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As we walked back to our neighborhood I saw a text from my dad telling me he had invited Frank and his mother over for dinner.
Great.

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When we arrived at my house Frank went ahead up to my room while I got some chips. When I walked into my room Frank had my underwear drawer open was looking at a pair of lacy red panties.
"GET OUT OF THERE," I snapped.
"Who do you wear these for," he asked with a sneer.
"Anyone but you," I replied, grabbing the underwear from his hands and pushing the drawer closed. After making him sit down on my bed I turned on some Misfits.
"Whoa, you actually like this kind of music," he questioned, actually sounding sincere.
"Yeah, that crappy pop stuff gives me headaches," I replied, opening my chips and shoving a handful in my mouth.
Frank grimaced, saying,"That was attractive."
"I'm not trying to impress you," I replied, then adding,"I'm not trying to impress anyone."
"Why?"
"Who needs guys when all they'll do is hurt you or be an asshole like you," I snarled.
He softly replied,"Who hurt you?"
I sat there, chewing, trying to decide if I wanted to tell him or not.
I don't know why I chose to do it, but I ended up replying,"My 10th grade boyfriend, he cheated on me and then when I accused him he tried to rape me. I punched him and ran out of there as fast as I could, then I went over there with a baseball bat the next day and beat him up. Then I called the cops, he got 5 years for attempted rape."
He sat there and stared at me for a few seconds, maybe in shock or maybe he expected me to burst into tears. I was pretty much over it but it didn't mean I ever wanted to really trust a guy again.
I shoved more chips in my mouth and said,"You can close your mouth and don't look so scared I'm not going to cry."
He shut his mouth and we sat in awkward silence for the remainder of the night until dinner.

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My father called us down for dinner at around 6:00 where we found the table set and our parents sitting together. We were having chicken and rice one of my favorites, but when I sat down all I felt was a sense of something wasn't right.
"Avery, I have to go on a month long trip to England for work, and you're going to be staying with the Ieros'," he stated calmly, as if he were telling me the temperature.
Frank and I simultaneously exclaimed,"What?!"

Notes

Sorry I didn't update last night I had too much homework to function. So there's a little of Avery's past. She doesn't trust boys because of the "incident" and this is where we see that Avery isn't some scared girly girl, but that she can take care of herself. Anyway I hope you guys like the chapter. Remember to comment, vote, and subscribe!

Keep Rockin'
Cat