That was the biggest turning point for Megan. She made sure she was around Drake as much as possible to prevent anything from happening again. Drake wouldn't have left Megan alone even if she had tried to keep him away. That night would forever be seared into Drake's memory. Nothing would ever make him forget what had happened in that room. It was too terrible to forget.

Ever so slowly, Megan began to feel like herself again. The part of her that wanted to die was very slowly going away. Things didn't happen all at once but they were getting better. She began to see more of what Drake had been telling her everyday...


"It's going to be okay, Megan." Drake was saying.

"It's not going to be easy, that's for sure." Megan commented lightly.

"Who said anything was going to be?" Drake asked. "But that's okay 'cause..."

"It's all good!" Megan finished. They shared a secret grin. They shared something closer than other siblings did. Megan took a deep breath and entered the living room. Drake followed behind.

"So what's up? Drake, you never call a family meeting. In fact you always doze off during family meetings." Josh asked.

"Megan has some stuff she would like to say." Drake said taking a seat next to his brother on the couch.

"It's a long story." Megan told her family as she walked to stand if front of everyone.

"We've got the time, Megan." Audrey replied relieved that her daughter was finally opening up to her about her problems.

Megan began to tell them about the past month and everything she had to deal with during them. It wasn't easy but Megan managed to continue her story without pause, until she came to the night Drake had stayed with her. So far, Megan hadn't discussed that night in great detail, not even with Drake.

Drake didn't know what he expected Megan to say about that night. He had tried to put it out of his mind as much as he possibly could.

"There was one night, after that first time, that I almost..." Megan began. She paused there, unable to think of what she could say. "And I would have, if Drake hadn't stopped me. When he first came in I couldn't even talk, I couldn't do anything. I finally whimpered or something and he found me. He stayed with me all night. If Drake had left me that night I don't know what I would have done. I wouldn't still be here though. He saved my life." Megan whispered. "It's been rough; there were a lot of ups and downs. There still are a few but I know I'm not going to do anything stupid anymore. It's still..." She took a deep breath before continuing. "It's still hard but I don't want to die. I don't want to try to kill myself anymore."

"Why didn't you tell us?" Walter asked quietly.

"I was afraid you'd be disappointed in me. I was afraid you'd hate me." Megan replied casting her eyes to the floor.

"Megan, we wouldn't have thought any less of you. We all knew something was wrong and we were worried about you. We would have helped if we'd known." Audrey told her, tears clouding her eyes as she got up from her seat to hug her daughter.

"I know. I'm sorry I didn't tell you. But I just...I just couldn't. I should have told you and gotten help but I didn't want to let anyone down. I'm so sorry for not telling you guys. I know you would have helped. I made Drake promise he wouldn't tell. But I shouldn't have let him deal with everything I went through alone." Megan glanced over to Drake, silently asking him for forgiveness.

"It doesn't matter what I went through as long as you're okay now." Drake commented softly.

Audrey took an extra long look at her son. She was very impressed Drake had managed to handle this on his own. She was, however, a little disappointed Drake hadn't told anyone about this. What if Megan had hurt herself? What if she had...Audrey didn't want to think about any what ifs. She was just glad they both came out of that ordeal unscathed.