What Happened to the Bad Boy? (What Happened Series #1) *completed*

7

"Allen." I woke to my mother tapping my shoulder. I looked at Regan who slept peacefully with is head on my knee. "You get him settled in. I'm going to bed." She said and I nodded.

I ran my fingers though Regan's hair as I woke him. "Regan. Come on we're here." I said and his green eyes opened to look up at me. I pulled on his hand and he leaned up. I unbuckled both of us then got out. He followed and I shut the door and locked it. I lead him inside and took him up to my room.

Kilo greeted him and he pet her but it wasn't very enthusiastic. "You can sleep on my bed. Your sister is with mine so she's fine. You two can stay here for a while ok." He nodded then pulled me into a tight hug.

"Thank you Allen." He said and I nodded. I pulled away from him and he sat down on my bed. I turned but he grabbed my hand.

"Will you stay with me? Please." He asked and I smiled. I nodded and slid up next to him. He held my hand and leaned his head on my shoulder. After a while he sighed. "You remember when I said not to hit on me?" He asked and I nodded. "Well forget I said it ok. But I... I'm.... I don't know what to do." He said and a huge smile formed on my lips. I wrapped my arm around his shoulder and kissed his head.

"Just go to sleep." I said and he smiled and leaned back pulling my other hand over his stomach. He leaned farther into my chest. A deep sigh left him and I kissed his head again. Then after a while his body relaxed and his head fell back all the way.

I sighed. He blames himself for his mom and his sister was there when she did it. The sadness in his eyes as his father pushed him against the wall. It hurt me emotionally.  It made me angry because he couldn't do anything about it and it wasn't even his fault. I looked at the time and saw that it was 9. I got three hours of sleep and he only got one during the car ride back. I closed my eyes and slowly fell asleep.

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I woke to a knock on my door. I untangled myself from Regan and went to it. My mother looked in.
"You two have been sleeping all day." She said quietly. 
"Sorry we just haven't gotten that much sleep and Regan asked me to stay with him. I want to be here when he wakes up." I said and she nodded.
"Well when you decide to get up there's food downstairs. And you two need to go to school tomorrow because I cant give you a doctors not." She said and I nodded.
"Ok mom." I said and she nodded then headed back down stairs. I shut the door and walked back over to the bed. Regan was now on his stomach. He was sprawled out and with his arm across my side of the bed and his face buried into the pillow. I smiled and chuckled.  I looked at the time. It was past nine thirty pm and I was still slightly tired but I needed to get up.
"Regan." I said running fingers through his soft hair. I loved the fact that it was longer in the front. His eyes opened and he looked up at me. "You need to wake up or your gonna stay up all night." I said and he leaned up. He yawned and I smiled. I grabbed his hand and he intertwined our fingers as i lead him down stairs. Our hands fit perfectly together and it made me smile.
"Go head and sit down while I find something to eat." I said and he sighed while sitting on one of the stools.
"Is it a bad thing that I'm not hungry?" He said his voice husky from just waking up. I sighed and put my hand on his shoulder, squeezing it gently.
"It's not your fault Regan. Stop beating yourself up for it." I said rubbing his shoulder. "And if it's your fault, which it isn't, then it's just as much my fault because we were together." I said and he shook his head.
"Don't you dare blame yourself Allen." He said fiddling with his fingers.
"Then don't blame yourself because if you blame yourself for it when we were together it means that I partially have the blame so suck it up buttercup and fuckin eat something." I said and he glared at me slightly.
Liz walked into the room and looked at me. "You two slept all day and Caddy was gonna kill me with her begs to see you." She said to Regan. His head shot up.
"Where is she." He asked but Liz shook her head.
"She's asleep right now but she's in my room. Which is exactly where I'm going to sleep." She said grabbing a glass and filling it with water. She walked away and went back into her bedroom. I turned back to the fridge and opened it. I sighed when all I saw was drinks.
I closed it and opened the freezer. There was waffles. "Does waffles work?" I asked holding up the box. He nodded while wiping his eyes and leaning his elbos on the counter.
I pulled out the packet and pulled out two. I put them in the toaster and set it for two minutes then pushed down the cooking lever. I leaned back against the counter.
"My mom said we have to go to school tomorrow because we don't have a doctors note. Clearly you can stay but I have to go." I said and he nodded. "Can I ask you a question?" He nodded so I continued. "I don't want this to sound shitty but why, in school, do you act like.. like..."
"An asshole." He said finishing my sentence. He sighed. "This is hard for me ok so bare with me." He said and i saw vulnerability hit his eyes but just a little.
"I used to live in New Jersey where I went to high school for a year before we moved here. When I was there I didn't act like I do. I was what would be myself. I got picked on and bullied and my parents only gave me shit for it. When my father got drunk he would threaten to hit Caddy so I would take it for her. He would hit me with a belt to actually inflict pain on me. He would whip me until I passed out or as many times he counted the cuts on my wrists." He said looking down. I saw him self consciously pull the ends of his sleeves up farther as he continued. "We moved here and it got worse so instead of taking shit for it I made myself seem different and now my dad only hits me out of anger. But people at school make me popular while still making fun of me so my dad doesn't think I'm pathetic.  But I don't want to be like that Allen." He said shaking his head. "I want to be myself even if I get bullied for it." He said and I could only stare at him. Then the toaster popped and we both jump slightly.
I took a plate from the cupboard and pulled them out of the toaster. I set them on the plate and slid them across the counter to him. I turned back around and pulled the syrup out of the fridge and grabbed a fork then handed them to him. I put two more in the toaster and pushed down the lever again.
"So be who you want." I said and he looked at me surprised.
"You have no idea how much I would love that but if my father finds out he'll kill me or Caddy. Probably both. I know my dads gonna kick me out of the house for this incident and I cant let them have Caddy alone." He said and I shook my head and walked over to him. I leaned against the counter. He still didn't eat.
"How old are you?" I asked.
"I turn eighteen in a month." He said.
"So fight for custody over Caddy in court and have the judge give you guardian ship of her." I said and his eyes sparked with realization along with sadness.
"I cant. I don't have a place to live so DCFS wont let me." He said and I spoke.
"Maybe we can talk to my mother. You get a job and help with groceries and stuff like that and I'm sure she'll allow you to stay until you can get your own apartment." I said and he smiled widely at me. I hadn't realized the entire time we spoke we had both leaned closer to each other.
The toaster popped and we both jumped and pulled away from each other. I grabbed the counter and stared at the cream colored stone. What would we have done? Why would he want to do that? Especially with me?
"Al did you take that dog out I can hear her scratching the door up there." She said coming in to the kitchen. I looked up at her but she looked at Regan and spoke. "Oh sweetheart I didn't know you were awake." She said and he smiled which made me smile.
"We'll take her out once we're done eating mom." I said and she nodded.
My mom dug around in the fridge while I fixed my waffles. "Did Liz go to bed?" My mom asked still looking in the fridge.
"Ya along with Caddy." I said and she nodded. "I thought you said you were going to bed." I said to her and she sighed.
"I thought I was until Frank called and told me he wanted those listings by tomorrow afternoon. Or I'm fired." She said.
"Dick." I said turning around and setting my plate on the counter. Then she slapped the back of my head.  "Ow really mom?" I hissed rubbing the back of my head.