I woke up with sun rays hitting my face making me groan a bit and reach out my hand to find the covers to pull over my head but then a sudden wave of me needing to go to the bathroom hit me. I was about to get up but I felt a pair of arms around my waist tighten their hold on me. I looked down to see a sleeping Zachery holding onto me only he didn't have a shirt on and I was getting a good view of him only wearing sweatpants, Only sweatpants.

I felt my face heat up a bit and tried to pry his hands from around me but it was only encouraging him to hold me tighter which he was squeezing my insides making me wanna pee more.

"Zach please let go I'm going to explode," I told him while poking his cheek. "MMmm that's nice...dear.....sleep....now." He didn't actually just go back to bed now did he? I pinched his cheek then his stomach multiple times till he finally let go with a grunt and whined something to me but I was already running to find the bathroom. After doing my thing my reflection on the mirror had me worried, there were hand marks on my neck, I had a black eye, there was a light purple bruise on my cheek and a cut on my lips. I sighed walking out slowly making my way to the bed then sitting trying to remember yesterdays events.

I remember I had told dad about me moving out and that I would send him an allowance every month, that he needed to go out and find a job. Then he actually hit me not just once but repeatedly and I remember he raped me again but this time it was like he was trying to kill me while doing it. My hand found its way to my neck where it stung a bit, "Hey are you okay? Does your neck hurt or anywhere else?" 

Zach had come closer to me on the bed and began to gently caress my face over the marks that were left on my pale skin. A smile made its way to my lips from feeling so comfortable that I unconsciously leaned more into his touch. 

"Why do I feel comfortable with your touch?" He smirked then wrapped his arms around my waist to pull me onto his lap leaning his face against mine so that our foreheads touched. "I told you before angel we are meant to be together. Will you accept me?"

I closed my eyes feeling relaxed but then my chest began to hurt. Are you going to accept him? I was surrounded by darkness nothing else but a boy in front of me, the boy was me, my nine-year-old self-naked with bruises. It was how I looked like after my first time, "Do you really think he would like us?" 

He took a step back, his face showed no expression, "He wouldn't like us you know. We aren't good for anyone, nobody wants us." I fell to my knees clutching my chest, "Maybe he will. He feels so warm when I touch him." He looked straight into my eyes with a slight frown now, "We are dirty. Nobody wants us that's why mommy left us and daddy did bad things to us." I looked down with tears streaming down my cheeks then I felt a small hand on my cheek lifting my head up to face myself once again. He put his forehead on mine, "We are alone so let's leave before we hurt more peoples."

I nodded and opened my eyes to see Zach had pulled away looking at me with a worried expression. I got off of him wiping tears I didn't know had escaped to reality, "I need to leave. I'm sorry to have bothered you."

I hurriedly ran out of the room hearing Zach yell for me, footsteps were being heard in all directions making me run faster down the stairs and out the front door. A man in a suit ran out in front of me trying to grab me but I used my smallness to my advantage to slide between his legs. Instead of escaping through the front gate itself I climbed the gate ripping a piece of the clothing and falling hard on the other side. I groaned but got back up running and running and running never looking back despite the yelling going on for my capture.

Not knowing where I was I just kept running until I got to a small neighborhood park where adults were using the morning to work out. I huffed trying to catch my breath then after a few minutes, I walked up to a lady asking her where this place was. She told me Long Island and I then asked if I could borrow her phone and she hesitantly did, I wouldn't blame her I didn't look good.

I called Leo telling him where I was so he could come and pick me up since he also lived on the island. I said my thanks to the lady then ran off to climb a tree just in case Zach somehow showed up. About twenty minutes later Leo showed up and I was honestly really tired mentally but mostly physically since I'm still recovering from yesterday. Leo got out of his car walking to the tree I was hiding on then looked up to me, "Hey monkey, you don't look too good." He raised his arms in a hug motion so I tried to reach down to him but fell off the branch from exhaustion only instead of feeling the hard ground I felt strong arms catch me bridal style.

I put my arms around his neck and let the tears flow out from me. "I-It hurts lion. It hurts. It hurts." I felt him sigh then he walked to his sports car taking a seat on the driver's side with me still crying in his arms. "Let's go hom, angel. You can cry on my shoulder I'll be here for you always," he said placing a kiss on my forehead while brushing a few of my golden strands out of my red bruised face.

"When we get home you are going to tell me the name of the fucker who did this to you so I can go butcher them and you better not keep anything from me sky or else I'll go crazy." I simply nodded, tears still sliding out of my eyes and gliding down my cheeks. 

He drove us to his place and carried me inside to his room where he laid me down along with him by my side. I cried myself to sleep as he caressed my hair while he hummed the song my mother sang me to sleep, once upon a dream.

(Zachery) 

I feel pissed, sad and hurt all because sky ran away from me without giving me an answer. Well, I guess in a way if you really thought about it, his running away was him rejecting me. Did he not feel the same for me? Am I too much of an evil person that this angel fled with fear? I sighed taking a seat on a bench at a park a few miles away from my home and look up to the afternoon sky.

How the hell was he able to get past my multiple guards? He was a small and fragile little rabbit yet he was able to escape the lands of my home and get far away. I hated myself for not being able to catch him, for scaring him, for not being enough for him.

"Boss we couldn't find him. Some witnesses say they saw him here earlier but was carried off into a car the rest is unknown," Philip informs me as he takes a step behind the bench. Another sigh escapes my mouth before I jump off the seat and turn to Philip, "I want access to the security footage of today from the park cameras and I want them asap." He bowed saying yes sir then turned his earpiece on informing other of my men to get what I want.

I began to walk to the car with Philip right behind me then he drove me home so I could get ready for today's work. Thursday has only just started but it has already proven to be a busy day as well. 

The feeling of hurt still ached in my chest, is there any way I can get Sky to open up to me? I won't simply just give up on him, ill chase him down to the ends of the earth because he belongs to me, we belong together. Just you wait Skylar ill find you and make you realize just how strong my feelings for you are.

(Skylar)

I woke up feeling a bit warm and refreshed enough to get up to take a look at the clock that said five thirty-eight. I was a bit surprised I had slept the whole day, "Good day sleeping beauty yo are looking better than before." Leo had walked into the room with a tray of food in his hands setting it down on the bed and motioned me to lay with him. 

"Leo I...I...," I was shushed by his finger being pressed onto my lips. "we are going to eat and spend the rest of the day watching Disney and Pixar movies so don't say anything yet." Sighing in surrender I simply laid shoulder to shoulder with Leo as we ate toasted avocado cooked ham sandwiches and began to watch movies starting with Bambi........wow what a pick.

Five movies later after 'Up' I was a crying mess, "Oh my god why did you make me watch the ones that make you cry?" Leo laughed at me as he wiped a tear off my face, "Because I think you needed to cry a bit more little one. I wanted you to be teared out by the time I asked what happened."

I sighed getting a bit more comfortable, I began to tell him from the very beginning of my ninth birthday to now. Everything came floating out of my mouth and of course, I was crying by the time I got to yesterdays events. After I let it all out I looked at Leo to see what kind of expression he was making but it was hard to tell what he was thinking or feeling, it was emotionless.

Then a single tear fell from his left eye on his still emotionless face, a sad smile appeared on my face as I leaned over him to wipe a few more tears that escaped from him. "Don't cry for me," I was going to turn around to reach for the tissues but he had grabbed my wrists pulling me to him making me wrap my arms around his head and his face buried in my chest.

"Why didn't you tell me anything? I told you to tell me whenever anything happened. Why didn't you fight back when I know for a fact you can. Why....why...why..why." I hugged him closer, "Because he was my only family, my mother loved him for a reason so I wanted to love him too for her sake. I didn't want to hurt someone she loved. I didn't tell you or anyone because I didn't want to bother you plus I was supposed to leave him."

He pushed me away holding my face in his hands and his expression was a sad pissed one. "I'm your family, not that asshole. You should have come and told me so we could have lived together or I could have adopted you I don't know but it would have been better than that bullshit. Sky I'm sure your mom loved your dad but once he stuck his fucking nasty dick in you she must have hated him so don't you dare think for a second she still cared for him."

Sky promise me you won't let anyone else manhandle you no matter what I want you to fucking kill them if they try anything or you better fucking tell me so I can take care of it, got it? I was in tears again and he hugged me close again but this time it was my face that was buried in his chest, "I'm sorry....im sorry...im..sorry...lion....p-please don't be mad" 

I felt him inhale and exhale slowly, "I'm not mad at you angel. Just take better care of yourself do it for me please." I nodded my head and after a while we pulled away from each other, "So Zachery Henderson huh?"

My face heated up a bit at the mention of his name, "I don't know how it happened and I mean I never met him before and I can't possibly date him because he... and I... no, it just can't happen."

He looked at me a bit confused but decided to drop it knowing I probably won't cave in, "Well if you're not ready for something like dating then you are mine until the day someone is worthy to ask for your hand." I giggled a bit at his statement but agreed to it, honestly, all I needed was Leo and Danny in my life but there was something about Zach that just felt so warm to me I just... I just wasn't worthy of that warmth. 

"Sky tomorrow let's go shopping for your apartment furniture and dress shopping for Saturday," he said getting another change of pajamas for me. "Saturday? What's going on Saturday that I need to go buy a dress?" 

I looked at him questionably and he rolled his eyes, "Don't tell me you forgot the annual party they throw for us to meet our customers and new ones as well. You're going with me this year as my date and you know you're going to have to wear a dress. You haven't gone since that year we met but even then, you barely even talked to anyone. It's a cliché masque party this year so it'll be hard to tell who is who a bit."

I sighed heavily as I got back into his bed, "Okay okay but if you're picking the dress I don't want anything flashy and I want it black." He looked up while holding his chin, "Hmmmm how about red or red and white or black with white ooooo and it had to have diamonds. Ahhhh I have the perfect mask for you!" Another big sigh left my mouth, "It can be whatever color just I don't want it to be too flashy." "Ugh fine."

After talking a bit more I cuddled up to Leo as he caressed my hair and we began to watch the princess movies starting with The Little Mermaid while of course singing along to the music. I think Disney likes to kill moms off and of course, there is always that one family member left who just don't get the main character, how relatable.

By the time it was midnight sleep was trying to take over our bodies and in the end, we allowed it to. Then I was sitting in the darkness again while my nine-year-old self laid his head on my knees.

"Leo is just pitying you, you know. Don't get your hopes up."

I looked down at myself sadden by his statement, "I don't think big brother is only pitying me." We have gotten so close these years and he said we are family, so I believe him.

"What is family," he asked as he turned around, so he could face my stomach. "I think family is when you have a strong bond with a person that you care so much for that you want them by your side always."

I began to caress his long hair while his breathing relaxed, "It must be nice to have a family. I don't remember....it hurts....please send the pain below deep within me...can you drain the pressure from the swelling its become a bit overwhelming and give me a long kiss goodnight while telling me everything will be alright." 

I don't know I've just become so numb...the pain hurts too much....I need to bleed it out because in the end ill be crawling to somewhere I belong with one more light like mom and once I find it ill leave out all the rest. 

"We aren't worthy enough to see a light like mothers. We are a dirty worthless being not meant to touch such purity....." I suppose it really is just me myself and I, ill have to accept it when Leo or another person I deeply care for just doesn't want me.

Little me was fast asleep on my lap with little snores coming out, "Maybe I'll just...fall..asleep....tooo..."