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(Ashton POV )

"Ash I'm hungry. When does mommy get home?" asked Matty, my little brother as he walked into the kitchen.

After school I rushed over to the pre-school down the street from my house to pick up Matty. On Thursdays and Sundays our mom worked a little late so I was responsible for getting him home and feeding him.

"Mum won't be home till later tonight. You know that Matt. What do feel like eating tonight? " I asked knowing exactly what he'd say.

" I want Kraftys" he answered in between biting his fingernails.

For as long as I could remember,  Matty always referred to Kraft dinner as Kraftys.

"Then Kraftys is what you shall get." I say." But only if you take your fingers out of your mouth."

I lift him up from under his arms and swing him around. He closes his eyes and takes his fingers out of his mouth.

"woahh woahhh" I faintly hear him say against the wind in between his quite chuckles.

I put him down and he struggles to see straight. Matty wobbles around a bit until his line of vision is clear. Watching him makes me laugh. Once he catches himself, he runs down the hall into his room.

I walk over to the kitchen table where my books are layed out to put them away so I can get started on dinner.

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"Mattyy! Get in here." I shout as I serve out Macaroni into two bowls.

" Comming" he responded. Seconds later he was standing in the kitchen doorway.

"Take a seat bud." I tell him. He walks over to the table and sits down. I bring over our bowls and spoons and take a seat next to him.

"Thank you Ashhy" he says as he takes a few bites.

We ate in silence both of us distracted by our own thoughts. I couldn't stop thinking about Calum's party this weekend or the fact that Rachel agreed to go with me. I knew she probably wasn't comfortable with the idea of going to someones house whom she has never met before and it warmed my heart to know she was willing to do it for me. I looked over to Matty who looked deep in thought.

"You ok Matty?"

He looked up at me and I searched for any sign of happiness in his eyes. There was none.

"What's wrong?" I asked. He began to cry. I put my arm around his shoulders in an attempt to calm him.

By now he was full on sobbing.

"Its daddy....I don't.. I'm ...." He says in between sobs.

"You're what Matty?" I ask knowing exactly what he's going to say.

"I'm scared. " he says.

"We all are bud." I say as I rub his back.

And that was the truth. We really are all scared. We ran away from my father for a reason and now it feels like we spend everyday hiding.

"What if he finds us? Will he hurt us?" asks Matty.

I take both of Matty's hands and look him in the eyes just like the way mum did the night we left. "I promise you he will never hurt any of us ever again." I say hoping that this was how it would go.

"Okay Ashy." he says.

Matty seemed to calm down a bit as he finished his food.

I put away our dishes and walked Matty to his room. He changed into his pjs and hopped into his bed.  I turned off the light and turned on his race car night light.

"Goodnight Matty." I say as I stand in the doorway.

"Goodnight Ashy." he says as he lets out a  yawns. I close his door and walk over to the kitchen.

I cleaned up a bit and washed the dishes we made when mum came threw the door.

"Hii baby", she said as she hung her keys on the keyhanger.

"Why are you still up?" she says. She was still standing in the front door area so I waited for her to come closer to me before I answered her. She stepped into the kitchen and sat down at the kitchen table.

" Is everything alright? Matty asleep? ", she asked.

"Yeah its just Matty is a little scared about dad finding us." I respond. I return to my seat  at the table, next to her.

"Dad... Frank .... is all the way back in Australia. There is no chance on him ever finding us. "

" I know that but you should probably talk to him when you have the chance." I say.

"Okay baby", she says as she stands up. "I'm going to go clean up and  settle into bed. I'll see you in the morning." She kisses me on the forehead and walks to her room.

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{ A/N Hey guysss ! I hope you enjoyed the update.  This chapter was more of a filler. NOW YOU GUYS KNOW ASH HAS A LITTLE BROTHER AND HIS FAMILY HAS A ROUGH PAST. OOOoooohhhh. (:  A song I listened to a lot while writing this chapter was:  I can't do this alone by Balance and Composure ♡

Things to think about:

>> Why is Ashtons family so scared about Frank finding them?

>>> Why did they run?

Thanks so much for the reads and votes. Pleaseeeeee Please please please vote. It means a lot and motivates me to write more.  I'll  update sometime this week. We are finally getting to the good  parts yay!

-Angel }