Behind These Walls

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Crystal's POV

"then you are the greatest mistake I have ever come across." I look at Christian while trying to bat away my tears but they just poured down like a river. I try to wipe my tears but the bandages are making it hard because it feels like I'm scratching my face. He brings his thumb on my cheek and wipes my tears for me. I press my self into his hand and sigh lightly.

"I'm here for you Crystal, always, you can count on me."He says. I nod slowly. He gets up from between my legs and next to me on the bench. He takes my hand and plays with it. He look at it for a moment as if debating on what to do."Mind telling me what happened to your hands?" He asks still looking at them. I pull my hand away and shove them both in my pockets. "I... I punched the wall quite hard after getting a C in my English class." That lie came faster then I thought.

"And you want me to believe that because?" He looks at me with a raised eyebrow like he knew I was lying. "Uhmm... Because it's the truth." I say to him and look a the ground. "You know you can tell me anything Crys.?" He sounded and looked so sincere, I nearly blurt out the truth but I just let my unknown tears fall. I felt him wipe them away. "It's nothing I can't handle, don't worry about me." I say to him as I feel more tears falling out. He takes my hand out of my pocket and places it onto his lap intertwining them. I look at him and smile lightly.

"Well whenever you are ready to talk, I'll be ready to listen." He stood up and made me follow his actions. We were walking, hand in hand. The atmosphere around us quite and comfortable. The birds chirping sweet melodies in the air. I look at this handsome boy next to me and wonder why is he doing this? Thinking he will leave me all alone as soon as he finds the truth behind my hands, bruises, limping and the always rushing home.

"Why are you doing this Christian?" I suddenly blurt out. "Doing what?" He asks looking confused. "This." I raise out intertwined hands. "Why do you seem to care for me, why are you being nice towards me, just why?" He stopped and tuned to look at me and I did the same. He sat down crisscross-applesauce, mind you we in the middle of the sidewalk. He pulled me down towards him and sat me on his lap." You wanna know why I'm doing this?" I nod my head laying it on his shoulder. I see him smile a little.

"I'm doing this because I care about you Crystal, I'm doing this because it makes me spend time with you, I'm doing this because it is making us become closer, I am doing this because I want to, doing this because I feel like you need someone there for you, I'm doing this because I wanna save you from the darkness you think you are trapped in, I'm doing this Crystal because you have managed to wiggle your little self into my heart, I'm doing this because I am falling for you and I can only hope you are close enough to catch me."

I nod my head with tears glistening in my eyes, at this moment I couldn't talk because the minuet I open my mouth I'll be a sobbing mess." let's go." He said snapping me out of my trance. I didn't even feel him getting us up.