"You?!"

He chuckled.

"Hey, baby. Did you miss me?" He asked.

He's obviously joking. I can tell by the tone of voice that he used.

He's just messing with me. Trying to annoy me. And, I hate to admit it, but it's working.

"No, and I never will." I said.

"Well, you're wrong about that," he said. "I love you." He continued, in a calm voice that sent shivers down my spine. He smiled.

"I hate you." I say back to him.

"You won't for long."

"Go away!" I yell, feeling my face heat up and a couple of tears form in my eyes.

"No," he says with a smirk plastered on his face.

"Yes." I say, trying to pick a fight with him.

"No."

"Ugh!" I scream in frustration.

He just laughed.

"Austin, go away!"

He pushed me, I fell on the floor. He walked inside my house.

What the hell? He can't just do that!

"Get out!" I yell at him.

"Nope."

I rolled my eyes at him; I'm return he slapped my face. Which really hurt by the way.

"Ow." I whine.

He laughed.

My brothers ran downstairs.

"Baby sis, are you okay?" Noah asked.

"N-" I began to say, but I was quickly interrupted by Austin.

"Yes, she's fine. Aren't you, baby?" Austin said, while bending down to my level.

"Lie to them. Or else, you're gonna get it, okay?" He whispered in my ear. I nodded.

"We're dating." He said. Which shocked my brothers, and me.

"Go with it," he whispered in my ear.

I nodded again.

"Yeah, we're dating," I said, I know for a fact that if I didn't lie with him about us laying that he would definitely hurt me even more then he already has.

"Then what happened in the cafeteria?" Jack asked. Yes!  We're back to Jackass.

I said the only thing I could think of. "We were in a prank war."

Austin nodded.

"Ellie, I need to show you something," Austin said.

I nodded.

"But, I left it at my house," he said. "So, let's go there. And we can hang out."

I nodded.

I didn't want to go, but I was scared of what he would do to me if I didn't play along.

"Wait, how old are you, Austin?" Max asked.

"I'm 16," Austin answered.

"Wow." Daniel said.

Noah looked at me in shock.

"El, you can't date older guys!" Noah said.

"But, Zach was 15! He was older." I said. I'm trying to be a good actor but I don't know if it's working or not. It's probably not but I can't think about that right now— I'm too nervous.

"Fine." Noah said.

"But, if you hurt our sister, we'll hurt you. Got it?" Max said.

"Got it." Austin said.

Then, Austin grabbed my hand and we started walking towards the front door. I looked at him and he had a smirk on his face. I knew he lied to my brothers... and apparently so did I.

"Have fun!" Jack said.

My brothers all laughed.

Austin pulled me along with him.

We walked to his house.

His parents were at work. Like mine.

He took me up to his bedroom.

I'm getting scared. No scared doesn't even start to describe how terrified I am right now. Not that I wasn't scared this whole time, because I was! I still am. I'm petrified.

"Sit on the floor!" He shouted at me, while he locked the door behind him.

I sat on the floor, like he said.

"Good girl," he said.

"You're pathetic. A stupid, idiotic, ugly, fat, and annoying girl like you shouldn't be suicidal." He said.

Huh? That doesn't make any sense! Can someone please tell me what's going on?

"What?" I asked.

"Shut up. Let me talk." He said.

I nodded...again.

"So, remember how I said I had something for you?" He asked.

"Yes," I said.

"Well, here it is." He said.

He punched my stomach. And then, he kicked my sides repeatedly.

I winced in pain. "Ow!!"

He laughed at my pain, which I'm used to at this point.

"Stop!" I yelled at him.

"No." He said.

I decided to fight back.

I kicked him where the sun doesn't shine.

He groaned in pain.

Then, he pinned me against the wall.

We were inches apart, our noses were almost touching.

He kissed me on the lips. What!?

Then, I heard the garage door opening.

"Shit." He said. "My parents got home from work early."

He kissed me again, and then pulled away.

"Stay in here. And don't try to escape." He said. He looked serious.

I nodded.

He unlocked the door and left.

I sat down on the floor.

I heard a noise coming from the outside of the door, I think he's locking the door. Which means I'm trapped.

There was a window in the bedroom, but I decided not to try to escape because I knew he would just find me again. Because he knows where I live. I decided to just stay and wait for him, maybe I can try and fight him again.

I heard talking downstairs. I think he's talking to his parents. I guess they came home from work early.

About 10 minutes later, I heard the door being unlocked. I was scared. "It's just me," Austin whispered.

"Oh okay," I said. He kissed my head, and then he sat down on his bed. He was on his phone.

A while later, I was bored and tired.

I don't know what time it is, but I think it's like 11:00 pm.

"Austin, I'm getting tired," I said.

He sighed. Then, he put his phone down on the nightstand next to his bed and he stood up.

"Okay, well I'm not taking you home right now. So, do you want to stay here for right now?" He asked.

No, I don't! But, I have nowhere else to sleep. So, I guess this is my only option.

"I didn't bring PJ's," I said.

He smirked. Then, he walked over to his closet.

He pulled out a white T-shirt.

"No. No, no, no! There's no way I'm wearing you're T-shirt." I said.

"You have two options. One, you can wear those clothes that you're wearing. Or two, you can wear my T-shirt. It's your choice."

"Fine. I'll wear your T-shirt." I said, while grabbing it out of his hands.

He smiled. I walked into his bathroom and got changed.

The T-shirt went down to my thighs. I kept my shorts on and the other stuff that needed to be kept on. (You know what I'm talking about.)

The T-shirt smelled like him. Which to be honest I kind of liked that.

I walked out of the bathroom. Then, I put my shirt and my phone in the corner of his room.

I don't think he noticed my cuts on my arm because I put some band-aids over them, and I'm guessing he either didn't notice or he didn't want to ask.

Austin was sitting on his bed, with his phone.

He noticed me and smiled.

Then, he put his phone back on the nightstand.

"Come here, baby." He said.

Did he just call me baby? This guy is so confusing.

I walked up to him. He grabbed me and moved over. I was now sitting next to Austin. He pulled the covers over us.

Then, he took his shirt off.

I decided to just ignore it. Hopefully, everything will be okay tomorrow.

I lay down next to Austin, but I faced the other direction.

I feel something wrap around my waist. Arms. Austin's arms.

I look at Austin, his eyes are closed, but he's smirking. He must know that I'm looking at him.

I remember that he's shirtless, and I decided to take a quick look at his abs.

Wow! Beautiful.

"What are you doing?" Austin asked.

"Oh, uh nothing," I said, looking away.

"Were you looking at my abs?" He asked, while chuckling.

"N-no, of course not." I stuttered with a pretty obvious lie.

"Yeah, you were," he said, "oh, and stop drooling over me."

I wiped my mouth and decided to ignore him.

I turned my body again, to face the opposite direction of Austin.

His arms were still wrapped around my waist.

I kind of liked it. He made me feel safe and protected.

"Love you, baby." He said.

No he doesn't love me because if he did then he would treat me differently.

I didn't say anything back to him.

"Answer me." He said, with a slight growl in response to my silence.

"I love you too, cupcake." I said.

Shit.

I couldn't think of a nickname in time.

"Cupcake?" He asked.

I laughed.

"Sorry, I couldn't think of anything in time," I admitted.

He laughed.

"Whatever, babe." He said.

He pulled me closer to him. Which, I didn't even think was possible.

I could feel his warm chest against my back. Now, I remember something... he's shirtless.

I smiled at the thought.

Except, it wasn't just a thought. It was the truth...

I wonder how my brothers are going to react, oh no! My brothers...

Soon enough, I fell asleep in the arms of Austin. Literally. I fell asleep with my bully. I fell asleep with...the bad boy!