But Its Better If You Do (forever young sequal-joshramsay)

Chapter 12

Miranda pov

The guys have been taking turns trying to cheer me up. Ive barely spoken to anyone but josh since we got on the bus, 2 hours ago. "What are we going to do?" I heard matt say "the same thing we did the first time" josh said "what happened the first time?" Ian questioned "it was a few days before we officially started the band..." Josh started.

-Flashback-

I sat in my room as i listened to my parents fight, "she's tearing this family apart mary" my dad said angrly "its the ramsay son" my mom said. I stood up from my place against my door and opened it up "Shut the fuck up! Ive heard enough of you guys blaming me and somtimes josh for tearing this family apart! This isnt a family! Its two assholes that dont care about their own daughter!" I exclaimed walking up the stairs to the living room where my parents stood there looking at me, i looked around the living room and there were empty beer bottles and cans. "You cant talk to us that way" my mom cried out and ran upstairs to her room. My dad came over to me and pushed me sideways to the floor. I fell on my right shoulder and whimpered "you want to act strong. Stand up and fight" my dad sneered "fuck you" i growled and sat up, he responded with a kick to my gut and i fell backwards. I held my gut as i laid in the fetal position on the ground. My dad came and kicked my back "no ones coming to save you" he glared at me. A few tears escaped my eyes as i took a deep breath while standing up. I stood infront of him and lifted my left hand to punch him but he stopped it and bent my wrist back, not far enough to sprain or break it but enough for me to cry out in pain. I fell to my knees as he held my wrist. To make things worse one of my newer cuts opened up and blood starting dripping down my arm. "Not so strong now eh princess" he spat as he threw my arm down. "Hurting someone doesnt make you strong" i took a painfull breath and stood up "it makes you an ass" i finished staring him in the eyes "well im an ass then" he lifted his knee and it collided with my gut. I staggered a few steps but didnt fall down. I looked at him just as his fist collided with my lip. I fell against the wall but managed to keep myself up. I licked my lip and tasted blood "really. Was that nesassary" i put my hand up to my lip and pulled away noticing the blood. "Miran- what the fuck" josh ran to into the kitchen. "Josh. Go home" i didnt look away from my dad. Josh was looking at me worriedly not paying attention to my dad. My dad smirked and held his hand up about to punch josh, i pushed josh out of the way and he hit me. And thats when the world went black.

I woke up in joshs room with him laying beside me, watching me. "Are you okay?" He asked worried, i nodded noticing his swollen lip and black eye. "Im sorry" i mumbled looking at his eye "its not your fault. Are you okay?" He asked again "sore" i whispered. "Ill be right back" he got off his bed and walked out of the room. A few minutes later he came back with one of my duffle bags "my parents said you can stay here as long as you want. So i snuck through your window and got you some clothes" he gave me a small smile. I sat up, which hurt like a bitch. I took a deep breath and slowly walked towards josh "i love you" i said quietly as i hugged him. He carfully wrapped his arms around me and kissed my head "i love you too" he mumbled into my hair. "Your dad went to bed with a bloody eyebrow and a black eye" he chuckled slightly "i probably look like hell" i burried my face into his chest, he chuckled softly "what are you doing" he held me out at arms length "hiding my bruised face" i mumbled "now why would you want to hide your beautiful face" he gave me a sad smile. "How bad is it?" I asked quietly. He dropped his arms and took my hand in his, walking me to his bathroom. When we got in there he stood behind me. My eye was bruised my lip was swollen, my arms were bruised, i held the hem of my shirt and was about to pull up my shirt when josh stopped me "not yet" he sighed "that bad" i sighed as he nodded. "Can i have a shower?" I asked, he nodded "let me bring you your bag" he left the bathroom and i sat on the edge of the tub just looking at my reflection. It dont even look like myself at the moment. "Here" josh set my bag on the counter and looked at the tub. He then quickly reached in and took out every sharp thing that was in there "really" i sighed "sorry... Just dont want you to get hurt anymore" he left the bathroom shutting the door behind him. Once i heard him walk away from the door i lifted up my shirt and cringed. My stomach was all one big blue and purple bruise. "Ew" i mumbled to myself.

-end of flash back-

"So what did you do the first time?" I heard mike ask. I mentally sighed and got out of my bunk. I walked to the front where the guys were and grabbed a water bottle. I could feel the guy's eyes on me the whole time. I sat across from the guys at the table. "Hi" i whispered. "Hey, how you doin?" Josh questioned softly, i shrugged. "Miranda" ian said grabbing my attention, i turned my head towards him "you know your safe with us... Nothing can hurt you" he looked at me sadly. I gave a small smiled and walked over to him "thank you" i whispered and kissed his cheek. I then went and sat beside josh, he wrapped his arm around me and i leaned into him. "This might be a bad time.. But did your dad really do that?" Ian asked sounding hurt, i nodded knowing all eyes were on me. A few tears escaped my eyes and i hid my face in joshs chest. "Its okay" he rubbed my back and kissed my head. "Im sorry miranda" i felt a hand on my shoulder knowing it was ians i lifted my head off joshs chest. "You know what... Its fine" i said just a bit louder than a whisper "its in the past" i said as confident as i could. "Thats our girl" matt gave me a smile.