I love you baby.

Chapter 3

"Hey, Kim?" His mom called from down the stairs.

I turned my head and replied. "Yeah?"

"Come down here please the social Worker would like to speak to you." She smiled.

"Ok sure." I walked down the stairs.

"Kimberly Lynn Hunters?" The Man wearing a black suite who looked tired and weary spoke in a mono tone voice.

"Yeah thats me."

"Good, Well I'd like to hear your side of the story, and to tell me why you would need to stay with Ms.Cariee here."

I began to think, and began. "It began when my mom died, The cancer took her. Well, at first after her death my Father would sit up in his room for hours on end. That or he would be up at the office working. Well a couple times a month he would come home from work completely wasted, drunk, and any other word you may use for not sober. Well he also came home angry, and mad. He has hit me before and he began only when he was drunk. Then he stopped going to work. Stopped doing much of anything but drink. Things broke inside of me when he began calling me worthless and just like my mother. He had gone after me again last night, and I ran here. Charlotte has been my friend since really birth, and I knew she would be alright with me staying here with her and her son." I finished and tears threatened to spill from my eyes.

Charlotte handed me a tissue. I took it gladly.

"Alright, well we have done a back check on Ms. Cariee here and all things check out. She now has full custody of you until you reach the age of 18 or you choose to leave her home." The social worker spoke.

Charlotte signed some more papers and I retreated back upstairs.

I walked up into Alex's room and sat down on his bed again. He wasn't here at the moment, he said he had to go down to the station because he had beat up my dad, and could be charged for man-slaughter. Knowing Alex, he'll be off the hook in about three hours tops. (he has connections down at the station.)

Pulling my iPhone and the earbuds out of my pocket I just plugged in The Summer Set. I let the words take me away. I laid down on his bed and drifted off to sleep. Maybe life was turning around....

"hey Kim." I heard his voice as I woke up.

"mm what?" I said irritated.

"I heard my mom took custody of you today." He said, you could almost hear the happiness in his voice.

"Yeah she did." I smiled.

Then all of a sudden I was pulled into a bear hug and taken off the bed.

"HEY." I shouted through laughter "I was comfy there!"

"Oh right, my bad." He chuckled and threw me back down on the bed.

"Not cool." I laughed.

He lay down on the bed next to me, snaking his arm around my waist. Making me wincce. Shit.

"You ok?" He asked.

"oh yeah totally." I said trying to hide the pain in my hip.

"Liar. Why does your waist hurt?"

I bit my lip.

"did you....?"

All I did was nod my head, before he pulled down my pant line to reveal the gash on my hip.

"KIM!" He shrieked

"Yes.?" I chocked out.

"I thought you stopped!"

"I did, but then I was at home and it just slipped up."

He kissed my cut. "don't do it again please."

"I'll try my hardest. I promise" I said.

His lips crashed into mine again. "i don't want to see you hurting in any way. I love you too much."

I smiled into his kiss. "Forever."

I fell back onto the sheets and fell asleep once more with his arm securely around me. I was safe in this house. I was okay..

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"Alex, KIm!" Charlotte called from down the stairs "Dinner!"

I woke up and rubbed my eyes, and sat up. I hit Alex with a pillow and he fell on the floor with a thud. I couldn't help but laugh.

"WHAT" he shouted. "oh. hi"

I just kept laughing. "Okay. Your mom says dinners ready lets get down there before she has our heads kay?"

"That hurt." He said pouting.

"aww I"m sorry." I laughed and got off the bed and stood in the doorway of his room.

"You're not gonna kiss it better?" He pouted again trying to hold back a smirk.

"Hmm get off the floor and i'll kiss you"

Didn't have to tell him twice, he was up off the floor and kissing me in a heartbeat.

I pulled away. "better?" I smirked.

"loads."

"kay good, because now I want to eat dinner and you need to eat as well."

"Fiiinne."

"love you." I smiled.

"mhm sure." He winked.

"hurtful." We walked down the steps.

"Yeah right, come on princess you know I love you, and you can't help but love me."

"oh true."

"There you two are!" Charlotte chirped as we entered her Kitchen.

"Hi." I said smiling.

"Well don't be shy Kim, Sit, eat, this is your house now too."

Smiling "thank you so much for taking care of me."

"it is no trouble at all. You're basically my daughter and I'd do anything for you." She smiled squeezing my elbow.

We all sat down at the table and ate together talking and laughing. I can't even remember the last time I sat down at a dinnner table and things didn't go flying. It's been a few years.

The phone rang. Charlotte got up to answer it.

"um yes, she is here."

My eyes lit up.

"Yes, you can speak to her."

She handed the phone over to me and I gave her a questioning look.

"hello?"

"KIMBERLY LYNN I CANT BELIVE YOU WOULD DO----" I hung up the phone. I hate my dad! I just. I thought he was better than all of this. He was DRUNK still and he's in the hospital. How the hell did he get alcohol in the Fucking Hospital. I ran from the table and out the front door. Tears pouring down my face. I ran out to the tree house Alex and I built when we were little. It still stands, in his backyard. I climbed the ladder and went up.

"kim..." I heard Alex behind me. He wrapped his arms around me and held me till my tears were just little hiccups.

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AND CHAPTER 3 BOOYA.

lol. I have victory moments and you have yours now shush. SO this chapter only true experience is the phone call. and the tree house but the tree house was with me and a good friend but i don't live near him anymore.

Much love.

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