Stay With Me

Chapter Seven (Edited)

"Hey, how was school, sweetie?" I looked over to see Dad. I was still mad at him so I ignored him as I continued my way to the kitchen where Daddy was.

"Hey, sweetie." He said.

"Hey, Daddy"

"Oh, so you ignore me, but not him." I heard Dad say

I ignored him again as I grabbed an apple and then went out to the backyard with my book bag. I sat in the grass and pulled out my homework. After about ten minutes of homework I stopped and took a break. I laid down thinking about Shane. Were we together now, or what? I didn't really know how these things went. I wonder what he's doing.

Shane's POV

"Hey, sweetie" I looked up from my math problems to see my mom walking into the kitchen where I was sitting at the island.

"Hey, mom" I gave her a kiss on the cheek when she walked beside me. "How was work?"

She sighed "Long. I'm so tired." She said sitting in one of the stools so she was across from me.

"Why don't I cook and you relax." I insisted putting down my pencil and went over to the fridge.

"No, that's okay, sweetie." She said.

"Nope, you go take a nice relaxing bath and I'll make dinner." I told her as I was taking out the ingredients. I heard her sigh before saying okay and leaving the kitchen.

I started taking out the rest of the ingredients for baked ziti and started to prepare dinner.

"Hey, brother." I turned around to see Amber. Ever since she could talk she's always called me brother, and not Shane. Everyone's so used to it that if she started calling me Shane it would sound weird.

"Hey, Am. I'm making baked ziti."

"Where's mom?"

"She's had a long day at work so I told her to take a bath." I said

I watched as she went over to the stool closest to me and sat down. I turned back to the sauce I was making and stirred it while it was on the burner.

"Can I ask you something?" She asked

"Sure"

"Who was that girl that went with us to the park, again?" 

I smiled as I thought about Amelia. "Amelia, why do you ask?"

"Do you like her?"

"Yeah, why?"

"What did you tell her about the reason for why we moved here?" 

I turned around. "What's up with all these questions?" I asked

"Just don't want her to get hurt" She said

"I'm not going to hurt her." I said with a hint of anger. I would never even think about hurting Amelia.

"I think you should tell her instead of keeping it from her. If you really like her then she deserves to know." With that she got up and left the kitchen.

I sighed as I leaned back into the counter and my head fell forward.

I thought about the pros and cons of telling Amelia everything about my past.

One pro is that if I tell her then I won't have to hide my past from her anymore, but if I tell her she might run away from me. If I tell her she might trust me, but on the other hand she might not. If I tell her she might just feel sorry for me and that will be the only reason she stays around me. If I tell her then she might feel the need to help me and I don't need anyone's help.

I was interrupted from my thoughts by Simon.

"Hey, Simon." I said giving him a fake smile, but by the look on his face I knew he didn't buy it.

"What's wrong?" He asked

"Nothing, just got a lot on my mind." I said then turned back to the pot with sauce in it.

"Okay" Then I heard his footsteps walk out of the kitchen.

About a half an hour later dinner was ready. After we finished dinner I went up to my room to finish my homework. Once that was done I laid in my bed staring up at the ceiling. My mind kept drifting to Amelia. She's so beautiful and full of life. I love how she smiles without a care in the world, but yet her life at school is full of the worst. I love how she barely acknowledges them. Except when that stupid Kelsey had to mess with her. Watching as Amelia cried broke my heart. All I wanted to do was hold her in my arms and tell her everything was going to be okay. That day I first met her I knew there was something about her that just wouldn't leave me alone. I didn't know if it was her looks, smile, personality, or just her in general, but something about her made me want to be with her. She made me want to tell her everything and that's what scared me.

What scared me was the fact that I could lose her, and that's something I never want to do. Out of all the people that have come into my life she's someone I want to make the effort of her staying for as long as I can help it.

I didn't know if I was yet, but I knew I was falling for her. And I was falling hard.