Welcome To My Life

"Ahum" I heard someone say.
I lifted my head from Alex's chest where it had been resting on throughout the hug and him and Jenna let go of me. Jack was standing in the doorway. Behind him were... my parents. I quickly wiped my tears away and manned up.

"What are you doing here?" I asked them coldly.
"Making sure you're okay, of course!" my mum exclaimed, brushing past Jack to my bed.
"Oh, now you care?" I sneered.
"Sweety..." my mum started.
"Cut the crap" I cut her off, making her fall silent.

Jack, Jenna and Alex seemed pretty uncomfortable, but I didn't really care. I wasn't going to pretend like I forgave my parents for sending me off to Baltimore.

"Don't talk to your mother like that" my father said hesitantly.
"I'll start talking to her like she's my mother when she starts acting like it" I groaned.
"Elizabeth, it's been a rough couple of months for all of us but we have to stick together" my mum tried.
"Stick together? How is dumping me here sticking together? And don't call me that." I replied harshly.

"Liz, we did that for your own good, we didn't want to..." my father started.
"Have to look at the murderer of your son every fucking day?" I finished his sentence.

Tears appeared in my mother's eyes. "You know we don't see you like that..." she said, her voice shaky.
"Then why did you move me to another state, alone? Don't say you were protecting me, you could've moved with me to another town" I said.
"We... You're right, we should have, but we really were trying to protect you, Liz. Moving is not as fast as having you live with your aunt and uncle and we just wanted to get you out of that town" my mum replied quietly.

"Just leave" I said, causing both of them to give me a look of disbelief.
"But Liz..." my mum started.
"Leave!" I exclaimed, tears starting to form in my eyes, which I quickly blinked away.

After giving me one last sad look, they turned around and left the room, leaving me with Alex, Jack and Jenna.
"Was that really necessary?" Jack asked.
"You're welcome to leave as well." I replied. "It's not like you even want me here anyway."

"Look, Liz, I'm sorry I said that, you weren't supposed to hear that" Jack muttered.
"Oh, so is that supposed to make it any better?" I sneered.
"Yeah well, it's the closest thing to an apology you're gonna get" Jack replied harshly.
"Stop it, both of you" Alex said. "Liz, you're in the fucking hospital, you need to rest. Jack, save your criticism for later."

Jack and I both shut up. Alex was right, I was feeling pretty exhausted after yelling at my parents. He turned to look at me.
"Go get some sleep" he said softly.
"I can't sleep with all of you watching me" I muttered.
"We'll leave. The visiting hour is over anyway" he replied.
Jack and Jenna turned around and left the room after saying bye.

"I'll come by later okay?" Alex said quietly.
"Uh okay" I replied nodding, kind of surprised he still wants to see me after everything that happened in the past 48 hours.

"Call me if you need anything" he said.
"I don't have your number..." I muttered.
"I put it in your phone when you were conscious" he replied, winking.
"Ah, so that's how you get girls?" I joked. "You look for unconscious girls in the woods and then put your number in their phones?"
Alex smirked. "I'm glad you're joking again."
"But wait, I broke my phone..." I realized.
Alex shrugged. "Jack brought you his old iPhone 5." He pointed at a phone on my night stand.

He grabbed my hand and squeezed it for a moment, before he turned around and left the room, sending butterflies through my stomach. I watched him go, still feeling where his hand had held mine. No Liz, don't get any ideas. Alex is too good for you, too undamaged. You'll only drag him down with you.

Notes

Sorry it took so long! I had already come up with the story until the last chapter, so I didn't exactly know what I wanted to happen. What do you want to happen? Who do you ship?

Title Credit: Follow You Home - Save Yourself