Kaden grabbed my hand and pulled me through the halls until we stopped on the roof of the school after going up a staircase I had never noticed before.
"Kade," I sighed as he pulled me to sit down beside him. "Look, it's not a big deal, at least I don't want to make it one. I'm sorry for lying, I just don't want to talk about it."
Kaden gave me a flat look, sighing. "I'm not mad you lied, I'm just hurt you felt like you had to be ashamed enough to not tell me."
I gave me a sheepish smile, "It's embarrassing, can you blame me? I didn't think things would get this out of hand with my mom, I didn't think she'd get to a point where she would be okay raising a hand on her kid."
Kaden frowned as he took my hands in his, his eyes soft as he looked at. Him holding my hands made my whole body w
