Since the funeral was on Christmas Eve, Christmas wasn't very cheery. Link stayed trapped in my room the whole day, not even allowing me to go up there and check on him. This left me in a very pissy mood and it didn't help that Nabooru was pestering me and occasionally Link with the Christmas spirit. My father was out all day, probably drinking to forget these last few weeks. At the end of the day, Nabooru and I decided it would be best to celebrate Christmas another time.

Now skip to New Years. Link was suppose to be spending it with his boyfriend, Shiek. No one in the house approved of this but Link stubbornly would say,

"I'm not going to break a promise just because my father died. My father would be pissed if I did."

Link was pretty much on his own, so we didn't have a say in if he goes or not. We just continued to try to convince him to stay at home but it was no use. He was too determined to keep a promise with his boyfriend.

My father and Nabooru planned to go drinking to celebrate the new year but with Link leaving they didn't want me to spend the evening by myself. But with a little lie, I convinced them to go.

True, I didn't want to spend New Years Eve alone but I really didn't want someone to cancel their plans for me and I really wanted some alone time.

Nabooru and my father left early that day, probably wanting to get some peace before their drinking voyage. Link, however, wasn't going to be leaving till later. We sat in the kitchen, poking and probing the food Nabooru made for us before leaving. The silence was slowing growing more and more awkward. We hadn't spoken much since the funeral. After Christmas Eve, things between us just grew utterly awkward.

"What are you really doing today?" Link finally mumbled.

"Nothing." I replied honestly.

"Why did you lie to them? It's going to suck spending the last few seconds of this year alone."

"I don't want anyone to cancel their plans just for me." I sighed. "Besides, it will be nice to be alone for once. New Years just isn't a big deal to me."

"You were trying to get me to cancel my plans..." Link grumbled as he finally takes a bite out of the food.

"That's because you shouldn't be going out with him."

He sent me a nasty glare and set down the silverware. "I'm not going to ruin my plans just because -"

"Your father died." I finished his sentence. "I know, we know. Jesus that's all you've been telling us."

Another awkward silence filled the room. Maybe that was a bit too harsh but I was stressed and tired of this said stress. It was suppose to be winter break, winter vacation. None of that shit was suppose to happen, our friendship shouldn't of had a strain on it instead it should have grown.

"Why do you hate Sheik so much? He never did anything wrong." Link mustered.

"I don't like or approve of you being in an abusive relationship."

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"I know what he does to you so don't play dumb." Our glances at each other finally meet. "Everyone knows; it's obvious!"'

His body started to tremble. "Y-You don't know anything…" He bites at his bottom lip. "You have it all wrong Dark…"

"I'm right and you know it. I saw him hit you."

That kept him quiet. And to make matters worse, Sheik arrived early. He knocked on the back door, peering through the window. We adverted our eyes slowly to the window. He sheepishly grinned and waved slightly. Link looked back up at me then scurried off to the door to greet his boyfriend.

They didn't say a single word to me, they left as soon as they met. I stood in the kitchen, listening to the car starting up and driving off. I suddenly felt more alone then I had expected.

This wasn't meant to be a short chapter, but I have my reasons for it. I haven't updated since forever ago and so I just decided to cut this chapter into two very short ones because I want you guys to know that I'm still alive and still wanting to complete this story.

I stopped writing this because of a few things. I graduated high school just this May so I was busy with trying to pass all my classes then I worked a shitty job all summer, which prevented me from writing at all. Then I started college and have been way to busy with it. Though the really big thing that prevented me from writing this chapter is that I simply felt unsure of this story. I feel like I should rewrite it but Haley and another friend of mine convinced me not to. I feel like that maybe I didn't do well with the first billion chapters and I suddenly grew fearful to continue writing. But I really want to finish this and we are actually getting more towards the end and such. And I don't know if any of you were reading my other story but I've decided that I will actually redo that one since I'm not that far into it and it hadn't been updated since like two years ago. This one I'm too far in to redo and if I don't continue writing it now then I'll never finish it.

Thank you guys for sticking through and if there is anything you want to have included (like maybe something wasn't explained well or not at all) or if you just have questions please let me know.

Reviews aren't ever required, it's enough to know people are actually reading =] Thanks Haley for your words of encouragement and godly proofreading skils!