"There's my beautiful girlfriend."Henry said with a whistle as he strolled into my room.

"Your girlfriend is busy and could actually use some help, so grab a box and start packing."I replied shoving a box into his arms.

Instead of doing as I'd asked, Henry tossed the box aside and pulled me into his arms.

"Baby we really don't have time for this right now. I need to finish packing our rooms and start figuring out where we're going."I demanded trying to pull away but Henry was not having it as he tightened his arms around me.

"There's always time for a hug and you've been working all day, time to take a break."Henry countered.

"I'll take a break when I'm done here."I sighed.

As much as I didn't was to admit it, Henry was right and I was indeed tired. I had been working all day, getting us ready for our big move. It seemed like in one year we had doubled our belongings so it was taking a lot longer to pack that it had been to unpack.

"Sit down with me for a few minutes and I promise you I'll let you get back to it after you take a short break."Henry proposed.

I didn't have the energy to fight him so I just relaxed and let him pull me down on the bed next to him. My room was a mess with boxes, clothes and shoes all over and even if I was tired I knew it would be worth it in the end.

"Where have you been all day?"I asked Henry realizing it was the first time seeing him since morning.

After the more than revealing goodbye we'd said to his family we'd gone out for dinner and a movie before coming back home. We'd watched another movie before passing out on the bed. I had woken Henry up with morning sex and breakfast in bed to console him for his terrible family before I got packing. He had left with some excuse about the arcade but other than that I hadn't seen or heard from him all day.

"I went to get you a surprise."He answered.

"But I don't like surprises."I reminded him.

"I know but you will love this one."He assured me.

"I doubt it but it's nice of you to try. So where is it? Can I see it?"I inquired.

"You'll see it soon but before we do I've got to tell you something first."Henry replied.

"I'm all ears."

Henry took a deep breath before taking my hands in his and maintained eye contact.

"When you and I agreed to move away together we never really talked about where we wanted to go. We're also not sure about joining college for now which is okay. So I got to thinking of how you and I have life a sheltered life since birth. We're now finally done with highschool and have the chance to live our own lives. Why don't you and I take a gap year and travel around the country. We can even go overseas if you want. Charlie can come too and we'll homeschool him for that one year."Henry suggested laying it all out there.

"You want us to travel for a whole year?"I asked trying to wrap my head what he was suggesting.

"Yeah, it will only be the three of us on the road. It's going to be fun so please don't say no."Henry pleaded looking at me with those electric blue eyes that I loved so much.

What he was suggesting wasn't crazy and we did love to travel plus neither of us wanted to go to school right away. Charlie would love being home schooled as we travelled. It was a good idea and I really didn't need to worry about the money. Henry would not have suggested that if he didn't have it all planned out.

"Okay."I replied.

"Okay what?"Henry asked.

"Okay we will travel everywhere together."I confirmed.

Henry rewarded me with a beautiful smile before he leaned in to kiss me.

"Yes, hell yes."He cheered getting up and pulling me into his arms so he could twirl me around.

We laughed and danced around the room excited about the decision we had just made.

"Time for your surprise now."Henry declared as he took my hand and dragged me out of the room.

"Henry slow down."I demanded trying to keep up with him.

He didn't instead he stopped, picked me up and started running down the stairs.

"Henry I swear to all that is holy if you drop me I will chop off your balls."I threatened holding onto his neck for dear life.

"Relax, I won't drop you and besides you like my balls."Henry smirked giving me a sly wink.

"Less and less by the minute."I retorted.

"Well prepare yourself to like me a whole lot more."Henry replied as he walked through the open front door.

He put me on my feet before turning me around so I was facing the driveway.

"Henry what did you do?"I asked looking at the beast of a vehicle parked in front of me.

"I bought us an RV to travel with."Henry replied taking my hand and leading me slowly towards it.

"Are you kidding me? This must have cost a fortune."I exclaimed still trying to wrap my head around what I was seeing.

It was an all black Thor Chateau RV that screamed luxury and a lot of money.

"Well yes but it's worth it as it comes fully furnished. Let's go in."Henry said opening the door and leading me inside.

My jaw literally fell to the floor as I looked around. It was like an apartment on wheels because it literally had everything. A kitchenette, sofa, dinette, fridge, pantry, bathroom, closet and two TV's.

"Charlie can sleep over here while we take the bed."Henry explained showing me the cab-over bunk sleeping area.

I had just agreed to travel the whole country with him a few minutes ago but he had been planning it for a while seeing as the RV was fully stocked and furnished.

"What if I'd said no to your crazy idea?"I asked opening the fridge to see it already loaded with groceries.

"I was confident you wouldn't but I was willing to take that risk."Henry replied hugging me so my back was to his front.

"I love how you're always prepared for anything but this is a little too much. You're not in trouble because I love it but next time you make such a huge purchase please consult me first."I requested.

"Yes ma'am."Henry mumbled burying his face in my neck.

"This is going to be so much fun."I squealed pulling away from Henry's arms to run into the bedroom.

I jumped on top of the white sheets grinning up at the ceiling.

"Wanna christen it?"Henry asked standing by the sliding door separating the small bedroom from the rest of the place.

"Step into my chambers."I welcomed taking off my tank top and tossing it at him.

Henry did as asked locking us in that room for quite some time as we christened the bed. We emerged what felt like hours later, my legs wobbly from all our endeavours. Henry wouldn't stop grinning because I'd been the one to stop him from any more fooling around. He had too much stamina and I still had a lot of packing left to do.

"Where did you put that tiny moon pendant I gave you to hang over the rearview mirror?"I asked Henry thinking how cool it would look in the RV.

"Umh, crap. I left it in my car. It's back in the garage."Henry replied looking over at his parents house.

He had decided to leave them the car since we didn't really need two cars to travel and mine was more spacious because of the truck bed. Looks like with the RV I would be leaving my car behind too.

"It's okay we can go get it, it doesn't look like anyone's home."I suggested.

"Can't we just but another one? I really don't want to go back there."Henry requested.

"Nope, now let's go. We'll use the garage door since I'm sure they didn't change the code."I replied taking his hand and leading him towards the house.

It was really quiet in there and there was no cars parked in the driveway which supported my theory that no one was home. It took a little convincing but Henry finally gave in and punched in the code to let us in.

"I really don't want to be here."Henry whispered as we walked towards his jeep.

"Neither do I so if you grab it really quick we can leave just as fast."I proposed.

Henry glared at me before proceeding to do what I'd asked. As he retrieved the pendant I snooped around the huge garage. It had a lot of empty space to it which made my footsteps echo. A covered car at the furthest corner caught my attention so I walked towards it. I lifted the cover to reveal a very familiar striking blue.

"Didn't your brother say that he sold his car?"I asked Henry.

"Yeah why?"

"Because I'm staring right at it."I replied uncovering it some more to reveal more of the car.

"I'm sure he had his reason to lie. He probably wanted a new one or something."Henry shrugged.

"Probably but why leave it here where your parents can see it."I reasoned.

"That's none of our business, I've got the pendant so can we please go."Henry pleaded.

"Cool down grumpy pants, we're going."I retorted.

Before we could make a step to leave, the door connecting the garage and the kitchen opened and Matthew walked out with a bat in hand. He looked ready for war as he aimed it at us.

"Do you even know how to use that?"I asked wondering what he was thinking.

"Willow? Henry? What are you guys doing here?"He asked.

"We came to get something from the jeep. What's the bat for?"I asked as it was still aimed at us.

"Sorry I thought you guys were intruders."Matthew replied embarrassed putting it down.

"If we really were intruders, I don't think a bat would have helped."Henry mocked.

"I see it in the movies, thought it was cool to try."Matthew retorted with a shrug.

"We got what we wanted so we will get moving now before Matthew hurts himself with the bat."I teased taking Henry's hand.

In my wandering around my shoe had gotten tangled with a rope attached to the cover on Matthew's car. When I attempted to walk away I pulled the cover with me revealing the whole car.

"Shit! Sorry."I apologized removing the rope from around my leg.

"It's okay, I'll cover it you guys can go now."Matthew rushed out looking very freaked out.

"It's okay we won't tell on you, you should probably hide the car in a different place if you're to convince your parents to buy you a new one."I advised.

Matthew chuckled nervously but still looking scared as he attempted to cover the car.

"We'll help you cover it back?"I offered thinking he was worried about his parents seeing it.

"No!"He yelled tugging the part of the cover I was holding away from him.

"Dude what the he'll is your problem? She's just trying to help."Henry yelled back defending me.

"I'm sorry okay but I've got it."Matthew muttered.

He was acting very shady which led me to think that there was something he was hiding that he didn't want anyone to know.

"Fine well we're going. Good luck with whatever your doing."Henry replied taking my hand in an attempt to lead me away but I wouldn't budge.

I was looking at the car closely trying to figure out what Matthew was trying so hard to hide.

"Willow let's go."Henry demanded pulling me away but I wouldn't move.

I tugged my hand away from his grasp and moved towards the convertible. A scratch next to the front lights had attracted my attention. I moved to the left and gasped when I found that whole side scratched up as if he had been in a car accident.

"What happened?"I asked running my hand over the scratches.

"Little car accident but it was while ago, I'm okay now."Matthew choked out looking alarmed.

"Yeah but it looks like you hit someone or something, there's blood."I inquired looking closer at the car.

"It was a deer crossing the road."Matthew muttered looking more uncomfortable than ever.

"You should get it fixed then instead of keeping it here."Henry advised."Willow let's go."He pleaded looking uncomfortable.

I was about to give in and leave with him when something else caught my attention. Caught between the space between the bumpers was a sticker. I struggled a bit but I managed to pull it out. On close inspection I realized that it was a sticker with the face of Captain America and the Black Widow. On closer inspection I realized that it had a signature on it and I immediately dropped it when I realized what I was holding. It had Alex's messy signature on it. I stepped back and looked at Matthew shocked to my core as I tried piecing all together.

"Willow what's wrong?"Henry asked coming to my side.

"It was you?"I inquired my voice coming out all choked up as I pointed an accusing finger at Matthew.

Matthew looked at me scared from the fact that his secret had been discovered.

"Let me explain please."He begged trying to come closer to me but I stepped back.

"Will someone please tell me what's going on? Willow why are you crying and what did Matthew do?"Henry asked cupping my face as he swiped at my cheeks.

Only after he mentioned it did I realize that I was crying.

"Baby, what did Matthew do?"Henry asked softly looking at me concerned.

It hurt to say it or even think about it. The police had been looking for months but they never found the blue car responsible for Charlie's accident. It's like it had vanished into thin air yet all this time it was hidden in the Mayor's very own garage.

"He was the one who hit Charlie and Alex."I choked out the words feeling like acid on my tongue.

"He did what?!"Henry yelled turning to look at Matthew who looked ready very scared.

He had every reason to be scared. I had almost lost my brother yet and he had the nerve to try and look sorry.

"Guys I know how bad this looks but please let me explain."He begged.

Neither of us replied so he saw that as the go ahead needed to give us his explanation.

"Coach had just threatened to bench me for my lack of performance and mom was grilling my ass for my failed grades. I got drunk and I know I shouldn't have been driving but I still did anyway. I saw them too late and I was too scared to stop after I hit them so I drove straight home covered it up and tried to forget but it didn't work. I really wanted to turn myself in but I was too cowardly. I still dream about it every night, I can't sleep well, I can't think. After that I got benched permanently from the team because I couldn't perform well and now I won't go to college with a football scholarship like mom wanted. I know these seem like stupid excuses but I'm really sorry guys. I was was drunk okay, I'm so sorry."Matthew explained as he sobbed.

After he was done explaining, it was quiet for a few seconds as Henry and I tried to process what we had just learnt. I didn't even know what to think or say. Matthew almost killed my brother and he hadn't had the guts to turn himself in. What hurt more than anything was that if I'd never found his car he would never have confessed? If Charlie had died in that accident Matthew probably wouldn't have said anything just to cover his ass.

"You fucking bastard."Henry yelled and before I could blink he swung at his brother knocking him down.

Henry didn't stop with one punch, he fell over Matthew and continued punching him. The whole time Matthew just lay there and took the hits without hitting back. It's like he was punishing himself but using his twin to do it.

"Henry let him go."I requested swiping angrily at my tears.

"No he fucking deserves to die." Henry shouted as he continued pummeling his brother.

"Probably but you won't be the one to kill him. Baby let him go."I demanded softly holding his arm before he could swing again.

Henry got up with a huff but not before landing one last angry kick to Matthew's ribs.

"Do we call the cops on him?"Henry asked looking at me.

I thought about it and realized that I had no idea what to do. Matthew deserved to go to jail for almost killing my brother but he also looked like he regretted it. Even before Henry beat him up, he was already worse for the wear. He had been depressed ever since the accident and he kept trying to make things right with everyone. If my brother had died I wouldn't have thought twice about calling the cops but he had survived and I had to focus on the positive.

"I'll turn myself in."Matthew coughed out as he struggled to stand up.

He looked all bloody and his face was already starting to swell up.

"Oh now that we know you've got the courage to turn yourself in huh? The accident was three months ago you thoughtless jerk. Where were you then?" Henry yelled looking ready to beat him up again

"No one is calling the police or turning themselves in."I said speaking up.

Two faces turned to me surprised.

"Why not?"Henry asked.

"Because too much damage has already been done. If Charlie had died I would have killed you myself but he didn't so I'm going to focus on that. You deserve to rot in jail for what you did but I'm choosing to forget instead. I don't forgive you but I don't have time to dwell on this. Our lives are moving forward from now on and I'm chosing to leave you behind. I hope you can change Matthew because only when you do will you have truly atoned for your crime."I explained.

Without any further words I took Henry's hand and led him away.

"I still think we should turn him in but you are stronger than me. What you've done was admirable. I'm so proud of you."Henry said when we got back into my bedroom.

"Hold me please."I requested holding my arms out.

I didn't have to ask twice as Henry scooped me in his arms and held me close to him. I broke down in his arms running scenarios of what would have happened if Charlie had died. Matthew would punish himself for the rest of his life and to me that was enough. I just hoped that he would see the error of his ways and choose a different life.

"Let's get out of here."I sniffed against Henry's chest.

"We are my love, tomorrow morning we leave and never look back."Henry promised kissing my hair.

After what we had just found out I was happier than ever with our choice to leave. Crescent had never been our home and it was time to find where we truly belonged.