I Know Your Scared Of The Unknown

Chapter 34

I pulled into my driveway, pulling my car as close to the house as I could. I looked over to see that Sophie was still passed out in the passenger seat, my heart breaking for her as my eyes roamed over every inch of her body. I suddenly wished that I took the time to get to know her better when we were in Italy, maybe if I did she would've opened up to me more and I would've known about all of these insecurities that she was harboring inside of her. But, instead everything that I did last night unearthed the demons that her and Lauren had worked so hard to bury.

I knew that trying to tell her now that she didn't have to change herself for me, was going to be a lost cause. She had it set in her head that she was going to change herself to make me proud of her and a huge part of me was hoping that it was just the alcohol talking, but after Lauren had told me that it wasn't going to be easy and that I couldn't give up I knew that I brought out a new Sophie.

I let out a sigh at my stupidity, resting my head back against the headrest trying to gather myself before pushing open the door as I slid myself out of the drivers seat, closing the door behind me as I headed over to Sophie. I unbuckled her seatbelt and wrapped her arm around my neck as she slumped into my chest, her tiny body feeling like it weighed three hundred pounds as I scooped her out of the passenger seat and started carrying her towards my house. I paused at the door, catching the attention of Adam as he quickly ran over to the door and pushed it open moving to the side as I walked in.

"She okay bro?" Adam asked looking at Sophie's seemingly lifeless body as I started carrying her through the kitchen heading towards the hall that led to our bedroom. I looked over at him giving him a quick head nod as I continued on my path, pushing our bedroom door open with my foot as I walked in and placed her on the bed. I'd be lying if I said carrying her was a breeze, especially after laying her down on the bed my arms felt like they went through one of the most intense workouts they have ever had.

I carefully took off her shoes, laying them carefully on the floor as I pulled off her loose fitting pants and slid her into a pair of her pajama shorts that she had laying on a chair next to our bed deciding to leave her in the tank that she already had on. I pulled the covers down under her body before moving her legs between the sheets resting the blanket on top of her as I pressed a kiss to her head.

"Sophie baby, we are going to get through this. I am going to be here for you and I'm going to get you back" I said quietly, my hand running over her hair. I let out a sigh as I walked out of the room, closing the door behind me as I headed towards the kitchen.

"You don't have to tell me if you don't want, but what the hell is going on?" Adam asked as I walked into the kitchen, sitting himself comfortably in one of the stools at the island as he swung the chair back and forth like a toddler. I gave his actions a quick laugh as I walked towards the refrigerator, grabbing a beer from the shelf as I popped it open taking a long sip.

"Well that depends, what do you know?" I asked holding the cold blue can tightly in my hand as I looked at him, my lips pursed together as I raised my eyebrows.

"Just that you were trying to hook up with some chick at Mike's party" he said, the way that the words flowed off of his mouth like it was no big deal made me hang my head. I couldn't believe that this had become my personality, that it was almost as if it was expected of me to fuck shit up. I brought my head up to look at him as I let out a nod, bringing my beer to my lips.

"Okay so you know what started this so let's go from there" I said with a sigh. I walked over to the island, setting my beer down next to me as I rested the palms of my hands on the surface, my fingers curling under the edge as I leaned on them heavily. "She left last night, didn't tell anyone and just got up and left. She went to her friend Lauren's house. Instead of being the husband I should've been by getting in a car to go and get her, I settled with Lauren telling me that she was okay and climbed in my bed and slept alone last night" I said shaking my head back and forth.