This story was requested by RyanOKeefe3 and she also made the cover so give her an applause and now enjoy.

I was in shock as I stumbled down the stairs to get out of the stuffy house. There is no way that, that just happened.

My four year old brain was trying it's best to help me but I just burst into tears as I managed to get outside the small house that Gabe moved us a few days ago. Virgina.

Doesn't he know I'm a New Yorker? But that wasn't the problem. The problem was mostly the stuff on my shirt.

My mothers blood. My eyes started to tear up and everything was blurry and I tripped. I expected to fall and get hurt but two arms grabbed my just before I could and I flinched away on habit trying my best to get away.

I needed to get away. Everything was suffocating and even out in the open I felt as if everything was closing in on me.

I didn't notice my breaths getting faster or how light headed I suddenly felt. Everything was just to close.

I felt the arms still around me but I knew they weren't Gabe's. Even at the thought my breathing picked up a bit but I still hadn't noticed.

My ADHD making me see everything from the little birdie in the tree to the man that the arms connected to.

He wore glasses and his hair was brown and I suddenly started to hear him in the distant, "Breath. That's it little guy. Just breath it's all right." the man and I focused on his voice and allowed myself to trust him.

Shakingly I got my breath under control but my emotions weren't over as tears started to come from my eyes. "It's alright." the man said and I shook my head.

The guy frowned and only seemed to notice my shirt just now. The shirt that was covered in my moms blood when I tried to help her.

"Are you okay?" The man asked concern and I felt his eyes looking over my tiny body for any injuries. When he found none he looked at the building I came out of.

I shook my head more tears spilling out of my eyes. My mouth refusing to move other than quiver. The guy looked hesitant but then drew me into his body cradling me as my mouth finally opened to let out my anguished.

I sobbed and held onto the guy as if my life depended on it and as far as I knew it was, "M-my mom." I croaked out and tears came out faster along with my hiccuping.

The guy just allowed me to sob and when I said those two words he tightened his grip but it wasn't like Gabe's when he wanted to hurt me.

It felt more protective and I sunk into his chest as my sobs were slowing and I was hiccuping more but I felt exhausted.

Feeling the guys hesitant before I felt two arms lift me up. I was far too tired to do anything about them as my head move from the guy's chest to his shoulder and I buried my head in it trying to draw myself out of the world.

The guy oddly enough smelt like he lived in the forest but not just that but he smelled of a lot of things. Like he was always on the move and I just sunk into him focusing on the forest smell and slowly I drifted out of this world.