Heal My Pain

“There’s my little monster.” I hear Connor say as he picks up Seb and swings him around.

“Where are the girls?” I ask

“In the house something about Millie and a code black?” he replies unsure of what that means.

I dash into the guest house up the bonus room and throw open the door, to see Riley, and Lyla next to Millie hugging her for comfort.

“What the fuck happened Mills?” I ask, walking over to them siting in front of her.

“I wanted to surprise Mitch yesterday so I went over to his house with his favorite snacks and all this stupid shit I thought meant a lot to him. This bitch opened the door thinking I was the pizza guy. She was fucking wearing nothing but his stupid shirt.” She said and started crying again.

“Well fuck that loser I never liked him anyway. He’s a little bitch boy, I’ve always thought it but never told you.”

At the mention of being a little bitch boy she lets out a laugh and smiles at me.

“I hope he comes to the party tonight, just fucking wait Mills I will cut his dick off and shove it down his throat.”

“Okay Bella, calm down.” Riley says, and they all laugh at me.

“Nobody fucks with any of you and expects there not to be consequences, that’s all I’m saying.”

“How about we just all get fucking shit faced tonight and fuck random dudes.” Lyla tries to diffuse the situation.

“I mean of course, but I’m still doing something to him, just be prepared.” I smile mischievously.

“Ohh shut the fuck up about him and let’s go have fun bitches.” Riley yells.

We all laugh and decide to go boys. On our way down the steps Riley grabs my are making us all stop and look at her.

“What the fuck happened to your face, Bella!”

Shit, I knew I should’ve prepared a lie, I wasn’t thinking ahead.

“Seb kicked me in the face last night and knocked me off the bed, hurt like a bitch, and he didn’t even wake up.” I blurt out with a laugh.

They all look at me suspiciously and then laugh knowing how heavy of a sleeper he is.

“Thank you all for laughing at my pain you bitches.” I say sarcastically, hoping this solidifies my lie better.

They all continue laughing at my while pushing us to keep going out to the boat.

When we get down to the boat I yell out, “I brought the juice boxes!”

Opening my bag throwing beers to all of them and an actual juice box to Seb and Ryder who’s driving the boat.

“Fuck, baby you know the way to my heart!” Matt says hugging me from behind, giving me a kiss on the head.

“Hey, language Seb’s right here!” I yell at him.

He laughs and apologizes while giving Seb a high five.

“Is, what happened to your face?” Tyler asks.

Everyone’s eyes turn to me, studying the bruise marking my check.

I let out a nervous laugh telling them all the same thing I told the girls. Gaining the same reaction twice I feel relieved that was the end of the questions. Seb looks at me sadly coming to sit on my lap and hug me. He knows that I never share what really goes on in the house besides the drinking and not to talk about it under any circumstances unless something terrible happens to one of us and the information is needed to be revealed. The day continues on with us spending most of the day on the boat, drinking only a few beers so we can look after Seb till later. We dock out in the middle of the big lake and eat, Ryder always grills before we go out and we just chill and eat our food laughing and talking. Then we normally swim and tube till around 5.

Once we get back I get Sebastian changed and ready for Willow to pick him up.

“Okay buddy, I love you so much and I’ll see you tomorrow. I’ll pick you up and we will go to lunch!”

“Yay!” He yells. “I love you too Bells, see you tomorrow!” Kissing me on the check running over to Willow who scoopes him up placing him in the car seat in the back. Hearing him call me Bells cause a wave of pain to go through me, only him and my dad ever calls me that. I push my thoughts to the side just like always.

“Thank you so much Willow, you know how much I appreciate it.” I say seriously.

“Oh bella, you know I love watching him and will always help you out.” She says.

I hug her feeling a peace from the older woman’s arms I haven’t felt in a long time.

As she hops in the car I yell for Seb to behave. They pull out waving back at me. Willow is always there when I need her no matter what. She was our next door neighbor before we lived in the trailer park and she always treated us like her grandchildren since she had none of her own. So when my mom started to go down hill after the accident she offered to help in any way. So when I want to spend alone time with my friends, she is always happy to take care of Sebastian. She never asks for anything in return even though I have offered money countless times. She just like the company. Her husband passed a while ago and with no children she gets very lonely.

“Hey you going to get dressed fucker?” Riley yells at me from the guest house window