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Chapter 6

Layla's POV continued

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Should I follow Devin or does he need time of his own? I thought about this until Devin's perfect figure was away from sight. I took my guitar and put the guitar strap around my body. I made a final decision and decided to walk on the board walk. Did I cause Devin to run off?

Something hard and bulky hit my head. I looked down to see it was a skateboard. What the fuck how do skateboards fly? I put my feet on the skateboard and rode all the way down the boardwalk. It was a nice "welcome to the town" gift. Someone wrapped their arms around my waist and pulled me off the skateboard. I fell towards the ground and tall guy was hovering over me with their hands propping them up. The guy was a rather cute ginger with sky blue eyes and freckles tracing his nose.

"What were you doing with my skateboard sweetheart?" He smirked.

I pointed to the big cut above my eyebrow.

"It was a dare, it wasn't a gift. I haven't seen you around are you new?" I nodded at his question.

"Do you talk at all?" I shook my head no.

"What school are you going to?" After I told him I don't talk he's still talking to me.

'Jackson' I mouthed.

"High?" I nodded eagerly trying to get this weird stranger off. "Me too maybe I'll see you around!" He said excitedly. I chuckled nervously and tried to get up. But he pinned me down even more.

"I'm Er-" he got cut off by a guy pushing him off me. I saw Devin there with his eyes a bit red.

"Eric" he finished his name and dusted off his clothes. "Hello Summers, she's a cute one keep her close." He smiled evilly took his board and ran back to his friends. I looked around for my guitar but it was gone. I looked where Eric and his friends were sitting but they were gone too.

I started to cry. That guitar was a gift from my parents. The only memory that I could touch was gone. I closed my eyes and whimpered quietly not caring if anyone was staring. A warm hand touched my shoulder and I flinched. Opening my eyes Devin narrowed his eyebrows 'what?'. I nodded my head 'no' telling him to forget about it.

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Laying on my bed I flipped through what seemed like thousands of commercials. Why the fuck does there have to be so many commercials. There was a knock on my door and Liam poked his head through the door. I sat up and Liam sat on the edge of my bed.

"Hey there." I waved backed.

"I just have a question for you." I raised an eyebrow at Liam.

"Well what happened to your parents and where did your brother go?"

My throat became dry I held up my finger to tell Liam to sit tight.

I rummaged through some newspapers and found the one of the car crash.

Tragic Car Crash 3 Dead:

The Parks family was on their way to Holy Cross hospital to visit their sick family member. But the Parks car crashed into a 16 wheeler causing Janet Parks 32 year old (mother, spouse, aunt, sister) Jonathan Parks 36 year old(father, brother,uncle, spouse) and Nelson Parks 13 year old(son,nephew,brother, grandchild). There was only one survivor Layla Parks 16 year old she has been taking to a hospital to help emotional and physical needs. She will be sent to a foster home and she is guaranteed a new start.

I couldn't hold back the tears anymore. I've read the newspaper over and over until I knew every single word. Liam's eyes widened and he gave me a hug. He didn't let go of me until I was fine, he made me feel safe and made sure he wasn't going to leave.

"Layla?" He said In a hushed tone. "Is this why you don't talk anymore?" I nodded still having tears violently come out of my eyes.

Klaus came into my room and I didn't want him to see me cry. I ran into the bathroom and closed the door.

"Liam is Layla alright?"

"Yeah she just needed to go wash her hands before dinner."

"What's that?" I heard paper crumbling.

No no no! Liam can't tell Klaus it's going to crush him. I closed my eyes praying that Liam wouldn't tell Klaus.

"It's just school work I have to do some research from a project and I asked Layla to help me that's all."

"Oh alright mom told me that dinner will be ready in 20 minutes." I heard the door shut which I was assuming Klaus.

I heard another knock on the door but it was the bathroom door. I opened it all the way and hugged Liam. "Thanks." I said quietly not sure if he heard me.

"Your welcome Layla." I smiled he did hear me.