ELIZABETH'S POV
"Yeah, I heard it." Sawyer replied.
I didn't know what say. I had been busted, and apparently I had been busted for some time now. You haven't done anything wrong. Remember that.
"Nothing really…I was just having an off day I guess." I said as I looked him in the eyes. Good news; he can't read your thoughts. Bad news; he can read you like a billboard.
He didn't take the bait, but dropped it nonetheless, "Alright. We're being a little counterproductive don't you think?" He asked.
"We both knew it was a side effect…" I sighed and looked back to my screen. This 'new document' has been empty since I moved here.
Sudden loud yelling came from the living room. It was from the other room so I couldn't hear what was being said, but was loud enough to know that my Mom and Dad were at it again. I sighed.
"Are they-"
"Yeah, it's been happening a lot, actually. It's kind of embarrassing that they're doing it now, I'm sorry."
"Don't be it happens."
I looked back over to Sawyer and caught him laid back on my bed rubbing his eyes. I smiled, "Go get sleep."
He looked to me, "Are you sure?"
I dramatically pointed to my door, "Get out!" I laughed.
He looked to the door and back to me, "Please don't make me walk out there by myself."
I nodded as we both got up and walked out of my bed room. We stood in the door way of the living room, watching for a few moments as my parents went back and forth getting verbal punches in, until Dad looked at me and did a double take. Mom turned around and looked at Sawyer and I wide eyed. "I'll see you later Sawyer." I said as I walked him to the door. He said goodbye with a smile that read good luck as I closed the front door behind him.
I turned to find my Dad staring at me, my Mom staring at my Dad, and me staring at the two of them. It didn't look like much was going to change about the situation and I was going to go back to my room until my Dad spoke up, "what was he doing here?" He asked his voice almost booming through the apartment.
The question, let alone the volume of his voice made me stop in my tracks, "Excuse me?" I asked looking to him.
"What was he doing here? Why was he in your room? Why was the door closed?"
My eyes got wide. I don't know if it was out of defense or offence…but either way I was still shocked, "Because he's my friend, because he was trying to help me with my song. And last but not least because there were two raging maniacs screaming in the living room." I replied to his interrogation as calmly as I could.
Mom didn't take her eyes off of Dad. I knew it wasn't her intention to be arguing with Dad so often recently. I also know she knew that Sawyer and I weren't up to anything of any kind. Dad stood with his arms crossed over his chest, he has never, ever, accused me of anything like this before. I don't know what has gotten into him since we moved here, but I'm guessing it wasn't anything good.
"He's not allowed back here." He said before turning around to Mom.
My jaw dropped as I looked to Mom, her eyes looked as if they had been light on fire, "Why?" She asked before I got a chance to.
"I will not have a daughter who brings boys to her room without us knowing they're here!" He shouted.
Mom started to yell back and then Dad with his screaming reply, I couldn't comprehend what was being said, let alone get past the fact that my own Father thinks I get around; with Sawyer, my best friend since childhood, of all the people in the world. I slowly backed to the door and walked out to the hallway. I could feel tears begging to sting my eyes. I didn't know what to do so I just ran to the only place where I could go at the moment.
Out of breath I knocked on the door loudly waiting for somebody to answer. The door opened shortly after with a smiling Carlos on the other side, "Hey Eliza—" I wrapped my arms around his neck and hugged him tightly and just let myself break down in front of him. I felt his arms immediately wrap around me as he tried to calm me down. I could barely even get words out as he rubbed my back. Carlos pulled me inside, closing the door behind us, and walked me over to the couch.
"What's going on?" Logan asked. I guess he saw the mess of a state I was in. I didn't care, let the world see. It's what I was working towards anyways.
It only took a few minutes for everyone to gather around me in the living room, everyone asking each other what was wrong, but no one with the ability to answer. I was asked what was wrong a few times, but still too upset to try to answer, so I just held onto Carlos like I had nothing else in the world. He did nothing but hold me close to him, his forehead on my shoulder, whispering different versions of it'll be okay.
After a few more minutes of my mess and Momma Knight having Katie bring me a glass of water I was able to calm down and explain to everyone what had just happened between me and my Dad. Momma Knight's eyes had gone wide. She walked over to the phone, picked it up and took it into the other room while Katie and the guys all swarmed around me for a group hug.
I felt safe here. I'm not sure if it was being surrounded by people who cared or just escaping the new found hostility of my home, but it was safe. The guys broke the hug, I wouldn't dare let go of Carlos, and sat around trying to think of ways to make me feel better when Momma Knight walked back out from the other room. "I have homework to finish, but we will talk later." Katie said as she got up and fist bumped me. I smiled as she walked back into her room and Momma knight set the phone down on the table in front of us.
"Well, Elizabeth, you're staying the night here tonight."
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