Chapter Twenty

***LUCAS POV***

I walked into Oliver's room and was bombarded with emotions. A glare so full of hate from Kenna that I wanted to Hightail it out of there, Stunned suspicion from a heart broken looking Oliver, and Slight Joy from Jeremi. I stood in the doorway, eyeing the beautiful bird perched on a bird stand cleaning her feathers, was the thing going to fly at me again. I heard Oliver sigh and hold out his arm.

"Beauty come." He says his voice flat without his usual hyperness. Woah he really was heart broken. The bird cawed and I flinched as she flew over and landed on Oliver's arm.

"OLLY OLLY!" She cried and butted her head under his chin. Ok, I had to admit. that was adorable. Oliver cracked a small smile as he brought the bird closer to his body, letting her hop down and sit on his legs. Kenna was still staring two holes in my head and I gave her a small little wave. She sniffed and crossed her arms.

"What the f**k do you want? come here to pick on Oliver or something?" She asks, her voice full of hate. I don't blame her. I was an a*s to her best friend. I shake my head and stuff my hands in my pockets, trying to keep them from noticing the shaking. I shake when I was afraid, and right now I was terrified. I look over to Jeremi and I see her giving me a weak smile which I return. She wont let them hurt me right? Though even if they did I would deserve it. "Are you going to talk or can you just get the f**k out?" Kenna hisses. Oliver lightly smacks her.

"Hey give him a minute. he obviously needs to tell us something or he wouldn't have come here." He says, His voice quiet. The bird squawks and flaps her wings, clawing her way up to sit on his shoulder. Oliver caught me looking and pointed at the bird. "Her name's beauty." He says with a shrug. I nod and take a deep breath. Here goes nothing. 
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"I'm here for a few reasons actually. First one" I look Oliver in the eyes. "I'm sorry about the s**t I have put you through, I'm sorry I use to beat you up and I'm sorry I still verbally abuse you. It's wrong. Its unacceptable. And I wont do that anymore, I'll leave you alone. Like I should have been doing in the first place. I don't expect you to forgive me, and you shouldn't. But I just had to apologize." Kenna snorts with disgust.

"You f****r put my best friend in the hospital. And you just expect him to say OK and act like it never happened? Get lost a*****e." She says I gap at her. When did I put Oliver in the hospital? Jeremi saw my confusion and sighed.

"Last time you beat him up, you punched his chest and nearly killed him. He was sent to the hospital after... After we all found him." She says stumbling over who actually found him. And by the flash of pain in Olivers eyes I could tell it was Rolland that found him. WAIT WHAT!

" That day I hit you in the chest. I put you in the hospital? But How?" I say, I knew I punched him Hard but Hard enough to kill him? That was impossible. All three pale at my question, Oliver's arms wrapping around his chest protectivly and my intrest is peaked. "Whats wrong with your chest? You always use to protect it like your life depended on it." I ask. Kenna snaps.

"That's because it does you B*****d!" She snarls. I clench my fists in my pockets and close my eyes. Calm down, dont snap, it wont help anything. I hear Oliver slap her again.

"Calm down Kenna he doesnt know." He says sadly. I open my eyes and peer at him, my eyebrow raised. He shrugs and starts to lift his shirt up. Seeing my wided eyed stare he just snickers. "Calm down and just look." He says lifting his shirt up all the way. I gasp and stare. Right in the middle of his chest or well what should have been his chest was a hole, his chest caved in painfully.

"Did I do that?" I say my eyes no doubt bugging out of my face. Oliver shakes his head and puts his shirt down, covering the cave in.

"No, It's called Pectus excavatum and before you ask what it is I'll tell you. Its a congenital deformity. The walls of my chest are caved in and it makes my sternum and ribs grow wrong. It actually displaced my heart so now its more centered and to the right then my left." He says automatically, like he was reciting something he had said numerous times before, which I'm sure he has. "If I get hit in the chest hard enough or in the wrong way It will kill me." He says not meeting my eyes. My eyes Widen as the horror of what I had done hit me.

"Holy F**k Oliver! I'm sorry I'm so so sorry!" I cried. I nearly killed him Oh My God I nearly killed him. My body started to shake as the realization hits me. I can feel the blood draining out of my face and I stagger, my arm shooting out to steady myself against the wall. Jermei jumps off the bed and rushes over to me, placing an arm around my waist to steady me, concern in her eyes. I just stare down at her in horror. "Jeremi I'm so sorry. I almost. I could have. your own twin." I choked out. Her arm around my waist tightens and she jsut gives me a sad smile.

" I hated you for the longest time for what you did. I still cant forgive you for it. But My anger isnt there anymore. I know what your home life is like. Violence is all you know. I cant hate you for that." She whispers before finally letting go. I look over at Oliver and see forgiveness in his eyes and the guilt chews me up.

"Oliver I cant believe I..." my sentince fades and I look at the ground. I hear him shift and then flapping wings as he gets off the bed. He comes over and stands in front of me waiting until I look up at him.

"Yeah I hated you, yeah you beat me up, and were an a*s, but I cant be mad at you for hitting me there. you didnt know! If you had known well this would be a different conversation." He says. I look back down, guilt still pooling in my stomach. He stick his hand out to me. "How about we shake right here right now and swear to just try and get along, we dont have to be friends, just tolarate each other. Can you do that?" I give him a grim smile and slip my hand in his, shaking it once before letting go. "Alright you said you had a few things to talk to me about. What are the other things?" He asks sitting back down on his bed. He pats the bed and I akwardly make my way over and sit down, careful to stay away from Kenna who was glaring death glares at me. Jeremi sits on my other side, a little closer then normal and I didnt mind. We had actually started secretly dating the other day, before Oliver and Rolland had broken up. But for obvious reasons we had kept it a secret. That was part of the reason I came here today. But like Oliver pointed out, there were a few reason why. I took a deep breath and spoke.

" It's about Rolland." I hear Oliver whimper and when I look I see him curl up in Kenna's arms. I felt guilting, obviously just hearing his name hurt the kid but I had to keep going. " Listen I saw what happened the other day. I saw all of it, Jeff, You, Him." I aviod saying Rolland's name and I see the look of thanks in Olivers eyes that soons turns to a sheepish grin.

"You saw all of it?" He asks in a small voice. I smirk and nod.

"Yes and for the record. Damn you hit hard!" He blushes and looks down, tears pooling in his eyes as obviously what happened next crosses his mind. I reach over and akwardly place a hand on his shoulder. "Yeah I saw and heard what happened after that too. Thats actually why I'm here." Oliver looks at me with confusion. Here goes nothing... again. I take another deep breath. " After you went home He came back to class, We have anatomy class together. He was in the worst mood ever. Hell he even threatened to beat Arnolds skull in." I shudder as the memory of just how pissed he was over took me. " Anyway. that night I took him home, how I managed to convince him to let me bring him home I have no clue. but not the point."

"What is your f*****g point?" Kenna snaps, her arms tightly around Oliver as he leans on her for support. I glare at her.

"If you would stop f*****g inturrpting me with hate I could TELL YOU!" I snap and she just shakes her head in disgust, but thankfully doesnt say another word. "Moving ON! Listen Oliver I know there is no excuse for what he did. Hell he has been beating himself up about it since it happened. But the reason he freaked out that badly was becuase that Jeff guy went home and told his parents that HE was the one that attacked him. That He was just going to the school to drop off a book he left and that he jumped him and beat him up. Rollands Foster parents called his social worker and took Allen away." Olivers Face pales and Kenna and jeremi Gasp.

"Oh My God Rolland was right! I made him lose his brother! Where's Rolland Now! is he ok?" Oliver says his voice panicked. I shake my head and run a hand through my hair wincing as it hits a tangle, damn I needed to brush my hair more.

"Oliver he's in Juvi, He's having a hearing soon, Jeff pressed Assault charges on him." I say looking at the three.

***ROLLAND POV***

I kept my head down as I made my way to the day room, my feet shuffling against the ugly peach colored carpet. Someone slams into my shoulder and I stumble back. I lift my eyes and pale. F**K!

"Well look who landed themself back in here Boys." A boy named Carlos says with a smug look as he and his buddies saunter up to me. Carlos was a boy I had had trouble with last time I was in here when I was thirteen years old. He had vowed to beat me shitless if he ever saw Me in here again. Dont blame I had sent him to the hospital after he had threatened to hurt Allen. I look back down and try to walk around them but Carlos's arm shoots out and he stops me. I sigh and look up at him, his brown eyes full of anger and ego. "Remember my promise boy?" He hisses and I cant help the small laugh.

"Boy? Seriously. I'm older then you by what two years?" I shake my head and once again try to go around him. This time He grips my shirt and spins me around until I am slammed up against the wall, my head smashing against it painfully. I fight back the wince, refusing to show this kid any weakness. "Carlos Let go of me, there are gaurds everywhere. Do you really want to get stuck in here longer?" I hiss, trying to pry off his fingers. His grip just tightens and he slams me back against the wall, pain seeping in as my vision blurs. Holy f**k this kid was strong.

"I will make you pay f****t for what you did to me. See this?" He points to the scar that went through his eyebrow and into his hair line. I snicker. That was from me. He growls and slams me again, the blackness creeping more. " I will make you pay F****t. So much Payment." He says and lets his fist fly, connecting hard with my forehead, crashing it once more to the wall. He lets me drop and Being so dizzy from the blow to the head I just colllapse. He kicks me hard int he stomach and I gag. His friends join in, kicking and punching anywhere they could find. I dont lay a finger on them. I couldnt evcen if I wanted to. It was five on one. How could I win? Maybe if I let them do this then I wont have to suffer anymore, maybe if they hit me just the right way All my pain could end. I feel the darkness tugging at me, wanting smother me and I let myself be taken by it.

The last thing I heard before blacking out completly was the Shrill whistle of the gaurds calling back up.

The last thought on my mind?

Oliver...

Author's Note

Oh NO!!!!!