Exceptions - In editing because I couldn't even finish reading the prologue.

Who Knew?

"You know it Benj" I say between giggles. He just looks over at me and shrugs, turning back to the game.

"Move over Bitchs let the real master play." Mia says as she pulls me over with her to the couch and plops me down and sits on my lap. She grabs a remote and all of a sudden she's in the top.

"Awe Mi, you couldn't have even left the illusion of my winning?" Benjie gripes as he dies.

"Lol... no" Mia jokes then goes all serious.

"Girls" Ben whines "Who needs em?" He mummbles under his breath. or at least thats whet it sounds like he's saying. But I cant be to sure.

"So Mia, hows you and Tommy boy?" Jay asks trying to lighten the mood.

A shadow passes over Mia's face.

"Fine" She mummbles then gets up and walks to her belcony doors and goes out slamming the glass doors behind her.

"Whats got her panties in a twist?" Jay asks pensivly as we all watch Mi's out line throught the door.

"I don't know" I reply hoping to god that Mia is okay.

***

Alexis POV

It's been a week since my 'Weird' outburst.

Mason wont shut the f**k up about me kicking his ass and the fact that I wont explain why Aaron is always coming to comfort me from my nightmares every night.

I'm not sure I'm ready to tell them about my horror story of an existance. How the hell are you even supposed to start to explain something like that to someone.

On a better note I gained seven pounds in the past week and I am starting to eat better and larger proportions... or at least more normal.

Aaron and Scott seem to have taken on the over protective brother thing to emense extremes.

Soph and Julie are amazing in there own ways and I love them like I loved my sister, Jenna.

Logan is quiet and shy but is a great for just talking about everything... and nothing to. He is also really easy to just sit with and not feel the need to fill the silence with awkwardness.

Linda and Bryan are very suportive but they mostly just leave us teens alone. They don't feel the need to butt in and control everything.

Mason is a big jerk and wont let me rest and forget about Cliff. He keeps asking why I flinch away from everyone and why I am so thin and why I have so many nightmares.

Again I ask, What the hell am I supposed to tell them.

It's not like I will be able to tell them that my abusive and murderer of a father named Cliff used to use me as a slave, beat me until I was unconsious, sexually harrass me until one night he took it too far and oh I had to call him sir and go to school acting normal throughout it all, well at least until I was the only one left. He pulled me out after that to be his full time maid.

Yeah, that'd go over well.

"Honey?" Linda says bringing me out of my thoughts and back to the dinner table.

"Yeah?" I ask

"Bryan and I are taking Logan, Sophia, Julie and Scott up to their aunts. You are invited if you wish to come but you can stay home with Mason and Aaron if you'd like" She says polightly.

"How long will you be gone?" I ask wondering slightly why Aaron and Mason wouldn't want to go.

"Well be home saturday evening or sunday morning. Before school starts on monday for sure." She says and I nod. Then I realize that everyone else but mason, Aaron and I are done and heading out the door.