Chapter 2: Hold On
Denise and Paul Gray were out to a meeting that night but they said we were aloud to stay at their house.
Jason the oldest brother, who went to Rutgers as a Freshman, was there but was on the computer the whole time.
"Shane," Nate threw him a phone, "Order a pizza."
Shane did as told and within thirty minutes we were all around the TV watching The Grinch, eating pizza. Nate and Candy were on one side of the couch, his arm causally around her shoulder. I was on the other side of the couch and Shane was on the floor backed up against the couch.
After The Grinch went off I let out a really long yawn.
"Nice," Shane laughed. Nate and Candy were asleep, her head on his shoulder. "C'mon," Shane whispered as I got up and turned off the TV and followed.
We went up to his music filled room and he searched threw his drawers. He threw a pair of basketball shorts and a white beater at me. "Sorry I don't have any floral print pajamas."
I rolled my eyes and went and changed in his bathroom. When I came out of the bathroom, Shane's face went white and had a horror struck upon it.
"What?" I asked totally scared I had something wrong with me "What is it?"
"Your arms, whoa, what's with the bruises I've never seen so many?" He gasped at my arms.
"Oh uh…" I needed something fast. "Dodge ball"
"Dodge ball?" Shane said, "since when do you bruise so easily?"
" I always have Shane, I guess you've never noticed," I awkwardly giggled, and I went out of his room. Seconds later Shane was next to me on the steps. He handed me a sweatshirt. " Wear this please," Shane sighed. "Your arms sort of scare me."
"Yeah thanks Shane." I said sarcastically as I slipped the sweatshirt on. We went down the steps and Nate was getting a blanket out of the closet. He grabbed one and went over to the couch and dropped the material over my sleeping sister. He bent down and kissed her on the forehead.
"I'm going to leave her here. I don't want to wake her." Nate said "I'm going to bed, night guys."
"Night," Shane and I replied.
"Downstairs?" Shane asked
I nodded. We went downstairs, there was TV and couch downstairs to go along with a bedroom in the back. We both sat on the couch and turned on VH1.
We had been watching TV for doubt thirty minutes when Shane turned off the TV and looked at me. "I'm going to sleep."
"Kay, Night"
"Night"
I opened my eyes to see Shane, it made me jump. "Hello" I laughed.
"No School. Snow day!" Shane smiled, eyes beamed. I jumped up, George would want me home if it was a snow day..
"I've got to go," I said throwing the sheets back and getting out of bed Shane had been next to.
"Whoa, wait, where are you going?" Shane asked.
"Home, I'll be back later to get Candy," I said slipping my shoes on.
"Chill out for a second please," Shane asked "Why do you have to get home?"
"George, he'll want…he'd probably like it if I made him breakfast." I explained.
"George." he snickered. He hated George and George hated him.
" I gotta go!" I said as I ran upstairs , Candy and Nate were flirting on the couch.
"Where you going Hailey?" Candy asked.
"Home," I said as I left the house. I slipped on ice right when I went outside. Shane came outside, he grabbed my arm and pulled me up. "Thanks."
"Here." He wrapped a coat around my shoulders, " I'm not letting you freeze to death."
"Thanks." I said pulling the coat tighter around me. "I see you later." Shane smiled.
"Yeah, bye. I got to go," then I ran off, to home.
"Hailey!" I heard George yell as I stepped into the house. This wasn't good , the problem with George's excessive drinking was that sometimes he forgot exactly what he said. "Where have you been?"
" I was over at the Gray's house," I muttered.
You know how I feel about the Gray's, Hailey," he snapped.
"You told me to leave the house!" I said I could see the anger welling up inside him.
"I told your mother to leave and she never came back," he got closer. I stepped backwards and I hit the ground. I quickly got up and raced to my room and locked the door. I bit my lip, and I heard knocks and bangs on my bedroom door.
