No One Will Survive

Chapter 6- That's not how we say goodbye...

      We both heard a knock at the door downstairs, so we ran to the railing and peeked down.. It was my dad. "Hello Dan." Jordan's mother said annoyed as she opened the door. "Hi Kate. Is my son over here? Uh... My youngest." Dan said as he came in with absolutely no permission. He looked up at the stair rails but Jordan and I had already hidden elsewhere. "Yes.. He's sleeping over remember?" Kate said a little confused. Dan glanced back at her, "Oh right.. Make sure he's home before noon tomorrow then." He said slowly then walked back home. Kate closed the door and yelled up to us, "Jordan! Hayden has to be home before noon okay?" "Alight!" he shouted back down to her then sat on he bed next to me, "hey Hayden? Why does your dad beat you? Why not anyone else or better yet, no one." he spoke very gently and very cautiously, he put his hand on my back when i didn't answer, "Hayden, you know you can trust me.. I'm not gonna leave you like Justin did."  I felt shivers go down my spine and i felt a small smile creep onto my face but it vanished almost as quickly as it came, I looked at him. "I don't know.. He used to beat my mom also. You knew that.. She would come home everyday from work and all we would hear for hours was her screams" i stared at the floor now, "One day she got fed up.. She said if he didn't stop she would leave, and she wouldn't look back. So, Dan took that opportunity..and pushed it aside.. He beat her senseless and they got a divorce. My mom lives in Laurence, Kansas now. She left us without even a simple goodbye, which wasn't particularly okay, but she also took what was left of our family." I looked at him slowly and sighed, "that happened when i was 11"  I tried to laugh away tears and looked down again as the tears gently slid down my cheeks, "for 5 years I've been pushed around, called names, beaten. My dad doesn't even remember my name anymore.." I looked away from him and tried extremely hard not to cry, but it didn't work. The tears ran without even a slight hesitation. I spared a glance at Jordan who was staring at me, the most heartbroken look stricken across his face. "Oh my gosh.. I-i didn't know it was that bad.. I'm so sorry Hayden." he looked like he didn't really know what to do, like he was frozen. He just looked at the floor with his mouth open, trying to process what i had just told him. I wiped my tears and sat up strait, "So.. Anyways.." I tried to change the subject before he asked more questions or wanted anymore details. Jordan looked at me more and nodded slowly, "So, what do you want to do?" he asked and tried to smile. I shrugged and looked down a little bit, "i dunno, it's your house. What do you usually do on days like this?" i looked at him and smiled a little bit. Jordan had a puzzled look on his face which was actually kind of attractive in one of those super odd troubling ways, he snapped his fingers and looked at me, "pool?" I smiled a bit and shrugged, "I gotta warn you though, i suck at it." Jordan smiled and pulled me by my wrist downstairs to the pool table. We played for about an hour, he won each and every time.. Even when he tried to let me win, i lost. After playing pool we went back upstairs and played a video game or two. Then he put on a movie, an action movie. We both sat on his bed with our backs on the wall and our legs spread out, we had a bowl of popcorn in the middle. The 'bad guy' in the movie was one of my least favorite actors ever so i threw popcorn at him but some hit Jordan. "Whoops, my bad" I smiled innocently at him, but he just threw popcorn at me and a popcorn fight began. I haven't laughed this much in years. I'm serious.. The last time i laughed for real was on my 12th birthday when Andrew gave me a present that exploded confetti when i opened it. It scared the living daylights out of me. I think that was the best birthday eve-r.... Sorry. I'll shut up now. 

              Apparently i had fallen asleep because the next thing i knew i was laying with my head on Jordan's knee and i was curled up in a ball by him.. He was sleeping oddly as well. I checked the time, 5:00 in the morning.. Shit it was early, pardon my french. I got up and closed his blinds because the sun was in my eyes, then crawled back in the bed without Jordan noticing. I hope he doesn't notice.. He looks so peaceful. Plus.. He'd think this was really gross considering i'm... Ya know and then he wakes up and i'm sleeping with him.. Awkward. I slept or tried to sleep for a couple hours then got up and got dressed into my big red lifeguard sweatshirt and my gray skinny jeans. I sat on he edge of the bed until Jordan woke up at 10. "Hey Hayden.." he rubbed his eyes and stretched and looked more at me, "wassup?" he asked in that really tired voice people get in the morning. "Waiting.." i whispered and smiled at him a little, "just waiting." Jordan sat up and looked at me more, "waiting for what Hayden?" I looked down a little and smiled a bit more, "you.." i could tell that i was blushing a little. Jordan let out a laugh and smiled, "thanks i guess. Wouldn't want you to leave without saying goodbye. I actually don't really want you to leave at all. Your'e a really really nice person Hayden, i love being around you." I was blushing even more now, "really? Thanks Jordan. I-i like yo-being around you as well." i smiled and looked at him again. Jordan stared at me with a look that i couldn't give a name too.. Sort of a happy, confused, loving emotion i guess? He looked at the clock and so did i, 11:45. "Jordan, I have to leave. I'm so sorry." I got up from his bed but he pulled my arm so i turned around and faced him. "that's not how i say goodbye..." He smiled and leaned foreword and gave me a small kiss, my eyes widened as he kissed me, his hand on my waist and the other on the back of my neck. I kissed back just before he pulled back. "Goodbye Hayden." Jordan smiled at me and let me go. I was mesmerized.. I walked out slowly but hit the door on the way out.. I waved then slid down the stair railing and ran home.. I was so happy, but that would change later that day