Ryder
I don't know who Max thinks he is but he is not my father! I don't want him to be but if he is going to continue this I will lose my friends. Tanner hates me enough already and with Max coming to get me at his house that just made it worse! Like why does he even care so much? Not even my mom cares this much. She loves her work, she leaves me at home with these dumb girls and just leaves, she doesn't care. Sure she loves me but does she really even care? Miley is and idiot and I wish my mom could see that she was using her once again but no she was blinded by her heart, I just can't take it anymore. I want to leave but I am afraid if I do she would fall apart, and I mean I am technically still grounded but it is not like she knows right? I could just go for a little while. I needed to tell Zachary I was sorry I needed him to know I didn't mean any of it. I had no idea that Max was coming and that I never told him anything, I checked to make sure my mom was at work. Miley was asleep on the couch she really was just dumb ugh she was the worst and I couldn't take it anymore. I needed to do something about her but first talking to Zachary was important, I was able to climb out my window and I made sure to take the back roads to Timothy's house I knew Max was still watching me. He would have no idea that I left, I made it there shortly and knocked, Timothy opened the door. "Well I have to say I wasn't expecting you" he said, "I am here to apologize is everyone still here?" I asked. "Yeah come in"
I walked into the house, "I am so sorry, I never told him anything" I said, "sure you didn't little shit" Tanner said, "Tanner stop, we are not to bully each other" Zachary said. "He is going to ruin everything you realize that he is a damn Liar" Tanner said, "Leave him alone" Gia said she was sticking up for me or Zachary I couldn't tell. "No he is full of shit and it is only a matter of time before he has us all arrested, he is a damn spy and you know it" Tanner said. "ENOUGH!" Zachary shouted, "fuck!" Tanner said, "Ryder it is fine ignore him he just needs to blow off some steam" Zachary said, "yeah but um I swear I didn't know. He is trying to meddle" I said, "Like I said it is fine, they won't be a problem soon anyways" he said, "Wait what?" I asked I didn't want my cousin to get hurt. Sure he was annoying but I still cared about him. "Nothing forget I said anything" Zachary said but now I felt like there was a part of the plan that I wasn't in on. Like I was missing something, was getting Max out of the way always the plan were they going to kill him. I sure hoped not, he was still family. I sat with Lacey and Gia they were really the only one who even cared, Timothy wanted too but his dumb brother complicated that.
I tried to listen to what Zachary was telling Tanner and Milton but it was muffled I looked to the girls, "do you know what the plan is?" I asked, "I um we are not supposed to tell you" Gia said, "tell me" I said, "I want too but my brother is mean" Lacey said, "I won't tell him you told me" I said giving her a smile, "no Lacey don't, it is best he doesn't know" Gia said. "I won't say anything I swear" I said, "Ryder it is fine okay let it go" Timothy said I had no idea he was even listening. I was so damn curious now I needed to know what was going on. I had a right to know if it involved hurting my family. I needed a damn explanation I was about to snap, and it would not be in a good way. "Just tell me!" I said, "there is nothing to tell, Ryder you should go home" Zachary said, "why so you can plan things behind my back?" I asked, "no one is planning anything, we are all going home too" Zachary said. "I want to know what you are planning" I said, "we are planning to finish our plans and you will know what you need too, Ryder this doesn't concern you" Zachary said, "it does he is my family" I said, "that there is my point! he would betray is in a second!" Tanner said, "no one is betraying anyone and Ryder I assure you that your cousin will not be hurt. I just need him gone for a bit" Zachary said. "Gone?" I said, "yes but only temporarily, just trust me okay" he said. I nodded a part of me trusted him but it was only a small part, there had to be something that I was missing. "Lacey let's go" Zachary said and I saw her give me an I am sorry look. I hoped she would tell me, or Gia even I knew that they both liked me. Lacey she still had short hair but her body was changing and I could tell she was too, I didn't know what it meant. I knew she liked girls but the way she looked at me sometimes made me wonder if all that was a ruse to how she really felt or if it was her mom corrupting her mind.
I made it home and I knew I was in trouble my mom's car was in the driveway, I knew I might as well just go in the front door, and she hugged me as soon as I walked in. "Do you have any idea how worried I was? Damn it Ryder you are going to kill me one day" she said, "I am fine mom I took a walk" I said, "well you are grounded you are not supposed to leave the house!" she said. "Not like you are ever here to stop me and your girlfriend is an idiot" I said running upstairs and slamming the door. "No you do not get to walk away from me" she said opening it. I have never seen my mom so mad before, this was the mom that cared. "Ryder I am not doing this do not make me tie you to this bed when I am gone" she said, "I am fine and you care more about your work then me" I said, "that is not true and you know it. Ryder I love you so damn much I am just trying to keep it together here. I am trying to keep you fed!" she said, "fine then stop leaving me with her, I hate her! I hate all your girlfriends they are using you can't you see that! She never leaves the house and eats all our food" I said. My mom started to cry, I knew she was thinking about what I said, I of course would still be sneaking out or maybe I could sneak people in. I think she needed to give me a little bit of credit here, I wasn't going to stop. I needed to figure out what Zachary really was all about, and how he worked. There was something about him that drew me in and now there was something puzzling I felt like I needed to crack so I was going to continue pretending so I could figure it out. Plus I liked all the misfits that is what we were a bunch of misfits. We would all one day get out of his grasp but for now we were stuck until I figured all of this out. "Go to bed" my mom said as she left the room. I was alone and thinking about Lacey and what she would look like with long hair, damn it no you have other things to worry about.