YAY HERE'S YOUR CHAPPIE!

-THG-

I stand there speechless as I watch him walk farther away. What just happened? HOW is this my fault? What did I do? I can feel myself get angry and I turn on my heel and walk away, hands clenched. Two can play at this game.

I decide I'm not going home. If I do, there'll probably just be another speech waiting for me. Where can I go? I turn and see the meadow. Better place than any other I can think of. I sit down next to a small patch of flowers and pick one with beautiful purple petals. This one looks pretty. I open my notebook and I start sketching the outside.

Dad was right. When you draw you really can lose yourself in the drawing. I sketch the circular outside of the petals with black and draw the stem down to the bottom of the page. I then start to color it purple and shade it with white. I draw the leaves out and color them too. I move my hand with easy light strokes. I listen to the birds chirping around me and feel the grass beneath me. And for a moment, everything is okay. I can be myself and not worry about anything or anyone else. But the moment fades all too fast.

"You're really good ya know." I hear from behind me. I turn and see Drew standing there yet again. I sigh. What's with this kid today? Why can't he leave me alone? "What do you want Drew?" I say looking up at him. He looks at me and shrugs. "I don't want anything." He sits next to me. "Why are you talking to me all of a sudden?" I ask raising my eyebrows. This is really unusual of him.

He shrugs again and doesn't say anything. I roll my eyes and start sketching with blue behind the flower. If I ignore him, he'll probably ignore me...hopefully. But sadly my plan doesn't work too well.

"When did you learn to draw like that?" He asks. "I don't know." I say shrugging. "When di-"

"Look." I say interrupting him. "I don't know why you're talking to me all of a sudden. You've never paid any attention to me before. If you could just explain why, I'd probably be more open to talk to you." I say raising my eyebrows at him.

I instantly feel bad when I see the hurt look on his face. "Drew..." I say quietly. I never wanted to hurt him.

"You just seemed lonely. But I can see you want to be left alone." he says getting up and walking away. "Drew. DREW!" I yell but he doesn't stop. He doesn't turn around. He keeps walking. Why am I such a horrible person?

After that I don't feel like drawing anymore so I get up and head home.

When I open the door and walk in mom and dad are in the living room talking. I shut the door and they look at me, and I finally get a good look at them. They both have dark circles under their eyes and both of their hair is messed up horribly. It doesn't look like they've showered yet. And I realize I'm the reason.

"I'm sorry!" I blurt out. I walk over to give them a hug and try to hold back tears. I can't stand being mad at them anymore. I look up and they seem surprised by my reaction.

"It's okay Rose." dad says first. "Come on your probably hungry." mom says. Then we all go into the kitchen to eat, as a family.

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I crawl into bed a little later than usual. It's probably 10:30 right now. It's been a long day, and I need time to think. A lot of stuff happened today.

Roy's dad is abusive….I didn't see that coming. I mean, I can understand how Roy could be mad about that, but to take it out on me is a little out of control. But should I really be so mad at him? I mean, that's really hard to handle and I should be more helpful instead of making it worse…right?

Is all this really my fault? If I wouldn't have gone in those woods, he wouldn't have stayed out there with me anyways. He told me our parents were going to kill us, now I see what he meant. How could I have been so stupid? I should've paid more attention to him.

I groan and bury my head in my pillow. Maybe tomorrow I'll wake up and this will all be a dream. But I know better.

And what was up with Drew today? I have a feeling he wasn't just talking to me because I seemed lonely. And frankly, I don't know if I want to find out why he's being nice all of a sudden. I think some things are just better left unsaid.

I stare up at the ceiling. I know I'm not getting any sleep tonight.

Suddenly I hear tapping from outside. What? I look up and notice it's coming from my window. My heart starts beating faster, is someone trying to break in. I hold my breath and start creeping towards the window, the tapping doesn't stop.

I peek my head over the window and see a rock fly towards my face. My breath catches in my throat and I close my eyes, bracing for the impact.

Seconds go by and nothing happens. I open my eyes and look out. There's no rock anywhere. Another rock flies and I take a step back. It bounces of the window and I see it's not a rock, it's a pebble. I open the window and look down.

Roy. He's standing at the bottom of my window. "Come out here." He whispers. I squint my eyes and shut the window. Why does he want me to go out there? I thought he was mad at me. But I'm so confused and worn out I just listen and slowly make my way down the stairs.

I silently open the door and gently shut it as I walk out. "What do you want?" I hiss. I notice the anger in my voice and try to calm myself down. He steps towards me, I take a step back. He sighs.

"Listen, I'm sorry about the things I said. I didn't mean them. I was just really mad, and…" He sighs angrily and kicks the dirt in front of him. He looks away and looks back, tears in his eyes. "I'm sorry."

I feel my eyebrows shoot up. That was fast. I didn't expect him to apologize so quickly. I expected him to be like his father and hold a grudge. He seems to read my mind because next he says "I'm not like my father you know…" He looks down at his shoes.

"Hey, it's okay." I say, my voice cracking. "I know you didn't mean it." He looks up surprised at my reaction; I'm a little surprised too. "I'm sorry too."

He smiles and pulls me into a hug. "Are we good?" He asks staring at me.

"We're good." I say laughing and kissing him on the cheek. "We're good."

-THG-

Now THAT was a pretty crappy chapter. :| But it's still a chapter nonetheless! But I promise the next one will get interesting. ;) Review pwease! :D