It had almost been a month since Juanita had left and Alex was excited to be seeing her again. Alex had read and reread all the letters she had written to him as they flew to Vancouver.

"Juanita's aunt sounds so cool" Alex said excitedly to Nat who was in the seat next to him.

"She sounds it," Nat said unenthused, Alex had done nothing but talk about it for the last week.

"She does huh," Alex said happily. "Oh... Juanita's going to meet us at the airport"

"You could have told as that before," Rosalina said looking at Alex.

"And then I'm going to stay the night at her house," Alex said ignoring the last comment.

"You know Alex, you really should give people warning of your plans, a day or two out. Not half and hour," Qaasim said smirking, he hadn't seen Alex this excited since Green Day played a concert while he watched Tony Hawk skate.

"Yeah Alex, what if Juanita's aunt's dangerous." Thomas said laughing.

Alex cracked up laughing.

"Ha Ha, a dangerous Canadian, good one Thomas," Alex said laughing his ass off.

Alex was still laughing as the plane landed.

"You know Alex, it wasn't that funny" Nat said looking at his brother.

Alex spotted Juanita and ran up to her and gave her a hug.

"Hey Juanita!" He said excitedly throwing himself around Juanita.

Juanita winced but Alex was too excited to notice.

"Lets go!," Alex said seeing Nat

"Alex!," Juanita said smiling but uncomfortable. "Shouldn't we at least wait for the rest of the band?"

Alex was too excited at being with Juanita and meeting her aunt he was fussed,

"Nah, you can catch up with those squares tommorow.

Alex almost dragged Juanita out of the airport, he had packed his carry on bag with some clothes for the night, Nat could deal with his other one.

"Please Alex, you shouldn't come home with me." Juanita said as Alex walked beside her, with his backpack on his back.

"Why? Your aunt doesn't sound bad" Alex said, he was happy to be going to stay over with his friend.

"Please Alex, just don't come" Juanita said with a bit of desperation.

Alex didn't pay attention but continued to walk beside Juanita. They turned a corner and entered a dainty looking neighbourhood. It looked a bit run down.

"Please Alex, I'm warning you" Juanita said desperately.

"Come on, it can't be that bad," Alex said as Juanita walked up the path to her house, she opened the door and walked inside before she shut the door.

The room was damp and the carpet was old and mouldy. It looked run down. On top of that it was completely empty.

"Ahhh, Is this the right place?" Alex asked apprehensively. Juanita could not be serious.

Juanita sighed heavily.

"Yes…" She said, she felt really bad that she had lied to Alex in her letters.

Juanita jumped as she heard a door slam down the hallway.

Alex wasn't sure what to think. Juanita's aunt stumbled into the living room. Her eyes were red and unfocused she had an almost deranged look on her face.

"Do you have to make such a racket, you stupid girl?" She screeched.

Juanita cowered a bit and Alex stood there uneasily. His phone vibrated in his pocket. He nervously pulled it out of his pocket. It was a txt from Nat.

'Don't forget to be back before soundcheck'

Juanita's aunt suddenly looked at Alex.

"What is he doing here?" She screeched at Juanita gesturing to Alex. Alex noticed something strange about her arms, but couldn't work out what.

She then looked back at Alex. She noticed his phone and then seemed to size up the rest of him.

She staggered towards Alex, who stood there frozen and unsure.

She snatched at his phone, but Alex grabbed it with his other hand aswell.

"What are you doing?" Alex said loudly his eyes wide with shock.

Juanita's aunt started trying to prise the phone from Alex's hands, but Alex didn't want to give it up. She dug her fingernails into Alex's hands but he still held on.

"What are you doing?" Juanita said shocked.

"Shut up you stupid girl." She said viciously

She then let go with one hand and grabbed a large chunk of Alex's hair and began pulling it back.

"Owwwwwwwwww! What are you doing!?" Alex yelled now filled with fear. In his surprise he let go of his phone and tried to get her to let go of his hair.

Juanita's aunt caught the phone, and held it firmly in her hand. She then began to drag Alex by his hair down the hallway.

"STOP IT! AHHHHHHHHHH! PLEASE LET GO!" Alex Shouted while trying to free him self.

"NO!!! Don't do this to Alex please" Juanita begged grabbing her aunts arm.

Her aunt stopped for a second, and backhanded Juanita hard across the face while sneering.

"Stupid Girl!" She said as Juanita collapsed to the ground in shock.

'What have I got Alex into?" She thought to herself as she cried on the floor.

Juanita's Aunt continued to drag a screaming Alex down the hall, finally dragging him into a room at the very end. She roughly threw him to the ground before ripping off his backpack.

Alex climbed to his feet to try and fight back, but was met with hard punch in the jaw that knocked Alex to the ground. He whimpered in pain and watched the blood drip out of his mouth. Alex looked up and saw Juanitas aunt looking wide eyed with excitement at seeing the Phone and checking the contents of the bag. Alex tried to get up, he spat out blood while hunched on all fours. Juanita's aunt saw and placed several well placed kicks into Alex's stomach. Alex whimpered uncontrollably on the floor as he grabbed his gut which ached because of the kicks. He also tried to get air back in his lungs as the kicks had seriously winded him. Alex heard the door close, and then the sound of a key being turned in the lock. Alex lay there scared and sore. He had no idea what was going on or what was going to happen to him.

Juanita watched as her aunt took the key out of the lock, and staggered back down the hallway. She cried on floor scared for both herself and Alex.

"Shut up and go to your room, Stupid Girl!" Her aunt said harshly as she shed no concern for her niece.

Juanita shakily got to her feet and walked down the hallway. She tried the door to the room Alex was in but it was locked.

"LEAVE THAT DOOR ALONE!" She screamed angrily.

Juanita cowered away and slunk to her room, which was similar to the one that Alex was locked in. There was a pile of paper on the ground which was her bed, and a bucket to use as a toilet when she was locked in there. When the door was closed only a small amount of light enter from a small window near the roof.

Juanita was petrified, she knew her aunt was an abusive Alcoholic Drug Addict, she had the marks to show it, but was annoyed she didn't do more to stop Alex coming over, and was scared of what was going to happen to him.