You've got to been kidding me

A/N: Again, they're might be slight cursing and there's a bit of angst in this chapter.

The car ride back home was quiet. Paul had the radio on, and I noticed every now and again he would glance over at me. It was kind of irritating, but I said nothing.

After a short while he pulled up to the house and I saw a car I didn't recognise sitting in front of the house.

'Weird.'

Different possibilities of who could be in my home and why buzzed in my mind. Surprisingly I barely noticed Paul getting out of the car.

After a few more seconds I jumped out of the car and shut the door behind me, well, slammed actually.

Slowly, I walked to the back of the car and reached over to the boot of the car to get my clothes, but a hand on my wrist automatically stopped me. I glanced up and saw Paul had already got them for me.

He looked at me and smiled. I suppressed a shudder, that smile had never seemed so irritating. I gave him small glare before I headed towards the door. I wasn't in the mood to be happy, or maybe I just wasn't in the mood for him.

I opened the door and headed towards the living room and froze.

My insides froze over, but at the same time I felt my body temperature sky rocket as the rage almost consumed me.

The Asshole himself sat, looking completely smug and content with an arm draped over another girl in my living room, in my house! Not to mention the fact that the whore who was practically on his lap looked only a few years older than me.

I spared a quick glance at my siblings, who were huddled in a tight group on the far side of the room. Ashley, Dexter and Andrew were clinging onto Matty, their knuckles were turning white from the strain, while Matty himself looked absolutely livid, and I couldn't say I blamed him.

I don't think they heard me come in so I decided to make my presence known.

"What is he doing here?" I practically glared.

Everyone looked at me, but no one said a thing. Great, more awkward silences.

'So this is why she wanted me back so quickly.'

Steve stood up and smiled at me. I had to bit my lip to stop it curving up into a sneer.

"Amanda, my dear sweet daughter." Steve cooed, pulling me into a bone crushing hug.

I snarled and shoved him off of me, my insides turning from being so close to him. It disgusted me to the point where I had to force the bile that was rising in my throat to stay down.

"Steve," I spat his name was if it were a bad taste in my mouth. "You lost the right to call me your daughter years ago. So unless you want me to give you a black eye and make sure you'll never be able to impregnate that hoe or any other woman for that matter then I suggest. You go and crawl back under whatever rock you came from."

Steve looked.....shocked to say the least. But his shock slowly turned into anger as he opened his mouth to reply to me.

"Now, you listen here you insolent little......!"

"Enough!" Mum's yell made me and Steve jump slightly.

She stood up from her place on the couch and put her hand on my shoulder, but I shrugged it off.

She sighed.

"Amanda, your father and Nikki here will be staying with us until they find a place of their own." She said softly, the look in her eyes was almost begging me to forgive her.

I looked over at Matty and the rest of my family and noticed that Matty was the only one angry about this. Screw angry, he looked like he wanted to go Jack the Ripper for a day on Steve.

Mum turned her attention towards Steve.

"And Steve, while you and your.....girlfriend....."

"Slut." I corrected quickly.

Mum glared at me before continuing.

"As I was saying, now that you are living under my house you are going to follow my rules and the first and most important of those rules is that you will never and I mean never disrespect any of my children, understand?"

After a second Steve blinked and nodded. Just as mum began explaining the rest of the 'house rules' to Steve the girl on the couch slowly rose and made her way over to me.

I raised an eyebrow.

"Can I help you?"

She grinned.

"Hi, I'm Nikki, the 'slut' you'll be sharing a room with."

I gaped, looking at her, then at mum, then back to her again.

"You, have got to be fucking kidding me?!"

"Amanda, watch your language" Mum scolded, her eyebrows were knitted together just like they did any other time when she disapproved of something.

Realization dawned on me.

"Hold on, is this why you asked me to stay home?! So that we can play 'Happy Family'?!" I demanded.

I was furious. I can't believe she would let him stay here after everything he's done to us!

I jumped when I felt Paul's hand on my shoulder, when had he decided to make a bloody entrance?

"Kid, we asked you to come back and stay for a while because we were worried about you." Paul said, squeezing my shoulder.

Bloody Basterd would take her side.

"I am not stay here with that and that," I pointed to the devil and his slut. "So you can put my stuff back in the car and take me back to my home."

Mum visibly flinched; I knew I'd struck a nerve.

"Amanda this is your home." She whispered, tears welling in her eyes.

I laughed coldly. She was kidding, right?

"Stephanie," I called her by her first name, 'mum' just didn't feel right. "This is no longer my home if he is living in it so can you please stop the water works" it was kind of cruel and mean what I said but I was angry, he shouldn't be here. Everyone looked at me with shock on their faces. I have had enough of this they want him here then I'm going. With that thought I glared at Steve and headed for the door, I was about to open it when Matty stopped me.

"Amanda, even though I don't agree with mum's decision to let him stay, he has changed." I heard Matty say quietly.

What?! My eyes widened and my breathing becomes laboured. My whole family were turning against me because one guy, who is meant to be my father, comes crawling back.

I turn around and glare at Matty.

"Not you too, Matty! Am I the only one who can see that he hasn't changed?! He will never change! Matty, remember the story mum told us a few months ago?" I saw him turn his gaze towards the floor as he shuffled his feet uncomfortably. He did remember. "She said he hit her and she kicked him out, but, of course, a few days later he dragged his sorry ass back and claimed he had changed You know just as well as I do after mum had us that that's when the violence started again, for our sake she kicked him out again. He disappeared for a few months and then came back, she took him back and everything was 'perfect' until Dex and Ash was born and then it started all over again. It's a never ending cycle! Me and you took the beatings for Dex and Ash until we were five, when the fucker put me in hospital and mum finally let him go for good and divorced him. Now he's back again, only this time he's carrying extra weight. What's to say he won't do it again? I won't be here when he proves me right."

With that said I left. Tears stinging my eyes, but I would never let them fall. I walked out of the house, hoping to clear my head.

Jason's P.O.V

"No, Mrs McMahon, I'll be sure to contact you as soon as I find her." I sighed, that was the tenth time Stephanie had phoned.

Six hours. Six bloody hours, that's how long she was gone for.

I shut my phone and looked over at Taylor, she looked worried as did her boyfriend Alex, but he tried not to show it, he had to be strong for Taylor…..Who already had a death grip on his hand. We have searched everywhere for her, we tried phoning her cell, but she switched it off. She could be anywhere. Lying in some sort of ditch or alley.

I froze and at that moment I prayed to whatever God there was to make sure that she was safe.

Slowly, I forced a smile and put an arm around Taylor's shoulders.

"Don't worry Tay, we'll find her." I said, trying to keep my voice firm.

She gave me a sad smile, God, she could see right through me.

"I hope so, I really do." She sighed, before giving me a small grin. "You know, you and Amanda are perfect for each other."

I smiled at her attempt to lighten the mood. God, how I wish that were true. If Amanda knew what happened in my past she'd never want to see me again.

Even though we'd searched this place about five times, I still felt the urge to go to it. Maybe it was the fact that I'd always come here as a child, the emotions rushed back to the surface, I remember running here when I wanted to escape.

I froze, spotting a figure on the swings or was it a bird?

I mentally snorted. A bird! Then that was one big-ass bird! My eyes widened at my mental debate on birds.

'Oh God, am I going insane?!'

I squinted my eyes, trying to get my eyes to adjust to the darkness.

"Taylor! Alex! Look!" I exclaimed, pointing to the park.

The two of them stopped walking and looked over to where I was pointing, a grin slowly spread on both of their faces.

We climbed the bars and ran as fast as we could to the playground. Okay, well, as fast as I could go. But hey, I was on crutches, I had an excuse.

"You idiot!" I muttered, before pulling her into my arms, my stomach flipping just a bit as she hugged me back.

Taylor and Alex joined in with the hug.

"You ever do that again and I'll skin you alive." Taylor threatened, but I knew she was just happy to see her friend again.

"Sorry, Taylor, I just needed time alone."

I limped behind her and put my arms around her.

Alex took the swing next to Amanda as I limped behind her and wrapped my arms around her; Taylor took this chance to use Alex as a seat.

There was a chill in the air which probably would have made anyone else freeze but it actually calmed me and for a few moments we enjoyed the silence of the night time......

That was until my phone went off.

"Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it! Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it!"

I looked at the caller ID and saw it was Stephanie again and I froze, glancing out at Amanda as she automatically held out her hand. I didn't exactly have time to wonder if it was a good idea because she'd already snatched it out of my hand.

"Jason, have you found her? Please tell me you found her."

I cringed at the note of desperation in Stephanie's voice and I'd completely forgotten to phone her.

As if sensing my internal struggle Amanda kissed me softly on the cheek.

"Yeah, he found me."

"Amanda?! Are you alright? Where were you?!"

In that moment Amanda's facial expression went from shock, to hurt to livid in a matter of seconds, I could feel her shake with anger .

"What do you care? I thought you were playing house with Daddy dearest? Leave my clothes at TNA and don't call me or any of my friends again." Amanda practically hissed.

My jaw dropped as I looked over at the Taylor and Alex, who wore the same shocked expression as I did.

Amanda had always seemed close to her family. What the Hell happened?

"Amanda, please...."

Again, I cringed,it sounded as if her mum was crying on the other end.

"No, mum. Does Dex or Ash or even Paul know the real reason I was in hospital? No they don't. Steve stabbed me for trying to protect you! You promised me that you would never let him near us! And you broke that promise! So fuck all of you! I won't be there when he turns on you this time!"

She hit the end button and handed the phone back to me. I limped around to face her; slowly I brushed the tears away before pulling her into my arms.

Letting her sob into my shoulder was the only thing I could do, just like Taylor and Alex could only watch. I just couldn't believe it that someone like Amanda had to suffer like this. God, I wanted to rip Steve limb from limb.

"Amanda, can you tell us what happened?" Alex broke the silence.

She broke away from my hold and sat back on the swing. She took a moment to gather her thoughts before speaking.

"When I went home I caught Steve and some slut sitting in the living room looking a bit too comfortable with each other. Ash was trying to restrain Matty so I decided to make my presence known. So I asked what Steve was doing in our home, it turned out the two them were staying until they found a place of their own, an argument erupted and I left."

"It's getting dark, maybe we leave." I suggested.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

We walked in a tense silence which was practically suffocating me since I was so used to Amanda breaking the awkward situations.

"Seriously, have you all lost the ability to speak? The silence is driving me mad and my leg is itchy. So this is a really bad combination." I laughed nervously, earning a few small chuckles from everyone else.

But I wasn't lying. The cast was really irritating my skin, I think I have a rash now.

I sighed softly, I really wanted to ask Amanda about what she said on the phone but I refrained for her sake.

"You can ask me a question. I won't bite." I was startled at the sound of her voice.

'Jesus, she can read minds now.'

"Uh, is it true about Steve stabbing you?" Taylor asked.

Amanda laughed without emotion.

"Do you honestly think I was lying?"

"Um, no, I-I Was j-just curious....."

My eyes widened as I looked at Taylor. I'd never heard Taylor stammer before. I switched my gaze to Amanda; she had a smile playing on her lips.

"Taylor, calm down." Amanda laughed a little before whipping all emotion from her face. "But it's true. I have the scar to prove it."

We stopped and she lifted her top up and that's when we saw it. Taylor gasped while Alex and I stared at her. A huge scar marred the left side of her stomach. She pulled her top down and sighed.

We continued walking in silence before Alex spoke up.

"Why did he do that to you?"

"There's a simple answer to that, Alex, he is an abusive psychopath." Amanda scoffed.

I was the one who asked the next question.

"But why? What made him do it?"

She looked at me and then stared straight ahead. I knew I wasn't getting an answer.

I didn't know how long we walked for, but by the time we reached the TNA arena everyone was exhausted. But I guessed that we were in trouble because I spotted the girls and guys from our crew in the parking lot watching Jeff pacing back and forth.

He looked up when he heard us approach. He breathed a sigh of relief and pulled Amanda into a hug.

"Thank God you're safe."

After a few moments he let go and she walked inside with her head down.

"She doesn't want her family near her at the moment. So if they call or come down here will you tell them that please?" I asked.

Jeff nodded and ushered us all inside.

Once inside Taylor began discussing tonight's events with the girls and Alex was filling in the boys. I sighed and decided to stop the crew before we went any further.

"Guys, let's keep this between us. I'm sure Amanda doesn't want tonight's events to be circulating around TNA especially with Olivia hanging around to twist everything."

After a few murmurs and some protests they agreed and I smiled.

"Thank you. I'm going to check on Amanda and then hit the sack, night guys."

They said their goodnights and headed into the lounge room,

After that I made my way to Amanda's room to find her sound asleep. I stared at her for a minute because she looked so innocent; it was unbelievable what she had to go through. But as long as she wants us around I'll always protect her.


A/N

Hey guys sorry for the long wait school has been mad with coursework and stuff due but i have the next two chappys written down i just need to type them :) i wanna thank my friend bornagh for beta this chappy shes awsome :)

Going to see metallica next week cant wait :)

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