Happily Ever After

Chapter Thirteen: The Truth Comes Out

*Allison's POV*

I saw Henry slip into the room, eyes red and puffy. "Hen..." I muttered

"Mom and dad won't tell me what happened. I only have you. I need you to tell me what the heck happened." Henry whispered

"Close the door and lock it." I whispered and Henry shut the door, locked it and slipped onto my bed. "So, it's not going to be easy to hear. That why mom and dad didn't tell you."

"I need to know" Henry told me and I nodded

"Fine. When I was fourteen and you were twelve, you were in the car with your best friend, Micheal, and his dad, Frank. Remember Frank and Micheal?" Henry nodded and I continued "The car crash was awful. Absolutely horrific. And we didn't hear until mom called the police requesting for a search team when they alerted her you where in the hostipal. We went there right away and they told us you were in surgery. Turns out, you were in the front seat and your seat buckle was loose. So, you got thrown right out the window of the car and had serious head injuries."

I froze taking a deep breath and tried not to cry. "6 hours later you got out of surgery and an hour later the doctor concluded you were in a brain como. They said they would give you a year, which is how long it took. Meanwhile, while you were stuck, so much happened. Month after the accident, I heard mom and dad fighting. Saying horrific things to each other. It was really, really  bad Henry. I was a nosy kid so I listened. Turns out that five months before your accident, mom and dad got in a fight over something. Mom left, saying she had work but she really went to a bar. There she had what she thought was a one night stand, but it developed into a relationship. Dad finally learned about it and left home almost everynight. Mom then brought home this man, named Dave, and I used to be up every night...." I froze

"I don't care how sick or disturbing it is. Tell me." Henry said

"I used to be up every night, hearing them having, you know, dirty time. This Dave guy was an absolute pig. I started smoking shortly after. Then it turned into drinking, then to drugs. I met somebody named Leo. He seemed so nice and we started having a relationship. He was the only thing that made it better. But a couple months after hearing the truth about mom and Dave, Leo raped me." Tears now ran down my face and Henry was crying to. He grabbed my hand and I smiled a bit.

"I didn't tell mom because she was never there anyways. Turned out she lost her job, started having drinking habits because of Dave and shortly, she started hitting me. Then, that's when I started cutting. I cut almost everyday. It just was too much. The only reason I didn't kill myself is because of you. Cause I believed God would let you live. But two months before they were going to unplug you, I lost hope. Nothing was getting, worse actually. That when I went in the medicine cabinet and took one of every pill we had. Dad came home, to make things better but he found me half-dead. I was rushed to the hospital. And they said it's a miracle I made it. That I didn't die. 1 month later, you woke up. I was sitting at the hospital, holding you and praying and crying. And remember what you said."

"Oh Allison, stop being such a cry baby and stop hugging me. You might just crush me." Henry laughed

"Yep. I called mom and dad and they came out. Mom and Dad said they were going to start over and pretend the last year never ever happen. And they did exactly that. They told you only two days passed ever since the crash."

"Wow...." Henry sighed "Thank you so much for telling me."

"Come here buddy." I whispered and Henry hugged me, slowly crying.

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I heard a bang and froze, waking up. It was 12 pm, God dammit. I got up and heard it again. It came from my window. I opened the window and this time, a pebble hit me right in the noise. "Crap." I muttered

"Sorry!" I heard somebody yell and I looked down and saw Harry. I turned, looking at Henry who was sleeping in my bed. I grabbed a sweater, due to the fact we were having a thunderstorm and climbed out of the window. I walked to Harry who was soaking wet. "Allison-"

"Leave me alone. Please. I am already in tons of trouble." I begged

"What happened?"

"I got arrested" I said

"Always knew you were bad arse" Harry chuckled

"Harold, it's not funny! My parents won't even talk or look at me."

"I am sorry."

"And I had to deal with world's worst hangover."

"Hangover's aren't pretty."

"Harry, I need you to go. I need to take care of my brother."

"Is your brother okay?"

"Yeah. He is fine. He just learned the truth and the truth hurts." I mumbled

"Allison?"

"Yes, Harold?"

"Why do you hate Cassidy? Turns out she is great."

I froze "I know things about Cassidy that you don't Harry."

"Can you tell me? I need to know about my girlfriend's secrets."

"Harry, no."

"Please!"

"No!'

"Please! You'll be my best friend." 

I rolled my eyes and grinned "I can't tell."

"Allison, tell me or I won't leave."

Crap. "Umm...Cassidy had a noise surgery."

"Everybody knows that!"

"Oh my god" I laughed "I pulled that out of my ass. I was right?"

Harry smirked "Tell me."

I stretched and fake yawned. "No tired." I said "Must sleep."

"Allison!" Harry yelled 

"I'll see you in school in a couple days." I said as climbing up the tree which had a branch that stuck out to my open window.

"ALLISON!"

"Bye." I whispered as walking inside. I closed the window, ignoring Harry's desperate calls. I laid down next to Henry and ran my hands through his hair, sighing.