lot.
“Of course we can, let’s go.” He secures my seatbelt and plants a kiss to my forehead.
It only takes 10 minutes to arrive at his apartment, luckily his roommates are still at the golf course so we have the place to ourselves. Once we get inside he grabs me a bottle water from the fridge and hands me some tissues. This man is amazing, he warms my heart. I hope this doesn’t end badly.
Travis
I position myself securely next to her on the couch, my arm wraps protectively around her shoulder tucking her to me. I have never seen someone look so terrified in my life. I want nothing more than to keep her safe from whatever she’s scared of. My free hand reaches up and gently caresses her cheek, as I smile dimly at her.
“You ready to tell me what’s going on blue eyes? What the source of that fear I see in there is so I can make it disappear,” I say softly, my eyes never leaving hers.
“No,” she sighs, “But I don’t think I have much of a choice anymore, just-just promise me you won’t leave.”
“I promise you that no matter what you tell me right now, that there isn’t a thing in the entire universe that would make me leave your side,” I assure her.
She takes a deep breath as if steadying herself and it makes me nervous. What could have possibly happened to this remarkable woman to make her so afraid?
“It was 3 years ago today…I-I was dating a guy named Cole. We had been together since freshman year so for about two years. He was the quarterback of our high school team and the Mayor’s son. Everyone thought he would go pro one day, everyone loved him. At one point I thought I did too.” she pauses and closes her eyes, her pain stabs at me. I squeeze her shoulder, a small gesture of reassurance. “It was a Friday night and my dad was on call at the Fire Station. He was the Captain back then, Cole had insisted he should come over and keep me company so that I wasn’t alone. I didn’t’ see any harm in it, we have been alone before; but something about him was different that night. I-I should’ve sensed it then, there were signs…I-I just didn’t want to see them.” She exhales softly. “Anyways, everything was going great…we were on my couch and we-we were making out,” she pauses again but I don’t flinch, my eyes are focused on her. “He was getting carried away, starting to go further than I wanted so I started to push him away, to tell him that I wasn’t ready, but he-he wouldn’t listen…he just kept pushing…I started to panic and I-I begged him to stop, his hands just wouldn’t stop. He was all over me, he was everywhere…his hands stopped being gentle and instead they became forceful. His eyes, his eyes were so dark, not the calming grey I was used to. They were, I don’t know how to describe it but they terrified me.” She starts to cry again.
I feel myself becoming enraged, my hands tighten so I have to stop touching her, I can’t let her see my anger. She starts rubbing her hands over her arms.
“Chloe, you don’t have to tell me anymore…you don’t need to relive it, I think I’ve heard enough,” I say as my jaw tightens, not wanting to picture this image anymore.
“No…no I need to tell you everything, you won’t understand if I don’t.” I nod and grimace. “I started to fight him off, but he slapped me and he called me a tease, told me that he knew I wanted it. He wouldn’t listen to me, I begged him, but he held me down, I started to panic and I-I grabbed the lamp next to the couch and hit him over the head. He stumbled back enough that I was able to get off the couch, I had almost made it to the door when his hand latched onto my leg and pulled me to the ground. He had blood trickling down his face over his eye I can still see it clear in my mind, he rolled me over and climbed on top of me. He ripped my shirt open
“Of course we can, let’s go.” He secures my seatbelt and plants a kiss to my forehead.
It only takes 10 minutes to arrive at his apartment, luckily his roommates are still at the golf course so we have the place to ourselves. Once we get inside he grabs me a bottle water from the fridge and hands me some tissues. This man is amazing, he warms my heart. I hope this doesn’t end badly.
Travis
I position myself securely next to her on the couch, my arm wraps protectively around her shoulder tucking her to me. I have never seen someone look so terrified in my life. I want nothing more than to keep her safe from whatever she’s scared of. My free hand reaches up and gently caresses her cheek, as I smile dimly at her.
“You ready to tell me what’s going on blue eyes? What the source of that fear I see in there is so I can make it disappear,” I say softly, my eyes never leaving hers.
“No,” she sighs, “But I don’t think I have much of a choice anymore, just-just promise me you won’t leave.”
“I promise you that no matter what you tell me right now, that there isn’t a thing in the entire universe that would make me leave your side,” I assure her.
She takes a deep breath as if steadying herself and it makes me nervous. What could have possibly happened to this remarkable woman to make her so afraid?
“It was 3 years ago today…I-I was dating a guy named Cole. We had been together since freshman year so for about two years. He was the quarterback of our high school team and the Mayor’s son. Everyone thought he would go pro one day, everyone loved him. At one point I thought I did too.” she pauses and closes her eyes, her pain stabs at me. I squeeze her shoulder, a small gesture of reassurance. “It was a Friday night and my dad was on call at the Fire Station. He was the Captain back then, Cole had insisted he should come over and keep me company so that I wasn’t alone. I didn’t’ see any harm in it, we have been alone before; but something about him was different that night. I-I should’ve sensed it then, there were signs…I-I just didn’t want to see them.” She exhales softly. “Anyways, everything was going great…we were on my couch and we-we were making out,” she pauses again but I don’t flinch, my eyes are focused on her. “He was getting carried away, starting to go further than I wanted so I started to push him away, to tell him that I wasn’t ready, but he-he wouldn’t listen…he just kept pushing…I started to panic and I-I begged him to stop, his hands just wouldn’t stop. He was all over me, he was everywhere…his hands stopped being gentle and instead they became forceful. His eyes, his eyes were so dark, not the calming grey I was used to. They were, I don’t know how to describe it but they terrified me.” She starts to cry again.
I feel myself becoming enraged, my hands tighten so I have to stop touching her, I can’t let her see my anger. She starts rubbing her hands over her arms.
“Chloe, you don’t have to tell me anymore…you don’t need to relive it, I think I’ve heard enough,” I say as my jaw tightens, not wanting to picture this image anymore.
“No…no I need to tell you everything, you won’t understand if I don’t.” I nod and grimace. “I started to fight him off, but he slapped me and he called me a tease, told me that he knew I wanted it. He wouldn’t listen to me, I begged him, but he held me down, I started to panic and I-I grabbed the lamp next to the couch and hit him over the head. He stumbled back enough that I was able to get off the couch, I had almost made it to the door when his hand latched onto my leg and pulled me to the ground. He had blood trickling down his face over his eye I can still see it clear in my mind, he rolled me over and climbed on top of me. He ripped my shirt open
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