I fast forwarded to kinda current-ish

Heavy heavy stuff here... I had to have someone find out about David/Hayley's unhealthy relationship.

Yes I know, that was fast, but I do admit, this chapter came out a LOT faster than I thought it would.

Title is from "Jar Of Hearts" - Christina Perri (good song!)

A few months had past, Cori got to throw a LA party and met more celebrities had gone back to Kansas (still in contact with Corbin), Demi went into a downward spiral and is currently in rehab, and Hayley found herself back with David, which had been rocky from the start anyway. She learned to take the slaps, the pushes, and the punches. She thought she really loved him, and she let it all sink in like a secret. She hid the brusies with makeup, and wore long sleve shirts when she couldn't cover it up. She also stopped eating, losing weight and started to become a twig. She didn't know how to react around her friends. She knew she couldn't tell her father, and She knew someone was going to figure out sooner or later she just wasn't sure who.

Sterling had decided to visit Hayley at her house, He hadn't seen her in a few months and he was missing visiting with her, she was his best friend and he always knew he could get a laugh out of her. Recently she had been lookingdown onset and He didn't want what happened to Demi months before to happen to Hayley.

He walked to her door and rang the doorbell.

Hayley answered, wearing a pair of skinny jeans and a blue over sized long sleeve shirt. He could tell she was skinner, no matter how hard she tried to hide it, "Hey Hales, how you doing today?"

"Good, you?"

"Been better," He smiled, "I've come to recuse you from being stuck at home, lets go shopping for... shoes? Girls like shopping for shoes right?"

Hayley stifled a laugh, "I can't, sorry."

"Oh Come on Hales." Sterling said as he picked her up off the ground and through her over his shoulder.

"Ster, no. I promised David I'd wait for him to come pick me up." She pushed herself out of his grip, almost stumbling on to the ground, but he caught her.

"Hales, I'm here, I have a vehicle, and I haven't seen you in over a month, I miss you."

"Sterling, I can't-"

"Are you still thinking about what I said back in Wichita, Cause I'm totally over that and-"

"It's not that," She rubbed her upper arm, "I just promised him and I don't want to break that promise."

As she was rubbing her arm, her shirt hiked up a bit, revealing a bruise on her wrist, and he didn't miss a beat, he grabbed her wrist and pulled it up a bit reavealing a few more bruises, "What is this?" his blue eyes looked straight into her green ones, searching for an answer.

"I fell." she simply replied.

"You fell? This looks like more than falling." The thethought rushed into his head and he was almost too afraid to ask. "Di- Did David hit you?"

"No," She quickly pulled her arm back, "David would never do that."

"Then where did these bruises come from? And if you say 'I fell' again, you're no longer my friend."

"He didn't mean it."

"So he did hit you?"

"Sterling, don't get mad! Don't do what I think you're going to do."

"How could I not get angry? What do you expect me to do? Wait for him to show up and give him a piece of mind? Well, yeah, that's exactly what I'm going to do."

She put a hand on his shoulder, "Sterling," she said softly as he turned to face her, "Don't."

"Hayley, he hit you, no man should ever lay a finger on a woman, he should-"He was then intterupted by the doorbell ringing. He opened the door to reveal David, holding a pizza in hand, "Oh hey, speak of the devil."

David walked in smiling, "Oh hey Sterling, Didn't expect to see you here."

"Yeah, I came over cause I haven't seen Hales in a while, It's like someone isn't letting her see any of her friends?"

"What are you trying to say there Ster?"

"You lay a hand on her again..." He got up right in front of him, even though David was a bit taller and more muscular than Sterling was.

David glanced over at Hayley, "Hales..." he said softly with almost a glare.

Hayley looked at Sterling, "I didn't say anything, he figured it out." She said as she attempted to hold back tears.

David pushed Sterling out of his way, "Who do you think you are?"

"A Friend." He stood his ground.

"Well, I'm her Boyfriend, so don't you go pointing fingers at me."

"Pointing fingers?" He said softly, rubbing his forehead, almost wanting to punch the guy in front of him. "David, get out of her house."

"Oh Ster, you're not the boss of me, this is her house" David laughed, leaning against the wall now, attempting to get out of Sterling's reach.

"Out." Sterling Walked over to the door and held it open, "Now, before I call the cops."

"You wouldn't."

"I could."

David looked at the watch on his wrist, "Fine, I'll see you guys again." he walked out the door

"Don't come back at all" Sterling said as he closed the door.

Sterling immediately turned back around to see how Hayley was doing. He walked up to her and threw his arms around her and pulled her into a hug. She broke down and started crying. "Thank you." she said between sobs, "I tried to break up with him before, but I couldn't figure out how."

He pulled away slightly and looked her in the eyes. "I'm glad I showed up." he kissed he forehead. "So," he looked at her again, "Put on some shoes, I'm getting you out of here."

"But what if my dad come home?"

"Tell him you're out with friends."

They decided to go to the nearest park and just hangout. They were laying on the grass, looking up at the clouds.

They had to have been laying there for ten minutes before Hayley decided to speak.

"Why today?" She asked quietly, turning to look at him, "Why did you decide to drop in today?"

He looked at her, "I dunno. Luck?"

she quickly changed the subject, rolling on to her side, resting her head in her hand, "I wanna get my haircut."

"Whoa, what?" Sterling said, confused by the sudden switch of the conversation, looking into her emerald eyes.

"My hair." she smiled, "I want to get my hair cut."

He quickly sat up, "Why, I love your hair the way it is."

"David-" She caught her breath, "Liked it long, I want to cut it off."

"This coming from the girl who was afraid to get her haircut once she got hired?"

"People change Ster, and I think that if I get myhaircut, I'll feel better about what happened, almost like a weight being taken off my chest."

"How long has, well, when did he start hitting you?"

She rolled back onto her back, looking back up at the clouds, "6 months," she breathed, He was almost unable to hear her, "But it was verbal before that, I didn't expect. Well, you know."

He leaned over to kiss her on the cheek. "If you need me, I'll always be your hero."

there you go, 25... It spilled on to this keyboard like you couldn't believe, but now it's on to do chapter 26...