Never Grow Up

A/N: And the perfect life of Will continues. Oh, if you don't like April or Kristin Chenoweth for that matter, don't read this.

A/N 2:

I know it's been like 50 million years since this was updated, but we've finally found time to work on this! I will reward you with a great chapter… I hope… and my other stories will be up soon!

DISCLAIMER: WE STILL DON'T OWN IT.

*gLee!*

PREVIOUSLY:

"I know it hurts honey, can you just open them for a few seconds…" she asks.

I slowly open my eyes and start crying cuz it really hurts. "it hurts mommy…"

She rubs my back, "I know sweetheart, do you want me to carry you?"

I just nod and lean into her. The next thing I know I'm in the car and we're on the way home. I've already decided one thing, I'm not going back tomorrow and there's not much they can do to make me.

*gLee!*

WILL & APRIL'S APARTMENT

Lauren's POV

When we get home I sit on the couch and close my eyes.. it still really hurts. Mom comes in and sits next to me.

"Lauren… what happened?" she asks.

"nothing… I'm gonna go shower…" I tell her, forcing my eyes open as I start to get up.

"nothing… this is not nothing…." She says

"there's nothing you can do about it anyways…" I reply.

Mom just sighs as I slowly start walking into my room.

"isn't it obvious what happened?" I scream at her.

"did they beat you up?" she asks.

"duh…" I answer, thanks for stating the obvious mom.

She sighs again, "who did this?"

"some dude…"

"I'm going to go tell your dad…"

"why? It's pointless…" I reply, I'm practically in my room now. I just wanna shower…

"just try to get cleaned up…" she tells me.

"fine. Don't try to do anything about it. The school doesn't care…" I tell her, slamming the bathroom door.

Will's POV

I hear Lauren's door slam and April comes up to me.

"hey April…" I say to her, she looks stressed out.

"Lauren got beat up!" she tells me. Oh god, I hope she's okay.

"seriously? Is she okay?" I ask her.

"she's got a black eye and a busted lip.." April tells me.

"oh god. I'm gonna call the school. This needs to stop." I say, there's no way some kid is gonna get away with beating up Lauren. She didn't do anything wrong.

"she says we can't do anything about it. I feel horrible!" she says, starting to freak out.

"I'll make sure something gets done. Where is she now?" I ask, I need to talk to Lauren and make sure she's okay and her lip doesn't need stitches.

"taking a shower…" April tells me. I'll just talk to her when she's done. She's probably trying to relax.

"okay… I'll just talk to her when she's done…" I say to April and she just walks off. I know this isn't gonna be easy for either one of them. April probably thinks she's done something wrong and Lauren's hurt.

I give Lauren almost twenty minutes after I hear her water shut off and calmly walk into her room.

"hey sweetie…"

"go away.." she says.

"Lauren, I'm sorry this happened…" I tell her. I really am, I wish this didn't have to happen to her.

"they won't do anything about it…" she quietly says. They will, after I talk to them and tell them what's been going on.

"if they won't, I will. This has to stop.." I tell her.

"I want it to, but it just won't dad. It's pointless." She replies.

"then just tell me who did this…" I ask her.

"he's in my English class…" Great, she's not gonna want to go to school tomorrow.

"okay…" I reply, letting her tell me what she wants to.

"it was so scary…" she sadly says.

I squeeze her hand. "what'd he say to you?"

"I tried really hard not to listen…" she replies, hanging her head.

"okay. Do you know who he was…" If I can at least get a name, I can probably figure out who did it.. they can look it up by the roster for the class.

"his name is Daniel…" she whimpers.

"okay…" I reply, hopefully she's gonna be okay.

"my lip freakin hurts…" she whines.

"I know, I'm sorry sweetie…" I tell her. By looking at it, I don't think she's gonna need stitches. Which is good because that would be even more painful for her.

"I don't wanna go to school tomorrow… I'm ugly now.." she whimpers.

I knew she was gonna say something like that eventually. I was thinking about letting her stay home tomorrow anyways.

"honey, you're not ugly now.." I reassure her. There's times she can be a lot like April, and right now she is.

"I have a black eye and a busted lip. I am ugly…" she says.

I don't think we've ever told her about April's old boyfriends… there's never really been a reason to. but now that she's been hurt like this and she's starting to think that she's ugly it might be a good time.

"did mom ever tell you about her old boyfriend before me?" I ask, not really sure about how she's gonna react.

"no…" she quietly answers.

"she came to me after he tried to hurt her. She was really beat up, I think she had a broken rib or two if I remember right…" I explain.

"wow…" Lauren replies. I'm not too sure if she realizes what I'm trying to explain to her.

"your eye and lip should be better in about a week maybe, her ribs took a lot longer to heal…" I tell her, hopefully this will help her realize that getting beat up at school is nothing compared to what April's been through. I hate that she had to find out some things about April this way though. We were gonna tell her when we thought she was ready…

"whatever…" she sighs.

"don't worry about it too much sweetie… it'll heal soon enough…" I reassure her.

"fine. I think it's gonna be hard to eat tonight…" April and I had already thought about that. I know she's probably hungry but we're gonna have to find something easy for her to eat.

"we can find you something easy to eat…" I suggest. I know she doesn't like soup too much but it's about one of the only things she can probably eat right now. There's not much I can do to clean up her lip.

"whatever… can I have ice cream?" she asks. I actually think that would make her feel better, something cool on her lip might help bring down the little bit of swelling that is there.

"sure.." I reply. I'm not gonna tell her that's the reason why, it's comforted her before and I know that's why she wants it. I'm not gonna argue too much with her tonight. She's too upset already.

"okay…" she quietly replies.

I hug her and let her have some time by herself because I know she probably wants it. And I need talk to April anyways, and let her know that I've gotten a little bit of what happened.

A/N: So, another chapter done. More crazy drama is to come, promise! This was just kinda a filler chapter to get things going in the direction they need to. Please review and let me know what you think!