Well, what do you know, you've come all this way, and you're still reading about my life. I'm shocked you didn't stop after chapter one. Well, I might as well continue. So, I've turned a little cold, and guess what happens today, Lucy comes up to me needing an understanding and warm heart. So, what do I do?

"Lucy, what's wrong?" I ask.

"I...I...um...well, I need some help." She finally stammered out.

"Okay...with what?" I say getting a little frustrated.

"Um...um..." She says while looking around.

"Privacy?" I say.

"Y-yeah, t-that'd be great." She stuttered, relieved to have an extra minute to think.

"Okay." I told her as I lead her to over the band room. Asking her. "Better?"

"Y-yeah, I-I guess." She clearly didn't want to say whatever it was.

"So...what's wrong?" I asked once more.

"Um...well...you have to promise not to tell a single soul, not your friends, not teachers, not ever your family." She finally told me. "Do you promise?"

"Cross my heart and hope to die." I replied, a little annoyed she thought I might tell another, I'm a freaking locked vault.

"O-okay, maybe not the dying part, please no dying on me." She said dead serious.

"Okay fine, no dying." I laughed a little, until I saw that she wasn't.

"You ain't going to break that promise, are you? Not like the whole 'promises are meant to be broken' crap, right?" She asked, still concerned.

"Yes, I'm dead serious, no promises shall be broken." Okay, I'm really getting a bit pissed now.

"Okay, good." She said, not fully convinced. "I...I...um...I have some family...problems...problems, that's a good word for them."

"Okay, what kind of family problems?" I replied, instantly knowing what she was going to say next, but hoping and praying I was wrong.

"Um...well...the dangerous kind." She said reluctantly.

I swore like a sailor. That cold heart I had been working so hard on, whelp, it just melted. No one, freaking no one, hurts someone I love, I know I have unintentionally, I beat myself up for it every time, but no one hurts her, especially intentionally. "How did they hurt you?" I finally asked once I was done cussing out every member of her family.

She removed her favorite sweatshirt that she always wore, I finally saw why she always wore it. Her arms, shoulders, and neck were all black and blue. "Well..." Clearly not needing to say a particular spot.

I cussed them out some more. "How long has this been going on?" I asked real pissed off now.

"...f-four..." Was all she could mutter, barely audible.

"Four! Four freakin'-" I swore some more. Calming down just slightly after seeing her panicked look. "I'm not mad at you, and I'm not going to tell anyone. On my honor." She knows when I say that, I always mean it, my honor is the one thing I keep as high as I can. Breathing deeper to calm down, I ask. "Would you like me to show you how to defend yourself? Or I can just come over more often and just kinda keep them away more. Or you could come to my house some nights."

"I-I'd like that. Can we do the latter two? I...I really don't want to get hurt anymore then I have to." She said, relieved I had calmed down.

"I won't hurt you, but if you don't want to we don't have to." I replied, trying to reassure her. "Do you want me to come over tonight, or do you want to come over tonight?"

"C-can you?" She asked timidly.

"Sure, I just need to text my mom to let her know." I responded, trying to keep her calm. I didn't know if my parents would like it, but I had to, I had to pull some strings, it was after all for Lucy.

"T-thank you, thank you so much Kevin, you're the best friend I could ask for." She replied hugging me.

I held her there as she dried her tears. I lifted her chin just slightly, so she can look me in the eyes. "I will always be here for you, always, whatever you need, I'm here."

She hugged me tighter. "Thank you, Kevin, you have no clue how much that means to me." I knew how much it meant to her, because it meant just as much to me. All I could do was just hold her there, comforting her, channeling all my strength to her, just as she had whenever I was hurt.