//you and i\\

twenty-eight☆

"How did you get into my house?" I scream. "Got it from a buddy of yours. Or should say stole it. He's a crippled guy that goes to our school. New kid. Can you guess who?" I run over to Zach and hit the shit out of him. "You piece of shit! I hate you!" I continue to slap him and kick him with all of my power. I hear people banging on the door in the distance as I continue to hit him.

"You're a bitch you know that?" He says throwing me down on the bed. "HELP!" The door rattles and I try and get up to get it but he shoves my shoulder. I scream and he slaps me across the face. "I want to make you feel what I felt like. When I saw you. With him. Not Tyler. L. That stupid bastard had to come in and sweep you up. I won't let you get away this time." He kicks me in places to where I won't be able to move. I sob, begging for him to stop. He punches me in places my dad did that hadn't healed yet. I cry for help but no one answers.

I continue to struggle my way through, but he's too strong. He shoves these pills in my mouth and makes me swallow them. I cry for help and in pain as he continues to harass me. Whatever pills he gave me, I can finally start to feel them kicking in. I slowly start to lose my vision. In blurs I see Zach slowly taking his shirt off and feel him pulling mine off. My eyes finally close. The last thing I see is Zach taking his belt off. And then I pass out.

*A few hours later*

I finally wake up and I feel someone running through my hair. I quickly sit up and slap them, still blurry not knowing who it is. I assume it was Zach, but I'm not sure. "Shit!" the guy says stroking his face. "L?" I say gaining my full vision back, wiping my eyes. He groans. "I-I'm sorry I thought you were..." He sighs and brings me over into a hug, me tightly excepting it. I look over to see Helda, Jenny, and Kaelyn. I get up and off the couch I was laying on and go over and hug the three girls. "What happened, do you remember?"I nod. "A little bit."

I sit back down on the couch next to L laying my head on his shoulder, while Jenny and Helda sat next to me and Kaelyn sat in an armchair. It all started when I came home form going shopping with Jenny. I saw that there were rose petals all over my floor and candles and to be honest I had thought it was L, apologizing for getting into the stupid argument we had." L shook his head holding it down. "I'm really sorry for leaving you Bec, this is all my fault." I sigh. "No, it's not. I shouldn't have gone in my room knowing maybe the slightest chance something fishy or suspicious was going to happen."

"Anyway, I opened the door and there Zach was. I had thought I could have forgiven him for what he said. I thought we were okay-ish. And he's saying all these things like 'he took you away,' 'he changed you' and calling me all these words like the piece of shit he is. And so, I hit him. I slapped him and kicked him but then he threw me down and made me weak to where I couldn't move anymore."

Jenny rubs my back starting to cry. "He then forced me to take these pills and I started to get blurry vision and well then he...he.." I whimper in fear and pain as L hugs me. "It's going to be okay. We can talk to someone about this." I wipe my face. "We really can't though. I don't want any more contact with my dad, I almost met the woman that abandoned me as a child-" "You almost met your mom?" L said. I nod in dejection. "Dammit. I wish I was with you. It must have been hard and I'm sorry."

"It's fine." I groan. "No, it's not. I shouldn't have argued with you. I was hurt. I was limping. You were trying to take care of me. And what do I do? Go ahead and mess up. Like the big failure mistake I am. This big huge piece of crap that everyone always threw away. The person no one ever understood. And I need to be there for you because no one was ever there for me and because you're the only thing that keeps me happy." I look at everyone to give them the signal to give us some privacy and they all leave the room, one by one. "L, no one is calling you a mistake. No one said any of these things." He laughed. "You'd be shocked about how much my parents and siblings said to me. I don't even have family anymore until Helda took me in years ago."

I smile slightly. "I guess Helda is like everyone's sweet mother that they never had." He frowns. "But I did have one. And she wasn't exactly what you would call 'sweet'. She was more, strict, rude. She didn't even want me." I shook my head no. "It's not true. I won't believe that. You're one of the kindest, smartest, and handsomest people I know. And whether you want to admit that or not, I know it."

He smiles and brings me into a hug and kisses my forehead softly. We both lay on the couch wishing for our problems to go away and relax. I cuddle up and against his chest and yawn. "Tired already? You just woke up!" he says laughing. "Leave me alone," I say giggling rubbing up against his chest, getting sleepy. Slowly, I close my eyes as we fall asleep, forgetting all of our problems. Together.