~Damian's p.o.v~

I watched Selene climb a tree into what I assumed was here room. "Damn she's got a nice ass." I mumbled to myself.

"Damian, come inside before you get sick."

"Coming mom!" I was getting up off the ground when I heard it. I couldn't be sure but it sounded like a cry of pain. Shrugging it off I walked inside.

Looking out the window of my bedroom I saw something that was odd. Selene was in a struggle of some sort. I opened my window, wondering if I would hear anything, seeing as her window was open.

"Why did you kill her, you mother fuckin' bitch?" I heard skin hit skin as her father slapped her.

"I'm sorry Daddy!" I looked through her window and saw the tears flowing down her face while she pushed him away from her. I knew I had to help but I didn't know how.

"You should have been the one to die, not her! Not my Jessie!" Her father yelled while throwing her to the ground. I turned and ran downstairs, out the door, and into her house.

~Selene's p.o.v~

I curled into a ball as my father kicked me. "I'm going to do to you what you did to Jessie." Whimpering in fear I slid backwards on the floor, towards the door. Suddenly I heard the front door slam open. While my father was distracted I stood and ran out the door and straight into Damian.

"Damian?" He grabbed my hand and pulled me down the stairs.

"Where do you think your going bitch?" My father stumbled down the stairs and grabbed my shirt and pulled. My hand was yanked out of Damian's as I screamed.

"Selene!" Damian turned and reached for me.

"Don't even think about it boy!" I felt something cold, metallic, at my throat. A knife. Everything happened so fast after that. Me elbowing my dad and Damian dragging me out of the house. My breathing was ragged and I felt like I was going to be sick.

"Damo, stop." He looked at me as I leaned over and vomited. Damian came over and held back my hair.

"Damian,what are you..." I heard a female speak. "who's this?"

"Christina, not now. Help me get her inside." I closed my eyes as two sets of arms grabbed and helped me inside.

I awoke a few hours later with my head pounding. "What the hell happened?" I asked, putting a hand on my forehead.

"Your father abused you and I helped you escape."

I jumped and turned my head. "Damo? What are you doing here?"

He smiled and said, "Well, this is my room so I think I have the right to be here."

Confused I looked around the room. There was soccer stuff everywhere. Posters lined the walls and trophies on shelves. "You really like soccer, don't you Damo?"

He smiled and started to speak but was interrupted by his cell phone ringing. "Hang on." Pulling out his phone he left the room.

~Damian's p.o.v~

Closing the door to my room I answered the phone. "Hello?"

"Damian? It's Lily. How are you?"

"Lily? Is it really you?"

"Yeah, it is me. I miss you"

"I miss you too Lily, more than you know."

"Damo?" I turned and saw Selene standing in the doorway of my room.

"Hang on,Selene." Selene turned and hent back into my room.

"Damian, do you have someone over."

"I do, actually."

"Oh, okay." She sounded upset. "I have one question."

"What is it? You know you can ask me anything."

"Is it a girl? And if it is, is there anything between you guys?"

I sighed and said, "It is a girl, her name is Selene, but there's nothing between us. She's just a friend. Actually I think you guys would get along grandly"

"Okay, I better go, love you. Night Damian."

"I love you Lily, night." Hanging up my phone I went in my room to find my window open and Selene gone. "Shit." was the last word out of my mouth before I ran out of the house.

~Selene's p.o.v~

"C'mon, pick up the fucking phone."

"Hi! You've reached Rachel Berry. I'm not available right now so please leave a message."

"Rachel,it's Selene. When you get this message call back. Bye." I sighed, hanging up my phone, and continued to walk down my cousin's street. Suddenly my phone began ringing. "Hello?"

"Selene. What do you want?"

"I need to stay with you and your dads for a few days."

"No way are you staying with us. You might infect the house with country music."

"Rachel, please." I asked desperately, "I don't have anywhere to go."

"What do you mean? You have a whole bunch of friends that you could stay with."

"Not in Lima and besides even if I did-"

"Selene!" I jumped and turned around.

"Damian? How did you find me?"

He smiled and said, "Well I began looking all over Lima so I knew I would find you eventually."

I hit my forehead and sighed. "Well, I'm going to stay with my cousin and her dads so you can go home now." I heard Rachel's protest over the phone.

"It appears that your cousin doesn't want you to stay with her."

"It's fine damo. I can find somewhere else to stay. Besides you seem like you have some things you need to do." And with that I began to walk away again.

An hour later, I finally arrived at Rachel's house. "Why how unexpected. Selene what are you doing here?"

Smiling I said, "Hi Uncle Leon. I wanted to know if I could stay here for a few days." He smiled and gestured inside. "Thanks so much!" I hugged him before walking into the living room.

"Rachel! Come see your cousin!"

~Rachel's p.o.v~

Finn and I were in my room, making out, when my dad called me down to see my cousin. I sighed in disgust. "What is it Rachel?"

"My hillbilly of a cousin is here."

I leaned in to kiss Finn again when my dad yelled, "Rachel, hurry up."

Sighing, I yelled back, "I'll be down in a minute Dad!" Finn stood up off my bed and helped me up.

"Mind if I meet your cousin Rachel?"

"If you want to." Smiling I took his hand.

~Selene's p.o.v~

Looking around the living room I saw pictures of Rachel and her dads. A tear fell down my face and I wiped it away as Rachel walked into the living room. "What are you doing here, hillbilly?"

I took a deep breath, as to not let on that I had been crying or that I was angry, and said, "Well, my dad had to go out of town so he told me to stay here."

"You were always a bad liar and I know your secret."

I swallowed and said, "What secret?" Before Rachel could answer Rachel's other dad, who's name I always forgot, walked into the room with a tray of cheese and crackers. "Oh, thank you." I smiled and began snacking.

I lay in the guest bedroom bed when it happened. The scream from Rachel and the smell of smoke as someone, or something, lit the house on fire. "Everyone get out!" One of Rachel's dad's yelled. Racing to my door I grabbed the door knob, immediately pulling my hand away. My door was too hot to open and the room didn't have a window. Covering my mouth, I began to cough. Gotta get outta here. I thought to myself as I coughed some more. I felt myself beginning to hyperventilate. Knowing that I wouldn't make it out of the house alive I began thinking about Damian. My world went dark soon after.

~ Hiram's p.o.v~

"Is everyone out?" I asked, looking around at my family.

"Yes, everyone is out." Was Rachel's response but Leon coughed out a single name.

"Selene." At first I was confused until I remembered that Selene had been staying the night. My eyes went wide as I turned to run back inside but was stopped by a fire-fighter "I'm sorry sir you can't go in there, the building may collapse at any minute."

"But my niece is in there!" I coughed out.

"We'll try and get her out. To find her faster could you tell us her name."

I nodded and said, "Her name is Selene."

The fire fighter turned and ran back inside the blazing house. I fell to the ground, tears falling from my eyes. Leon hugged me and spoke soothing words to me.

~Damian's p.o.v~

I sighed as I hung up my phone. Selene wasn't answering and I was beginning to get worried. Turning the corner I heard someone say Selene's name. I ran over to the group of people on the sidewalk, across the street from a building that was on fire and said, "You know Selene?"

The girl of the group sighed and said, "Yes we do know her. Sadly she's my cousin."

"Where is she?" Selene's cousin simply pointed at the blaze across the street. I ran across the street and into the house. "Selene!" I coughed and ran upstairs. "Selene!" Breaking open a door I saw her on the floor, her clothes and hair were singed and her face had soot on it. "Selene!" I ran over to her and picked up her limp body. I felt myself beginning to have an asthma attack but I was determined to get Selene out of the house. I ran down the stairs and out the door. As my foot made it out the house fell in a blazing heap. I fell to the ground, finally passing out because of my asthma attack.

~Selene's p.o.v,the next morning in the hospital~

The smell of medicine hit my nose and made memories come flying back.

Paramedics rushed through the double doors that kept me and my father from my mom and twin sister. I was eight and this was the first time I had been in a hospital. "Daddy, when can we see mommy and Jessie?"

"Soon sweetie, soon." I held my injured arm closer to me as I looked at the door. My eyes slid closed as sleep took me. A few hours later I awoke to hear someone talking to my dad.

"I'm very sorry to say this Mr. Antebellum but you wife and daughter didn't make it."

My eyes shot open as I said, well, yelled, "Mommy and Jessie can't be gone!" Tears poured down my face and my father began comforting me.

I felt the hot moisture of tears on my cheeks as I sat up in the hospital bed. "You shouldn't be sitting up just yet."

I jumped and turned my head, "Damian?" My voice was raspy, probably from hyperventilating and smoke inhalation, and my throat felt raw.

"How are you feeling?"

I cleared my throat, wincing at the pain, and said, "Besides my throat being raw? I'm good."

I smiled and he brushed my hair out of my face while saying, "I almost thought you weren't going to make it." He looked down and I saw a tear run down his face.

"Damo, it's okay. I'm okay." I reached out and put my hand on his cheek in a comforting gesture. When he looked up I smiled, took my hand off his cheek and said "So when do I get out of this joint?" He shrugged. I yawned and felt my eyes begin to close.

"Go on back to sleep Selene." Getting comfortable I let my eyes close and I slipped into a dream.

~Damian's p.o.v~

I kissed Selene's forehead before leaving to call Cameron,who wanted me to update him on Selene. "Hey Damian, how's Selene?"

"She's okay. Actually she just went back to sleep."

I could hear the smile in his voice as he asked, "Did you tell her?"

"No. I wanted to but-"

"But nothing Damian. You need to tell her how you feel."

"But Cameron..." I paused "What if she doesn't feel the same way about me? I don't think I can handle having my heart broken anymore."

"Just take the chance Damian. Oh, I gotta go. I'm going to Macy's house to help her with her theater project." Macy was Cameron's best friend from Carmel so he didn't see her very often.

"Okay. Bye Cameron." Sighing, I hung up my phone. "What am I going to do?" I then began to think about how to tell Selene.

~Selene's p.o.v, midnight~

It was 6:00 a.m.,the morning of my tenth birthday. I lay in bed, my mind beginning to wake up, when I felt something brush against my leg. Tensing up, I opened my eyes. "Relax,I'm just trying to have a little bit of fun."

I whimpered as I felt my dad pushing up my nightgown. "Stop, please." He took one of my virtually non-existent boobs and began pinching the nipple. "Daddy, stop." I pleaded as he licked a finger on his free hand and prodded at my opening. Tears ran down my face as he pushed his finger in all the way. "Stop, please st-" He cut me off by kissing me. I could taste alcohol on his lips. I coughed as he began kissing down my body. Whimpering, I wriggled around as he reached my vagina with his mouth. I screamed, out of pain, as he inserted his tongue into me.

Shooting up awake I panted and felt the beads of sweat drying on my goose bump-filled skin. "You okay?" I felt a hand touch my arm and I shied away from the physical contact. "Selene, it's all right, it's just me." Finally my mind realized I was awake and,very slowly, allowed me to look at the person to the right of my hospital bed.

"I'm fine Cameron, you just surprised me."

"You sure?" I bit my lip, not sure if I wanted to tell him, and nodded. "Selene, can I ask you something?"

"Sure."

"Where did you get all those scars and bruises?"

I bit my lip harder before answering,"You can ask anything but that."

"Please Selene? I won't tell anyone."

"I'm sorry rtCameron, I can't." Tears welled up in my eyes at the thought of telling someone about what my father had done to me.

"Selene, don't cry. You don't have to tell me if you don't want to." I felt his thin arms pull me into a hug.

"Thanks Cameron-" I yawned, "for not making me tell you."

He smiled and said, "No problem. Now get some sleep. Damian's taking you to his house tomorrow." I smiled and felt my eyes close.


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