Chapter 8: The Party That Changed It All

I slowly sat up, looking around, I was in Greyson’s room, he was getting up off his bed, he turned to me.

“Good morning, we must have fallen asleep talking last night, you okay?” Greyson asks.

I nod, “Yes I’m fine, it’s not like we fucked or anything Greyson.”

I smile and so does he as he laughs and says,

“Yeah but if we had, that would have been awesome.”

I turn red and laugh, “Your funny, but I’m a virgin.”

Greyson looks at me, “Seriously?”

I nod, “Yes, I haven’t dated anyone at all over the years you guys made it to hard, me and Trevor are just fake dating.”

He nods, “I’m surprised you two didn’t do it yet, he’s been at your house for like 2 1/2 weeks now.”

I shrug, “We only kiss, hug and cuddle. Never seen each other naked.”

“Wow, he has so much respect.” he replies as he walks into his closest to change.

Not that I wouldn’t love to stare at his body, I know under his shirt is all muscles, I’d never touch him only because Sasha is with him. I honestly always thought all 3 of my bullies were good looking. I kept a lot hidden away, my girls were the only ones that knew my feelings, I sat on the edge of Greyson’s bed and put my sneakers on, as I’m sitting back up from tying my sneakers, Greyson’s looking at me, I flash him a smile. He smiles back,

“Let’s get you home so you can change for school.”

I nod getting up as he puts his sneakers on, I pull on Trevor’s hoodie and grab my backpack. Greyson grabs his backpack, keys and cell phone. He hands me mine, we head out to his truck, we get in, he starts it and drives to my house, before I open the door, Greyson grabs my arm gently making me look at him,

“Lucy, I’ll do my best to keep Tanner in line today, if he tries to get you alone message me, don’t hesitate please.” he says.

I nod and look at him still getting used to the niceness from him, “I will Greyson, I think I still have your number from when Sasha called off my phone before.”

He smiles, “You kept my number?”

I nodded, “Yeah, I thought about telling you off multiple times for all the shit you did to me.”

He frowns, “Again I’m so sorry Lucy.”

I smile, “Don’t frown, it’s in the past Greyson.”

He cracks a small smile, “Your right, I’ll see you at school Lucy,” he leans over and kisses my cheek softly.

I smile and get out, “See you in school.”

I wave and close the truck door, putting my backpack over my shoulder, I pull out my keys and cell as it rings,

“Hi David I’m home, don’t freak out Greyson told Trevor I fell asleep, I’m not hurt.” I say as I answer my cell.

My brother sighs in relief, “You still should have texted to say you were okay.”

I unlock the front door, “I know I’m sorry, I’m home now, to shower and change for school, I love you, I wont be home until Sunday night, I’m staying at Natalia’s for the weekend.”

David laughs, “Okay sis, just be careful, don’t leave her place with anyone that’s been drinking, if you need to come home you call me or Steve got it?”

I walk upstairs to my room, “I will don’t worry, I love you bro.”

I walk into my room as Trevor’s waking up, David replies,

“I love you too sis, bye.”

I smile at Trevor, “Bye.”

I hang up as Trevor looks at me, I hug him softly, before heading to shower, I get in the shower, wash up, get out wrapping a towel around me, I walk out as Trevor goes to shower, I walk into my room and go to my closest. I get dressed in a long sleeve, jeans and black sneakers, I leave my hair down, straighten it, then look at myself in the mirror, the bruises on my face bad, I sigh and then look through my clothes, looking for my outfit for the party, I find a navy blue halter top, jeans with rips on the thigh and the knee, a black pair of heels, my hair curler, and makeup bag.

I put all that into my duffle bag that I was putting in Natalia’s car when I got there, I walk out of my closest as Trevor comes back into my room, dressed for school. I grab my phone charger and iPod, putting them in my duffle bag along with my purse, I close my duffle bag and grab my backpack, then Trevor grabs his backpack and we head out to his car.

We get in, I place my stuff on the backseat, he starts the car after putting his backpack in the back, he drives out of the driveway,

“How was the talk with Greyson? He didn’t text me until like 12:30am to say you had fallen asleep and that he’d bring you home before school.” Trevor asks.

“It was good, I cried for the first time in front of him, he just kept saying he was really sorry. I forgave him.” I reply with a smile.

He smiles back, “I’m happy to hear that babe.”

I look out the window as the school comes into our view, Trevor parks, we get out, I grab my bags and walk to Natalia’s car, she pops her trunk, I place my duffle bag in her trunk, Trevor calls out to me,

“I’ll see you at lunch babe!”

I smile and wave, “Okay baby!”

I watch as he meets up with Macy, Zack and Luca. Macy looks him up and down, checking him out, before looking at me and giving me a nasty look, I gave her one back as Natalia looked at me,

“Don’t let that slut get to you girl, ” Natalia says to me.

I look at her after glaring at Macy, I know she wants Trevor, she knows we’re ‘dating’ but she still tries to get him to fuck her. She was a snobby cheerleader, I was that rich girl that didn’t tell the world I was rich, a lot of the school didn’t know, only Sasha, Natalia, Trevor and Kayla knew, Macy thought I was some poor girl with decent clothes, I had way nicer clothes like my party outfit for tonight, it was all name brand and still new, I had my $1000 diamond heart necklace tucked under Trevor’s hoodie, I was hiding that today, I had my Sapphire heart shaped ring, that had diamonds around half the band, on my right finger, I was surprised Greyson hadn’t seen them, or maybe he didn’t say anything.

I pulled myself back to Natalia said, “I’ll fuck the bitch up if she gets him to sleep with her I swear Lou, I got your back girl.”

I smiled only Natalia was allowed to call me Lou, I’m the only one allowed to call her Lia, so we’re even in the nickname department,

“Lia, I knew you were my best friend for a reason.” I hug her smiling, as the bell rings.

We rush off to class, forgetting how long we stood there for chatting, I walked into class, Tanner and Greyson were looking at me, Tanner’s eye’s glued to my ring, I sighed and went to take my seat next to Greyson, since it was the only seat left, I pulled out my notebook and stayed quiet even as Tanner shot a nasty comment at me,

“Hey Lucy, did Trevor propose? If he did, he was mistaken you’re fucking ugly as hell and dumb.”

I glared at him and stayed silent, the anger building up, I held on to all comments I wanted to shoot at him, Greyson looked at Tanner,

“Dude just shut the fuck up for once, please!” He hisses at his best friend.

I couldn’t believe my ears, Sasha looked at Greyson she was sitting in front of him, she looked at me and saw my shocked of look knowing I had no idea he’d say that to his best friend. Sasha smiled and texted me,

I knew Greyson would burst, he told me he is sick of Tanner and his bullying.

I was shocked at her texting me this I didn’t know what to say back, that and the teacher just walked in, so I put my phone on silent and away. I try to focus but can feel Tanner glaring at me, what did I do to deserve all this hurt he gives? I am no longer going near him alone or at all if possible, he was out of control. I knew for a fact if the school knew I was rich they’d all act want me as a friend. I needed to figure out how to break Tanner into nice, he never even dates girls, he’s so angry all the time, it’s so bad.

I grabbed a pen, I took notes finally, focusing, ignoring the glares and side comments Tanner was just an ass. I was relieved when class ended, I got my stuff and got out before Tanner and went to the next class, I walked towards gym, Tanner and Greyson caught up to me, Tanner kicking me as he went by, ugh why? Greyson smacked Tanner in the head,

“Knock it off!” Greyson hisses.

I head into the girls locker room, putting my stuff in an empty locker, grabbing my gym clothes, changing, throwing my school clothes in the locker with Trevor’s hoodie, closing the door and locking it and walking out to the gym, Tanner nudges me as he walks by, I sigh and roll my eyes,

“Knock it off Tanner,” I say.

He turns around, “Excuse me? I can do what I want.”

“Actually no you can’t Tanner, get some help, stop hurting me and go get help!” I yell at him.

He runs up to me about to hit me, but Greyson is faster, he knocks Tanner to the ground,

“Enough hitting girls!” Greyson yells.

I jump at Greyson’s yell, backing away, I go sit near Kim, and stay quiet until the teacher came in, my face bruised from the last two punches from Tanner, the teacher hadn’t seen me since yesterday before it happened, he looked at me worried, he walked off and called someone, I started to panic a little, who did he call? The cops? Oh fuck, I hope it’s not the cops, if I rat out Tanner I’m done for, I had to think of something to explain it. As class started, I heard the doors open and a radio going off of a dispatch, I turned and wanted to cry, seeing two officer’s there, I turn back and continue Greyson is a few people over, sees me react the way I did, I hold back the tears clearing them, I look at Greyson and mouth ‘What do I say?’ he mouths back ’Nothing, I’ll tell them.” I just nod.

Is he really going to rat out his best friend? Is he that done? How long would Tanner even spend if I pressed charges? I don’t think I’m going to press charges, Tanner’s fucked up enough, he just needs help. Then I hear my name, Greyson’s and Tanner’s names.

I get up and walk towards the teacher and officer’s Greyson blocking Tanner from me, we stop in front of them.

“We got a call about a fight, and someone called for possible abuse victim, what happened here?” The first officer with D.Rivera on his name badge, I stay silent, Greyson opens his mouth first,

“Tanner here has a bad temper, he lashed out at Lucy she isn’t pressing charges shes shy that’s why she isn’t talking herself, I had to stop Tanner from hitting her again, we got it under control now.”

I still stay silent no emotion showing on my face, the cops eyeballing the brusies, the look of anger in their eyes, I look at Greyson feeling like I might cry, I didn’t like being stared at like that by a cop, honestly they sort of scared me, they can say they protect and serve but what about those dirty cops? That aren’t so nice, I may be a victim but I had therapy for this, I had a psychologist, I wasn’t crazy, I was in recovery for self harm, they had to make sure I wouldn’t again or I’d end up in the mental ward. This shit could open bad wounds I couldn’t open, it would end badly, I was doing so good.

Then one of the cops finally speak, officer K.Davison, “Okay, then we will be on our way.”

Officer D.Rivera walks up to me and hands me a card,

“Call if you ever change your mind about pressing charges.”

I just nod and look away, the teacher sends us back to our seats, I sit down by Kim quietly, the teacher walks back over about 2 minutes later, class begins, I listen and do the exercises even though it hurts too, I brush it off, catching Greyson looking at me with concern, I look back forward breathing through the pain, the rest of the class was a blur, it went by fast, then I went to the counselors office, chatted for a few then headed to 3rd, I sat next to Landon after handing my note to the teacher, I pulled out my stuff, Landon spilled me the notes I missed, I smiled at him, he smiled back, then he spilled me a note from him,

“Macy is getting to close to Trevor, be careful.”

I look at the board and begin taking notes, I breath through the pain, I stayed quiet all class, when it ended, I left before anyone could stop me, I headed for the bathrooms, I placed my bag down and started to shake, I was no longer hungry right now, I was disgusted, I wanted to get sick, I felt a little dizzy, all these emotions had me messed up. I splashed water on my face, wiped it, then walked out and towards the cafe doors, I peeked into the cafe seeing Macy practically on Trevor’s lap, my friends yelling at Macy and at Trevor. I turn away, walking into Landon’s solid body, tears were falling from my eyes before I could stop them, I look up at Landon,

“I’m sorry, ” I say and go to walk off.

He grabs my arm, “Hey he’s missing out, he’s letting the slut in Luce.”

He pulls me into a hug, then whispering in my ear, “Let it out, I got you.”

I hug Landon and just cry for a few before I’m good, I step back wiping my tears on Trevor’s hoodie sleeve, Landon pulls his hoodie off and hands me it,

“Keep mine in your bag, after you say your goodbyes to him later for his trip, keep up the fake dating him, if he fucks her, I’ve got a plan, but it’s only if your okay with it when the time comes.” he says.

I nod, “Okay we’ll see.” I take it shoving it into my bag.

He pulls me towards the culinary cafe, “Let me get you a coffee at least if your not going to eat.”

I laugh, “Okay Landon, fine.”

I walk with him into the culinary cafe called 5 Star, we walk up to the counter and we order, I get an ice coffee and he gets a hot, we go sit, we talk a little about the party plan, he tells me about the plan Trevor wanted for the party, Landon to kiss me whenever a drunk idiot tried something, I agreed with a smile. When the bell rang we had finished two coffees, we parted ways as I headed to class, I sat in my seat, Trevor wasn’t there yet, I sighed and pulled my stuff out, Trevor showed up late, looking guilty of something, I brushed it off, focusing on class, he didn’t try to talk all class, I knew something was up, when class ended, I walked out after him, he pulled me to the side, then kissed me,

“I’m sorry.” was all he said.

I nodded, “It’s fine babe.”

He hugged me and we headed to our next class, we didn’t say much during that class, then we had drama, Trevor and I worked on our lines, before we knew it school was over, Trevor walked me to the front of the school, he hugged and kissed me goodbye in front of Macy,

“I love you Lucy, I’ll meet you at your place Sunday night.” he says.

I nod at him, “Okay babe see you then have fun with your family,” I smile at him, seeing Landon, Greyson and Tanner out of the corner of my eye, I had Trevor’s hoodie on, a fake but real looking smile on my face.

He walks off to his car as Natalia walks up to me,

“You okay?” she asks me.

I turn to her, “Yes, I’m just ready to have some fun.”

She smiled, then hugged me, I hugged back, then we walked to her car, she unlocked it, she gets in, I was about to until a hand on my arm stopped me, I looked at the person it belonged to, Landon,

“Luce, good job with the acting, you’re a natural.”

“Thank you,” I reply.

“You’re welcome,” Landon smiles, “I’ll see you at the party.”

I nodded, “See you there.”

He hugs me, I hug back, then he heads to his truck, I close the door as I get in Natalia’s car, she starts it and looks at me,

“Landon loves you, I hope you know that.” she says.

I look at her, “Yeah? But Trevor...”

She rolls her eyes, “Fuck him, I bet Macy will get him to fuck her while they are away.”

I look at her, “What do you mean by they are away?”

She drives, “Their families are going together, I thought he told you.”

I shake my head, “Nope,” I look out the window.

The rest of the ride was silent, when we pulled up to her house my cell chimed with a text, when I saw who it was from I ignored it, once she parked, I got out, she popped her trunk, I grabbed my stuff, so did Natalia, we walked up to her door, she unlocked it, we walked in as I heard a truck pull into a driveway across the street, I turned and saw Tanner’s truck, I quickly went in and shut her front door. I walked up to the room I used, stuff that belonged to me, I unpacked my bag, laying my outfit for the party on the bed.

After I finished unpacking, I quickly finished all my homework as my phone chimed again, I checked to see who it was from, it was Trevor again I ignored it. I put my stuff away, as Natalia walked into my room,

“You finish your homework too?” she asks.

I nod and smile, “Yep, what time are people coming?”

“In an hour, go get ready,” she replies with a smile.

I nod again then head to shower, I get dressed in my party outfit, curl my hair, put on light make up and slip into my heels. Once I’m ready I hear Natalia’s front door open, and voices, Landon’s voice, I smiled, I left my room closing the door behind me. I walked down the stairs, I caught Landon checking me out with a smile on his face, I walked into the kitchen with Natalia next to me. I heard Tanner and Greyson’s voices now, I grabbed shot glasses as the boys walked in, Tanner glared at me like normal, Landon and Greyson watched Tanner,

“Now no fighting here please, I’m lucky my parents let me throw parties, nothing gets broken, or party is over, there are only 10 more people coming, my brother and his 3 friends the other two are girls from school. We stay cool, please?” Natalia says to Tanner.

He rolls his eyes and nods, “Fine!” he spits out.

Man he was all tense, so angry, what the hell, I turned away to grab the bottle of Patron, hearing a knock at the front door, Natalia walks out of the kitchen to get the door leaving me alone with my two previous bullies Landon and Greyson, Sasha and my bully Tanner, Sasha walks over to me, and whispers,

“Don’t worry Tanner will behave, Landon threatened him something bad if he touched you tonight, let’s just get fucked up and not care for once, maybe this will loosen Tanner up.”

I smile and whisper back, “Can I tell you a secret? Landon keeps checking me out.”

Sasha smiles, “He’s totally in love with you girl,” she laughs.

I do too as I pull the bottle of Patron out of the freezer, nice and cold, I turned back around as Natalia walked in with Kelly and Lily, two cheerleaders that Natalia was best friends with, they were my friends too, I had a tiny tight group this was them for girls along side Natalia and Sasha, we did things together besides partying together, I smiled big as the girls walked up to me, I placed the bottle on the counter as they embraced me in hugs, I looked at them,

“God I’ve missed you girls so much! It’s been weeks!!” I say to them.

They fake frown and hug me again, “We’re so sorry!! We need to have girl chat, let’s have a few shots then us girls go all talk.” they say to me

I hug back and nod, “Yes, of course we all do need to talk, let’s drink.”

I turn and walk back to the counter grabbing the bottle and turning back, to the island in the middle of Natalia’s kitchen, I lay out the shot glasses and fill each one, then I take one and hold it up, everyone else does the same and Natalia says,

“To the weekend!”

I smile and nod, “Hell yeah!”

The boys hoot and hollar like boys, making us all laugh, we clink glasses and take our shots, I pour each of us another one, we take that one and then us girls head to Natalia’s room, we lock the door and turn music on placing it by her locked door and go sit in her walk in closest, they all look at me,

Kelly and Lily look at me, Kelly says,

“Spill, what’s going on with you?”

I look at them and sigh, first step take deep breaths, I took a few deep breaths in and out before looking at them,

“Okay so the bullying got so intense, I began to hurt myself, one day after school, after dealing with the bullies, I ended up going to far, I flat lined on them by some miracle I’m still alive, Trevor found me in my locked bathroom bleeding, barely alive, I fucked up bad, I was rushed to the hospital and not put into psych my brother agreed to watch me for a week while I recovered, I’m lucky to be sane guys, I have no idea why I had finally snapped and wanted to die for real, Trevor was so sweet for awhile we fake dated guys, I want to end whatever it was, Macy is so close to making him hers, I kept up the fake act with him looking all guilty and come to find out Macy’s family is going with him on the trip, so fuck him, I can’t even read his texts , and by now he’s texted a 100 times probably, but my phones on silent, I’m going to check it, ” I grabbed my phone to see Trevor calling, I decided to answer it, and put it on speaker,

“Hey Trev, ” I say.

“Luce, I fucked up I’m so sorry, I’ve been texting you, Macy..... Fuck, we fucked.”

I didn’t say a word, I stared at the phone, like it was my worst enemy, a tear sliding down my face,

“Fuck you Trevor, leave me alone, I’ll give your shit to my brother’s they can give you it back, don’t fucking call me again, don’t text me.”

I hang up the phone and pick it up, I walk out of the closest the tears falling, I needed air badly, I unlocked Natalia’s door, and walked by the kitchen tears still falling, I don’t pay the guys one look, I walk out the front door and walk outside, then it all just came out, I couldn’t stop it I felt like a truck had hit me, I think my heart shattered in two I felt all the pain I held inside, all that pent up anger came out in tears, I felt someone’s arms pull me towards them and turn me to face them. I look up seeing Landon’s face filled with concern,

“Lucy what’s wrong?” he asks as he hugs me.

“He fucked Macy,” I cried, Landon became tense for a moment in the hug.

“I feared that would happen, can I tell you what we should do?”

Landon asks.

I nod at him as I pull away, “What?”

“We should fuck, I’m a virgin and I know you are, I like you Lucy, I want you as my first, I promise to explain my actions.”

I smile thru the tears wiping them, “Yes we should, I’m actually okay with that.”

He hugs me tight, “Let’s go drink, you need to have some fun, you need it but I’m going to kiss you in front of them okay? Will you be my girlfriend my real one no fake dating?”

I look up at him, “Yes Landon,” I smile at him, I had a real boyfriend instead of Trevor’s fake ass. I couldn’t believe he fell for her shit, it pissed me off and I needed to have fun.

Landon took my face in his hands and kissed me for the first time, it was a passionate kiss to, Landon was gentle with this as well, I was still bruised up badly, he wasn’t so happy about them, but he wasn’t going to let Tanner ever hit me again now, they were friends and bros don’t hit other bros girls, I knew bro code, as Landon pulled away he smiled at me,

“You are now my girlfriend, Lucy Tanner will NEVER touch you again, he can glare all he wants, but no more hurt for you, I want to fix what’s broken for you, I am so sorry, I, let’s go in.” he says.

“I believe you, babe.” I reply with a smile, he pulls me in for one more kiss, I kiss back.

We part and takes my hand and we walk in as my face is dried of all tears, we’re smiling as we walk to the kitchen, Greyson and Tanner smile at Landon, he finally got a girl, I walk over to island and pour everyone shots the girls are walking down the stairs, I was ready to drink until I was drunk, I honestly didn’t care about much right now, Landon was all I did care about right now besides my friends.

I pick up my shot, “To not fucking letting a cheater ruin you, your above him because you were faithful, now your with someone new, your way happier, so fuck him.” I take my shot standing next to Landon as he takes his.

Everyone takes their shots, placing their glasses down, I pour another round, We raise our glasses as Landon speaks,

“To I finally got a girl, I’m no longer a bully, I found happiness.” me and him take our shots.

The girls take their shots, smiling at me seeing my face lite up, I didn’t realize my face showed happiness, I was good finally.

The boys take theirs as the front door opens and Natalia’s brother walks in with his friends, they walk to the kitchen and smile at us, I grab more shot glasses, pouring shots for them, and refilling everyone’s shot glasses. We turned on some music, trying to get us all to loosen up and maybe dance, we all took ours shots at once, I needed to stop that last shot hit hard. That was heavy amount of tequila, I walked away from everyone, needing air I walked outside out front and sat on the steps, Landon followed me,

“Lucy you okay? Are you going to be sick?” he says concerned.

I nod, “I’m fine, just a lot of liquor so fast.”

He smiles, “You’re a pro at this huh? Knowing when you need to step out.”

I smile back, “Yeah, I grew up with brothers, they let me drink at 16 at home in my basement when our parents worked doubles 3 days in a row, they taught me some tricks,” I feel a small breeze as I speak.

Landon pulls me to him, “You are prefect, it used make me angry now it makes me happy. You truly have no idea how I feel, I will spill it all, let’s just get through the party okay baby?”

I nod, “Okay baby.”

He leans down and kisses me, I kiss back, loving his kiss, it intoxicated me right then, I wanted more of him, I smile in the kiss and whisper,

“I might be ready to do that now.”

He smiles, “Me too, let’s go upstairs.”

I nod and take his hand leading him to my room and walking in with him then locking the door, he pulls me me to him and kisses me, then were on the bed, and we have sex, and then lay there after getting dressed, he pulls me close cuddling, he was so sweet, it was amazing, he started to kiss my bruises and then my lips, I kiss back.

“You are beautiful Lucy.” he says after our kiss.

I smile, “You are handsome Landon,” I look up at him.

“I am so happy to call you mine right now, you are the one, ” he replies.

I smile, “I’m glad to be yours, you are my happiness.”

He kissed me again, “Lucy...” he hugged me without finishing.

I just smiled at him, I felt a bit dizzy from the liquor, I closed my eyes, I felt him touch my face,

“Baby..you look pale.” Landon says.

“I’m fine, I just need to sleep it off,” I open my eyes and look at him.

He nods, “Okay babe,” he kisses my cheek and holds me close.

I close my eyes and drift off to sleep, Landon closes his eyes as well falling asleep with me. We wake back up around midnight, I felt better, he rolled me over to face him,

“I love you,” he says.

I look at him and smile , “I love you to baby.”

He smiles back, and sits up, I do as well, I get up walking to my mirror fixing my hair, making it look good again, Landon watches me spotting my expensive jewelry again,

“Those are beautiful your jewelry, just like you.” he says.

He had a way with words, where was this Landon in 6th grade? God we could have had better memories, but I was okay now, I forgive him, I felt better now that it was over, he left me speechless with his sweetness, is this what dating Landon was going to always be like? I finally turned around my hair fixed, I smile at him,

“Thank you baby,” I say.

“You’re welcome but I’m always going to keep up the sweet things baby,” he replies.

I smiled more, and we walked out of the room together and joined them downstairs, drank some more, then around 4am went to bed, Landon and I locked ourselves in my room and went to sleep drunk, we had fun, I had forgotten Trevor and his cheating for the party, I enjoyed myself. We woke up the next morning around 11, we stretched and got up. I went to shower and change, my head hurt from all the tequila we had the night before, I grabbed aspirin out of the bathroom cabinet and took them with a cup of water in the bathroom. Then I walked out seeing Landon looking at me,

“I have to go home to change, want to go with me babe?” he asks

I nod, “Yeah, I’d love to baby.”

He takes my hand and grabs his keys, we leave my room, my phone vibrating in my pocket, I ignore it unsure of who it was, we go out to his truck and get in. We buckle up, he starts his truck and drives to his house, he pulls into his driveway, shuts off his truck, we get out, walk up to his front door, he unlocks it and we go inside, his dad is sitting on the couch watching TV, we walk to his room, he smiles at me,

“Sit, I’ll be done in 10 minutes babe.”

I sit on his bed smiling, “Okay,” I watch him grab his stuff to go shower.

He walks off closing his bedroom door, I look around his room, checking out his posters, pictures, I get up seeing a pictures of me, he had a few school pics and yearbook ones from over the last 5 years, my mind raced with thoughts, he still didn’t know I was rich, I wanted to tell him, but it was so hard to. I would though before he explained himself, Landon entering his room broke me from my thoughts, I looked over at him and smile.

He walks over to me and kisses me gently, “Come sit, I’ll explain why I was the way I was for 5 years.”

He pulls me to sit on his bed next to him, he places a hand on my leg, I look at him and say,

“First I have to tell you something, Landon I’m rich, my family has money always has, I don’t like to flaunt it, also the last 5 years I’ve thought you were good looking, but you hurt me so it felt wrong to think, soon the feelings faded with each hurt until, you stopped hurting the feelings came again, I buried them in the pain.”

He looks at me, “Fuck I had no idea, my turn to confess baby.”

He takes my hand and takes a deep breath in and out.