"It's nothing." Alison looked away from Joe.
"Yes it is Alison. He hurt you. Am I right?" Joe looked at her, her bloodshot eyes, worried him. Her tearstained face made him want to take all things that were causing her pain away from the world. Every flinch of pain made him want to cause pain to the one who caused her pain.
"Yeah." Alison replied softly. It broke his heart to hear her lie to him, about something horrible, it broke his heart to see her like this.
"You know you could talk to me." Joe raised his hand to move her dark hair away from her face. As he expected her to do, she flinched back thinking he was going to hit her.
"Really?" Alison looked at him, making his stomach do backflips.
"Yes. You should already know that." Joe nodded.
"I know..." Alison looked at the door, hearing Justin come up the steps.
"Hide." She whispered as she lowered herself back into the corner she had been in before Joe had arrived. Joe scooted himself under her bed as fast as he could without hitting himself on the head.
Justin was obviously drunk, Alison could tell by the way he stumbled into her room. "Is that boy up here?!"
Alison shook her head furiously, Justin gave the room a once over and then stumbled his way out.
"It's safe." She told Joe.
He made his way out,brushing himself off. "He really doesn't like me does he?"
"He doesn't like anybody." Alison looked at her feet.
"You really have no clue how beautiful you are,do you?" Joe replied.
