YAAAY! CHAPTER!

-THG-

I feel a hand close around my wrist. I look up and see Roy halfway hanging out of the window, desperately holding on to me. "I've got you." he whispers . He reaches his other hand down.

I grab his wrist and his fingers close around my wrist. He pulls me up and I use my feet to walk the way up the wall. I get closer to the window. And he leans down. "Grab onto my neck." I realize in order to do do I'd have to let go. "Trust me." he whispers. I close my eyes. One...two...Three.

I let go and quickly wrap my arms around his neck. He pulls me inside the window and we both collapse on the floor. I let out a shaky breath.

"Come here." he says pulling me close to him. He wraps his arms around me and I do the same to him. I hold back tears. I'm not going to cry. I'm fine.

"What time is it?" I ask pulling back.

"Uhhh." he checks his watch and groans. "4:00 in the morning." I sigh and climb into his bed. He lays down on the floor and curls up.

"Roy that can't be comfortable." I say as he moves over and over again. "Just come up here." I say rolling over on my side and facing the wall.

I feel the mattress sink in next to me and see Roy get on the bed. He lays down and faces away from me towards the door. "Good night." I whisper. But he's already asleep.

Roy wakes me up at 5:30. I need to get out before his parents wake up. We each slug downstairs and I head out the now unalarmed doors to my house.

I slip into my house quietly and climb the stairs to my room. I flop down on to my bed and look at the ceiling. What happend to my mom and dad anyways? Are they okay? And what was that whole deal about Gale kissing my mom?

The questions were buzzing around in my head and I shoved them to the back of my mind. I'd much rather put off thinking about it as long as possible.

Realizing I wasn't going to get anymore sleep I got up and changed into a purple shirt, a light purple scarf, and jeans. I slipped on some plain flats and coaxed my hair into a braid. I looked in the mirror. A little girly for my taste but I can live with it.

I shuffle downstairs and poured a bowl of cereal. As I was eating I heard footsteps. I look up and what I saw almost made me spit out my milk.

My dad had a black eye and a small scar above his eyebrow. His lip was swolen and cut. He looked horrible.

"Dad!" I practically screamed. I ran up to him and gave him a huge hug. I pulled back when I realized I was hurting him. "What happend?"

"A fight with Gale." he shrugged as of to say whatever. I opened my mouth to say something else buy quickly shut it when I realized he wouldn't say anything more. Gale did that?

"I'm not hungry any more." I say taking my bowl to the counter and leaving it there. "I, uh, guess I'm going to school now." I say giving him one last look before heading out the door.

I make it to school early and go to my locker. I open it and a stack of papers fall out, I groan and bend down to pick them up. I really need to clean this thing.

I scoop up papers and stuff them in my locker. Suddenly a pair of feet is standing right in the middle of my papers. I look up and glare at Erica.

"I hear Rosey's got a little boyfriend." she says applying lipgloss to her lips. "Isn't that right?"

I stuff the remaining papers in my locker, close the door and look her straight in the eye.

"What's it to you?"

"Roy is it?" when I don't decline she keeps talking. "Well I need a date to the dance coming up. And he seems perfect for me."

I chuckle "Yeah. Because that would really happen."

She leans in and smirks right in front of my face. "You'd be surprised." she whispers. Then she whips around and saunters down the hall.

I glare at the back of her head. She wouldn't do anything...right? I shake my head, even if she would try anything, Roy wouldn't allow it.

I walk straight to class and sit in my usual seat, right next to the window. That way I at least have something to look at in my teachers boring lectures.

Of course Erica walks in next, giving me a fake friendly smile. I resist shoving my face square in her face when Roy walks in.

"Roy!" Erica squeals happily. "Come sit next to me!" He starts to say something buut she interupts him. "No really, I insist-Sit!" She says smiling a little too brightly.

"No really, I'm fine." he says slowly walking away. She grabs his wrist.

"I won't take no for an answer Roy." She says batting her eyelashes. He looks at me and I give him a sympathatic smile and shrug. He plops down in the seat next to her and faces forward.

Erica looks back at me "he's mine" she mouths with a sinsiter glare. I whip my head towards the window and stay there the rest of the class.

School flies by with me ignoring everyone. I pack up my stuff and head out the door.

I see Roy leaning against the tree in the front yard of the school. I smile and lug my bag farther up my shoulder. I start walking but stop dead in my tracks. Erica skips up to him and wraps her arms around his neck. And right there, she kisses him. And he doesn't stop her.

I feel myself backing up, tears in my eyes. I turn back inside and start running to the bathroom. I close the stall door and sink to the floor. That didn't just happen. It couldn't have happend. I wipe my eyes with the back of my hand. She was right. She gets everything she wants.

I sit there and cry for a good ten minutes. But i realize, this isn't saving my dignity. If she comes in and hears me, I'm a gonner. I stand up and open the door. I check my eyes in the mirror and see they're red and puffy from crying. But I don't even care anymore.

I walk out of the door. I hope they're still not out there. Too my luck, Erica isn't. But Roy's still there, leaning against the tree. I look the other way and walk down the path, then towards home.

"Hey Rose." He says as I walk by. I keep walking. "Rose?"

He comes up behind me and I can hear him following me the whole way home. Just as we're about to enter our neighborhood he stops me. When he sees my face he knows something's up. "Rose? Have you been crying? What's wrong?"

I push him out of the way and keep walking. But he steps in front of me.

"Rose." he says seriously.

"I saw what you and Erica did." I say glaring. "You know what? She's right she is perfect for you. Because you're a lying," I push him slightly. "Cheating," another push. "jerk." I say shoving him out of the way.

I sprint home and don't look back.

-THG-

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