Chapter 12- Surprise

Hayden's Pov.

All I can see is little balls of light. Everything else is dark. All I remember is that I was at a party when someone said that Ally isn't hot or even slightly appealing. I remember getting into a fight with the person and I remember getting a few good punches in before he got me on my forehead just above my eyebrow. After I lost just kind of started walking and here we are. I have no idea where I am all I know is that it is not anywhere that I remember. I am 100% lost. There is only one thing that I can do-

"HELP!"

Ally's Pov.

I am outside. My parents are gone. They are on another business trip. I would sit inside but it is suffocating. I came out here to enjoy the peaceful night. The stars are out and the street is quite. I thought that it would be nice but it just makes me feel even lonelier.

"HELP!"

I sit upright. The cry for help slices through the silence. Someone is out here. Someone needs help. I look around. Then I see him.

Hayden is walking in the road screaming for help. His eyes are dilated which means he is drunk. He has a nasty cut bridging the gap between a broken nose and a bleeding temple. Blood is oozing out the cut and running down his face.

I stand up. I don't think he can see me. I walk a bit closer to him.

"Hayden are you ok?"

He looks at me.

"Ally? Can you help me?"

"Of course."

I walk over and direct him toward the house. I walk into the kitchen.

"Sit on the counter and wait here."

I go and get the first aid kit.

"OK I am going to clean the wound and stitch it up. Ok?"

"OK."

I dab some cotton wool in cleaning alcohol. I reach up and lightly touch the wound. He cringes. I yank my hand back. He looks straight into my eyes.

"It's ok. Carry on."

I slowly and carefully clean the wound. I am not used to doing it for someone else. I can do it just fine for myself but it is harder doing it for someone else.

As soon as I am finished I start to thread a needle. I reach up and start. I can feel his eyes on me. I gather up the courage to look at him. His eyes are focused solely on me. I turn my attention back to the stitches.

"So how do you know how to do this?"

His voice startles me.

"Well sometimes Snotlout punches me really hard or he pushes me hard into the lockers so I kind of learnt through train and error."

"Oh. I didn't know that he does that. I am sorry."

"It's fine. I deserve it after everything I did to you."

I finish off and pack everything away.

"Ally you don't deserve any of it. You have already paid and you have apologized."

"Hayden you see it that way but it still haunts me. Anyway you should get some sleep you can stay here for the night."

"Won't your parents flip out?"

"Nope. There will be gone for two weeks."

"How often do they leave you here alone?"

"Often enough."

"Oh."

I go and set up the couch for Hayden to sleep on.

"Ok. There you go. Now get some rest and if you have any more questions you can ask tomorrow. Night."

"Night Ally."

Hayden's Pov.

Wow. Ally not only helped me but is letting me stay here for the night. She told me to get some rest but I can't sleep. I am too busy thinking about what she said. Snotlout actually hurts her. And he doesn't just hurt her mildly no he hurt her bad to the point where he needed to learn how to stitch up her own wounds. And on top of that she is left her all alone half the time.

I have got to help her I have got to protect her whether she knows it or not. I am going to become her Guardian. No one is going to hurt her on my watch!