Somewhere In Neverland ~Flykarth~

Chapter 16

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Two weeks later and the beatings just kept coming, though I think nearly getting caught by Mrs. Fox made them cautious or something. Instead of taking the beatings in one hit, they'd come little and often, a punch in the ribs as they walked past. A kick in the shin, a rough shove, Kellin had been tripped up on his crutches more times then we could count. Alan, Tony, Mike and Shay would knock and tug hard on my cast whenever they walked past too, which hurt like hell.
Matt had gained more bruises from the subtle punch, hits, kicks, shoves, and in all honesty, it was killing me. But, he just didn't care, every morning, he would drive me to school, take my hand and walk in, not caring what was done or said. The morning after Matt took at stand, he grabbed me in the canteen, kissing me in front of everyone, before taking my hand and getting us out of there. I wish I could have his confidence, none of it bothered him, or at least, if he did, he didn't show it. But no, the anxiety attacks where coming back in full swing, the only reason I hadn't gained more scars is because Matt was with me all hours. Every day, after school, he'd drive me home, come in, sneak out to go home for dinner when my parents got home from work, and sneak back in by bed time. Then in the morning, he'd wake at six, just before my parents did, sneak out and be there in time to pick me up from school. I loved spending so much time with him, laying with him every night, in his arms, when he was there, everything was okay. It's just when he wasn't, everything crept up, the attacks came, the voices started and I went back to the unhappy Alex. Was I depending too much on him? I knew if I lost him, my entire world would just...crumble into nothing.
I was honestly surprised my parent's hadn't even noticed Matt sneaking in and out, or even sleeping in the same bed as me at night. Then again, they never came in my room, to my knowledge, unless it was to get me for dinner, breakfast or to talk to me, all for which I'd be awake for and at sociable hours.
"What you thinking about?" Matt stroked my face, giving me a small smile as we sat under a tree at the side of the school with Jack and Kellin. We found this was the best spot for breaks, kept us hidden and out the way from others so we could at least have a few minutes where we didn't deal with the shit.
"Oh, just, uh, you know, I'm getting worried my parent's are going too..."
"They won't, and if they do, we'll deal with it, together, ok?"
"And we'll be right there with you." Jack gave me a reassuring smile.
"What if they..." The thought of my parents rejecting me, tore me in two.
"Hey, I lived." Kellin gave a little chuckle. "But it'll be okay Lex."
"Hmmm." I curled my knee's up to my chest, hugging them and Matt wrapped his arm around my shoulders.
"I love you." He whispered, pressing his lips to my temple.
"I love you too." I looked at him and gave him a small smile. "A-another thing..."
"Yeah?"
"I feel like...I feel like I'm depending on you too much. You deal with all my shit and I don't know..."
"Oh you silly Muppet hey? You're not depending on me too much. I depend on you as much as you do me, I need you to get through it all too. If I didn't have you, I honestly don't know what I'd do if I didn't have you right now. I'd probably either still be an utter jerk, which I still hate myself for, or I'd go back to being who I was in middle school and well, I already told you about that. But baby, you're not, I'm here because I love you and I want to be, not because you make me feel I need to be, because you don't. And I need you just as much, you're my Neverland remember?"
"You're mine too." Matt always knew what to say, I almost instantly felt better as I moved and pressed my lips on his. Of course the thoughts where still there in the back of my head, but I'd worry about that later with his words in the front of my mind... or try anyway.
"Oh lex, you're my Neverland!" Jack teased, we looked to the side of us where Kellin and Jack where, holding hands, looking at each other, fake sweetness across their face.
"Oh Matt and you're mine too! Oh I love you!" Kellin faked a girly voice, which he did very well.
"I love you too!" Jack faked swooned.
"Shut up!" Matt laughed, throwing a twig at them. "You're just jealous."
"No, you two are just so sickly sweet." Jack laughed. "Ahh young love."
"He's right, so sweet you'd rot teeth!" Kellin chuckled.
"Yeah well, shut it." I stuck my tongue out at them.
"Anyway, we better head to classes, try to get there before the halls get crowed, hopefull avoid..." Matt trailed off.
"Yeah." I sighed nodding. We packed up our stuff and like that, the blissful peace was over.