Fairytales Aren't Real

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Matthew's POV

Leah had fallen asleep halfway home and was still asleep. When we got to Cameron's house he had us bring her up to his room. I carried her up before hurrying back downstairs. JJ and Gilinsky had stayed to help explain to Cameron what had happened. Or what we saw, since none of us know for sure what was happening.

"Wait, what was Hayes doing?!" Cameron yelled interrupting my explanation and standing up from his place on the couch.

"Shhhh!" We all yelled at him but he didn't bother quieting down, despite the fact that it was almost eleven and Leah, his mom, and Leo were all sleeping.

"Cameron, calm down, Matt already kicked his ass." JJ said trying to get Cameron to calm down a little.

"So not only was he UNDERAGE DRINKING, he also hurt Leah?" Cameron was only getting more upset by the minute. "What the hell! Ugh I knew that kid was trouble!" He  pulled at his hair. "God damn those Griers." He mumbled.

"Cameron you need to quiet down." Gilinsky whisper yelled. "Your going to wake up Leah." At that moment we heard quiet sobbing coming from upstairs. We all looked at each other before Cameron stood up.

"Wait." I said grabbing his shoulder. "Let me talk to her." He hesitated before nodding and sitting back down. I walked up stairs to Cameron's room and slowly opened the door before stepping in. Leah was curled in all of Cam's blankets with her knees pulled up to her chest. She was shaking and even in the dark I could see the tears rapidly falling on her cheeks. I sat on the edge of the bed and pulled her into a hug . She let out another sob I could tell she was trying to hold in.

"Shhh it's okay." I said but the way she was shaking told me it wasn't. "What's wrong?" I asked.

"I-I..." She stuttered. "Had a nightmare." She closed her eyes tightly and scooted away from me.

"Do you want to talk about it?" I asked but she shook her head and played with her fingers.

"Can you get Cam?" She asked quietly and I nodded before get up to get Cameron, despite my hurt expression.
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Leah's POV

Cameron came up shortly after Matthew left. "Hey." He said sitting next to me. "Matt said you had a nightmare?"

"I think it was a flashback..." I cringe replaying the dream over and over again in my head. "I think I get it now."

"Get what now?" Cam asked clearly confused.

"I know what you were hiding from me." Shock flashed across his face. "Cameron... Was I-" I paused. "Raped?" He didn't say anything, he just stared at the ground before hugging me tight. I felt warm tears falling again.

"Can we talk about it in the morning?" Cameron asked and I nodded. "Okay." He said before standing up. "Go back to sleep."

"Wait." I said as he reached the door. "Can you stay with me?"

"Of course. I'm just going to go talk to the guys quick." Cam walked back down stairs and I lay back down waiting for him to come back. I was still slightly shaking from my nightmare. The image of a man hovering over my bare body stuck in the back of my mind, and I knew it would be there for a while.

Cameron came back up shortly and crawled into his bed next to me. I turned to face him. "I'm sorry." I mumble.

"For what?" Cam asks.

"I don't know, I just am. In sorry for being such a drama queen. And for always getting you caught in all my problems." I sighed.

"It's not you fault." He says repeating what Matt already told me. "You can't blame yourself." I just shrugged because I knew he was lying, just like Matt. It was my fault.
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I woke up to talking downstairs, loud talking. I guess the boys stayed over night. After changing into a pair of red waist high shorts and a creamy white long sleeve shirt, I put my hair up in a messy bun before heading down stairs. The seconds I was downstairs everyone stopped talking and turned to look at me.

"Um... Hey?" I mumble walking over to the cupboards to get a cup. When I turned around the boys were still staring at me.

I turn back to the sink and filled my cup with water. Turning back to the guys Matt was standing behind me. I jumped and nearly dropped my cup. "What the fuck Matt! You scared me." I say setting my cup down.

"Sorry." He chuckled. I looked at him noticing all of the cuts and bruises on his face.

"Are you okay?" I ask running my hand lightly over a cut on his cheek. He let out a high squeak sounding whine and grabbed my hand making me hiss in pain before pulling my hand out of his grip and step back.

"Leah I- I'm sorry." Matt said confused and the other boys walked over to me.

"It's fine." I mumble rubbing my wrist.

"Are you okay?" Cameron asked inspecting my hand before pushing up my sleeve. My wrist was covered in black and blue bruises from where Hayes had pined me to the wall. I shutter thinking of it. Cameron's eyes widen as he pulls up my other sleeve revealing more bruises. "That son of a bitch." He said before angrily stomping to the door.

"No! Wait Cam-" I started but he had already slammed the door.

"It's okay." JJ said. "He just needs to calm down a bit, he'll be back soon." I nodded and JJ rolled up my sleeves a little more so he could see the bruises. But he seen more than just the bruises, he also seen my scares. They were old but still clearly visible. He gave me a sad knowing look before going back to looking at the bruises. When he let my hand down I walked to the bathroom and grabbed a first aid kit to clean up Matt. When I walked back down all the boys were still in the kitchen quietly talking.

"Here." I said putting the kit on the  table and opening it. I take out a spray to make sure nothing gets infected. "Give me your hands." I instruct. He puts his hands out and I turn the to look at his knuckles, and as expected they were cracked and already scabbing over. "This might sting."

"Wait are you sure it will help?" He asked pulling his hands away quickly with concerned eyes.

"I know what I'm doing." I snap thinking back to all the times I've used this on myself. I pull his hands back before spraying his hand. He winces and I roll my eyes.

Great now I'm in a bitchy mood. I think and sigh. He's hurt because of me. It's my fault. I did this to him.

After applying some Neosporin to the cuts on his face and wrapping his knuckles I stomp up the stairs to Cameron's room and slam the door not even caring that I probably just woke up Gina and Leo.