Chapter Thirty-Seven (If I put chapter 37 on the last one sry!)
Kristin bit her lip as she looked at the shocked faces of Sarah and Nicole. "You can't do that!" Sarah exclaimed. "Watch me." Kristin stated and handed the razor to Jennifer. "What do you want?" "A rainbow with the word 'rebel' under it." "Why?" "I don't know."
Sarah shook her head as Jennifer was about to start, but Scott and Shelby walked in. "What exactly are you doing?" Scott demanded and the girls whirled around and Jennifer hit the razor. "Don't worry he's my cousin," Kristin whispered, rolling her eyes.
"Nothing..." Jennifer said. "Yeah, sure," Scott said sarcastically.
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Peter and Sophie ewre talking to Meghan and Landon in Peter's office. "Why did you run away?" Peter asked Meghan gently. "Becuase-" Landon started but Peter interupted. "I asked HER," he said.
Landon rolled his eyes and looked away. Meghan glanced at him with her round, blue eyes that resembled Landon's so much. "If Landon doesn't want me to tell, I can't," she said softly. "Don't worry about Landon. He wnats the best for you, which is to tell, right Landon?" Peter asked. Landon mumbled something incomprehendable and finally said a reluctant 'yes'.
Meghan turned back to Peter, who was kneeling down in front of her. "See? Now will you tell me?" She nodded and started, "My mommy has a new boyfriend, Anton and he was here for awhile before Landon came home and he hits me. Then when Landon came home he hit Landon real, real hard. And I was sleeping but I woke up and heard him beating Landon. I was crying and mommy walked in and threw me on the bed and told me to shut up or she'd tell Landon to hit me." She said, and tears were in her eyes. "Can you tell me how you got your bruise on your shoulder?"
I couldn't get to sleep at night so I went to the kitchen to get a drink and mommy and Anton were watching a show and started yelling at me. Then Anton brought me to my room and threw me against the wall and my shoulder hit it and he kept shoving me on the wall until Mikey woke up." "WHose Mikey?" "The baby. My brother."
"Where is he?" "Landon said we couldn't bring him. THat'd he be to much noise and it'd be hard and he coudl've get hurt." "Well, Landon wasn't thinking very clearly. The only good decision he made wsa that one," Peter said. "Sophie, can you talk to Meghan? I wanna talk to landon, we'll be outside."
Landon followed Peter outside. "Landon-what were you thinking?" Peter demanded once they got outside. "What if ANton or Kelsee got very drunk? And killed me or Meghan? He'd never be dumb enough to hit Mikey." "But do you honestly think, running away was the smartest thing to do? You're thirteen, Landon! And you had a little girl with you!" "NO one would pick up a boy!" "Do you really think that? It's not only young girls who are kidnapped, raped or killed, Landon! And what about Meghan?"
Landon didn't answer, instead he looked away. "Answer me, Landon!" "I don't know, okay? Yeah, i did think running away was teh smartest thing to do. You made me go home! What would've happened if I hadn'tran away? He almost killed me that night!"
"Landon, you could've called me. You could've called the police." "Whatever." Landon mumbled. "I'm gonna have to call Kelsee." "NO!" Landon yelled. "I have to, but I won't let them take you, I promise," He said. Landon, for some reason, trusted him. "Can I talk to Nicole?" Peter sighed and nodded. "I want Meghan to come with me." "No." Peter answered, predicting that he may try to runaway. "Whatever." Landon spat and ran to the girls dorm.
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Nicole was giggling over early pictures of the BSB and Aaron with Kristin when landon burst in. Nicole got up. "I wanna talk to you." Landon said and pulled her outside.
"What?" "Let's run-away. Peter knows I'm here, but he's calling my sister, and her boyfriend beats me. Please!" Nicole stared at him. She had no clue what to do. "I don't know, Landon..." "I promise, nothing bad will happen. And you'll have to go home soon, right? There's only like three or four weeks left in the program. Do you really want to go home?" No, she didn't, she thought to herself.
"No, but.." "Then let's go." Nicole still didn't know what to do. How do you decide whether to run away on a spur of the moment. But she did like him, maybe even love him. And he was the only guy he had ever really liked her.
She looked directly into his eyes. "Only if you promise we'll be safe," She said. He grinned and kissed her cheek. "Promise."
Kristin bit her lip as she looked at the shocked faces of Sarah and Nicole. "You can't do that!" Sarah exclaimed. "Watch me." Kristin stated and handed the razor to Jennifer. "What do you want?" "A rainbow with the word 'rebel' under it." "Why?" "I don't know."
Sarah shook her head as Jennifer was about to start, but Scott and Shelby walked in. "What exactly are you doing?" Scott demanded and the girls whirled around and Jennifer hit the razor. "Don't worry he's my cousin," Kristin whispered, rolling her eyes.
"Nothing..." Jennifer said. "Yeah, sure," Scott said sarcastically.
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Peter and Sophie ewre talking to Meghan and Landon in Peter's office. "Why did you run away?" Peter asked Meghan gently. "Becuase-" Landon started but Peter interupted. "I asked HER," he said.
Landon rolled his eyes and looked away. Meghan glanced at him with her round, blue eyes that resembled Landon's so much. "If Landon doesn't want me to tell, I can't," she said softly. "Don't worry about Landon. He wnats the best for you, which is to tell, right Landon?" Peter asked. Landon mumbled something incomprehendable and finally said a reluctant 'yes'.
Meghan turned back to Peter, who was kneeling down in front of her. "See? Now will you tell me?" She nodded and started, "My mommy has a new boyfriend, Anton and he was here for awhile before Landon came home and he hits me. Then when Landon came home he hit Landon real, real hard. And I was sleeping but I woke up and heard him beating Landon. I was crying and mommy walked in and threw me on the bed and told me to shut up or she'd tell Landon to hit me." She said, and tears were in her eyes. "Can you tell me how you got your bruise on your shoulder?"
I couldn't get to sleep at night so I went to the kitchen to get a drink and mommy and Anton were watching a show and started yelling at me. Then Anton brought me to my room and threw me against the wall and my shoulder hit it and he kept shoving me on the wall until Mikey woke up." "WHose Mikey?" "The baby. My brother."
"Where is he?" "Landon said we couldn't bring him. THat'd he be to much noise and it'd be hard and he coudl've get hurt." "Well, Landon wasn't thinking very clearly. The only good decision he made wsa that one," Peter said. "Sophie, can you talk to Meghan? I wanna talk to landon, we'll be outside."
Landon followed Peter outside. "Landon-what were you thinking?" Peter demanded once they got outside. "What if ANton or Kelsee got very drunk? And killed me or Meghan? He'd never be dumb enough to hit Mikey." "But do you honestly think, running away was the smartest thing to do? You're thirteen, Landon! And you had a little girl with you!" "NO one would pick up a boy!" "Do you really think that? It's not only young girls who are kidnapped, raped or killed, Landon! And what about Meghan?"
Landon didn't answer, instead he looked away. "Answer me, Landon!" "I don't know, okay? Yeah, i did think running away was teh smartest thing to do. You made me go home! What would've happened if I hadn'tran away? He almost killed me that night!"
"Landon, you could've called me. You could've called the police." "Whatever." Landon mumbled. "I'm gonna have to call Kelsee." "NO!" Landon yelled. "I have to, but I won't let them take you, I promise," He said. Landon, for some reason, trusted him. "Can I talk to Nicole?" Peter sighed and nodded. "I want Meghan to come with me." "No." Peter answered, predicting that he may try to runaway. "Whatever." Landon spat and ran to the girls dorm.
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Nicole was giggling over early pictures of the BSB and Aaron with Kristin when landon burst in. Nicole got up. "I wanna talk to you." Landon said and pulled her outside.
"What?" "Let's run-away. Peter knows I'm here, but he's calling my sister, and her boyfriend beats me. Please!" Nicole stared at him. She had no clue what to do. "I don't know, Landon..." "I promise, nothing bad will happen. And you'll have to go home soon, right? There's only like three or four weeks left in the program. Do you really want to go home?" No, she didn't, she thought to herself.
"No, but.." "Then let's go." Nicole still didn't know what to do. How do you decide whether to run away on a spur of the moment. But she did like him, maybe even love him. And he was the only guy he had ever really liked her.
She looked directly into his eyes. "Only if you promise we'll be safe," She said. He grinned and kissed her cheek. "Promise."