The car pulled to a stop, making me and Alice stop laughing, but we were still smiling.

"Well, welcome to your new home, Phil." Officer Bryan said to me, patting my shoulder. "We'll get to work on finding your mum and brother as soon as possible." He said. He smiled, and I shyly smiled back. I don't know if I'm ready for this.

The house we had stopped at was big, three stories. It was dark blue, with a dark red roof. Surprisingly dark. One of the windows on the second floor had curtains drawn, and they were black. Probably Dan's room. I couldn't help but wonder what he keeps in there. Stop, Phil! He abused you at school for how long? But, still, he did kiss me. I heard a voice pulling me out of my thoughts.

"Phil! Come on! I want to show you your room!" Alice said excitedly, pulling me along the pavement. This girl sure was excitable.

"Calm the fuck down, Alice. Don't rip his god damn arm off…" Dan murmured, walking ahead of us. Alice stopped her walking/running/skipping to glare at her brother.

"Stop being such a sour apple, Dan! We have a guest, whether you like it or not, and just because you can't keep your dick in control around him doesn't mean you should be rude!" Alice said proudly, taking me inside past a gaping Dan.

When we got inside she started laughing and skipping again, so I followed slowly, not really knowing what the HELL JUST HAPPENED.

"Come on, Phil! This is your room down here. You can decorate it however you like, and I'm a door down if you need anything. Unless I'm not home, then Dan's the door directly in front of your door." Alice said, pushing the door open to a rather large room.

The room (My room?) was in top shape, it appeared. The bed had a gold duvet on it, and yellow throw pillows over the regular white pillows. There were white drapes over the window, with golden lines zig-zagging their way down. The carpet was a fluffy white, and the closet was literally a sliding mirror. There was another door in a section of a corner.

"Oh, yeah. That's your bathroom. All children's rooms get their own bathrooms, as Mum didn't want us destroying another bathroom. Long story." Alice said, seeing me eye the door. She opened the door and I looked in.

There was a pure white bathtub, with a marble shower with glass walls right next to it. There was a single sink with a medicine cabinet above it, and the toilet had a butt warming option. This was going to be great.

"I hope you like it," Alice began. "We aren't rich or anything snotty like that, but Dad got lucky on a lottery card once." She smiled.

"It's fine, Alice. I love it! I've never been in such a nice room before, this is amazing!" I said, looking at the room in awe.

Alice giggled. "Well, thank you, but Mum decided to let you bring some items over here, and then we'll decorate your room! We'll take you shopping, too. So, I actually need you to go down to your house with Dan, since it's in walking distance. I'm sorry, I would go, but I'm supposed to be meeting my friend Carly at the book store, so I have to go. I'm already running late." Alice said, frowning. "I'm really sorry. I'll go get Dan."

"No, it's f-fine, Alice." I said. Yeah, it's completely fine. Just make me walk to my old house where I got abused with the one person I don't think I can handle being around. Thanks Alice.

She gave me a soft smile then walked out the door. I followed slowly, not really wanting to see Dan just yet. By the time I got over to his door, Dan was standing outside, tapping his foot impatiently.

"Are we gonna go or what?" He said, staring me down.

"Y-yeah… let's go." I said shyly, wondering why he felt like he had to be so mean.

The second I started walking, Dan looked guilty for snapping at me, but his face soon turned back to one of annoyance.

*5 minutes later*

We had walked in complete silence the whole walk, the only sound being cars rushing by or kids playing outside. We neared my house, and I stopped walking.

Dan finally looked at me. "What?" He asked, trying to sound annoyed and failing.

"I-I can't go in… I'm sorry… I-I just c-can't…" I said, feeling tears gather.

"Hey, hey, it's alright. We can wait right here until you're ready to go in." Dan said gently, wrapping his arms around me. It was comforting in a way, and I wished he would do it more often.

"Alright…" I sniffled, after waiting a good half hour, and Dan broke our hug. I couldn't help but feel sad.

"Right. Let's go in, then." He said, standing up straighter, but not looking at me annoyed anymore, but instead with a gentle gaze, like he was looking at a child.

And, god, how I don't want this moment to end.

A/N: IM SO SORRY OH MY GOD I'M SO SORRY IT'S SO LATE! I had Writer's block, but then I got over it today, so I'm posting it and YEAH. I got a REALLY NICE REVIEW AND IT MADE ME WANT TO FINISH THIS FOR HER SO KittenAnneAngel THANK YOU THAT WAS SO SWEET THIS IS FOR YOU!