stepbrother | hunter rowland

19

i sighed, rolling over to turn off my alarm.
today, was the last day of junior year.
i'm beyond excited.
at the same time i know senior year will be so stressful i don't know how prepared i am for it.

i quickly find and outfit and head downstairs, knowing i'm usually the last to get ready.
"ugh finally" micah says
"oh shut up" i reply rolling my eyes.
"that's enough" janet calmly says

micah doesn't like me much anymore.
i mean i did kind of turn him down.
but he knows i have a boyfriend.
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we got to school, all parting our ways.
school starts in 5 minutes, and hunter still wasn't here.

"where's hunter?" i ask blake
"oh i don't know, he said something about ditching the last day"

to hunter;
please come today.

hunter; what's the point?

to hunter;
what's wrong

hunter; can you come over?
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i roll my eyes.
"blake. we are ditching. i can tell something is wrong with hunter" i say dragging blake through the parking lot.

"do you know somethings up?" blake asks buckling his seatbelt
"the last time i was with him his mom said somethings to me that kind of threw him off, he didn't take it very well."
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we pull up to hunters house, i can tell it's been really rough around here.
all the lights are off, and i can hear the quarreling inside.
i knock on the door, patiently waiting.
the door opens, revealing a tired, sleep deprived hunter.
he looked so miserable.
"who is at the door- fuck hunter why is she here" christine says.

i actually thought she was liking me again.

"lex, you should go" hunter says
i pull him out of the house, shutting the door

"hunter, what is going on?"
"mom is not doing good. she's becoming abusive, lexi. i'm scared. if you and your dad were still here, i bet none of this would be happening."
"the whole reason for their split up was because of her actions. i think all of this would still be going on"
i say trying to not acknowledge his other words.
i look down to see bruises covering his arms.
"i'm really scared lex, i don't know what to do" he says, a few tears slipping out of his eyes.
i pull him into a hug as he cries into my shoulder.
"this will be over soon, i promise" i whispered.

i don't know how soon, it could be awhile.
but i can't leave him.
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short filler chapter