Don't Tell

Not Your Fault

Lia looked at her mother clinging to Jimin. "I don't want to go in." She whispered.
"Lia you have to." Jimin said softly.
She winced as he stepped into the house.
Lana ran to the bathroom and grabbed some towels and the first aid kit. "What the hell happened to my daughter?!"
    Jimin held his hands up after setting her on the couch. "I found her like this!"
Lia looked at him then to her mother. She groaned and pulled herself up. "He didn't do it. I didn't know who did." She managed to say.
     Lana walked over and cleaned her daughters wounds. "Why did you leave again?"
     "I planned to come back. I lost track of time." Lia lied.
   Lana looked at her daughter. Tears threatens to fall down her cheeks. "I don't want to lose you Lia."
     Lia felt her heart drop. All she wanted was to make her mother happy. She knew that she felt her mother didn't understand but she didn't want to hurt her mother like this. "You won't."
    Lana sighed and dabbed a wound on her forehead. "I will if you keep this up. You could have gotten killed."
   Lia noticed Jimin slip outside. He was on his phone. "I'm sorry." She said softly.
Lana's mother ran in. "There She is! What have you raised her to be Lana?! You never ran away like this."
  Lana ignored her mother and finished cleaning Lia up.
    Jimin walked back into the house. "Lia I'm leaving okay? I won't defy your mother."
   Lia looked at him. "No don't. I don't want you to leave."
     He smiled. "I have to go see Yoongi." He said.
She nodded. "Okay." She said softly.
Jimin slipped out of the House.
Lana looked at Lia. "Jennifer and Bex are upstairs."
Lia shot up and was met with sharp pains through her waist. "They are?"
Lana nodded. "They were worried about you."
Lia frowned. "You and Jen don't have to best relationship though."
Lana stood up. "They all love you though."
Lia wrapped her arms around her waist. Her mind wandered to the night. She felt tears prick her eyes.
Lana watched her daughter. "Do you know he looked like?"
Lia looked at her mother. She nodded. "Partly. I only saw him a few times. It was dark."
Lana nodded. "We'll get this figured out. Now rest. I'll go tell the others your back." She said and walked upstairs.
Her grandmother looked at her. "What were you doing out there? Seeking drugs?"
Lia's eyes widened. "No!" She would never take drugs. "I went on a walk. Then it was dark. I started to come home when the man grabbed me." Lia said.
She nodded not believing her.
"This time I'm telling the truth." Lia said. She stood up. She felt slightly dizzy but waited for it to pass. "I wouldn't lie about this."
"Fine. I'll let Lana talk to you about it." She said.
"Lia!" Bex cried running down the stairs. Jen followed quickly after her.
Bex hugged Lia tightly. "What were you thinking?!"
Lia hugged her back as best as she could. "I wasn't. I'm sorry."
Jen touched her cheek. "You scared us. Jared and Colin are on their ways. Ginny and Josh are at their hotel. You scared us all."
"You all didn't have to come." Lia said pulling away from Bex.
"You're like my child Lia. I was scared I would lose you." Bex said.
"We all love you sweetie. Why can't you see that?" Jen asked.
Lana walked downstairs.
Fred followed. He had been crying.
Lia looked at him.
He looked down. Lana walked over to Lia. "He blames himself." She whispered into Lia's ear.
Lia looked up to him. She walked over to him and wrapped her thin arms around him. He hugged her tightly. "I'm sorry Lia."
She kissed his cheek. "It's not your fault. None of it." She said softly.
He hugged her tightly. "I should have watched you more. I'm sorry."
Lia pulled away. "You were doing fine. None of this is any of your faults." She said looking at them. "Most of it is my fault."
Lana sighed. "No. First of all any kind of disorder is not anyone's fault. Not even the person who has it. And what happened to you last night was not your fault. It was horrible. I can't bare to think about how much you've been hurting." Lana said softly.
The front door opened.
Jared and Colin walked in swiftly.
Jared ran in and hugged her. "Lia! I'm so glad you're okay."
Lia smiled and hugged him back. "I'm okay Jared."
He pulled apart from her and walked over to Lana. "Are you Okay?" He asked her.
Lana took a breath. She looked at Lia.