Give Me Love...

Chapter 9

"Skylar" I hear Calum say. I ignore him and rest my head on the window, closing my eyes. "Are you asleep?" He asks and I can hear the annoyance in his voice. He sighs when I dont answer. "You know, im not trying to be a dick. I honestly really like you. Even though I dont know much about you. I don't mean to act the way i do. I guess I just grew up without influences and joined the wrong group. But Mikey, Luke, and Ash saved me from that bad stuff. They found me in an alley way, almost dead. Ever since then, I've been staying with them. I wish i had parents still.... They died in a car crash when I was 6. The guys found me when I was 15. I stayed in the house I dread the most now. With my aunt.. She beat me everyday saying that it was my fault they were dead. I started to believe it. Wow, I just shared most of my life story with you... Thank God you're asleep." He says and tears gather in my closed eyes. Nobody should ever have to go through that... I pretend to wake up and Calum glances over to me. "Hey" He says smiling. "Hi..." I whisper and wipe the tears from my eyes. His eyes suddenly get nervous and he looks away from me. "Why are you crying?" He asks. I tense a little and look down to my lap. "I had a bad dream" I said lying. "What about babe?" He asks and my stomach flutters with butterflies when he gives me the nickname. I think for a minute, trying to decide what to tell him about. Then it all clicks in my head. "M-m-my.... My dad" I whisper and let more tears fall down my face. "What happened with your dad?" Calum asks, pulling into a parking lot. "H-he was, he was a marine. He got drunk a lot over depression. One night, he hit me... And did so much more to me.." I whimper letting tears fall more down my face. "H-he.... He r-raped you?" He asks. I nod my head slowly and as soon as I do, Calum pulls me into his lap, hugging me tightly. I sob loudly and grip onto his black tee shirt. "Im so sorry" I cry out and he puts his hand on the back of my head, which was on his chest. He strokes my hair and presses his lips to my forehead. "Don't be sorry for something you had no control over baby" Calum whispers into my ear. He grips my shoulders gently and pulls me away from him. He looks into my eyes and wipes the tears off my red face. "You know, I've met you before." He whispers. I look at him confused and he sighs. "Our mom's introduced us to each other when we were 4. We played together up until we were 9. Then thats when my parents left me, and your mom was screaming at im assuming was your dad, now that I know the story. But the night he hit you, you hit your head pretty bad. I dont know if you got amnesia but that's when you guys moved. I was left all alone" He whispers. "I loved you..." He mumbles out and I let out a shaky breath. I look at him shocked and my eyes go wide. "Why did you tell me your name wad Thomas?" I ask, still crying. "I didn't like my name" He says shrugging and gives me a lop sided smile. I giggle, still kind of crying and I hug him tightly. "Why were you mean to me the first time you saw me?" I ask and he smiles again. "I didn't want to fall in love again..." He says shrugging. I nod looking down, slightly disappointed. But he lifts my chin with his index finger. "But i guess it's impossible for me not to fall in love with you all over again...."