continued to hold me. He knew about my father, Jake had been covered in bruises once and had blurt

” I whispered, wiping my face,

er Rangers shorts and t-shirt. I frowned, a little confused as to why he would be wearing that, it was freezing outside. Then it dawne

d to come and make sure you were alright,”

s room, which meant that he could see into mine. I bit my lip, oh God he’d seen me crying,

ispered, pushing him again, tr

laying on my bed, facing each other. He had his arms wrapped around me so tightly that I couldn’t even squirm aw

in his arms; I gasped and looked at the clo

?” he asked wit

s mouth before he spoke again. I can’t

I fall asleep?” he whispered, sitting up and rubbing his hand through his hair, which was

I grabbed his hand making him stop. He looked up at me a confused expression on his face. “Thanks,” I whispered, smili

lcome, Angel,” he replied,

climbed back into his own window. He closed it and wave

were so lucky not to have gotten caught. I dreaded to think what would have happened if his parents had gone

ather would do if he had walked in here

ears

oning me from behind, breathing deeply into the back of my hair. His heavy arm was draped over me, pinning my arms to my chest, he was holding my ha

lbowed him in the stomach. “Six o’clock

still tired,” he murmured, p

nto another hour, and Jake nearly caught you in h

ngel,” he whined. I sighed and closed my eyes again. There was no arguing with him when he was like this, I just di

her shouted, banging on the door. I jerked up

houted back, glancing at Liam who was

s driving today so be ready to leave in thirty minutes,” Jak

n’t you wake me up?”

rk! You said ‘ten more minutes’ then pinned me to the bed to stop me from

lling on top of me. “Pinned you to the bed? Were you dreaming about me again, Angel?

g to the window. He sighed and pushed himself off me, pulling on his jeans and t-shirt. He climbed out of the window,

eating my cereal. Damn it, every morning! His brown hair was messy in his usual just got out of bed look, which to be honest h

, and always made the girls swoon. Today he wore a white t-shirt that showed off his perfect sculpted body, and an orange and grey che

morning, Angel?” he

u eating my cereal again? Don’t you have any food at home?” I asked, snatching the b

tle harassed this morning, Ambs. Everything O

I looked harassed, I had half an hour to get showered a

e, he always had been, but he had gotten worse since my dad had left when I was thirteen. Well, I say left, but in reality

ng him in the process. They had thrown him out of the house and told him that if he ev

o she travelled a lot. She was gone twice as much as she was here, so we only saw her for about one week a mon

nt every single night wrapped around me in my bed for the last eight years. He had snuck back into

that we ever talked about, I just left my window unlocked and he let hims

uple of years ago, Liam’s mom had found his bed empty, but he took the hit and lied, saying

ould be there for me if I needed him. It was like he had a split personality. By day he would annoy me, making me crazy and a

stated, with his trademark smirk, lookin

his stupid ‘ten more minutes’ so I had pulled it back into a messy bun. I had thrown on

and out, and some clear lip gloss. I did not look hot. Freaking asshole! I gave him the finger and

talking about football and parties, and I sat in the back listeni

rning. Liam and Jake were considered ‘hot players’ at our school. They were seniors and every

ause they were trying to throw themselves at him. One girl elbowed me on purpose. I looked at her in her tiny

know you left your skirt at h

augh. “Whatev’s, you do know that the emo loo

each other. She had dated Liam for a little while, well, if by dating you mean ha**ng s*x a few t

close to mine. “Sorry about this morning,” he breathed in my ear, sending shivers down my spine. I elbowed him in the r

Liam just laughed and winked at me again, making me roll my eyes. Liam pulled away and walked straight up to what l

ng Jake and Liam with dreamy expressions. “Hey, Ka

of ass one and two again today?” Kate asked

d. “Nope, just plain old J

they are? I mean, you’re so lucky to live with Jake! I would love to