"See I told ya it was beautiful at night. Almost as beautiful as you," it had taken Auggie the whole day to get up enough courage to tell her this.
"Um...thanks. The lake must not be as special as you said it was then," Kes said back brushing off the compliment thinking there was no way someone as nice as him could like her. And if he did there must be something wrong with him.
"Why did ya do that?"
"Do what?"
"Just brush off what I said like I didn't mean it. I meant it. You are one of the most beautiful girls I have ever met. I don't know you that well but you seem like a very beautiful person on the inside too. It just seems like something is getting in the way of your real beauty."
Kes was speechless. She couldn't believe he said this and the weird thing was that she believed him.
"I may be going to far here but I'm guessing that part of the reason your true self is covered is cause of that Rick guy. If ya don't mind me asking....," Auggie trailed off.
"I don't know why but I feel like I can trust you which is no little thing. If I'm gonna tell ya about Rick I might as well tell ya the whole lovely reason I'm here. Hope we don't have to be anywhere soon," Kes couldn't believe she was talking so much and about to tell her story to a guy she just met, although a cute one.
"Nah we don't have to be at the meeting hall till 9:00 and it's only 7:00 right now. I hope two hours are enough," Auggie replied not knowing now long it might take her to be able to get this out.
"It should be enough time I guess. this is uh the first time I've told someone though," she takes a deep breath," so here we go I guess...
It started when my parents died in a car accident three years ago. Before 'it' happend my brother had been the greatest big brother imaginable. He always looked out for me-he let my bfs know that if they hurt me in any way that they would be in pain too. After the accident my brother become my legal gurdian. He changed though. He missed our parents soo much and was always angry about it. His girlfriend of the time broke up with him cause she became scared of him. I soon found out why. He neveer him me physically but the way he talked to me he might as well have. Any self-esteem I had was soon gone. I was pretty much on the edge of killing myself when I became friends with a girl named Kate. She was my best friend for the next three years. She helped me when my brother wouldn't help with something and she would just sit on the phone and talk to me about nothing in particular just so I wouldn't have to deal with my brother. Soon this guy I sorta knew asked me out. This made me feel so special cause he was one of the cutest guys at school. He was also one of the nicest guys I had ever met. Soon though I found out he wasn't as nice as he seemed. I may not have gotten hit by my brother but soon my boyfriend took care of that. Kate kept trying to get me to break up with him but he was one of two people who I thought loved me and plus I was scared," by this point in the story Kes is trying to hide her tears streaming down her face."I'm a wuss I know. I finally broke up with him about two weeks before I ended up here. He had threatened my one true freind, Kate, and laughed at me crying on the anniversary of my parents deaths. After I broke up with him I called Kate to tell her. I found out she was moving across the country. So everyone who loved me was gone..." she takes another deep breath," and tried to slit my wrists. Well actually I did but I didn't kill myself apparently," Auggie takes her wrists into his hands and gently rubs them,"Kate could tell something was wrong. Maybe cause I hung up right after she said she was moving. I didn't get a chance to tell her about me breaking up with him. In case ya can't tell...the him is Rick. That's why I looked so pale when we met him. After I got out of the mandatory 48 hour stay for suicidal patients I pressed charges on Rick for battery. He was supposed to go to Juvy and I had a choice of coming here or going to the 'mental hospital' you could say. And the rest ya know-I obviously choose Horizon. I don't know what I'm gonna do with Rick being here...I thought he was gonna be in another state in juvinile hall.Oh my god this can't be happening," with this last statement Kes finally breaks down crying.
"Hey it's okay preciosa don't cry," Auggie may of just met this wonderus girl but he couldn't stand to see her in pain. He could never stand to see a girl cry but it seemed this one especially. He wanted to go find Rick and make him feel as much pain as he could. The only thing that stopped him was Kes.
"sniff sniff Please promise me Auggie that you won't say anything or do anything to Rick. please?" Kes made him promise.
"I promise. I'm sorry so much shit like that happend to ya. But i'm here to protect ya now and I'm glad you trust me. I realize now how hard that is for you," he kisses her lightly on the forhead.
"There you two are. Come on Peter's gonna be mad if we're not on time for group," Ezra said.The rest of the gang had come lookin for them.
"Besides Auggusto you've been hogging the new girl the whole day. Let her get to know the rest of his. Don't worry-it's not that bad although the food is really bad," Juliette siad in her non-stop chatter mode.
"Just go along with it okay? She'll eventually wear out," Auggie whispered in Kes's ear.
"Thanks," she said back trying not to laugh. She couldn't believe she could feel like laughing after pouring out her story to him. Maybe her time at Horizon wouldn't be so bad...she'd even have him to protect her from Rick.
"So you and Rick were an item huh? How quaint and you both ended up here. Wanna share this lovely little tidbit?" Daisy asked but stoped when she saw the look on Kes's face and the way Auggie was shaking his head.
"But maybe for another time huh? Dont' wanna be late for your first group. Not that it's all that interesting-all of us 'sharing our feelings' and all that. So lets get going," Scott threw in knowing how it can take a while for people to be able to talk about stuff. He knew he didn't like discussing why he was here. He was getting bad vibes from the new kid Rick too and figured there break up was anything but normal. This guy just didn't seem to be playing with a full deck. He hadn't really talked to him yet besides the usual hi but just the way he held himself and the look in his eyes.
As Scott was thinking of this the group walked into the meeting hall, where speak of the devil, Rick and Shelby were. This is gonna be an interesting group, Scott thought. The newbies first ones always are.
**From what my friend Alex said-preciosa means beautiful/precious in Spanish. ;)** Hope ya like the story so far. Thanks to all the wonderful people who have reviewed my story. ::does a little dance:: thank you thank you lol