"Oh my god!" cried Denice, over dramatic as usual "Where the fuck have you been?!"

She, Ryan and Mandy rushed up to give me a group hug, almost knocking me over in the process. I smiled weakly, as they stared at my wrist and the bruises. It had been a week but they still looked pretty gruesome.

"Don't tell me MCR did this to you?" Mandy laughed nervously "Or was it the fan girls trying to rape Gerard?"

Ryan had a serious look on his face that barely broke when Mandy joked "What happened Delilah?" he asked. I gulped, Ryan never used my full name.

"Josh Marley broke into my house last week and..." I trailed off, finding my shoes very interesting. It was dead quiet until I felt a pair of strong arms wrap around me and pull me into a gentle hug.

"I'm so sorry Lilah." whispered Ryan into my hair. Mandy and Denice joined the hug and murmured there condolences as well.

When they pulled back I smiled a little "But on the bright side guess what Gerard asked me?"

"What?"

"I'm going to the paramour mansion with them for the summer!" Denice screamed and started jumping up and down.

"Why doesn't cool stuff like that ever happened to me?!" she yelled, cause the people around us to back away slowly.

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I knocked hesitantly on Janet's bedroom door. I was terrified she would say no. I don't know what i would do if could go with Gerard. He had become my lifeline, he was helping me like no one else had.

"Come in!" she snapped. I opened the door and stepped inside the overly girly room. It was pink and frilly, kind of like the inside of a barbie doll house. I fought nausea.

"Umm, hey Janet," I stuttered "Gerard, the guy next door, invited me to go to L.A. with him for the summer... Can I go?"

She squinted at me front the bathroom door. If she said yes it would make me happy, and Janet was against making me happy. If she said no she would have to put up with me and she hated having me around. I tried to make the bruises more visible, a sudden idea popping into my head.

Her eyes darted to the purple spots all over my arms and a crul smile played over her red lips "Why yes Lilah, you can go." I smiled nervously and back out of the room, the picture of a terrified teenager.

My idea had been to act like it had been Gerard who had hurt me and make Janet think he was going to abuse me all summer. I smiled to myself and skipped to my room to pack. Summer was in two weeks but I just wanted to have everything ready... just encase Gerard decided to leave early.

This was gong to be an interesting summer, I could feel it.



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I'll put the sequel up in a few days!
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