Thank you to everyone who has been reading this story. As of right now, I'm posting one chapter a week but that could change depending on popularity or whether I'm feeling generous. I'm not sure if I said it before, but I have the whole story written out already. Thanks again.

There are no warnings in this chapter besides cursing.

CHAPTER FOUR

Ever since my mother's death, I have had trouble sleeping, which has been leaving me really tired all the time. I didn't appreciate being woken up by my dad slamming my door open and yelling.

"GET UP YOU STUPID BITCH!"

"What do you want?" I asked really pissed that he woke me up and I obviously didn't care that he was angry.

"Jennifer just told me how you yelled at her last night."

"Yeah I did. She was telling me all these lies." I was defending myself.

"The only person who is lying is you. Jennifer would never lie, she's a very honest person." He defended and left before I could come up with a comeback. He must be kidding himself. Of course he would defend his new whore. I hated him before but now I really hated him, he doesn't even deserve to be called my father. What Jennifer said last night couldn't be true, my mother was not like that.

Instead of dealing with them, I decided to stay in my room for the rest of the day, especially because I didn't want to be yelled at again for that bitch's lies. At one point I heard the front door slam shut, and I looked to see them leaving. So then I decided to go sit in my back yard. The yard wasn't that big, but I found a brick wall to sit on that was hidden from the rest of the yard.

I sat in silence until someone sat down beside me, "Hey, you okay?" They asked me making me jump.

It was Tate, "Oh Tate, you scared me." My hand was on my chest trying to calm my heart rate.

There was a hint of a smirk on his face, "Sorry about that. I just happened to see you come over here. You look upset." He was very good at observations.

Should I tell him what is bothering me? What could it hurt?

"Yes, my dad is an asshole." I said this while I picked up a rock and threw it over the fence.

"Why's that?" He asked sounding generally interested.

"Besides the fact that he was cheating on my mom, he could care less that she's dead. It hasn't even been a month and he has one of his sluts living here, and she called my mom a whore."

"Okay he is an asshole, just like my mother." He said and we were both silent.

"Where did you live before you came here?" Tate asked breaking the silence again.

"I lived in New York, not the major city though. Somewhere far away from it actually."

"Did you like it there?"

"No, I wasn't really known in school. I mean I had a few friends and boyfriends, but none of them were really there for me. All the boyfriends I've had have either cheated on me or were just overall assholes." At this I remembered an incident that happened when I was 15, a very bad incident.

"That's how school was for me. No one ever understands you, they just think you're a freak and pay no attention to you." The way he said it was really dark and scared me a little bit. But he was right, no one understands you. When you think they do, it's just one big lie and they hurt you in the end.

"Are you okay?" Tate asked when I spaced out.

"Yeah." This was a lie.

He looked into my eyes, "You're lying, I can tell something is wrong."

"I'll tell you some other time, I just can't do it now."

"Okay, but you will tell me eventually?" Tate asked.

"Yes, when I come to terms with it I will tell you." I said and then I heard my father's car pull up.

"I have to go, but thank you for talking to me." I said standing up.

"I'm here if you need me. Oh and don't let your dad bring you down." He said and I nodded heading inside hoping to avoid my father and Jennifer.

Tate's POV

I watched Lily walk into the house. I wanted to tell her what I am so badly, but I couldn't do that. Last time I told a girl what I was, she left me. I saw how her father treated her, how depressed her mother got, and I heard every word that bitch Jennifer said behind Lily's back. All of it got me so mad, Lily didn't deserve it. After Lily went inside, I went to the basement only to see Hayden standing there with that ugly smirk of hers.

"You're getting attached again aren't you?" She said still smirking.

"No." I said trying to ignore her.

She grabbed my arm, "You're lying, but once she finds out who you are, she'll be gone like that other bitch."

"LEAVE ME ALONE!" I yelled walking away from her.

Lily's POV

My father walked into the kitchen where I was eating an apple. Surprisingly Jennifer wasn't with him, but I heard her in the other room.

"I want you to apologize to Jennifer for last night." He said looking at me with complete hate.

I sneered at him "Why should I apologize to her, I didn't do anything." I knew this would piss him off.

"You're going to apologize to her whether you like it or not. You need to stop all this lying you've been doing." He said as Jennifer walked into the kitchen with a smirk on her face.

Why the hell did I have to deal with this shit?

"I'm sorry, I was wrong to yell at you last night." I said through clenched teeth. Why was I doing this again?

"It's alright, I've had plenty of spoiled brats yell at me." She had a hint of humor in her face, but her statement was anything my humorous. I'm not spoiled at all, because my parents were always too busy fighting about Kimmy or my father's cheating.

Glaring at them both, I left the room.