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I just kept walking. It was dark out now and starting to snow. I wasn't dressed for this. The tears stopped awhile ago and I was out of the development. Cars drove by and I just kept walking. I'm finally hungry and I remember the granola bars in my bag. I grab one and start eating it. I'm so cold. I'm shivering as I try to keep moving.

A red car stops and I look around scared. It backs up and I have no where to hide. The tinted window rolls down. A head pokes out. "You need a lift somewhere? "

"Ummm maybe. ..." I say. I'm so cold and I feel like I probably shouldn't be talking to strangers or be thinking about getting in a car with them but I could freeze to death if I don't. No one even knows where I am. I have stranger danger screaming thru my head.

"Well get in and I will drop you off." He says. I hear the doors unlock. The back door opens and the guy in the back looks out. He's not bad looking kinda like Stephen from vampire diaries. I look at him another second and the guy moves in. There's four guys in the car. I go ahead and climb in slowly.

"Where are you going?" The driver asks. He looks a little older than me.

"I'm going to the airport. I have to catch my flight home." I tell him and start to relax a little. Maybe I will be okay.

"When's your flight leave? " he asks as he puts the car back in gear and starts to drive.

"I have to change my ticket in." I think maybe I should of gave a time but I don't know the time it is now.

"Here's my phone, why don't you call so you know. " the passenger hands me his phone. I take my ticket out and call American Airlines. I ask for a new flight to Los Angeles. I don't leave until eight am.

I have no where to go until then. I will just hang out at the airport until my flight. At least it will be warm. My legs are so sore and now that I'm sitting I can feel it.

"Can I make another call?" I ask.

"Yeah. " he says nodding to me.

I go ahead and call Jase. He doesn't answer. Shit. The voicemail picks up and I just hang up. At least he has the number from the people I was with last. I hand the phone back.

"If you don't mind, could you bring me to the airport?" I ask.

"No problem. We're headed out to a party. We can make a detour." He says. "Unless you want to go? Your flight don't leave until morning. "

"I don't really know you and you seem nice enough but.." I say. I feel awkward.

"I'm Joe, that's Bob and Dylan in the back and Sam driving. We're going to a party it's a college party so it will be fun and your dad can call you back. " Joe says. Weird how once you know their names they become less scary and how your anger comes back by hearing the word dad.

"Okay" I say. I look out the window.

"The freshman are still pledging so it will be entertaining. " Joe says.

"Yeah. Whats that mean? "

"The hazing is going on. They have to do whatever the pledge master says. Haven't you been to a college party before? " Dylan asks looking at me.

"Nope." I say and now that I'm warming up, I'm starting to get tired. Dylan is actually looking over at me like he's not sure I should be going.

"Well you will love it. Everyone goes nuts." Joe says.

"I'm stopping, anyone need anything?" Sam says and pulls into a gas station.

"I'm good. " Joe says. Sam gets out and fills up his car.

"Just don't go in any rooms alone." Dylan says looking at me.

"Yeah the crowd gets awfully rowdy especially after a win." Joe says. He turns the rock music up. The car gets moving again.

We eventually get there. The party was all over campus. Sam parks the car and we get out. I follow them to a fraternity house. People are everywhere drinking. We walk into the house and its a disaster. Sam and Bob go one way.

Dylan grabs my hand and pulls on me. I follow behind. We go thru the house and end up in the kitchen. He grabs two beers and hands me one. "Do you play beer pong?"

"Yeah. "

"Lets hang out in the Living room then." I follow him back thru the house. The music is vibrating the house. Students are everywhere. He introduces me to some friends but I already forgot their names.

A game is already in progress and I take a seat on the couch. I drink my beer and set the the bottle down next to me. I try to forget everything that has happened to me. Life has gotten to hard and I don't want to deal with it.

A girl pushes into me as she falls. I go ahead and help her up. She starts talking but I can't understand her. She's trashed. I just nod and she eventually walks away.

"Dani, we're up." Dylan says and walks to the table. I walk over next to him and we are playing against another couple.

"Get ready to get trashed." Dylan says to them. "Ready to sum kick ass."

"Yeah. Lets do this. " I said and gave him a chest bump. He starts laughing. I was feeling a lot better and the drinking was helping to. He tosses the ball and it goes in their cup.

"Oh yeah. I rock." Dylan shouts out. I start laughing. Here I am laughing with complete strangers and after everything I have been thru, it feels so good to be away from everything.

"So who are you? Do you go to school here?" The girl across from us asks.

"I"

"She's my cousin from California." Dylan answers for me. I look at him a little confused. He wraps his arm around me. "She showed up today to hang out with me. So be nice to her."

"Oh Dylan that's cool." The girl says nodding. "Vanessa just showed up."

"Oh that's great. Come on Dani, I want to introduce you." Dylan says and turns me to where a blonde is walking over to us. He whispers to me "my girlfriend. "

"Oh." I say catching on. We meet up to her and I put my arms out. I go ahead and hug her.

"Oh Vanessa its soo good to finally meet you. I'm Dani. Dillie has told me so much about you. Well not a lot a lot but a lot." I say as Dylan rolls his eyes at me.

"Dillie?" She says really confused.

"Yeah Dylan. I don't get to visit that often. But my mom died Sunday and I came to visit my dad, Dylan's uncle. But we got into a fight. Dylan felt bad because my dads an ass." I say thinking this is a lot of information I'm giving out.

"How old are you?" She asked.

"Sixteen. " I say. I then smile at her.

"Oh so your moving out here."

"No my step dad has full custody of me. Besides I have a contract with seventeen so if I did I would be in violation and I would get in trouble unless maybe if I moved to new York city. I have thought about it but I'm not ready to leave my brothers. " I say. I just keep rambling. "Sorry I haven't eaten since my mom died and I have been drinking. "

"Are you okay?" Nessa asks. Dylan just looks a little shocked but shakes it off and pulls me into a hug.

"She will be okay. She's with me." Dylan says.

"Oh definitely hun." She says nodding.

"Its okay. I will feel better when Jase calls back. I forgot my phone in Callie."

"Is Jase your brother? " She asks.

"No he's my boyfriend. Jase and Brody went to London because their grandma is sick and might be dying. I'm not really what's going on." I say.

"You called London with Joe's phone?" Dylan asks.

"Sorta. He has a California number so maybe it doesn't count?" I say and shrug my shoulders feeling a little bad. Maybe I should of asked first. "I have some money. I can pay him back. "

Dylan starts laughing and shakes his head. "Don't worry about it."

"Hey since Nessa is here, you guys talk and let me use your phone. I kinda just used my step dads credit card and came here."

"No body knows your here?" He asks now he's worried.

"Well ummmm my father but he told me to go away, the credit card company, airport, and you Dillie." I say putting on an innocent face.

"Give her your phone. " Nessa says. Dylan hands me his phone. I take my new cousins phone.

"Dani stay where I can see you." Dylan says.

"Ok Dad" I say back laughing at him. I take my beer and type in Jase's number. I hear it ring and look for a quiet room. I don't go upstairs but I find a door. I open it and its a garage door. Its still loud, so I shut the door. I sit down on the step.

"Hello? "

"Oh hey." I say and giggle into the phone.

"Dani where are you? " Jase says sounding a little frustrated.

"I'm at a frat house in buffalo. " I tell him matter of factly.

"Are you okay? Did anyone touch you? " Jase says in a panic voice.

"Ummmm I don't ummm think sooo.......Jase I miss you soooo much. I can't stand being away from you." I start crying. Next thing I know I'm hiccuping into the phone as I sit shaking.

"Oh Dani it will be ok. I will be home Saturday. As soon as I get home we will do whatever you want to do okay? I love you." He says so softly so all annoyance is out of his voice.

"I love you too.. your my home Jase." I tell him.

"Your my home to. Chase and Alex are on their way to get you. I'm going to text Chase this number and he will come pick you up. Do you understand?"

"Yup. I get to go home."

"Dani who's phone is this?"

"Its my cousin Dylan's?"

"Do you have a cousin Dylan? " he asks.

"No but he picked me up off the side of the road and said to tell his girlfriend that so I can hang out until my flight. "

"Oh god, why were you on the side of the road? " he sounds like he's going to flip out.

"My father said if I didn't leave that he would call the cops on me and he slapped me. Jase he hurt me. My face still hurts." I start crying again and touch my face. It still stings. I keep my cold hand pressed to it.

"Okay just let Chase and Alex take care of you until I get home okay?"

"Okay I love you Jase. When are you coming for me?"

"I changed my flight to Saturday."

"Jase, come home sooner. I will go back with you. Just come get me. My stomach hurts and I need you." I tell him as I start crying again.

"I love you to babe, I need you to stop drinking. Can you do that for me?"

"Ummm yeah. ."

"Please stop drinking. I will change my flight again as soon as I get off the phone with you. Please stop crying and be strong until Chase has you."

"Okay."

"Can you put Dylan on the phone?"

"Okay"

"I love you Dani. We will get thru this together. I promise. "

"I love you too." I get up and walk into the house. I walk into the Living room. I see Dylan and I hand him the phone. Nessa looks at me as Dylan starts talking. He looks at me as he talks.

I start drinking my beer. I feel so good. The music vibrating thru me. Nessa comes over to me and says something but I can't hear her. "What? "

"What's going on?" Nessa says.

"My brothers know I'm out here. They took off and flew out here too. So their coming to get me." I tell her.

"But your with your cousin? "

"They don't know that." I tell her and I'm not really sure how I keep up the story. "There coming here isn't that exciting? "

"How old are they?"

"Seventeen. We're all graduating this year."

"Your graduating this year?"

"Yup, I go to UCLA in January with my scholarship for lacrosse. "

"You play lacrosse? "

"Yeah but I can't play this spring. They don't want me to get hurt. I haven't told anyone yet. I love playing. " I tell her and smile still drinking.

"Chase and Alex are on their way here. I talked to Alex and he said they will be here in an hour. Sound good?" Dylan asks. I can tell he looks relieved.

"I guess so. Did he sound mad?" I ask.

"No, just worried. " he says. I smile at him. I keep drinking. I haven't felt this good in awhile.

"Let's play before I get captured and put on house arrest. " I scream out. Dylan starts laughing.

"Your a riot." Dylan says. He gives me a noogie. I try to move my head. Nessa starts laughing. I get to the table and we start playing again.

Time went by and I was trashed. I was drinking as much as I could. I didn't want the feeling to end. But my bladder caught up to me.

"Where's the bathroom? " I ask.

"It's upstairs do you want me to show you?" Nessa asks.

"Nah I'm good.. I will find it." I tell her. I set my beer down and go to the foyer. I look up all the stairs. So many. I start singing. "Hi ho hi ho..to the bathroom I go...hi ho hi ho hi ho to the bathroom I go."

I keep climbing up the stairs and it takes forever. I looked down. I climbed up three steps. I scream out, "Where's the elevator? Hey where's the elevator? "

People look at me and start laughing. I start climbing again. I really gotta go. I finally get to the top. Which took forever. I see two people arguing and I decide to ask them where the bathroom is.

I tap the girl on the shoulder and she swings back and hits me. I completely lose my balance. Next thing I know I'm flying in the air.. I'm like superman. ..wait I can't fly. I'm falling.