The Trusted

chapter 15

hey this chapter is going to be a little short i have a time limit today so yea... ENJOY!

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"Mom... Dad?" Nathan called through the door, tightening his grip on my hand. I rolled my eyes at the fact he thought I was going to run away now that I am standing at the door. The door leading to my doom of course... What if they don't let me stay here? where will I go then? I don't think Sabrina's parents would let me live at their house...

"Well what a surprise, Lindsey its so good to see you!" Mrs. Sanders called from her desk. I gave a small smile in return, still worrying about them rejecting me.

Nathan must have noticed, because he lightly shoved me in the shoulder giving me an encouraging smile. He made me want to melt, the way his smile had this kind of effect on me.

"Mom, dad if its alright with you may Lindsey live here for a while?"

Mr. Sanders who was drinking a drink at the time started coughing, while Mrs. Sanders looked bewildered. I felt my stomach drop a little, I had a bad feeling about this.

"May I ask why you just asked that Nathan Aaron Sanders?" Mrs. Sanders said now looking annoyed. Boy did this woman have a lot of expressions. She just used his full name that's never good I am going to be a homeless person!

"Lindsey and her mother have been through a rough time right now." Nathan started off before turning to look at me. "Is it alright if you tell them the story?"

I couldn't get the words out of my mouth and I wasn't sure if I wanted to either. I began to open and close my mouth, no doubt making myself look like a complete idiot. I had to trust this boy, I just had to. There was nothing I could put my finger on to say oh hey he is just going to go tell the whole senior class now. Maybe he would go tell the Mayor, then the mayor would make an announcement about it... I had to trust him there was no one else I really could anyways. Maybe I wont tell him all my secrets because I don't know or trust him that well but still. Nodding my head yes I saw him smile at me before turning back to his parents.

"A couple years ago my dad left me and my mother making things rough on us. My mother didn't want to work for a while and now when we started to believed things where finally getting back to normal... my dad walks back into the picture. I put all my trust in that man and he took it away when he went off with a..." I paused for a moment trying to stop the tears that wanted to flow down my face. "He l-left with another woman. I d-didn't t-trust anyone after that. He took my whole life and threw it out the window that day. My dad came back and is now with my mom. I don't want to be hurt again, but its to late for that... I have no where to go now because I wont live or trust that man again."

I looked over at Mrs. Sanders who was now in tears and running over to me. "Oh of course you can stay here honey!" she grabbed my shoulders and pulled back to look me in the eyes. "You can stay as long as you want, don't ever think your not welcome at this house ok?"

"When did we make this agreement that she could stay?" a new voice said, sounding quiet shocked. I was still in the grasp of Mrs. Sanders so I couldn't turn to see who it was.

"Since I was the mother of this house meaning I get to do what I want!" She snapped back.

I tried to look over my shoulder but still the figure in the corner of my eye was blurry. I had a pretty good idea who it was though, I mean he was the only other one in the house. I then decided to look over at Nathan who's face was as red as a tomato. This couldn't be good...

"Well then if Nathan gets to keep her here then why can I keep my girlfriend here?" Markie asked, chuckling slightly.

Mrs. Sanders grip tightened on my shoulders making me flinch a little from the pain. "Markie this is a totally different story, she has a reason for staying here!"

"Yeah and what is that? So she can go and sleep with your perfect son? The one you love so much?"

I felt the anger burning inside of me. I wouldn't let this fool make me lose control. I wouldn't...

"No that's not it! Markie how dare you!" She screamed letting go of my shoulders. I didn't move or even look around. I stood there staring at the wall listening to them argue. I wanted to help her but I wasn't about to snap and ruin my chance of staying here.

"Yes it is! Why else would she be staying here! Nathan only dates perfect little girls, nothing less! you would let her stay here and you wouldn't care if she slept with Nathan!"

That was it, it felt like something just went off inside of me and there was no turning back. I turned on my heel and glared at Markie, who looked a little scared by my expression. "Look here Markie! My life is far from perfect, my dad left me when I was little and now... now he wants to come back into my life! I will not let him ruin my life again! He took everything from me... the one person I could turn to! THAT PERSON LEFT ME! I TRUSTED HIM! and you think I am staying here because I want sex from your brother!" I yelled stopping for a moment, trying to calm down. "You don't know me or my life... so don't you start saying anything."

The room went silent, making my stomach hit the floor. I just told off their son... I was definitely not going to have a chance and stay here now. I looked over at Markie who looked like he was about to cry or had a face full of regret. I couldn't really tell, I then turned to look at Nathan who had a huge grin on his face. I then turned to Mrs. Sanders who had a look of triumph. I couldn't help but let a little sigh of relief out at the sight of half the people in the room.

"Look I am sorry Lindsey..." Markie began, rubbing the back of his neck.

Markie never got a chance to finish before I was pulled out of the room by Nathan and into a different one. I tried to look around but was pushed up against a wall, Nathan's lips smashed into mine. I wrapped my arms around his neck as he left his hands pressed against the wall, trapping me inside.

"I love you," he mumbled through our kisses.

I stopped dead in my tracks and my heart beat sped up. I looked up at him and saw eyes full of love and admiration. I couldn't help but let a huge smile stretch across my face as I looked up at him.

"Yea I know its weird, you know since we haven't been together that long," he began looking down at the ground. My heart beat sped up again as he pulled me closer to him. A small chuckle escaped his lips, "calm down Lindsey. I can feel your heart beat."

I got on my tippy-toes and lightly kissed him on the cheek, "I love you too Nathan." I kissed him lightly on the lips this time making him shiver a little.

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