We been here for two days and I finally ask if I can use a phone. Isabella hands me her phone and leave the room so I can have a little privacy. She has been overly nice to us. I never thought she would be this nice. A part of me wishes that our dad took us with him years ago.

I put in his number and it takes me forever to push the send button. I wait while the phone is ringing and on the fifth ring he finally answers. I listen to his voice and just the sound makes my heart melt. "Hello...hello anyone there, hello."

"Hey." I finally get up the nerve and  barely whisper.

"Lib...is that you?" He yells out.

"Yeah..hi how are you?"

"I'm doing alright I guess. How are you?" I can hear it in his voice that he is concerned for my well being.

"Doing alright I guess; are you alright?" I have a feeling that something is just not right.

"I want to see you; I miss you."

Awe, he misses me. "I miss you too."

We sit in silence, of course I'm crying now and he knows it. I walk outside so that no one can hear our conversation.

"Lib...you sure everything is alright?" he asks again and it's like he knows me so well.

"It will be. I feel lost without you." I'm really trying not to cry but my voice is cracking with each little word. Then comes out a sniffle.

"Lib."

I didn't realize I had an audience listening to me until I turn around. I wipe the tears and turn away from them.

"Lib...talk to me babe, I'm here for you."

"It's not the same, talking on the phone. I need you. I can't sleep and the nightmares are bad. I...I.." my voice cracked more.

"Lib take a deep breath. You got to breath babe. Where are you?"

"1605 Rosebud Drive in Franklin." I give him the address quickly, not sure if he even had the chance to write it down.

"I will be there as soon as I can and hey everything is gonna be alright, I love you."

"I love you too." And the phone goes silent.

When I turn back around my dad is looking at me with concerned eyes. "Who was that?"

"Hayden." I hurry up and wipe my eyes.

"The boy right from the other day at court and when they dropped you off?"

"Yes."

"You told him to come over." He looks at me concerned. " Next time at least ask me if it is ok."

I hand the phone back to Isabella and start to walk off.

"Star we are not done here. I'm talking to you," he yells from behind me.

I quickly turn back around to fee face him. "Dad...I'm trying alright, I'm trying but I can't breathe. I don't know how to explain it so please forgive me for calling him, but he is the only one that can help me."

Storm gets up and goes back inside the house pushing right by me and I follow after him.

"Storm stop...Storm I didn't mean it that way."

He turns and I see the hurt in his eyes. "Star we are a family; we take care of each other not some stranger."

"He is not a stranger; Storm he was there for me the last few months and I'm going crazy without him." I feel myself tear up again.

"Oh my god, you are in love with him." He throws his hands up in the air and they land on his hip.

I don't have to say anything he sees it in my eyes.

"Well I think we need to meet this guy if you are planning on seeing him all the time."

"Storm, look you will like him, I promise you will. He really cares about me and you have met him already..."

"Yeah...once. He better be nice to you or I will have to take care of him." He sounds like my father more than my brother.

Before Hayden arrives I explain what had happened to him so that they would not look at him like he was a freak and ask him questions about the scars. Storm, River and Dawn met him at Rivers surprise party a month ago but I wanted everyone else to know just in case.

Within the hour there was a knock on the door. I don't wait for my dad to answer the door. I run past him and open the door and jump in Hayden's arms. I wrap my whole body around him and let his strong arms hold me.

When I let go we walk all the way into the house and I introduce him to the family.

Storm shakes his hand with a firm grip and pulls him in to tell him, "Good to see you again, but dude I swear you hurt her in any way and you will have to deal with me."

"Dude I would never hurt your sister." He stares him in the eyes and then looks over at me and smiles.

We sit outside on the back deck and we are all talking. Everyone keeps asking him questions. Mostly my dad, he wants to know how old he was and what his plans were for the future. Then he finally asks, "So what are your intentions with my daughter?"

"Dad?" I say in embarrassment.

"Lib it's alright I got this." He holds my hand tighter. "You see sir, I am in love with your daughter and eventually I want to marry her." He smiles at me and then says, "Not right at this moment of course but I want to marry her one day. She is my soul-mate my better half. We get each other. I'm in love with her sir."

"Have you had my daughter?"

"DAD? Seriously!" how freaking embarrassing, this can'tbe happening.

"Sir, it's not like that. We have only kissed nothing more; I swear. I told you I really care for her and she means the world to me."

"Well I'm sure there will come a time and when it does you better use protection."

"Oh my god dad, you are freaking embarrassing me." My cheeks are turning all shades of red.

Hayden tightens his grip on my hand. "It's alright babe, he is just being a dad."

A dad, like now he wants to be a dad. He could have been a dad years ago now, now it's kind of pointless.

"So sir would it be possible to come back over Friday and pick up Lib?"

"Depends where are you planning on taking her?" he questions and in away I don't think it's really none of his business.

"Well we have Friday night game night at my house and I would hate for her to miss out."

"I guess it will be alright as long as you were back by ten."

"Thank you sir."

After we eat and it is getting late Hayden has to leave. I walk with him to the driveway where his car wis parked. We are holding hands and I know I am being watched because every time I look over towards the house the curtains  move.

"Thanks for coming."

"Thanks for telling me where you were." He pulls me into him.

"I love when you hold me."

"I love holding you."

"Too bad you can't hold me all night, every night."

"One day...one day." He glances up at the house to see them watching. He shrugs.  "Guess I better be going; I love you."

"I love you too."

He leans down to kiss me. I can hear my siblings in the background saying their ohhs and aahs.

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Author's note:

Hate to hurt anyone's feelings but this is the last chapter. I will post the Epilogue to sum up what happens. All good things come to an end sooner or later.

However if you really enjoyed the story and if I get comments on writing another part I will do my best too. My mind is on another story that I really want to write about at the moment.

And again thank you for taking the time out of you day to read my story, it means a lot to me.