What Lies Beneath

Chapter 2

I awoke in a room that I had never known. "Where am I?" Mr.pretty boy walks in. "Your at my house, you passed out at school." I look at my watch. "It's 6:15, I gotta go home... even if I don't want to. "

He looked at me with sincere eyes. "Tyler how'd you get that bruise on your side? Who did this?!" I stayed quiet. He grabbed my shoulders and hugged me. I quickly pushed him away. "It's ok, I wont hurt you."

David's pov:

What's wrong with him? He looks like an animal who's been beaten. "Tyler, please tell me who did this to you please." He looked at me with tears forming in his eyes. "Why, why do you care?" His voice was shaky and quiet like he was telling me a secret. My eyes widened at his sudden words. Why? why do I care. I don't even know him all that much.

"The reason is...." I let out a sigh " I don't know, I have no idea in my mind of why is it that I care for you. But I do." I get up and hug him once more, this time he didn't reject me. I hug him slightly, not wanting to hurt his frail body. I ask him once more to tell me what happened.

"My step dad, he did these things to me every since my mom fell ill. He'd always beat me, grab me by my hair and thrown  me against the wall. He gave me this bruise just this morning. I told him he'd never be good enough for my mom and he punched me in the side. When I fell on the floor he said he didn't want trash like me telling him what he is and isn't. He said I should just die, end it all. He said someone like me shouldn't be aloud to live, and that I was just a horrible mistake that he could easily get rid of. He-." He tried to say more but I stopped him

I didn't want him to say or get hurt anymore. "I'll take care of it, trust me." He looked at me in shock. "No! You can't! My mom loves him and Donna too. He's all my mom and sister has! If he leaves then with my moms current state of he leaves we have no home." His voice goes weak . Well I see how it is now. I lay down next to him. "Please sleep for a little while longer you'll be safe for now, I promise." As I lay down I manage to fall asleep next to him as he softly sniffles. "I hate this" I whisper

TYLER'S POV

     I wake up to Davids arms around my waist. I move a little causing him to wake up.
"S-sorry I didn't mean to wake you." "No it's alright, how's your side. Does that still hurt." "No but I should really leave now, thank you really helped me out. But if I stay longer there's no telling if you'll ever see me again." I give off a weak laugh.