Chapter 10

Hanna's POV:

Lunch seemed to drag on and on, I kept replaying the moment in the library with Caleb over and over.

I didn't realize that I was only pushing around my salad, when Emily noticed something was off about me. "Han you okay? You're barely eating."

I gave her a smile to reassure her. "Yeah I'm fine, just not that hungry."

Aria kinked her eyebrow at me, "Is there a reason? Maybe something behind the cut on your lip?" Spencer chimmed in "Your mom drinking again?"

I rolled my eyes at all of them. I really didn't want to hear this right now.

I grabbed my things, threw my lunch away and walked to my locker to get my notebook and head to the music room.

I never told anyone about my side project/hobby of this but it's just something I enjoy doing to help me

Get my mind off things. If I am in a mood I hide out in my notebook and write things down.

Aria is the only one who knows that I play guitar, I never liked to draw attention to myself. I play guitar and piano. My older brother taught me before….well he enjoyed teaching me and I love getting lost in something I am trying to get down on a cord, I love music-it's saved me from myself a lot of the time.

I head to the music room and found the keyboard unattended, I pull out my notebook and sit down.

I run my finger tips over the keys and take a deep breath before starting to pay the notes, the microphone was plugged in and on so I started my song:

I can feel the magic floating in the air

Being with you gets me that way.

I watch the sunlight dance across your face,

And I've never been this swept away.

Someone cleared their throat and I jumped, Caleb was standing in the door. I got nervous, wondering how long he was actually standing there. "Please don't stop." I blushed and closed my notebook.

"How long have you been standing there?" I asked avoiding eye contact, "not long enough. You didn't finish."

I smiled when I looked up I noticed he had moved on to the bench and sat down next to me, he lifted his hand and brushed a piece of hair out of my face.

"Please play some more, it was beautiful." I slowly nodded, "Don't laugh." He pretended to cross his heart and held up a boy scout sign.

I opened my notebook back up and replayed.

All my thoughts just seem to settle on the breeze

When I'm lying wrapped in your arms,

The whole world just fades away,

The only thing I hear is the beating of your heart.

And I can feel you breathe, it's washing over me

And suddenly I'm melting into you.

There's nothing left to prove, baby all we need is just to be.

Caught up in the touch, slow and steady rush.

Baby isn't that the way love's supposed to be?

I can feel you breathe

Just breathe.

In a way I know my heart is waking up

As all the walls come tumbling down.

I'm closer than I've ever felt before.

And I know

And you know

There's no need for words right now.

Cause I can feel you breathe, it's washing over me

And suddenly I'm melting into you.

There's nothing left to prove, baby all we need is just to be.

Caught up in the touch, slow and steady rush.

Baby isn't that the way love's supposed to be?

I can feel you breathe

Just breathe.

Caught up in the touch, slow and steady rush.

Baby isn't that the way love's supposed to be?

I can feel you breathe

Just breathe

I can feel the magic floating in the air.

Being with you gets me that way…

I stopped playing and looked at Caleb, he seemed speechless. "Well." He looked over at me in awe, "did you write that?" I nodded slowly.

He leaned over and kissed me, as we were deepening the kiss my phone went off. I looked down and saw the text was from my mom. "I have to get home."

Caleb let go of my hand, "Let me drive you." My eyes grew big, what if my mom saw him? There was no way I could risk that. "No, I can make it. I'll just see you tomorrow. Really it's okay." He didn't buy it for a minute but let me go anyway. Before I left him I turned back,

"By the way you're the first person I sang in front of-and the last. Don't tell anyone what I did for you, I like to keep something's about me to myself."

I winked and he smiled at me. I left and walked on home.

"Mom? I'm home." I announced when I got in the door. I placed my keys on the kitchen table, and put all the dishes from lunch in the sink.

I started to do them, we didn't have a dishwasher-mostly because we couldn't afford one. As I was cleaning I was humming the song I had sang to Caleb and smiling when the smell of beer and cigarettes' filled my scents.

Eric was right behind me, I stopped moving. I acted like a deer and just remained perfectly still thinking he would go away.

Instead he came up behind me and put his arms on my shoulder, I could smell the cigarette in his mouth,

"You seem to be in a good mood Hanna-banana" I cringed I hated that nickname he made for me.

"What are you doing? I thought vampires only came out at night."

I immediately regretted saying that because Eric took his cigarette and pressed it into my neck, I dropped the glass and screamed.

He covered my mouth and pulled me close to his body, it was sweaty and smelly. "Shut up. It's what you need to learn."

He let go and threw the cigarette away. I cried silently into the sink my neck in pain. He sat down at the table and watched me wash the dishes.

"Turn to me." I jumped from the broken silence. "Look at me damn it!" He banged his fist on the table, I set the glass in the sink and looked at him with watery eyes.

He got up and walked over to me, smiled and when I thought he was going to walk away completely. He turned back and punched me in the eye.

"Now, talk to me that way again and I will make sure you never walk again. You understand me?"

When I didn't respond at first he kicked me in the rib and I groaned a "Yes." He laughed, kicked me two more times, then grabbed his jacket, keys, phone and headed out the door. It took me an hour to get off the floor but once I did, I grabbed a bag and packed it with everything I would need this week into next,

took: my phone, computer, chargers and anything else that I thought they would smash in the evening. Took my house keys locked the door behind me and walked away. I knew where I was going. I told the girls not to tell Eric or my mom where I was or where I was heading.

I was staying somewhere safe and would see them in school, just don't ask why.

I walked to the one place where I knew I could trust someone even though I knew we just met, I didn't want to stay with the girls because that would be where they would look and would hurt them.

And I really couldn't risk it. So when I walked up the walk way I took a deep breath, then noticed there were no lights on anywhere.

I went around back and noticed lights coming from a teenager's room I smiled knowing who's room it was, I noticed he had vines that led up to a little balcony,

I climbed up-I went rock climbing at fat camp, I was more of a pro skinny then I was fat.

Once I got onto the balcony I lightly knocked on the window, praying that this was the right window. When the figure came to the door I let out a breath.

They opened the door and I started to cry, and chocked on the words I was trying to get out. "You said I could stay no question's asked. So can I come in?"

and I started to sob.

A/N: The song Breathe is by Faith Hill..hope you liked this chapter! =]