Adopted By Jake Paul

part 15

AJ's POV

When we get home Annabella goes up to her room.

"So what happened?" Jake asks.

"Rachael, some popular girl asked why Annabella was sitting at our table. I told her because shes my friend. Rachael called her a ugly bitch and Annabella took off  running out of the café." I say putting my head in palms.

"Well I have to go back out and finish paying bills, everyone else is gone out vlogging or some shit so stay here please?" Jake says grabbing his keys.

"Sure will." I say heading upstairs when Jake leaves.

Annabellas POV

I see AJ walk past my room, "AJ." I call from my partially open door. Im laying in bed under my covers with music playing from my phone.

"Yeah?" AJ asks.

"First can you turn the lights on then come here." I respond. AJ does as I ask.

"Um, I've wanted to tell someone this for a while and I told you that you'd be the first id tell." I say sitting up.

"About your family?" AJ asks with a look of worry in his eyes.

"Yes, im ready." I say gathering  as much courage as I can.

"When I was 6, my mother and father had been in a horrible car accident. My mother died instantly while my father he died 3 days later because they didn't have a lung to fix his collapsed one so he could even get out of a coma." I pause to wipe a tear and for AJ to ask any questions.

"What about your brother?" AJ asks.

"When he found out dad died anf he had lost both of his parents and we were going to be placed with our grandparents, he became depressed. He started cutting, couldn't take any pills cause our grandparents wouldn't ever take us to the doctors. One day after he gotten the shit beaten out of by our grandparents for not cleaning his room, he went in his room and never came out." I pause, grabbing a photo album from under my bed.

"I went in his room to get him for dinner. I saw him laying on his bed, I thought he was sleeping. Then I saw a peice of paper next to him.

Annabella,

Im sorry that you can't have a big brother anymore. And im devastated that I cant have you anymore. I cant take the abuse. Im sorry tp leave you like this but I had no other choice. Just remember I will always love you baby girl.

Alfred"

I say reading off the letter from out of the photo album. The amount of teardrop stains on the paper is alot.

"When I looked over at Alfie, he had cut up the entire length of his major artery in is arm. Thats when I noticed they weren't cat scratched he always told me they were. There were hundreds of them. His blood had soaked into the covers and blankets. I cried for hours. After that my grandparents said nothing and just brought me to the orphanage." I say wiping away more tears.

"Is this your family?" AJ asks pointing to a picture.

"Yeah, thats me, Alfred, my mom Crystal and my dad Tobias." I say trying to smile through my tears.
"You look like your mom, the same big brown beautiful eyes." AJ says looking into my eyes.

"There is one more thing I want to show you. You can't tell anyone, and I hope you don't hate me or think im disgusting." I say stepping out of my bed and standing on the floor.

"I promise." AJ says.

I pull up my shorts on my right thigh.

"It was Alfies escape so when I was 12 it was the only thing I could think of to be an escape." I say through my tears.

AJ'S POV

Annabellas thigh is covered in scars, fresh cuts and old. The freshest look to be from today.

I get up and stand in front of Annabella, putting my hand on her cheek and wipping a tear from the side of her face.

"Everythings going to be alright, I promise." I say before we both lean in. Our lips touch. It was a soft gentle kiss but full of love.

Very long chapter!!