Okay you guys please forgive me for being gone for 4736839 years. I promise that I didn't die. My motivation just blew up and I didn't want to make time to make this story but now I have motivation again so yaaay. :D I really hope you guys enjoy this chapter and that it'll make up for lost times I guess. Thanks you's. :)

It was late when I made my way home from Calypso's and I almost forgot about what I was going to face when I walked into the house.

Thank the Gods I didn't. I very quietly opened the front door and closed it.

I almost fell back when I saw my foster mom looming over me with her arms crossed and her face morphed with anger.

I gulped and kept my back pressed against the wall. I stared down at the ground.

"Where the hell have you been all day?" she asked. Her voice was hushed. That was a bad sign. I pressed my back to the door as hard as I possibly could.

"I-I..."

"I-I..." she mocked "You-you what exactly?"

"I was at m-my girlfriends house..." I turned my head away from her piercing eye contact and my eye's squinted shut.

Her angry face turned into a smug smile. "Girlfriend? HA! I'd be pretty damn stupid to believe that someone like YOU had a girlfriend." She laughed.

Then she was back to being angry. She grabbed my shirt collar and slammed me to the door. "You know I only have a few rule's in this house. One is to not sneak out. And another is not to lie. You just did both of those things." She went back her hushed and terrifying voice too.

"I'm not lying..." I whispered. She dropped me and slapped me hard across the face. I winced. It hurt more than usual this time.

She brought her face down to mine. "You're doing a damn stupid thing, kid."

"I promise...I'm really not lying." She slapped me again.

"I still don't believe you. But it's late and I'm tired of dealing with the shitty things in my life tonight. Just know that if you do what you did today again..."

She stood back up and crossed her arms. I thought she was done but before she walked off she slammed her knee into my eye mostly. She walked off looking satisfied with herself.

I sat there on the floor for a while. I cried. Which was something I rarely did. Pretty soon I realized it was past midnight and I made my way upstairs to my room.

My foster brother was already asleep of course so I very quietly sneaked to the top bunk I slept in. I kicked my shoe's off and from there I was already asleep.

I knew that when I woke up I was late. I didn't have to look at the clock to know that.

I put my shoes on and rushed to the bathroom. When I ran in I saw myself in the mirror I jumped.

I had almost forgotten about the night before. My eye was bruised purple. And it was just about swollen shut. I groaned and slammed my head on the mirror.

"You have GOT to be kidding me. Now? Before I go to school? On a freaking Monday?"

"Gods it just HAD to be today?" I looked through the drawers in hope for some kind of towel to put over it.

I found one. It was old and ripped up but anything would have worked today. I tied it around my head to where it would cover my eye and sighed.

I quickly brushed my teeth and ran downstairs. I grabbed my backpack that was by the door. When I ran out the door the bus was starting to drive off. I groaned and ran after it.

I saw Piper in one of the windows and she laughed. I think she called the bus driver or something.

The bus stopped. She did call him. Thank the Gods.

I walked on and the whole bus giggled and whispered to each other when I walked on.

I ignored it and sat next to Piper.

"You look rough, man." She felt the towel over my eye.

I shook my head. "Not in the mood Piper." I panted. "It's just been a sucky morning."

Her smile wavered. "Are you okay?"

"I guess." I replied.

"What happened?" She was frowning now.

"Long story." I lifted the towel off my eye and she cringed.

"You probably need someone to look at that." She whispered.

"It's fine. It'll fade soon enough."

"No. I'm taking you to the nurse when we get to school."

I sighed. It wasn't worth it to fight her.

"Please tell me what happened." She sounded worried.

"My foster mom happened. I'm keeping it at that."

"Leo I...I'm sorry."

"It's fine, really. I don't want you wasting your time worrying about me."

The bus stopped at the school and she grabbed my wrist and walked me off and to the nurse immediately.

"Worrying about one of my best friends isn't a waste of time." She said as she walked.

When she walked in the nurse was at her desk. She didn't look up from her computer.

"Can I help you?"

Piper pushed me forward, gently. "You can help Leo." She said.

The nurse looked up and smiled sympathetically.

She walked over and removed the towel. She frowned when she saw my eye.

"Fight?" She asked.

I shook my head. "Foster mom."

Her eye's widened. "Should I get the counselor-"

"No! Please. You don't have to do that. If there's anything I don't want to be it's one of those kids who talk to counselors about their sucky home lives."

Piper and the nurse both frowned at me.

"Well...you can always talk to your friends." The nurse said. "Piper here is a good friend apparently. You could tell her."

I looked up at the two. "I guess..." I shrugged.

After that the nurse took care of my eye as much as she could and bandaged it up. I didn't look quite as ridiculous as I did before.

Piper and I walked to class. When we came through the door Ms. Cunningham didn't look up from her computer. "Take a seat you two. I got the nurses email."

Everyone stared at me and my eye. When I sat next to Calypso she gave me a confused look.

"What happened?" She whispered. She still looked really sick.

"I'll tell you later. Are you alright?"

She sighed. "Not really. I just came so I could see you."

"As flattered a I am, you should be at home resting."

Another sigh. "I knew you'd say that."

I nodded and she stared at my bandaged eye.

Ms. Cunningham told us that we could pick up from where we left off on our projects and Calypso scooted her chair closer to me.

"Can you tell me what happened now?" she whispered.

"It's more of a thing to tell you in private."

She gave me a classic pout. But thankfully I was able to resist it. Some.

"I'll tell you the details later but my foster mom is a very easily angered person. She was probably already pissed off about something before I got home late but when I did she kinda took it out on me. She usually likes to treat me like crap anyway so..."

"Leo I-I'm so sorry. It's my fault. If it wasn't for you staying with me so late that wouldn't have happened." She whispered.

I grabbed her shoulders and turned her towards me.

"Oh my gods Calypso. Don't ever EVER blame yourself for that. She probably would have done it even if I got home on time. I promise you it wasn't your fault and I don't regret staying with you.

I pulled her into a tight hug and she cried softly into my shoulder. We forgot we were in a classroom. "You should have left. Even if it wasn't my fault." her voice was shaky.

I shook my head even though she couldn't see it. "Trust me. I'm glad I didn't leave."

I felt a light tap on my shoulder and I turned around. Piper. She gave us a half smile. I let go of Calypso for a minute.

"Hey guys. Can you save that for later? Everyone's sorta watching you both."

I looked around. Sure enough all eye's were on us. Everyone was smiling like Piper. Like they were actually happy to see us like that. I looked at Ms. Cunningham and even she was smiling a little bit.

Weird.

"Oooohhh gods. Uh don't look now..." I heard Calypso groan.

She ran to the closest trash can and vomited into it. I was never to keen to anything involving vomit so I ran to another trash can and did the same.

At this point the class went crazy.

Some people screamed. Others ran to trash cans and took turns vomiting into it. A lot of people groaned. Some got up and ran around covering their ears. Some stayed in their seats and put their heads on their desks.

Ms. Cunningham luckily stopped the chaos. "ENOUGH!"

The whole room went silent.

"Okay. Those of you who threw up can go to the nurse." She shivered in disgust. "The rest of you. In your seats. NOW."

Everyone frantically ran to their chairs without saying a word.

She pointed to Piper and Jason. "You two." she snapped. They shot up immediately.

"Go get a janitor. Please." They both ran out of the room.

She sighed in relief. "Thank you. The rest of you will work alone now. You may listen to music but as long as I can't hear it." She sat dramatically into her seat. "Silence will help my migraine."

Everyone obeyed. Some got their phones and ear buds and whatever.

Calypso and I threw our arms around each others shoulders and helped each other up. We staggered out of the room together.

"Sorry." She whispered.

"It's okay. Not your fault."

"Was so. If I wouldn't have puked, the class wouldn't have gone crazy."

I shrugged a bit. "Eh. I'm glad you did. I don't wanna be here."

"Yeah. Me neither."

Together we walked to the nurses office in comfortable silence.

Okay guys I know it was short so please don't kill me or anything I hope you guys enjoyed it though. I'm proud of it tbh. Until next time y'all. :)