Always You

Shut Down

Randy POV

After the confrontation with her mum Emily said she wanted to leave the mall and so I had brought her straight back to the hotel. She was quiet the whole way back and when we got to the room she still wasn't speaking to me, it was like she had just shut down and shut me out.

"Baby talk to me" I say crouching in front of her

"I'm fine" she says looking at her hands instead of me

"I love you" I say taking her hands in mine

"I know" she says and I'm shocked to say the least, in all the time I had known her this was the first time she hadn't said it back and I'm not going to lie it hurt

"Em please don't shut me out, not now, not after everything" I plead "I just want to be there for you but I can't if you won't talk to me"

"Randy please" she says taking her hands out of mine "I don't want to talk about it"

"So what? I'm supposed to just sit here and watch you disappear inside yourself?" I ask "I know your mum said some horrible disgusting things, I heard them, but you can't let her get to you, she's not worth it"

"You didn't hear all of them" she says quietly

"What else did she say to you Em?" I ask

"It doesn't matter" she says shaking her head

"Obviously it does because it's bothering you" I say

"Just leave it please" she pleads

"Then why mention it then?" I ask starting to get frustrated "why mention it when you have no intention of telling me? What was it Em? Was it something about me? Something about us? What was it? Becuase all I know is we were fine this morning and then she shows up and you won't even look at me. What......."

"STOP!" she shouts taking me by suprise as she stands and walks away from me. Never and I mean never has she ever raised her voice to me, even when all that shit was happening with Kim she never once shouted at me.

"I asked you to leave it, I said I didn't want to talk about it why can't you accept that?" She asks "you know what I can't do this right now I'm sorry Randy............I just need to be alone right now"

Before I have chance to say or do anything she grabs her bag and the car keys and walks out of the room. I stand there stunned not knowing whether to let her leave or go after her.
Deciding on the second option I go after her but I make it to the car park just in time to see her drive away.

One hour later

An hour, one whole hour that's how long she's been gone, she won't answer my calls or my texts, Sam hasn't heard from her and I have no idea where she's gone.

I grab my phone with the intention of trying to call her again but my phone rings and the one name I don't want to see comes on the screen - Mark.

"Mark" I say answering the phone

"Randy I'm really hoping you can tell me why my daughter isn't answering her phone" he sighs

"Um" is all I can manage

"What in the hell did you do now?" He asks

"Nothing, I swear this time it is not my fault" I say

"What's happened Randy? Where is my daughter?" He ask

"I don't know" I sigh "we um we went to the mall today and she....her mum was there, she said some pretty horrible things to her"

Mark listens as I explain the whole conversation as I heard it, everything I heard her mother say to her.

"And then I told her she was a sadistic, cold hearted, evil witch and told her to leave" I finish

"Remind me to buy you a drink next time I see you" he chuckles "so what happened after that?"

"I brought her back to the hotel as she said she wanted to leave but the whole way here she wouldn't talk to me, and when we got to the room she still wouldn't talk to me" I say "I tried to get her to talk to me, she said that I hadn't heard everything and when I tried to get her to tell me she exploded at me, said she needed to be alone and left, she took the car and I have no idea where she went"

"Is her stuff still with you?" He asks

"Yes she didn't take anything" I say

"That God damn woman" he says "I wish she'd go burn in hell, alright he's what we'll do, give her another hour see if she comes back if she doesn't call me and I'll head up to you and you start searching"

"I'm so sorry Mark" I sigh

"Don't you give me none of that son" he says "this is not your fault, that woman has venom running through her veins, she's to blame for this. If I know my girl and I do she'll be back once she's cooled off"

"I hope so" I say "I love her Mark, I don't how to be without her"

"I know you do" he says "and she loves you, she'll be back"

Ending the call I lay back on the bed, I wonder where she is right now, if she's even thinking about me. I hope he's right and she comes back but even more than that I hope that her not saying I love you back doesn't mean what I think it means.