*Kiley sat outside on the swing set in her back yard. The crutches she used to get around lay abandoned in the grass nearby. Kiley had taken the drugs she had been sent and was in a haze. Everything was okay....her leg didn't hurt, she didn't have to think about milo too deeply and think of his new job, she wasn't thinking of harshing...and even though the wind whipped her hair around her face, turning her cheeks and nose a light pink, she wasn't all that cold. Kiley closed her eyes and smiled faintly. She was simply existing. She wanted milo to be there with her so she could kiss him and try to get him to relax....but even if he didn't show she would be okay.*

*Ian had managed to sneak out of the school for a few hours to come to the Resistance HQ. They probably wouldn't need him for anything, as usual, but he needed to get away from everyone. He was desperately injured, but no one at the school would help him with anything, because they were the ones hurting him for being against The Family. He needed to be somewhere safe, and this was the only option at the time.

No one was in the living room or kitchen when he arrived, so he headed to the backyard to see if anyone was there. He saw Kiley standing out in the grass and walked over to her. He was standing right beside her before he even said a word*

Ian:"Hi Kiley."



OOC: No one ask me how this boy got to the house. lol.



~Mel

*Kiley opened her eyes and turned her head to look at Ian. She smiled and rested her head on the chain of the swing she was sitting in* "Hey Ian....what are you doing home? How's hogwarts? I miss it..." *She sighed and looked up at him, her eyes a little glazd and her pupils dialated.*

*Ian, being naive, didn't think anything of Kiley's glazed eyes.*
Ian:"It's horrible. The Family has completely taken over everything and I hate it. They make it their job to hurt anyone who is known to be against The Family. I never want to go back, Kiley, never."



~Mel

"You don't have to. I miss you not being here." *She said quietly, reaching out and taking him by the hand, pulling him closer and leading him to the swing next to her* "How's Mel?" *She asked quietly? turning to face him. Kiley swung back and forth a little, letting her hair fall foward across her chest.*

*Ian was forced into the swing. He surprised by Kiley saying that he shouldn't go back to school. Just a few weeks ago she had forced him to go back, after all. He stared at her with a with an inquisitive look upon his face, but he hadn't yet put 2 and 2 together.*

Ian:"I'm not allowed to talk to her. I'm not even allowed to think about talking to her anymore. Not without being hurt."

*Was she completely blind to his injuries? It wasn't like Kiley to just look at someone who was as beat up as him and not do anything.*



~Mel

"You're not allowed to talk to her? Why not?" *She said quietly. Kiley rubbed her eyes with her fists then reopened them. They were slightly red now* "Ian......did someone hurt you? What happened?" *She said slowly, reaching out and brushing her cold fingers across his face* "Who did this?"

*Ian looked directly into her eyes at this moment, and it hit him. She was high. God dammit, the one person he had been depending upon wasn't there either. In one fluid movement, he knocked Kiley's hand away from his face, stood up, and walked a few steps away, leaving his back turned to her.*

Ian:"You don't care either." *he muttered, both anger and sadness in his voice.*"You're just like everyone else. I thought you would be here for me."



~Mel

*Kiley watched him go in suprise.* "I'm right here Ian." *She said seriously, holding the hand that he had hit in her other.* "Of course I care about you...you're my family......you're like my little brother." *Deep inside Kiley reeled slightly. Did he know? But she was taking them for pain. He had to understand.*

Ian:" 'Like your little brother', right," *he snapped, turning around to look at her* "Then explain Alex and Mel, Kiley. I AM their little brother and neither of them care at all. Besides, if you did care, you wouldn't be high right now. You wouldn't have taken so long to notice that I'm a mess and all because I'm trying to help you."



~Mel

"I'm not high." *She said defensively* "And if I was, it wouldn't be all because of you." *She paused a moment and looked down at her slowly healing leg* "I'm sorry about Alex and Mel...but really Ian, what did you expect when you joined up with me? Since when has anything I've ever done headed a good result?" *Kiley's voice was rising, the drugs making her reactions bigger than they normally would have been*

Ian:"You've done plenty of good things, Ki, so stop saying that. I just hate this...,feeling like I don't have anyone to go to. I'm not used to it...even after mum died and dad left, I had Mel. Now I don't have anyone. Can't you just...can't you- never mind. It's asking too much of you, I wouldn't make you do that. You have enough on your mind right now.*



~Mel

*Kiley had almost interrupted him and started on about her mom and dad and brother, but somehow managed to keep it all in. It wasn't easy....another byproduct of the drugs. Somewhere in the back of her mind, Kiley wondered if Anthony had coated the pills in cannibas oil or something.* "What? Tell me." *She demanded, looknig upat him before rubbing her eyes and sighing*

Ian:"No, you'd think that it's stupid and you might get upset. It's dumb, I don't even know why I thought of it at all, it was selfish. But now you're going to make me tell you and I'm digging a deeper hole with every word I say."


~Mel

"Ian. Just tell me the f**king idea." *She said, looking over at him. Kiley rarely dropped the F-bomb, and she hadn't reallyment to then, but it had just slipped out* "Sorry..." *she muttered after a pause* "Please?"

*Ian gave Kiley a look that said 'see what I mean?'. He sighed and decided he should just tell her, because he would have to eventually.*

Ian:"I want you to take Mel's place, Kiley. I want you to be my caretaker...type...surrogate mother thing. I know you'll have Becky when all of this is over but...until then....I need someone."

*Kiley stopped and looked at him. She couldn't believe it. After everything they had been through....he really wanted her to take care of him* "Ian, I would be honored but.....are you sure you want that?"

Ian:"Well, yeah." *he told her, very embarrassed.*"I mean, I grew up with you being around all the time, and you've almost always been nice. You've done some stupid things and you've hurt me, but it doesn't matter. You're all I have right now, with Mel joining The Family, Becky being with Mel, and Alex refusing to talk to me. I need someone."

"But, Ian....thi siisn't going to last forever. There's going to come a point when the family falls and everything's back to how it used to be? What then? What will happen then?" *Kiley felt horrible out this...she wasn't a good person. She was broken or something. She had lied to him not five minutes before about her drug use and now here he was, what? Asking to be adopted?"

Ian:"I'll figure that out when it comes to it, because it all depends on what happens. I might not even be alive when this is over, who knows. I don't want to get my hopes up. I'll make this great plan of what's going to happen and what it's going to be like, and then it won't happen."