Helga froze in her tracks as she walked past the doorway to the living room. She was hoping that she didn't see what she thought she did. She closed her eyes and breathed in deeply the air coming in like knives, jabbing at her lungs. She backed up slowly and opened her eyes turning towards them. She opened her eyes,hoping it was all just a dream. Her heart stopped as she took in the thin woman sitting on the couch next to the tall, large man who looked like he was scowling. Her father sat on the opposite couch obviously as happy about the situation as she was.

"What are they doing here?" she asked a little out of breath

"Helga..." her grandmother slurred looking up at her with her droppy eyes. "we came to see you honey...we miss you."

"Why did you let them in?" she asked her father

"Hey, hey hey young lady respect your elders." Bob said angrily before recoiling at the look Helga's father gave him

"My daughter will repect whoever she wants to. I told you from the minute you came into this house, Pataki, that you shouldn't expect her to be remotely kind to you after the hell you put her through." her father snapped. She looked to him and noticed that his eyes were puffy and red, like he had been crying.

"Dad what's wrong?" she asked slowly backing away from everyone. Her father didn't cry easily. So something had to be really reall wrong.

"Hel...Angel please sit down." he said opening his arms

"No! Tell me what's wrong." she said looking around the room for a clue. She found it. Sitting on the glass coffee table were a stack of papers. She had seen them before. About a year ago when she had left Bob and mariam forever. They were the papers that determined who would have custody over her. "Why are there custody papers on the table?"

her father blinked rapidly and walked towards her only to have her back further. "Angel there is a problem with my having custody with you. You see your grandparents they found...they found a legal document that your mother had drawn up. They state that..in the event...of her...of her...death...then your grandparents become your legal gaurdian."

"But, now your here." Helga said tears brimming in her blue eyes. "Surely you have more rights over them. YOu are my father."

"Sweetie I wish it were that simple. Seeing as I was gone for most of your life and this document was made before i came into your life this contracts binds you to them. I will try and fight it but I don't know what they will do. I'm sorry honey but with this paper, it breaks the court order."

"So your telling me that without this paper. This would never be a problem?"

He nodded and she turned her attention furiously to the two people sitting on her couch "Why did you even bring this here. No body knew about it until you brought it into light! You couldn't just leave me alone! I was happy! I was finally happy and you ruined it! YOu ruined it."

"Helga...baby." Mariam said standing up

"No! No!"

She ran out the door and into the streets tears falling from her face. She ran like the Devil himself was chasing her. Her mind wasn't working. She couldn't hear anything only the pounding of her own heart. She didn't see anything. Not even the blonde boy who watched her run down the street. She didn't hear him call her name. Nor did she hear the footsteps as he followed her. She kept on running running until she reached the pond in the middle of the park. She stopped just in front of where the water touched the bank. She clutched her hair and threaded it between her fingers breathing hard. She closed her eyes. She need to calm down. She needed to get her stress levels down. The doctor said that she really needed to stop stressing out so much. So she did the only thing that felt natural to her. She started to sing.

We clawed, we chained our hearts in vain we jumped never asking why we kissed, I fell under your spell A love no one could deny

Don t you ever say I just walked away I will always want you I can t live a lie, running for my life I will always want you

She took a step forward into the water and crashed to her knees letting the frezzing water soak into her jeans and send pin needles of cold through her skin.

I came in like a wrecking ball I never hit so hard in love All I wanted was to break your walls All you ever did was wreck me Yeah, you wreck me

She had always thought that living with her dad was took good to be true. She knew that sooner or later something would ruin it. SHe just didn't think that Bob or Mariam would do it. They didn't want her. They had made that perfectly clear. She thought they finally let her be happy.

I put you high up in the sky And now, you re not coming down It slowly turned, you let me burn And now, we re ashes on the ground

Don t you ever say I just walked away I will always want you I can t live a lie, running for my life I will always want you

She was freezing but that didn't stop her from moving further into the water. The pain was nothing compared to how she had felt before. Her heart had completely shattered and now the water was healing it slightly. Just enough to numb it.

I came in like a wrecking ball I never hit so hard in love All I wanted was to break your walls All you ever did was wreck me I came in like a wrecking ball Yeah, I just closed my eyes and swung Left me crouching in a blaze and fall All you ever did was wreck me Yeah, you wreck me

She looked up at the sky and sighed. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Without even thinking she let her legs cave in beneath her and she had settled on the bottom she opened her eyes. Her hair floated and looked like a ray of sunlight. Tiny bubbles of air floated from her mouth and the water created a sound barrier around her.

I never meant to start a war I just wanted you to let me in And instead of using force I guess I should ve let you win I never meant to start a war I just wanted you to let me in I guess I should ve let you win

Don t you ever say I just walked away I will always want you

She felt something wrap around her waist and tug. She let out a scream that came out in a burst of bubbles. She felt her head break the surface and she took in a big gulp of air. Her lungs burned with it. She hadn't realized just how much she needed air.

I came in like a wrecking ball I never hit so hard in love All I wanted was to break your walls All you ever did was wreck me I came in like a wrecking ball Yeah, I just closed my eyes and swung Left me crouching in a blaze and fall All you ever did was wreck me Yeah, you, you wreck me Yeah, you, you wreck me

She looked around and saw a Football headed boy looking at her bobbing in the water. His eyes were wide and stared at her worridly. His breathing was hard and he wrapped his arms around her tightly.

"What were you doing!" he shouted his bottom lip shivering.

She soon realized that she too was shivering violently as she spoke "I was...tttthinking...ffffoootball head." she said

"THINKING! UNDER THE WATER? IN THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER? WHY!" he asked "YOUR LIPS ARE TURNING BLUE HELGA!"

"Okay therrre is nnnooo nnnneed to shshshshshout."

"YOU...you're right. I'm sssorry." he said pulling her out of the pond and back onto the bank. He set her down carefully and placed the sweater ,which he took off before going after her, and put it around her shoulders. "Can you s...s..stand?"

SHe nodded and stood up clutching at the sweater. She muttered a thanks and let him lead her out of the park.

"Come on, we can go to my house and warm up." he said taking her hand and leading her down the street "And you can tell me what made you jump into that freezing cold water."

She simply nodded and let him lead her away. Silently melting by the simple fact that he wasn't letting go of her hand.