New Start

Her truth

"Hey hey what's wrong?'' I ask as we sit down and hold her.

"I'm sorry, I have a scary past and you make me feel safe.I don't know why, You're so nice your gentle and your smile could light up the world." What is she talking about? What happened to her? I let her cry for a little until she relaxes, I rub her back and we sit in the back hugging. Once the bell goes off I get up and hold her by the waist and walk to my car. "I have to get my little brother." She nods and holds my hand all the way to my house. Once I walk in, my mum sees her and shoots me a glare of disappointment.

"REALLY HARDIN NOT AGAIN!" my mum yells and I have no clue what to say.

"Mum this is Tessa and she offered to help out with the unpacking, it's not what you think..."

"Tessa lets go'' I show her my room and tell her to wait there. I head back down and tell my mum that she is different.

"Mum I- she is different I love her and no she doesn't know but when she broke down and she told me that I make her feel safe I want to get to know her. I love her more than I love the world." I tell my mum and she nods. I walk back up to my room and see Tessa reading wuthering heights. "Hey, sorry to intrude." she says and I walk up and hug her. "its okay" I assure her and she lets go we unpack my room and talk about stupid stuff . I start thinking about what she said earlier. "Hey so remember at school you said that your past was scary...what did you mean by that? you don't have to answer if you're not okay with me knowing...'' I ask her I don't want to push her if she doesn't want to talk about it. I want her to trust me, I want to know all about her, I want to be good for her.

"okay so when I was 17 I was beaten by my ex boyfriend he would hurt me and comment on my insecurities. I felt like crap. He cheated on me more than once but when I tried to leave him he would hurt me to the point that once I had to sleep on my back because it hurt too bad. I had to date him because my mom thought he was perfect and when I told her what he did she also beat me." she starts to cry. I feel bad for her and know that I know I want to kill this motherfucker he doesn't deserve her. I don't either but I would NEVER hurt her. I love her. She cries into her hands, I walk over to her and hug her, she hugs me back and cries into my chest. "shh it's okay Tess I got you, no one will ever hurt you again, I promise.'' I say and rub her back.

A little after she has calmed down we start to unpack, my mum comes in and tells me she is off to work and that she has unpacked the kitchen and that she should be home by 12 am and that I have to put Smith to bed at 9 pm. Me and Tessa unpack my room and she finds my hoodies and she puts it on. "Hey jelly bean, How do I look?" she says while jumping on my back as I turn around I see she is wearing my favorite hoodie and I love it. "Jellybean?'' I ask. "yeah that is your new nickname and I can only call you it!" she says with a big smile. "Okay but I am the only one who can call you Tess and got it?" I say like I'm her father. "yes dad" she says laughing I get up and tickle her and she starts to hit me and she kicks her feet when I stop smith comes in and says to stop yelling he is trying to do his homework. Tessa and I laugh after he is gone.

When I check the time it's 10:30. I tell Tessa that I am going to check on smith. When I walked into his room he was lying on the ground and passed out. I picked him up and set him on his bed and kissed his head goodnight. When I leave, Tessa is standing in the doorway. *she saw me kiss him* I walked over to her and closed his door.

"what time are you supposed to go home?'' I ask her and she frowns. "I umm- I don't- I ran away from home last year. I don't have a home but Molly lets me stay with her but I am homeless. I am too poor to buy a house. I'm 18 and don't have a car nor a job I can go to." she looks embarrassed. I walked over to her and hugged her. "Hey you can stay here" I say and ask if she is hungry and then we go down stairs and grab some snacks and lay down in my bed. "I want to watch TV," she says and gets up. I set up my TV for her. We watch "safe" and she cries at some parts. she snuggles up to me and puts her head on my chest. A little while later her breathing slows. I look to see if she is sleeping and she is. I turn off the TV and go to bed.