Living with Teen Boys

You're Safe With Me

Kyle!" I shouted running after him, he finally stopped when he heard my voice. When he turned around his eyes were bloodshot and his face was tear streaked, "You told me he wouldn't care Lexi!" he cried "You promised!". "Im so sorry I thought he wouldn't mind!" I said hugging him, he sobbed into my shoulder. I hated seeing him so upset! I lifted his head up to face me and stroked his cheek, "Its ok, this will all blow over and everything will go back to normal", "Promise?" he asked his eyes full with hope and tears, I knew I shouldn't promise something that could go the opposite way but I couldn't let him feel like this, "Promise".

Once Kyle had calmed down and wiped his tears away we went down to the park to give Logan some time to calm down. We sat on the park bench and fed the ducks stale bread that we had got from the corner shop, we had to snuggle up for heat as we hadn't come prepared for the park in winter. "So tell me about Seth?" I asked him turning to face him "Is he cute?", "Yes! He's so nice as well, he has this way of making you happy all the time" He said smiling, his eyes in a recant memory. I smiled, I liked seeing him happy. "I knew that if he wasn't... gay... Logan would really like him" he said frowning, he sighed and rubbed his eyes. "Lets go get something to drink, take your mind of that silly brother of yours" I said standing up and smiling at him, he smiled back at me and we linked arms.

When we had gotten to the little coffee shop we ordered two hot chocolates with marshmallows and whipped cream on top, we sipped our drinks as we walked back to the flat. When we got in the place was quite and didn't feel like home anymore. "Go get a bath and come sit in my room and we will watch a movie or something" I said hanging my jacket up next to the door and looking around for signs of life. He nodded and scurried down the hall obviously trying to avoid Logan and Jordan. It was so sick that he was afraid to be in his own home! I walked down the hall and into my room trying not to make any noise. When I got there Mark was sitting at the window with no book? He turned around and his eyes went wide, he ran towards me and picked me up as he spinned me around. "Thank god your ok! I was getting worried about you and Kyle" he said rubbing my arms "God your freezing!". Now that I thought about it I was pretty cold. I walked over to the bed and plopped down, sighing as I felt my muscles relax. I sat up when I heard the tap turn off, Kyle was getting into his bath, I better get ready. I picked up my bag and rummaged through my bag looking for jammies, I couldn't find any, where was all my clothes? "Lexi?" said Mark looking embarrassed "I put them under your pillow". Oh yeah I forgot Mark had gotten into the habit of making my bed, it was sweet of him.

I picked them up and started pulling my clothes of when I looked up to find a red faced Mark, "Ill turn around" he said scratching the back of his neck. I pulled on the jammies and shoved the clothes into the washing basket. "Where is everyone?" I asked Mark as he turned around still pink, "Logan's away to his friends house, Lucas is going to get food, and Jordan's still unconscious ". I was glad Logan was away I don't think I could take any more tears. I walked over to the disowned TV and switched it on, I blowed on the screen sending dust all over the chest of drawers. I lay down on the bed switching through the channels, I was so tired of crying and fighting it was worse than my house over here, but one thing I was sure off I was never going back to that place. After me flicking through the same channels over and over again Kyle walked in wearing jammie bottoms and a old grey T-shirt, he was holding a DVD in his hand and his face was covered in a grin. He walked over to the TV and slid in the DVD, "What we watching?" asked Mark putting down his book, "Spiderman" he said his smile wide at the thought of a man who could run up walls and shoot webs from his wrist. I laughed at his expression and patted the space next to me on the bottom of the bed, he came over and plopped down on the mattress. From the corner of my eye I could see Mark frown, he put his book on the bedside table and lay behind us.

About half way through the movie we were all snuggled up together falling asleep. I had my head wresting against Marks chest and Kyle's head on my stomach, I could feel Mark playing with the bottom of my hair and I didn't mind, I liked it actually. We watched the movie until the subtitles came up and I sat up making Kyle grown. I looked down to find him sleeping on my lap, I carefully picked up his head and put it on the bed. "Mark help me make a bed for him here" I whispered, "He's going to sleep in here?" Mark asked looking weirdly annoyed. "Yes!" I hissed "Now help me move his mattress into this room". "Isn't it easier if he sleeps in your bed and you sleep in with me?" he asked yawning "I wont try anything, I promise". I looked down at Kyle, he did look peaceful... "Fine" I said standing up. I put a pillow under his head and carefully wrapped the covers over him and then turned the TV off. I walked over to Marks bed and slid into the covers. It was warm from him lying on it. He tucked the covers around me and lay back down, it was pitch black but I could feel his cool breathe on my face. I yawned and snuggled into his chest, he lay his arms around my tummy and continued to play with my hair. I fell asleep to the sound of marks breathing. I may not be with my biological family, but I was with my real family.