I would like to thank you all for being so paitent i know it had been a long long time but i have been so busy with school and sports, and just everything else going on in my life that i have not had time to keep up to date with updating this ontime,
Sincerly your loving writer; Stacey
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Flash back
"Jace knock that off will ya?, she's only 15 she can't have her first beer yet!"
"Chill Brad she's with us everything will be fine its not like Mom, Dad or Lindsay is here to stop her. We will take good care of you right Sky?" my brother looked at me and winked as he wrapped his arm around my shoulder and handed me the beer, i could feel the coldness of the liqued as my fingers wrapped around the bottle, slowly tipping it back towards my mouth i took a sip and i could feel the intense stares of my brothers watching me to see my reaction. Holding the beer up higher in the air i wiggled it around a bit
"Ohhh little sister taking a sip of beer, rare sight ain't it?" i asked with laughter in my voice as their blank expressions turned into ones of amussment and satisfation.
"Holy shit Brad did ya see that?, she didn't even scrunch up her nose like Lindsay did!" Jace said with a laugh. sitting down in one of our folding chairs i crossed my legs and leaned forward to feel the wamth of the fire on my face. as i continued to sip at my beer and laugh with my brothers just having a good time.
This was the moment i knew they would always be there for me
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Sky's POV
It was around five am the next day and things had still not sunk in, it felt as if my parents would walk through the door any moment and my sister would come barrling in after them yelling profanities and my brother god my oldest brother, i won't get his "good morning, have a good day at school" texts, my life was changing in the matter of mintues and i couldn't handle it and i knew i was all alone and there was nothing i could do. hearing a soft knock on my door i slowly made my way over and opened it to see Alaric standing there with a few DVD's in his hand.
"Hey, you don't look so well" he said with a frown and stepped inside shutting the door behind him, as i went to make a smartass comeback like i always did when i didn't want to show my true feelings he pulled me into a bug and kissed the top of my head.
"i was thinking maybe we could just sit around and have a movie day until Brad gets here?" i simply nodded and walked over to the couch and sat down pulling my knees up to my chest and resting my chin upon them.
"everything will be okay Sky i promise you" as the words left his mouth i couldn't help but snap, him and his parents had constantly been telling me everything would be okay!
"How can you even say that! i just lost majority of the people i care about, and i won't ever get to see them again!, and with Brad in university i may have to move closer to him so he can take care of me. Alaric nothing is going to be okay! Nothing is ever going to be How It was before" as i finished these last words i started to sobb. i just couldn't hold back the tears anymore, i wasn't the strong Sky everybody knew and loved i was beaten down and broken and i couldn't do it anymore i needed a way out.
"please just stop saying everything will be fine Alaric, we both know it's not true. Everything in my life is changing right before my eyes and there is nothing i nor anyone else can do to stop it" he just stared at me his face blank not knowing what to say, as he went to speak he shut his mouth speech-less
"i'm sorry Sky, i just wanted to help you. you know i would do anything for you, you're my bestfriend" he mumbled and i instantly felt a pain of regret i shouldn't have gotten mad at him he just wanted to help me and i comepletely snapped, none of this was his fault. As i went to apologies to him my phone started going off and i bit my lip as the caller ID read that it was Ranger, i didn't want to answer but i knew i had to, holding up my finger and telling Alaric to hush i answered the phone and pressed it to my ear with a quite sigh
"Hey, Ranger i'm really sorry i didn't call you..i-i just have alot going on right now"
"It's okay baby my parents told me what happened and i'm so sorry, I'm going to come over and be with you tonight i know you're alone for a little bit and i don't want you to worry i'm here for you" hearing the concern in Rangers voice brought me back to the old times when he wasnt abusive, when i knew that he would never hurt me, but that was then and this is now he has changed for the worst.
"It's okay Ranger you really don't have too" before i could finish my sentence he cut me off
"but i want to okay? i will be over shortly. I love you"
"I love you too" i said and hung up as i heard him disconnect the call. looking up and over at Alaric i smiled slightly
"you should go, your brother is coming over now. i will be okay until he gets here i promise"
As I heard the knock at the door i started to go into panic mode knowing it was Ranger, but as i opened the door i could see his eyes were filled with sorrow, he pulled me to his chest and just held me there
"i'm so sorry baby girl, for everything that i have ever done to you" he pulled me back from his chest a bit and tilted my chin up so i was looking at him, by now the makeup covering all my bruises had worren off and he could see them plain as day. As he ran his finger over my black eye gently i winced and then sucked in a breath ready for him to hit me.
"I'm so sorry for hurting you. You're my princess i should never have laid a finger on you ever, and if you can find it in your heart to ever forgive me i promise i will change i won't ever hurt you again. I love you Sky and i'm so sorry" and for some reason i believed every single word he said. i smiled a real smile for the first time in a long time.
"i forgive you" i said and looked up at him taking his hands into mine like i used to. he placed a gentle kiss on my forehead and let his lips linger there for a moment
"i know it's going to take awhile for me to gain your trust back, and i'm going to work on it every single day until the day i die" he said and pulled me over to the couch sitting my in his lap.
"But lets forget about us, and everything that has happened and just relax and watch a couple movies" I nodded a little bit and couldn't help but be stiff in his warm and compasionate embrace i was still nervous no matter how much i loved him i was still afraid of what he could do to me...i was afraid of him.
As we sat there watching the movies time seemed to speed by and soon enough it was dark out and i was in and out of sleep.
"You tired baby girl?" Asked Ranger and i simply nodded. he lifted me up into his arms and carried me up to my bed, after placing me in it he pulled the blankets over top of me and kissed my forhead
"if you need me, i will be right across the hall" he said and smoothed the hair back from my face before leaving and closing the door softly. i laid there for a good hour before i was able to relax enough to think he wasn't coming back in here to take advantage of me. i gently closed my eyes and drifted off into a peacefull sleep.
