A Long Way From Home

Chapter 16

Liv

Watching Maddi handle Jason made me think back to the days where she used to go fighting all the time. It was his fault. He knew she couldn't back down from a fight. Every single time they were together, he made sure she got to fight. Momma and Daddy didn't like that she was fighting, neither did I. I couldn't imagine her getting back into that life.

We were in a good place. Alex walked out to where Mads was and started talking to her. I couldn't hear what was being said. So instead of sticking around to try and eavesdrop, I walked back around the barn to find Andy with his back to me. I snuck up behind him quietly and jumped on his back.

"Liv I know that's you. Your light as a feather so I don't know why you try to jump on me. I have picked up cats bigger than you." He mocked.

I jumped down and mimicked mock hurt. "That was rude Andy and to think I was going to let you take me to the formal next week now I'm not so sure."

He grabbed at his chest. "Now Liv you know I was just kiddin'."

I gave him a small kiss on his cheek. I smiled and pulled him into a hug. "You know Liv I'm pretty sure the pizza guy is here. If we get to the porch before Alex and Maddi we can still enjoy some of the pizza."

My eyes lit up at the sound of food. He really did know the way to my heart. However, I couldn't just eat all this food without my sister. Granted it would be a change because she was always stealing stuff from me before I could put it in my mouth. We ran up to the porch so I could pay for the pizzas. Once inside the house with the hot pizzas, I sat at the table.

"Your unusually quite over there Livvy, everything ok?" Andy asked.

I looked up and nodded even though I wasn't ok. I needed to be around Freya. I needed to be away from every one for a minute. I knew an anxiety attack was coming and I couldn't stop it this time. I didn't know why I was having them but they were becoming more frequent. I called out to Maddi. She spun around and saw the distress in my face.

She came running. She didn't know exactly what was going on but she knew that I wasn't in a good state of mind. I am almost positive it was from watching her and Jason fight. I didn't like fighting and it always did this to me. It always caused me to panic. Even when momma and daddy fought they didn't do it in front of me.

Somehow, this time it affected me more than it should have. She grabbed my arms and pulled me closer to her. "Andy what happened? Why is she like this?"

He watched her. "I don't know we paid for the pizza and she grabbed a piece and then all of a sudden she went expressionless."

"Y-you and Jason were fighting. You could have gotten hurt. He could have hurt you and I really could have lost you this time." I said in almost a whisper.

"Well see for him to actually hurt me he would have to have more muscle than I do, and he doesn't so him hurting me will never happen. Do you understand me Livvy?"

I nodded. That made me feel better. Knowing he would never actually hurt her.