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My mom paced in front of us, switching between pinching the bridge of her nose and massaging her temples. We sat there in agonizing silence while she walked slowly in front of us, trying to collect her thoughts. Finally, she settled on pinching her nose and sat down on the chair in front of the couch me and the guys crowded on.

"Alright," my mother began, heaving a frustrated breath. "Which one of you decided to keep this from me?"

At once, all of the guys scooted as far away from me as they could on the crowded sofa and pointed their fingers at me.

"Remy," my mother began, zoning her attention on me. I was in the spotlight now, and I did not like it. "What on earth would make you think that keeping this from me was a good idea?"

"I-" I began but my mom stopped me.

"Do you know how serious this is? That man could have killed you!" The vein in my mothers forehead looked like it was about to burst. She leaned back and sighed. "Remy, why would you keep this from me?"

Everyone looked at me as they awaited my answer. I just sighed and decided to finally tell the truth.

"Because," I began. "Phil made you so happy! I've never seen you that happy since dad left. And I knew that if you found out what happened, you would dump Phil and not be happy anymore. So I thought that if I kept it from you, you would continue to be happy." I bent my head in shame. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner."

"Oh Remy," my mother sighed. "Remy, Remy, Remy, Remy. Your protection is more important then my happiness!"

"I know that," I said. Tears started stinging at the corners of my eyes. "But I've cause you so much trouble while trying to raise me by yourself that now-" I stammered, searching for the right words. "I saw how happy you were. Then I remembered all those nights, all those times-." I dropped the sentence, letting the silence seep into the living room.

"Remy," My mom said softly as she stood up. I felt like I should stand up to. I heaved myself off of the couch as my mother spoke. "You are my entire world. Everything I've done after your father left hasn't been for me, it's been for you."

"Exactly," I whispered, tears escaping my eyes and streamed down my cheeks.

My mom took her thumb and wiped away a stray tear. "But Im your mother, and it's my job to take care of you, to put you before me. And I love every single part of it."

"I just wanted you to be happy for once," I said.

"I know honey, I know," My mom said, smoothing my hair behind my ear. "I appreciate you thinking about my happiness. But if something like this happens again, you have to tell me. Wither I will be happy or not. Promise?"

I nodded, "I promise."

Me and my mom wrapped each other into a hug. I relaxed and cried into her shoulder releasing all the frustration, anger, sadness, and stress through my tears. I was safe, my mom was safe. I was happy.

"I'm always happy when im with my girl," my mom said into my ear, making me cry harder.

"Awwww!" Carlos cooed behind us. "Such a sweet moment! Ow!" Carlos rubbed his shoulder where Kendall had smacked him. I chuckled in my moms shoulder.

The hands on the clock ticked down the early morning hours. My mom was up in bed, having to have a very stressful night. I was asked to go to bed, but declined. I was tired, oh yeah, having to have the most stressful night of all. But right now the only thing I wanted was to be with my boyfriend. Even if that meant having his best friends along with.

We walked down the dark Minnesota streets, street lamps guiding our way through the night. We had dropped Carlos off at his house five minutes after two, having to give a quick explanation to Mrs. Garcia as to why her son was five minutes late. I couldn't tell if he was going to be grounded or not for it, but at least we didn't hear her yelling.

Me, James, Kendall, and Logan snuck into the park. Security patrolled the area, making it a bit difficult to sneak in. But we manged.

The area where the lake sat is wide open and is a great spot to go in the middle of the night. . . . . . . . if you wanted to get caught. So me, Kendall, James, and Logan snuck to the playground and hung around the equipment. The playground is in the heart of the park, surrounded by tree's and, fortunately, tree's. Cedar made trails branched off into the thicket to go to different areas of the park, which are more wide open and have concrete trails and pathways. Me and the guys cut across the wood chip bed where the equipment laid and hopped up on the jungle gym. Kendall and James raced tot he top, trying to see who would become "King of The Jungle", which turned out to be Kendall. Me and Logan climbed up as high as Kendall would allow us and sat down on the bars. James came and plopped down next to me.

"How did you guys know I was in trouble?" I asked them after some time of goofing around. My feet dangled off the twisting metal.

"Well for one," Kendall said. "I got your voicemail."

I kind of figured, but there was still more to the story. And It was eating me inside to know the answer.

"I kind of guessed that," I said. "But none of you guys were home. You all went out with your families. You were nowhere near." I trialed off as the guys exchanged looks. "How did you guys get to my house so fast?"

"Well," Kendall trailed off. They all looked at each other, daring one other to answer.

"Look," Logan said. I had a feeling I wasn't going to be very happy with how this happened. "James and Kendall were worried about you, so Kendall agreed to stay home."

"Really?" I said looking at Kendall who nodded.

"I told my mom I wasn't feeling very good. So she agreed to allow me to stay home while she and Katie went to the lake," Kendall said.

"And I made sure that the hostess had a little "accident" so me and my mom could leave early," James said.

I felt tears threatening to escape. "You guys are too amazing! Thank you! I don't know how I could ever repay you."

Well, you know how to repay me," James said and I laughed.

"Later,"I said, nudging him with my elbow. "So what happened after you got my voicemail?"

Kendall sighed, and James spoke. "Well me and my mom were on our way home when I got your message and immediately called Kendall. He said he got the same thing. So I hurried home and dropped my mom off."

"I had Carlos and Logan meet me at my house while James was on his way," Kendall said. "And explained to them what was happening."

"James called to say he was on the way," Logan said.

"I had Carlos call Mr. Garcia and tell them we needed police," Kendall said.

"And I called your mom," James said. "Hoping that at least someone will get there in time."

"I just wasn't expecting it to be us," Logan said.

"I know right?" The two boys chorused.

"The authority in this town is really bad," Kendall said in disbelief.

"You guys are awesome,"I said, side hugging James.

"We should go," Logan said. "Remy needs to get some sleep. Too much stress and not enough rest is very bad for your health."

"Okay Doctor Logan," James said rolling his eyes.

Kendall attempted to jump down as we begin to leave, but wound up falling flat on his face. James and Logan climbed down and James helped me down. Together, all four of us began walking back to my place to drop me safely at home and to get their cars. I just couldn't wait to get to sleep and let this night end.