Reivin17: I'm sure you have all been wondering what is wrong with Tala, well here you go. You get to find out. I don't own Rouge. You'll have to ask the real Rouge, Terra-Marie, if you want to use her.

Title: Trust Me

Author: Reivin Romanovski

Chapter 7: Tala's Problem

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(Normal POV, Reivin's House)

Reivin's eyes widened in surprise. She just stared with her mouth wide open.

"Are you serious?" asked Reivin.

"Yeah." Tara and Rei answered at the same time.

"Oh my God." Reivin said. She had kind of a sad tone in her voice. "I'm so happy for you!"

Tara and Rei blinked at her sudden outburst.

"Of course he can stay! Come on in, Katana is already here." Reivin said as she walked inside. Rei and Tara followed her as they walked into the living room.

"Who's that?" asked Damion as he saw Rei and glared at him.

"Don't worry Damion," Reivin said to her brother. "That's Tara's boyfriend."

"Do you have to tell the whole world about it?" asked Tara as Reivin kept walking and they followed. Reivin decided to ignore her and kept walking.

They went up the stairs and into Reivin's room where Katana was already there. Katana was sitting on the floor drinking some water.

"What's Rei doing here?" asked Katana as she started to chug down the water.

"He's Tara's boyfriend!" exclaimed Reivin causing Katana to spit out the water.

"He's WHAT!" yelled Katana in surprise.

"I think she has to tell everyone." Said Rei as he looked at Tara; Tara just nodded.

"Let's just start with Katana's hair." Tara said as she sat down on the bed. "Katana, go take a bath so you can clean your hair. Reivin, get the brushes and stuff ready. And Rei, just sit there and be quiet."

Everyone nodded and did what they were told. Rei pouted and sat cross legged with his arms crossed on the bed next to Tara.

(Tala's POV, Tala's House)

Damn. I knew I shouldn't have gone with Kai to the mechanic. I didn't really care what happened to his car. But now I'm late. I'm dad's gonna kill me. Literally.

I got to my house and took a deep breath. I opened the door quietly so it wouldn't make a sound. Luck wasn't on my side. The door made a noise but I went in quickly. The wooden floor boards creaked and made it even worse. I got to the front of my room unnoticed. I sighed, maybe he wasn't home now. Maybe he was off getting drunk somewhere and wasn't home. How I wish it was true. I opened the door and saw him.

It was my dad. He was drunk and was sitting on my bed. He had a beer bottle on his hand and looked at me. I could smell the alcohol from where I was standing. He just looked at me and I felt nervous.

"Where have you been?" he asked me. His voice sounded drunk, so that confirmed my suspicions. He always got drunk, so why am I still surprised? It's because I'm scared if him.

"I was with my friend at the mechanic. His car had a problem." I answered. And tried my best not to show what I was feeling right now. There were so many things I was feeling right now, I don't even know what they were.

"Do I look like I care?" he asked as he got up. "I said I wanted you here everyday. And I expected you early so you can cook me dinner. Or did you forget?"

"No?"

"What was that?"

"No, sir."

"Then why weren't you here early?" he asked. He was already really close, and it scared me. I don't care what you might think; I'm scared of this guy, I know what he can do!

"I already told you?" I started but never got to finish as he picked me up by the collar of my shirt and pinned me against the wall.

"Don't get smart with me, boy." He said. "Your mother might not be here, but I am. I'm your father after all, so I will do as I please."

"You're not my father?" I said under my breath, but it was unfortunately loud for him to hear me.

"Now I'm mad, boy." He said and hit me. Just like that, he started beating me. He punched my face and I could feel blood coming from my lip. But he didn't care. He punched me in the stomach and threw me on the ground.

I clutched my stomach in pain as he started kicking me. There was nothing I could do. I just had to wait until he got tired of beating me, or until I passed out. I didn't care which one came first.

"Tala?" I heard a familiar voice from behind me. Dad heard it too and stopped for a moment. I opened my eyes that I had closed when I was thrown and looked at the figure standing on the door.

"Go away, Rouge." I told her. Rouge is my 10 year old sister. No one knows I have a sister, but I do. She has light red hair like mine with a white streak in front and sky blue eyes. "Go to your room and lock it."

My father growled. "Go away child. Can't you see that I'm busy?"

"You're hurting Tala, Daddy. Please stop." She said. She was about to cry and I knew it. I hated it when she cried. My father started walking towards her in his drunken state.

"Go to your room, Rouge!" I yelled at her. I can't let him hurt her. I'd rather die than letting my crazy father hurt her. She looked at me one more time before she ran off to her room which was at the end of the hall. I sighed when I heard the "click" of the lock.

"Now, now. That wasn't very nice of you. You ruined my fun." My father said. He's a maniac. I would have left this infernal place if it wasn't for Rouge. I'm not of age to take care of her by myself, and she's only 10. I don't want her to get hurt. My dad threatens me; he says that if I leave he'll hurt Rouge.

"How can you say that?" I asked him from where I was still on the floor. That was a stupid thing to do. To think of all the times this has happened I would have learned not to talk back.

"What I do is none of your business." He said and went to kicking me again. I closed my eyes as he picked me up and punched me. If I yelled he would just hurt me harder, then he would hurt Rouge and probably kill me. I wouldn't mind being dead right now anyway.

My eyes shot open in pain as he broke the beer bottle against my nightstand and hit me with the broken part. He put the broken glass against my shoulder, burying the glass deeper into my shoulder.

I felt tears run down my eyes as he suddenly pulled back the broken bottle and threw me on the floor.

He was done. He was done for today. He closed the door on his way out and I heard him go downstairs. I heard the front door open and close. He was probably off to buy more beer. I suppressed my tears and stood up.

I wasn't in the best of shape, but I at least I could walk a bit. I walked out of my room and closed the door on my way out.

I stood in front of Rouge's door. "Rouge! Open the door, it's me. Dad left."

Rouge opened the door and hugged me. She was crying, and I hated to see her like that.

"I'm so sorry, Tala." She told me as she cried into my chest.

"It's okay." I said and came into her room. I locked the door behind us and sat on her bed.

"Rouge, we're going away. Now that dad left, we're leaving."

That seemed to cheer her up because she smiled.

"How?" she asked.

I really didn't know. Well…there was one way…

"Call Reivin." I said as I handed her my cell phone from my pocket. It got smudged with some blood, but I really didn't care right now. "Tell her you're my sister. don't tell her anything about what happened. Just tell her if we can stop by her house."

Rouge nodded and looked for her number. When she found it, she pushed the green button and held the phone to her ear.

(Reivin's POV, Reivin's House.)

Katana had finished taking a bath and I was stuck brushing her hair while Tara got some conditioners ready. My cell phone rang from my nightstand and I stood up to get it. I looked at the screen and it said:

"Tala Valkov!" on it. That was weird. Tala never calls me at my cell phone.

"Hello?" I answered.

"Um, hello. Is this Miss Reivin?" the voice on the other line said. Who was this? They had Tala's cell, but that wasn't Tala. That was a girl voice.

"Yeah, who is this?" I asked and my friends looked at me. I shrugged.

"This is Rouge. Tala's little sister."

"Tala doesn't have a sister." I said. If this was a joke, it was a very bad one. "Is this a joke?"

"No! I'm serious! Do you want to talk to my brother to prove it?"

"Yeah."

"Fine. Here Tala, she wont believe me!" the girl said and I waited.

"Reivin? It's Tala, she's telling the truth. She's my sister."

"How come you never said you had a sister" I've known you for ever and I've never found out you had a sister! Tala, what's going on?"

"Look, I can't talk now. I'm wasting time. I'm going over to your house and I'll explain everything there."

"Okay then."

"Oh, and, have a first aid kit ready. Bye." With that he hung up. What did he mean by "have a first aid kit ready?"

(Tala's POV)

I hung up and sighed. I got up and winced at the pain. I grabbed Rouge's hand and grabbed my car keys and cell phone. We went downstairs and out the door. I locked it and got in my car. I sat Rouge down in the back and put her seat belt on. I know I shouldn't be driving in the condition I'm in, but I don't are. I have to get away from that house before my father returns.

I got to Reivin's house in about 10 to 15 minutes. I turned the car off and got out. I winced again at the pain. I opened the car door for Rouge and grabbed her hand. I got to the front door and Rouge rang the doorbell.

Reivin opened the door and gasped. "Tala! What happened?" I heard her ask.

I smiled then looked at Rouge. I motioned her forward to Reivin, and then I was surrounded by darkness.