"I will not allow this." Gabi says through my laptop.

"Gabi just listen." I try to stop my best friend but it doesn't work.

"Cassy he's your father! People make mistakes, we're human. Forgive him and move on with life!" She throws her hands up in the air. We've been on the topic of Scott slapping me for an hour now.

"It brings back bad memories."

"Well bad memories or not I will reach through this screen and slap you silly if you don't forgive him."

"Gabi I can't! He changed his number. Mitch won't let me near his house. I haven't seen him for days!" Gabi grunts and hangs up the skype call mumbling 'I'll be back.'

"Cas you okay in here?" Mitch asks, walking into my bedroom.

"Fine."

"Honey what's wrong?" He sits on the bed next to me and I slam my laptop shut, setting it on my nightstand to charge.

"Nothing." I get up and head to my closet, picking out clothes to go out in.

"Bull. Spill hun." I turn to Mitch and shoot a glare at him. He stands up and slowly walks towards me.

"You wanna know what's wrong? I am sick of this. The fighting because of me. The screams. Slaps. Insults. It's all because you guys met me. If you had never taken me from Dan and Phil this would have never happnened. You wouldn't have to deal with me. I'm not going to be the center of anyone's problems anymore. Just act like I don't exist."

With that I pull on the outfit and grab my purse with makeup inside and my phone, walking out the door of the house.

*

Knock knock

The door opens and the man goes to close it once more but I stick my foot in the doorframe, jamming the door.

"Well hi to you too." He looks at me sadly and I hug him.

"Hey."

"Hey." His voice is croaky. Eyes red and puffy. Cheeks swollen. Tear stains all down his face. Breathing uneasy. Clothes all dirty. Really smelly too.

"Are you alright?" I ask him, pulling back to look at his face.

"Yeah. Why are you here Cas?"

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry for ignoring you when you texted. I'm sorry you got kicked out of Mitch's place. I'm sorry for being in your life. I'm sorry for existing." I hand Scott a paper and take off, running away from the town of LA.

*

"Where am I?" I look at the streets and see a light up sign that says Starbucks. I shrug and go inside for warmth. It is pretty cold out anyways.

"Welcome to Sta- Cassaddee?" I look up and see Tyler at a table, smiling widely."

"Hey." I sit acrosd from him and smile lightly.

"What are you doing here?" He asks, taking a sip of his coffee.

"I uh... kinda ran off from home." The guy chokes on his coffee and looks at me wide eyed.

"You better explain." And I did. I told him everything that happened from before the coma to now.

"Wow. Well can I drive you home?" I nod and an arm swings around my shoulder.

"I'll take her Ty. You go home, it's late." I hear Avi say. Tyler nods and hugs me before walking out of the cafe.

"Oh god Cas." Avi squeezes me tight, and I can hear the worry in his voice.

"I thought you had run off for good. Don't do that again please." I nod and Avi pulls me up out of the chair and to his truck.

"Get in honey." I do as told and buckle up. Avi does as I do and when he flips on the ignition Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire came on.

"I love this song." The bass smiles wide at me and we sing the song quietly until getting to my house, seeing as he took a shortcut.

"Be safe my little girl."

"I will Avi." I hug him one last time and hop out, walking up to the door with my purse and phone.

"Uhh... Do I knock or just go in?" My thoughts decifer and finally I just knock.

"Huh?" I see a small box that says Cassaddee+Mitch on it in scribbley handwriting. I pick it up and sit on the top stoop, waiting for Mitch to open the door.

"Come on, open up." It's in the middle of November and I am freezing. Did I mention it's 10 degress Farenheit out? Well it is.

"Mitch open up!" I look at my fingers and see them turning ghost white. Fuck

"Mitch please I'm freezing out here!!" Tears flow down my cheeks as I repeatedly knock on the door. I get up and try to open the door but it's locked.

"Cassy?" I turn around and see Scott stepping out of a car.

"What are you doing out here!? It's five degrees!"

"Mitch locked me out." I say inbetween shivers. Scott grabs a heavy coat and places it over my shoulders, sticking gloves on my hands as well.

"Come on hun. We'll go to my house, yeah?" I nod very lightly and Scott leads me to his car. Once we're in and the car is on, he turns the heat on full blast.

"Baby where did you go once you left my house?" He asks, his voice calm and soothing.

"I-I w-w-went t-t-to a S-S-S-S-Starbucks and s-s-saw T-T-T-T-Tyler." The blonde nods and we pull up to our old shared apartment.

"Come on." He holds my door open and I step out, clutching my phone, purse, and the box tightly.

"In here." Scott leads me to his bedroom and hands me sweatpants and an oversized sweatshirt.

"Change, love." He leaves the room and I quickly change, slipping on the pair of fuzzy socks I keep in my purse just in case the winter time gets extremely cold.

"Hey." I say as I walk into the kitchen. Scott smiles sympathetically at me and hands me a cup of cocoa.

"Scott..." My dad looks up at me and I set my cup down, hugging him tightly. He holds me close as I bawl into his sweatshirt, regretting ignoring his texts.

"I'm sorry. I'm sory for everything. I love you so much." I choke out through my tears. Scott rubs my back and kisses my hair, letting me get all my emotions out.

"Come on. Let's go watch Spongebob, yeah?" I chuckle at his offer but nod and he leads me to the tv room.

*

I spring up in bed, breathing heavily, shaking and tears flowing down my face. Oh my god... It was just a dream...

I step out of bed and head to Scott's room, seeing the door open. I peak in and see him with his hands laced behind his head, laying on his back and staring at the ceiling.

"What's wrong Candy?" He looks at me with a concerned expression, eyebrows furrowed.

"I had a nightmare... That's all... G-Goodnight..." I turn to leave but Scott calls my name.

"Come here baby girl." I crawl into bed with my dad and he holds me close as I rest my head on his chest.

"You're alright baby. Go to sleep." His words and kisses on my hair drift me off to a soft slumber.