The Shadows Behind Us

"Excuse me m'am. You need to leave." A police officer says, waking me up.

"Okay." I mumble, grabbing my jacket that I used as a makeshift pillow.

"Where are we going now Hannah?" Jay mocks.

"Home." I replied.

"We don't have a home, remember?" Gail says.

"I have a home." I reply.

"You're not talking about the boys house are you?" Elizabeth questioned.

"Yes, yes I am."

"Hannah they don't love you, no one loves you." Earnest says.

"Louis loves me, I'm his sister." I reply.

"That doesn't matter, you will always be alone and unloved." Earnest replied.

I felt tears in the corners of my eyes and fight to keep them hidden.

"Aw, someone's crying." Gail taunts. "Sad because no one loves you?"

"You're wrong. You're all wrong! I am loved. You are just filled with do much hatred you can't see it!" I yell aloud.

My words don't cease their harshness and they continue to taunt me as I walk to the boys house.

When I finally reached their house, I was on the last straw. My eyes were red and puffy from crying, my ears were tired of listening to the shadows, and my throat was hoarse from yelling.

I lightly knocked on the door.

"Hannah." Liam exclaimed. "What happened, what's wrong? "

I let myself fall into his arms and he held me tightly as I cried.

"Here, lets get you to bed." He softly said.

He carried my weak and tired body upstairs. He layed me on his bed and went to his drawers. He pulled out a old t-shirt and some boxers.

"Sorry, it's not really pajamas....." He started.

"There great." I reply smiling at him.

I go into the bathroom and change into the shirt and boxers. I run my fingers through my tangled hair and and rub at the circles under my tired eyes.

"Don't do this Hannah. No one loves you." Gail says.

I exit the bathroom and walk into the now empty room.

I quietly walk over to Liam's bed and pull back the warm covers and climb in.

Liam immediately cuddles up to my body and I feel strange, but I don't move. It's a good strange.

"Goodnight Hannah." Liam mumbles into my hair.

"Goodnight Liam." I reply, closing my heavy lids.

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