Forever Us

Chapter 15

Winter's POV
I'm missing my mom a lot today. I miss everything about her. We were really close. All I can think about today is the last conversation we had.
Flash Back...
"Why won't you let me go", I scream back at her.
"Because It's too dangerous", She said in a calm tone.
"Sometimes I wish I didn't have a mother", I say " It's a concert.  All Time Low concert. You are so unreasonable."
"It is an All Time Low concert right outside a bar. Plus I don't appreciate your tone with me young lady." she says raising her voice.
"THE LATE NIGHT ONE WAS IN NEW YORK IN A PUB. PLUS I AM 15 YOU HAFT TO STOP TREATING ME LIKE I'M 5", I scream.
"OH. I'M TREATING YOU LIKE YOUR 5. REALLY? I'LL SHOW YOU. GO SIT IN THE CORNER. OH AND THAT WAS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME THING WITH ASHTON." She yells
I stormed off to my room not obeying my mom's commands at all. Then I heard the door open. Thinking it was just my dad coming in. Then, I heard my mom scream. I ran down stairs to see what was going on. My mom and dad were both on the ground with guns to their heads. I screamed and the guy looked at me. Fire in his eyes. He pushed me. He punched me. He kicked me to the ground and started kicking my face. Then he said it was all my fault. He told me to act like his puppy just for his amusement. When I refused he got up walked over to my dad and said if you would have done what I said this wouldn't have had to happen. He shot my dad in the head. 
Then he said "Let's try this again. Act like a dog. You are as gross and dirty as a dog so this shouldn't be hard for you."
I did as he said and started barking and jumping on his lap and licking his face. He told me that I wasn't doing good enough and that if I wanted my mom to live I was going to half to give him lots more doggie kisses. I did as he said. I licked his face all over and he grabbed my tongue several times and bi it. It hurt so bad. Then he told me I was so bad at being a dog that I was going to half to actually kiss him. I leaned in to kiss him and he grabbed my hair and pulled me towards him. He started kissing me and he kept biting my lips and tongue. He was so mean. As soon as he was done he pushed me to the floor and started kicking me. He told me to act like a dog again. He made me eat dog food. He started hitting me with a newspaper. He had me get in a cage and he hit my mom. He knocked her unconscious and then came back to me. He told me that it's funny to watch me. He thought it was funny to see me scream. He pulled me out of the cage and pulled me to the kitchen. There was water boiling. He put the boiling water in a metal spoon and put the metal up against me. It burned my skin. He got bored with that so he started pouring the water on me. He poured it on me arm. Then my legs. Then my face. He pulled a hot skillet out of the oven. In the skillet was a big piece of metal. He picked it up and put it in my mouth. He took it out of my mouth and roller the piece of metal up and down my arm. He punched me in the head over and over. He laughed at me then walked over to my mom told me it was my fault and shot her in the brain.
Flashback Ends...
When my flash back ends I realize I am crying. I sit there on my floor bed in the spare bedroom crying for at least 10 minutes. Kellin walks in and sees me crying. When I see him I try to dry it up immediately. He walks over and sits next to me.
"What's wrong?" he asks
"Nothing"
"It's ok if you don't want to talk about it but don't lie. I'm not stupid."
"I just had a flashback I'm fine."
"A flashback?" he asks
"Ya. I just had a flashback to the day my parents got killed"
"I'm sorry. Do you want to talk about it?"
"No" I say
"OK. Well if you ever want to talk I'm here for you" when he says those words I look up and notice my surroundings. Kellin has his arm wrapped around me and I have my head leaning on his shoulder. I have no idea how that happened. I mean he just walked in the room. He must have come and put his arm around me and I just adjusted to it.
"Can I ask you a question?" Kellin asks trying to change the subject
"Sure" I say confusedly
"In the couple days you have been here it has been warm. Why do you always wear long sleeves?"
"Well. Um. So the day my parents got murderd" he cuts me off
"You don't have to."
"No you ask. Now listen closely. I'm starting from the beginning. So me and my mom got in a fight. I went to my room heard the door open and I heard a scream. I went down stairs to see my parents both with guns to their heads. The guy told me to act like a dog when I said no he killed my dad. He said if I wanted my mom to live I had to do what he said. I did. He beat me. He treated me like a dog. He made me eat dog food. He burnt me with hot water and hot spoons and a big metal thing. He burned me everywhere. Even in my mouth. After he was done burning me he killed my mom and told me it was my fault. My arms were burnt the worst and still have some scars on them so whenever I'm feeling a little self conches I just wear long sleeves to cover up my faults." I say trying really hard not to cry
"I'm so sorry" he said looking like he was trying to hold back tears
"It's okay."
"No. It's not. No one should hurt someone as much as he did. Kill anyone. You're scared mentally and physically for the rest of your life. It's not okay and it's okay to not be okay about it. Honestly I wouldn't be as strong as you are about it", Kellin says pulling back, looking at me with his concerned hazel eyes.
"Thanks for that",I say smiling.
"I'll leave you here", said getting up walking out the room.
"Wait, Can you stay", I asked not wanting to be alone.
"Yeah sure",Kellin said sitting down across me. We stayed like that for the rest of the night talking about life. It was nice having someone who understands me. I fall asleep on his shoulder that night.