♦♦♥April♥♦♦ 

"Fuck off Gracie!" I yell at her. Taking Jayson's hand in mine I drag him upstairs, towards my room. I hear Gracie chuckling downstairs.

Once we are in my room, I plop down on my bed and Jayson pulls out the chair, turns it around and get seated.

For five minutes, silence falls over us. Jayson is staring at me continuously while I'm staring out of the window. "April, are you going to tell me or am I supposed to cut your head in two and find out myself?" Jayson says and I let out a small laugh.

That's the thing with Jayson. No matter what has happened to me he never fails to make me smile. 

"Gracie tried to.. Kill me." I mutter.

Jayson's eyes slowly widen as he takes it in. His hand roughly brushes through his dark brown hair several times before he lets out a long sigh. "What did she do?" His ocean blue eyes stare at me. I can clearly see a turmoil of anger forming in them.

"She tried to strangle me, with her hands" I slowly say not wanting to remember that feeling again.

Jayson stands up abruptly. After a moment of pause his lips form a thin line, his hands roll up in a fist, his knuckles turn white. I gulp as I know what is going to happen next. If making Austin angry was scary then it was an understatement when it came to Jayson.

He begins to walk away. "Jayson where are you going?" I squeak, scared that he might start acting overprotective like my brother.

"Jayson stop." I plead him taking his arm in mine and stopping him from going out. "Austin is down there too, and he doesn't know anything yet." Jayson looks angrily at me before snapping. "Then he should know, why are you hiding it April? She fucking tried to strangle you! This is serious! Don't you get it? Stop acting like everything is fine like you always do!" I am taken back by his sudden outburst. I didn't know Jayson can shout because I literally never heard his voice in this high tone before.

"I..I am going to tell him, don't worry. I just wanted to...." My lips shake and I fail to hold back my tears. Jayson has never shouted at me before and even though I know he is just worried, it's overwhelming me right now.

"April, I'm so sorry." He lunges towards me quickly and hugs me a little before making me sit on the bed. 

"April, I'm worried about you. I'm sorry I shouted, I'll never do that again. I promise. Please don't cry." His pleading voice makes me break down even more. "It's just that, you never show the world how fucked up your life is, you try to smile when you actually are crying inside. I can't see you bearing so much pain and live with it April. I wish I could take away your pain." He pauses looking down. One of his hands is caressing my arm and the other hand is wiping my continuously falling tears. Jayson is like an angel in my life. Where everything is falling apart he is the only one I can hang onto, he's been with me since childhood. I must cherish this precious friendship we have.

"I love you Jay Jay. You're the perfect best friend I've ever had." I speak through my sobs. He freezes for a moment but quickly turns normal. "I..love you too Ap." He smiles caressing my wet cheek. I don't know what it is but there something in his eyes, something sad that I'm not able to put my finger on.

"When are you planning to tell this to Austin?" He asks. "Do it now April, you are already hiding one major thing from him don't you?" I ignore his question. I know I've been hiding this one thing from Austin but the thing is I never got the courage to tell him about it. Whenever I try that dark appears in my mind playing everything that happened over and over again smashing my head until it starts throbbing pain. My own screams echo in my mind making everything turn into a bloody mess.

"I don't know Jayson, I doubt I'll ever be able to talk about it to my brother, but right now I need to tell him what Gracie did." He nods in agreement and we walk out of the room.

***

As I stand in front of his room I find my hands shaking for some reason. I inhale deeply before turning the knob and step inside. I find Austin shuffling around his table. A mess of files and papers is everywhere except his bed and a tiny lamp illuminates the entire room. "Hey." I hesitantly say and he looks at me surprised. "Hey." He returns a smile before standing up straight. "What's wrong? Oh, you didn't eat your dinner did you? I'll make something for you then."

I sigh in relief as he seems to be normal again. Still I gulp before speaking. "I need to tell you something about Gracie." He frowns but nods eventually. "She,uh, tried to kill me...I mean she almost strangled me to death." I blurt out in on go.

He doesn't look shocked, his eyebrows are knitted closely. His eyes are looking at me as if I am crazy. "What? Are you crazy?" He shakes his head as if I've gone mad and there is no way to cure me. It's Gracie who's mad not me.

"She is crazy brother! Please do something, I can't live in the same house with her anymore!" I shout, panic clear in my voice. Why doesn't he believe me? He thinks I'm talking crazy talk?

I feel a hand on my shoulder steadying as I stumble. Jayson squeezes it a little assuring me that everything will be alright.

"April, stop accusing her of something so serious, she's the only one who has been telling me the truth ever since I've returned. Truths that you didn't tell me." He bluntly says making my jaw drop. What the hell did she tell him?

"You mean you don't trust me Austin? I'm telling the truth! She fucking tried to kill me!!!" My eyes sting as realize tears will soon make their way out. I blink quickly ceasing the tears away. 

His eyes tell me he doesn't trust me, at all. It comes as a punch in the face, and I crumble from inside because of it. Gracie, that bitch, I know why she is doing it. She wants to separate us so that she can be with Austin, all the time. She wants all of his time.

"Austin, you have to trust me!" I try not to but I yell again. My hands getting sweaty and my legs are slightly shaking which definitely is not a good sign. "Trust you?" His face turns into a furious scowl. He lands a punch on his tables making the pile of papers fall down in a mess. "How can I trust you when you are lying to me all the time? You didn't tell me about that date, you didn't tell me how sweetly you asked him out on Facebook, you were almost kissing him in the car, damn it! What were you going to do next? Make out with h-" I stop him by slapping him hard in the face. Anger is  boiling my blood. The problem with my anger is that I can't handle it well. Soon it turns into uncontrollable tears followed by strong pangs of pain in my heart.

"How can you say such things huh? How can talk about your sister like this? Do you know what has happened since you left for your studies?!" I screech  making him wince a little. He stands shamelessly in front of me rubbing his cheek.

From the corner of my eyes I see Jayson shifting uncomfortably  around the room. I can understand he wants to say something but can't interfere because this is between us and I'm glad he doesn't.

"When Gracie told you that I asked him out on that date why didn't you come to me to check whether it was true or not? Because the truth is, she did it! She asked him out using my laptop and my account! It wasn't me! If you still think she is an angel fallen from heaven just to save us from our miseries please wake up Austin she's evil!"

"I told you!" I hear a weak female voice from behind. I don't even have to think about who it belongs to. Gracie comes inside slowly choking on her sobs and her body shakes a little. She gives me a short smirk before she passes by me and hugs Austin.

She's feigning it. All of it.

"What's wrong? Don't cry Gracie." I curse under my breath as I watch Austin wiping away her tears. He should check whether they are actual tears or just plain water. "Austin are you listening to me? I said she tried to kill me!"

Austin snaps his eyes at me sharply. "Shut up April you are talking nonsense!" I feel a pang of pain hitting my heart again strongly this time as I realize my brother trusts her more. He has chosen to trust her and not me. But more than anything else I feel anger creeping up in my mind. My jaw clenches before I shout out. 

"It's either me or her Austin!"

****END OF CHAPTER****

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