Stone was stood with Millian and Lucian by his side, furious might I add, with his hands on his hips and his face bright red. Lucian and Millian were just stood staring at me, Millian with relief and Lucian with an emotion I couldn't figure out. The twins were sat on the stairs comforting eachother like someone had died or something, it looked like Rome had been crying.

"Where the hell were you Matilda?", Stone asked once again, his voice this time one that sent a tingle down my spine. I gulped before bringing the confidence.

"Out", I said bluntly and headed to the kitchen for a glass of water. They followed me as I did, the only noise being my feet and theirs as they followed me.

"Oh really?", Stone said sarcastically, anger still evident showing he wasn't playing around. "Where the fuck were you", He asked once more, getting more angry as he spoke.

"Didn't you think to call or something? Didn't you think we would be worried?", Lucian then sneered out of nowhere, no infront of me, blocking the cupboards as I looked through them trying to find a glass.

"No", I said calmly and without any emotion that they could really identify. Lucian then looked a little... hurt I think but moved so I could keep looking. I managed to find the glass cupboard. Finally.

"Jesus your feet", Ravy said suddenly, which caused them to all look down at my blistered covered feet. I just shrugged and grabbed a glass out from the cupboard. I filled it with water and drank it as they watched.

"I'm going to ask you once more, where were you", Stone said in such a tone it reminded me just like dad. I hated that tone and it wasn't my fault, they left me in the middle of nowhere.

"In town", I said one again, giving them one word answered purposefully to anger them even more. He then grabbed a glass from the cupboard and smashed in onto the floor in the kitchen. I flinched but nothing more than that. Dad would break things all the time, it wasn't anything new. I put my glass down onto the table and moved away from the broken pieces on the floor.

"Dramatic much", I mumbled to myself, but of course they all heard it. He raised his hands up in anger in which I mistook for him going to whack me. I covered my head ready for the blow, but it never came. I looked around at the boys expressions to see complete shock. I looked at Stone who had a look of complete sorrow and sympathy, still with anger though. He put his hand down and slumped down.

"Did you think I was going to hit you?", He asked calmly. The boys were now all stood up with an almost, broken look on their faces. Jesus they left me with a raging alcoholic my whole life, what did they expect, happy times and ice cream?

"Wouldn't of been the first time", I fired back, instantly regretting it when I saw his face. I put the glass on the side and ran quickly to my room, ignoring their calls. I managed to run to my room without any of them following me as I slammed it shut and slowly fell against it, my hair in my hands. I breathed for a second to gain my perspective back and stood back up.

All the stuff I bought from the shop were here so I got to work. I grabbed the paint and managed to move all the boxes into the wardrobe built into the wall.

I started first to pain and decorate my little nook corner. I managed to pull all the chairs out but left the table in there as I didn't have time to buy a new one. I grabbed the paint and started to paint over the gross crème colour. It took about two hours to go over every little detail and put an extra two layers on but it looked pretty good. I then moved the bed back with every bit of energy I had into the centre of the room.

I then started with the wallpaper. Someone had put the mixture and everything I needed to put it on. Huh, I bet it was William. I was use to doing it as I learnt when I decorated my own apartment. It took about an hour or so to get the wallpaper all straight and flat but I managed it. It was looking ten times better already. I started painting all the room which took about two or so house, with me jamming out to my music.

By the end everything looked ten times better. I didn't put the bed sheets on yet, I planned on ordering a few blankets and tons of cushions, as well as a huge centre rug to go in the centre. It will be a perfect place to spend hours in without ever needing to leave. I knew a desk would also fit perfectly in the corner. I didn't even notice that there was a glass door right in the corner. I couldn't see it as it was next to all the huge glass panes. I opened it to see that I was on a small balcony.

It had a small seat on the corner and nothing much else. I could add an easel outside to paint the view. It was gorgeous with hills that went on for miles, with the river and the trees it looked just like a photo. It would make an amazing painting. Granny taught me when I was living with her for a while whilst I got my own apartment set up. I took pride in art and was one of the only things that I was good at.

I knew what I needed to buy and I got my phone out and started to order everything that I would need. I got the address from google maps on where I was now as it was better than going downstairs and asking one of them.

It cost about 500 quid and I have about 4 grand left altogether in my account which I have saved and saved for the last 6 months. I never bought extra clothes, or any food that I didn't need. I didn't buy things that weren't absolutely necessary. I knew it would pay off and now it has. I started to unpack all my clothes into my wardrobe.

By now it was 5 am and I wasn't in the slightest bit sleepy. I was use to having to stay awake all night in case dad came in flaming drunk and I had to take care of him. It sounds stupid now that I had to do that, but if he wasn't passed out, he would be yelling and I would rather him being unconscious anytime than have to actually speak to him.

My belly rumbled at the thought of food and instantly I felt starving. I stood for a moment before deciding to go get something to eat. It was going to happen sooner or later and they would probably be asleep by now anyway. I walked quietly down my stairs and opened the door to my room without making a noise. I tiptoed all the way to the kitchen and managed to find a pot noddle.

It was the green ones. My favourite.

I used the kettle and filled my pot noodle up. I didn't want to take it upstairs with me as I didn't want my room to stink like noodles. I just sat on the kitchen side waiting for the noodles to cook.

"What are you doing up", Millians voice came out of no where. I just jumped into reaction and went to beeline out of there. I was cut off when Lucian stood in the way, making me jump once more.

"Getting a pot noddle now move", I said, with all the confidence in the world. Fake confidence sure, but still it was confidence.

"That's not very nice", Ravy said, coming out of now where with Rome. Where the hell were they coming from.

"We wake up at this time to train in the gym", Lucian said, like it was the most obvious thing in the entire world. I rolled my eyes at him and headed for the stairs.

"Also, Stone wants to talk to you in the morning about your behaviour", Millian said. I turned to him with my eyebrows raised.

"MY behaviour? What about yours?", I said with a smirk and headed up the stairs again. Instead of turning right I turned left, still clutching the pot noodle. I went into the cinema room where it was completely void of people, which is exactly what I wanted.

I grabbed a few snacks and sat down, looking for the remote. I found it at least and turned on the television. Jesus they had everything on here, Prime, Disney Plus, Netflix and BBC IPlayer. I settled down on watching Criminal Minds, which is one of my most favourite T.V shows. I was watching for a few hours before I finally managed to fall asleep.

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I woke up at around midday. I checked around for my phone until I realised that it had fallen on the floor. I was looking for my phone when I fell on the floor by accident and cried out in pain. My ribs were killing me and the bruises on my legs were so fragile that whenever I moved it was like I was being stabbed contantly. I really need a cold shower. I tried to get up, which in the end left me in tears due to the immense pain.

I slowly managed to make my way to my bedroom door when I heard two sets of feet running towards me. I turned around to see Ravy and Rome, bounding to me. They only had a pair of shorts on, showing off their muscles to me. I managed to use the wall to keep myself up so I didn't seem like I was in pain. When they reached me they kind of looked excited.

"You wanna play basketball?", Ravy asked with a huge smile on his face. I just shook my head and their smiles disappeared.

"Oh come on you can't be mad at us forever, it was just too hard for us to see you like that", Rome said with a smile. I just rolled my eyes at him.

"Well I am so sorry for being such a burden, now excuse me I need to finish my room", I said with a firm tone. They realised I wasn't budging and just stared at me. I gave them a "what" look and they looked taken back.

"You know, you were much quieter as a kid, always did as you were told", Ravy said with a frown.

"That's because I wanted you to like me, now I just don't care", I said with a sweet smile back and managed to open my door but winced in pain. They both went to go towards me but I put my hand out to stop them.

"Are you alright?", Ravy asked quickly. I just nodded my head and slammed the door in their faces. I litrilly crawled up my stairs as slowly as possible and headed in to get a nice cold shower. I took some pain killers before then as well to help.

As the cold water hit my skin, it was like I was being punched all over again. It hurt so bad that I cried out in pain and started to cry quietly. After a while it was bearable and I washed myself extremely gently.

When I got out I looked at myself in the mirror. I had scars from abuse before, some words, some just little things. I looked at my ribs which were a dark purple tone, and had some blue streaming through. This was bad. Really bad.

They were getting alot worst. It was weird, they normally healed by now. My legs were also covered in bruises and they hurt like a bitch. They were a dark purple colour with sides of blue all over them. I put some cream on them that I found in the cupboard and managed to smoothen the pain.

It was leaving me now which meant the pain killers were working. It would take a week or so hopefully for the bruises to disappear. I could tell my brothers, and go to a hospital but I didn't want them involved with my buisness. Maybe I could skip school one day and go to the hospital alone.

I dried my hair and got changed into a pair of mom jeans and a turtle kneck. Perfect. I also grabbed a large jumper as well as it was comfy and I kinda just wanted to stay in my room today.

Of course that was short lived when a loud knock on my door made me jump. Millian came in with a smile, one of concern, meaning the twins told them I was hurt. I just gave me a what do you want look.

"Stone wants to see you about yesterday, also the twins said that you were hurt?", He said with a smile of pity. I just deadpanned him.

"Nope. Stubbed my toe on the door", I said and walked past him. He grabbed my arm before I could leave.

"If there was something please tell us", He said. I just nodded in his direction and he let me leave.

Well this is going to go well.....

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Sorry this took so long, I had a family thing to deal with......

Anyway ENJOY!