole night. I had fun. We talked for about another hour we laughed a lot. Took vines. Photos. I played with skye. It was honestly the best night at the griers I've ever had. But then again I've only ever been at the griers once. Lol. Then it was time to go. I hugged liz and said "thank you so much for dinner. You are such a great cook. I loved talking to you. You made this a really good day for me. And I haven't been having many good day lately so thank you for everything." She hugged me and spoke " anytime hazel thank you so much for coming I'm so sorry about what happened we all feel bad. We want you to come over more and I want you to be like my step daughter. If you wanted I could do mother things with you. But I would never take your mother's place." I smiled at her and said "I would like that a lot liz I miss my mom and I just need someone to fill that hole. I would love to come over and help you make dinner every night. I'm always avalible to babysit skye for you. She smiled and said "I would like that." I moved on to hayes and hugged him and said "thanks for having me and for the fun night." He smiled and looked at me and said "anytime there Hazel Grace Lancaster. Friends?" I smiled and said "bestfriendz." He smiled and spoke "did you just say the s as a z?" I laughed and said "yep that means I'm your true bestie." He laughed. I moved to nash and hugged him and i spoke "nice talking to you. Your very interesting. Friends?" Nash said no bestiezzzzz!!" I laughed and said "bestiezzzzz!! It is" I moved to skye I hugged her and said "your so cute I love you and we should hangout all the time. Your my favorite grier." I whispered the last part. She laughed and said "yesss love you too and yesss." I smiled and moved over to will my last person. We hugged and he said "bye" and i said "see you" dad said "bye everyone thank you." We walked out the door and to the house. I walked in first. Dad right behind me he closed the door and looked at me and then smacked me. I fell to the floor because of the impact. I looked at him confused. He yelled "your a disgrace, Elizabeth doesn't love you. She didn't mean anything she said. She just wants to build up your confidence and then rip it apart. The grier boys don't want to be your frined. Elizabeth probably paid them to act so nice to you. I know for a fact because will told me. They could care less if you died or not no one loves you. Your just a fuck up and a waist of sperm." He started kicking me hard and picked me up and lead me up the stairs I was confused and crying. When we got to the top, it all happened to fast I didn't notice that I was falling till my head hit the stairs and my whole body. It hurt, it was loud, and I was sobbing hard. He yelled to get out and i did I left the house. I stopped on the porch and wiped my eyes and pulled out my phone I knew I could only go to one person and that was delia. We had been bestfriends since 3rd grade. I loved her as a sister hell we are sisters. I don't know how I make it through life with out her. I dialed her number and it rang. She answered and said "what's up." I sniffled and said "can I stay the night there's a lot I have to tell you and not enough time on the phone Plus I can't really go back in my house I need a friend I need my sister." She said "omg come over quick you can spend the night." After that I started to run to her house she wasn't fare but she wasn't close. Like 5 minute walk but a 2 minute run . I knocked on the door. She opened really quickly. Tears still in my eyes poring like a hurricane. She hugged me and said "come in, let's talk and eat ice cream." I smiled and nodded I just need a friend and sister. I couldn't do this anymore my dad was getting out of control. He wasn't well, but who is well. I have to deal with it no one can know I have an abusive father. We got the ice cream and sat on her bed I stopped crying and looked at her I told her everything. She looked at me and said "hey don't cry your strong. Your a fighter. Yeah it might be hard and yeah life is pretty fucked up. But just think about your time at the griers. You met the famous griers. What if you and nash or hayes fall in love. Oooooooooo. Anyways you can do anything. Just remember he is sad too and he might not be doing the right thing but he will come around." I looked at her and said "thanks sis it means a lot I knew i could count on you. Let's watch a movie?" I took a bite of my ice cream. Chocolate chip cookie dough, My favorite. She said "yep you know what I'm thinking. " on three we both said "the longest ride." I smiled and she played it we just ate ice cream talked and watch hot guys all night and totally fangirled about boys like who doesn't do that. We're only human. No hate zone they nooo better they nooo better. Okay I'll stop lol I'm just happy someone was there for me. I couldn't go to hayes or nash. Sure i have there numbers. And kik. But I just couldn't after the amazing night we had. That would just hurt them and I didn't want to upset them that's not me. I want to be the one who makes them smile because I said something funny or I tripped and was being clumsy. Which is always. Yeah I'm still broken and I'll always be broken. But with my friends my true friends who are addy Michelle delia lizzie marie and the griers. There all I have that I talk to. They have always been there in the darkest moments of my life and I'm so lucky to have them. I hope tomorrow my dad won't beat me and we can forget about this. And just move on as a family a stronger family.

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