Andys POV

"Andy! Wake up!" CC calls. Groggily I manage to open my eyes. "Pit stop!" CC shouts. I rub my face with my hand, feeling the cool metal on my skin. I've got to let go of the past but not today. Today my girlfriend is at home, I'm over here and I can wear this ring with pride.

Stumbling out of the bunks and off the bus I bounce of someone's back. "Look where you're going Andy." Ashley sighs. "Sorry Ash." He smirks and pats my head. "It's ok Batman." I growl at him.

"Hey I'm just gonna go for a little walk, call me when you're leaving." I shout. Ashley waves and I walk off. A cool breeze swims around me, lifting my spirits and some leafs. I sing as I walk, hoping no one can hear. I know wind carries sound. "Help..." I hear a faint whisper. "Hello?" I call.

"Make the pain go away." Oh shit. "Goodbye." What! "I love you." I hear a sob, a gunshot, silence.

Kellins POV

Vic's drunk. Very drunk. He's decided he never loved Mark like he thought he did so now he's wasted. "Come on Vic just fall asleep." I beg. I've brought him back to mine because I don't trust him on his own. "Vic please just calm down."

"Kelly I'm fine. Just carry on with you're life, I'll crash eventually." He tries to tell me. I'm about to answer back but my phone rings.

K: ellin A: ndy

K: hello

A: Kell? We have a problem

K: what's going on?

A: someone just tried to kill themself. I can't find them.

K: why are you calling me?

A: I don't know.

K: Andy it's been five years since we last spoke. Why now?

A: it's just something they said.

K: what did they say?

A: "make the pain go away"

Shit

A: sound familiar?

K: find them, call an ambulance, call the guys. Where are you gonna be?

A: Chicago

K: I haven't moved away

A: so you're still there?

K: yes, we'll meet you at the hospital

A: ok. Bye

K: bye

"Who was on the phone?" Vic enquires. "Andy. We need to meet him at the hospital. Come on. Let's go." Vic looks confused but agrees. "Let's go." He slurs. "Fuck no Vic you ain't going nowhere. Hang on." I turn my phone back on.

"Jaime...yes hi...it's Kellin...I know it's been a while...listen Vic's drunk and I need someone to look after him...it's urgent...yes...same place yep...ok...see you..." I hang up. "Jaimes coming with Tony. Mike's at a thing." Vic nods and curls up on the sofa.

Time skip

"Andy did you find them?" His eyes are filled with tears and the others look shaken. "She's alive Kellin. She didn't shoot herself, she ran out of bullets but she's in a bad state." The room is alive with the buzz of the emergency room.

I sit down in shock. She's alive. She's here. Oh my god. "We got told her room number. She's awake but she's with them. We're still allowed to go see her." Andy tells me. "We'll wait here, go see her." Jinxx encourages us. I nod, body numb. Andy leads me to her room.

"Oh my god." My hand flys to my mouth. "Hi Kellin." She says. Tash, Scar and Jay all sit around her. She's covered in cuts and bruises. One scar trails from the side of her mouth. Her arms are still cut up but worse than a few blade cuts. "Where are they from Kay?" I ask. They don't look new.

"These are from Sam and my Dad. You didn't know Sam abused me did you?" She asks curiously. I shake my head. "And your back?"

"James and my Dad." Kay answers. "James as in..."

"Sam's brother not my brother. Sam's my ex. He's a drug addict and very abusive. Him and his family are also murderers but I killed his brother and sister and I'm not ashamed to say I enjoyed doing it." Her voice is bitter and dark, her eyes show no remorse. They show nothing but anger and hatred. This is not my daughter. Not the girl Andy fell in love with. Not the broken girl that lay here five years ago. Not the girl that has to take medication and is bullied. She's not anyone that she used to be. No.

This girl is different. She's angry and dangerous, hardened by revenge and death. She's a murderer, a fighter. Not my daughter. "I've changed Kellin. I'm not the girl you knew. That girl was never real. This is the real me. I'm an outcast. I'm strong. I'm a fighter. I'm dangerous. I make and break promises." She takes a ring off her finger and places it on the table next to her bed.

Andy pushes himself off the wall and storms out. Acting on reflexes Tash, Scar and Jay spring up, taking on a defensive position. This action makes me realise how loyal they are and how strong theire bond is. Their instincts and reflexes are to protect each other, especially if wounded. She's not the girl me, Vic, Andy and Ash fell in love with. She was never real.

"Nice to know you're alive Kay. Goodbye." My tone is short and final. I walk towards the door and she whispers. "We are the strays." My eyes well up and I blink, letting a few fall. All I can think as I go home is I've lost her.