Horrible mess

9

I sit in Larry's apartment. School still wasn't out, but the nurse said that we could go home so they could discuss 'things'. And by 'things' they mean my situation with Travis and my dad. I sigh, leaning back onto the warm, soft bed, close to tears.

Did I do the right thing by telling them? Did I only make things worse for myself?

I hear Larry walk into his room, then he sighed.

You know, he only pities you right? He doesn't care about you. Nobody cares about you. They all hate you. You're a horrible mess, and that's all you can be.

I sob quietly as I listen to the whispers. They're always right. They would never lie to me. Larry walks over to me, petting my messed up hair, smiling down at me.

"Hey Blue." He says softly.

His voice made the whispers hide in shadows, not daring to speak against him. I smile back up at him.

"Hey there Lar." I whisper back to him. He laughs at the nickname.

"Hey, wanna see something?"

I nod, sitting up. He throws a hoodie at me before slipping his jacket on. I put the hoodie on, standing up. Larry then leads me through a door at the back of his room, leading me outside. That's when I saw it. 'It' being a huge treehouse. I gaze up at it in wonder.

"Is- is this yours?" I practically shouted.

Larry laughed at my sudden enthusiasm. "Yeah. My dad built it for me before he disappeared."

I look up at him, a mixture of sadness for his loss and happiness that he trusted me enough to show me his treehouse. He motions for me to go up, so I obliged.

Inside the treehouse was messy, but it was clean enough for both me and Larry to stand and sit inside of it. I look around at all the stuff that filled up the space. I gaze in wonder at how high up we were. I look at the picture of a younger Larry with his mom and who I believe was his dad.

"Wow Larry! This place is so cool!" I shout, motioning to the entire treehouse.

Larry chuckles at me. "Thanks man."

I smile at him, then my face falls. "How-how am I going to go back home and see my dad?" I whisper, scared to think about the wrath my dad would put me through.

Larry sighs, casting his darkened eyes towards the ground. "You know, you don't have to go back, right? You could just stay with me. I mean at least for a little while."

I stare at him, my eyes wide with shock.

How-

How could anyone like Larry want me around? Especially since I can never repay him already for what he's done for me.

Larry looks up to me, his brown eyes shining with concern.  I blink slowly, realizing that I haven't answered him yet. I mentally facepalm.

Good job Sal! Make the only person who cares for you worry!

"I-I mean, if-if you wouldn't m-mind keeping me at your p-place..." I stutter, looking down at the wooden floor of the treehouse. I hate my stutter. It makes me sound dumb and weak.

Larry laughed, causing me to snap my head up. "Dude, I wouldn't offer it if I minded! I would love to have you stay at my house! Especially if it kept you safe!" He semi-shouted, his smile warm and bright.

I smiled back at him. It was a small smile, but still a smile.

We laid in that treehouse for hours. We laughed at dumbass jokes that Larry made. We blared some Sanity Falls songs. We also sat in comfortable silence. I felt at home when I was with Larry.  I felt as if I wasn't some freak.

I felt cared for. I felt wanted.

I feel warm tears fill my eyes. I let out a small sob causing Larry to sit up and scoot over to where I was, concern written on his face.

"Sal, are you okay?"

I nod, smiling. I felt a warm ache fill my chest. Is this happiness? I believe it is.

"I'm okay Larry. I'm just, I'm just really happy right now." I say, looking up into his brown eyes.

Larry smiled down at me, pulling my head into his lap. "Im glad that you're happy Sal." He said as he started to play with my hair.

I sigh in content, closing my eyes at the feeling. I haven't felt happiness in so long, I forgot what it felt like. I forgot how to smile, how to laugh. But, when I'm with Larry, nobody, not even my dad or the whispers, could stand in my way.

Wow! Another chapter! Would you look at that? Sorry for not updating.  I didnt have proper inspiration, but then people started liking this story and commenting on it, that I just had to write another chapter! Please tell me what you think in the comments!