Rest Your Love

One - Struggles

"Go to the store Emily." my father demanded as I hurriedly snatched the money from his hand.
"I'll be right back." I tell him and slip my shoes on.
"You better be." He remarks and I'm out the door. I quickly rush down the street towards the hospital. Minutes later I'm heading towards the front desk.
"Hi, I'm here to pick up a prescription for Jennifer Scott." I chirped to the receptionist. She looked up at me than back to her screen and typed.
"Can I have her date of birth please?" She asks me and I nod.
"June Fifteenth seventy five." I tell her and she nods. She stands up from her seat and goes to the back of the room to get the meds. I glance at the clock, I've been here for fifteen minutes, my dad is going to kill me. The woman returns and I take the bag, thank her, and run out the door. I sprint all the way home and every inch of my body burns and is in pain. I enter my house and my dad is pacing around the room.
"Where the hell have you been?!" He yells at me and I flinch. I don't respond as I try to swallow the lump in my throat.
"If your mother dies, its on you." He yells snatching the bag from my hands and swinging his hand across my face. I yelp in pain and fall to the floor from the force of the impact. He opens the door to the next room and I hear my mother coughing. I wipe my tears and pick myself up off the floor. I glance at my mother, she's getting worse. I walked up the stairs and into my bedroom. I grabbed my phone off the charger and I saw that I had a text from my best friend.

Brad--
hey, are you busy right now?

I responded.

Me--
no.

Brad--
meet me at our spot in five.

I quickly put my shoes on and left the house. My dad was the type who didn't care about your well being, and didn't care if you left and was gone for a week. Ever since my mom got sick, he's changed and it wasn't a good change.
There's a place Brad and I would always go to when things got hard for either of us. No one knows about it though. We once spent a week there when we were very young and nobody walked in the area, so the place is all ours. Exactly five minutes later, I arrived at our spot and I saw Brad with his feet in the clear lake. As I steped closer, a branch broke and Brad turns and his brown eyes meet my green ones. I smile at him and he stands to his feet.
"Hey" I tell him and he throws his head up in response.
"What's wrong?" I ask and he just shakes his head.
"Nothing, I just wanted to see you." he tells me and I nod in understnding. Sometimes the best thing for us is each others company. As Brad steps closer to me, his face falls and I look at him in confusion.
"What happened to your face?" He asks and I instantly put my hand where my father had hit me. I regret it seconds later as I wince in pain.
"It was him, wasn't it?" he asks and I nod. He sighs and walks over to me.
"What happened this time?" He asks and I begin to tell him.
"I came back home late." I tell him remebering the incident.
"He said its my fault." I whisper, reffering to my mom. Brad walks over to me and hugs me.
"Its not your fault Em." He tells me and I sigh.
"She's getting worse." I tell him and he hugs me tighter.
"Just hang in there, things will get better, I promise." He says and I squeeze him back.
"Thanks." I tell him and we break apart.
"I have to tell you something though." He states and I nod my head.
"The old man is taking me to california." He tells me and I'm at loss for words. In a good way.
"That's amazing!" I yell and he laughs.
"Your okay with that?" He asks and I eagerly nod my head.
"Yes of course! Your going to America!" I tell him and run to hug him.
"You're gonna be okay without me right?" He asks and I look up at him.
"Is that what you're worried about?" I ask him and he nods.
"Don't worry about me, I'll be fine." I tell him and he smiles down at me.
"I leave tonight. I won't be back till next week." He states and I nod.
"That's alright, It's not like we don't have cell phones." I tell him and laugh. He laughs at me and we sit down sticking our feet in the water talking about the future, how we were gonna be best friends till we die. Hours pass and Brad decides to leave for his trip. We hug goodbye and walk our ways. I turn my cell phone back on and look at the screen. 7 missed calls from my dad. When Brad and I go to our spot, we always turn our phones off so it's just the two of us. Today wasn't such a good idea to do so. I rush home and walk inside.
"Dad!" I yell and wait a few seconds. No answer. I begin to search the house and no one is here. I check the room my mother is usually in and she was gone as well. I type in my password and dial my dads number. It goes straight to voice mail. I begin to panic as I walk out the front door and run to the hospital. There's a man at the front door now and he looks up at me and smiles.
"How may I help you?" He asks while I try to catch my breath.
"Yeah, is there a John or Jennifer Scott here?" I ask and he types something in his computer.
"Yes, only family is allowed to see them though." He tells me and I sigh in frustration.
"I'm their daughter." I state and he nods.
"Your name is Emily?" He asks with my patience is running thin.
"Yes!" I yell at him and he jumps a little.
"Fifth floor, room 12." He tells me and I bolt for the elevators. I begin the push the 'up' button rapidly.
"C'mon c'mon c'mon." I mutter to myself. It takes entirely too long so I choose to go up the stairs.
3 minutes and five flights of stairs later, I reach room 12. I open the door and my dad is holding my mothers hand as she lays there looking lifeless.
"Is she okay?" I blurt and his head snaps in my direction.
"Why would you care?" He asks while standing from his seat. He begins to speak again as I try to stop the tears that threaten to spill from my eyes.
"She can't come home, she's gotten worse, she's gonna be here for awhile and it's your fault. If you would have answered your phone-"

"I'm sorry." I interrupt

"No you're not. Where were you?"

"I told you that I was going out."

"I didn't ask you that, I asked where you were."

"At the park." I tell him and he inches closer to me.

"With who?" he asks and I shake my head.

"No one."

"Don't lie to me Emily!" He yells at me and I flinch.

"Who were you with?" He asks again and I sigh.

"I was with Bradley." I tell him and he shoves his finger in front of my face

"I don't want you to see him anymore." He demands and I begin to cry, but this time, from anger and fear.

"No." I sternly tell him.

"No?" He questions angrily.

"N-no, you can't do that." I stammer and he laughs.

"I can do whatever I want, and what I want you to do is stay away from that boy." He tells me standing his ground. Fortunately I was also standing mine too, he can take everything else from me but Brad.

"You're not in charge with who I hang out with."

"Excuse me?"

"I don't think I stuttered." With that he was slapping me across the face once more.

"I hate you!" I yell at him and run out the door and towards the stairs I ran up minutes ago. Tears were soaking my face and my vision was blurry. As I was rushing down the stairs, I sadly skipped a whole step and tumbled down the steps, landing on my foot. I yelled as the pain coursed up my leg. I heard the door open at the top of the stairs and my dad yelled my name.
I stood up and slapped my hand over my mouth so he wouldn't hear me yelp in pain. I painfully made my way to the bottom of the stairs and limped out of the hospital. I quickly rushed to our spot and sat down. I wasn't crying anymore but I was in pain. I took my shoe off and slowly rolled my tights up my leg, it looked bad but I dont think it was broken. It was swollen and it was already turning a blueish purple color. I grabbed my cell phone from my jacket pocket and dialed Brad's number. It goes straight to voice mail. I decide to leave him one.

"Hey brad, call me back when you get this, I kinda need you right now. Bye." I end the call and lay on the cool grass looking up at the stars. Next thing I know, I'm falling asleep.
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A/N: hey lovelies! this is the first chapter! yay! tell me what you guys think..
I know it was kinda sucky but bare with me and stay tuned! I don't know the next time I'm gonna update because today is sunday and on tuesday through friday I have my finals! we're only at school for two hours though, so we'll see. After finals its christmas break so I definately will be updating by then. I know this story is based on bradley and the vamps but the song that summarizes this story is ......
Spaces by One Direction
It's a really lovely song and it gives me the feels so check it out if you haven't heard it before the picture is Emily btw ;) I think thats all so ....
Until Next Time ✌peace