marcus had been more agitated and depressed since autumn got back with eli. he wasn't surprised, it made sense someone like autumn would be with eli instead of him. eli had his life together and marcus clearly didn't. they tried to stay friends but it was hard for marcus to see her or talk to her and know she wasn't his anymore. he froze when he got off his motorcycle and saw her leaving and he nearly lost himself when she spoke. "ah, i thought i saw him leaving while i was coming home..." marcus was having a hard time looking at her and he was trying his best to avoid eye contact. "so um...you doing good? i mean i figured with him you're probably doing okay." he knew she was having a hard time after being raped and he hated thinking about it.
"i guess i'm okay…" autumn didn't mean to lie to marcus, but she also didn't want to feel anything right now. she'd been telling everyone the story over and over and it was still eating away at her. it's like nothing could help, even when eli poured hours into autumn, she was stuck in that horrible moment with the boys who were torturing her. "I've been sleeping with elena and my mom every night… and both of my dads… they're just messes. they're scared we're going to get hurt again." autumn blurted out, she always had a way of telling marcus everything on her mind. "and don't get me started on my brothers. they're ready to kill anyone at this point."
marcus could tell she wasn't really okay but he knew there wasn't really much else to say. it broke his heart to hear how she couldn't sleep alone now but he was thankful at least eli could be there for her even if he couldn't. it didn't surprise him that her brothers were out for blood because he was too and so was eli. their own family was hurt by them too along with autumn. "i know how they feel…you won't get hurt again, everyone and their mother is looking for them…all of us. they hurt too many people i care about, i'm ready to kill all of them and i know eli is too." marcus sighed and finally looked at autumn. "you don't have to go if you don't want to…"

























