Money can't buy love

~10

Thomas:

After we grabbed some breakfast for us and the girls we started walking home. Suddenly I remembered the conversation I had with Sam a while back.

"Chloe" I said while turning my head to face her. She smiled at me "Yes?" I took a deep breath "Remember the day you got mad at us and we came to apologize while you were talking to Sam?" I asked her. Chloe nodded her head "Yeah, I do remember. Why?"

I was nervous because well I had no idea how she would react. "Elena said that Sam is not just a friend to you. I tried asking him, but all he told me was that you were his ex-girlfriend." Her eyes widened in shock before she looked at her feet. "He is" She whispered. I looked at her confused "Chloe, what's wrong with that? Not everyone is meant to be together" I told her to make her feel better. "Its' not that" She told me. "You can talk to me if you want to."

She sighed "I know, it's just that well Sam really did some stupid stuff that hurt me." Without thinking I pulled at her arm so that I could pull her closer to me. She complied and I hugged her tightly to my chest.

„He changed. Sam would never hurt you again. Remember when he got mad at me for hurting you?" She nodded her head against my chest. "See, that shows how much he cares about you. You are like a little sister to him" I told her while caressing her hair. "I know that he does" She started with "But he said some things that everyone I have met said to me as soon as I told them what happened."

I frowned "Chloe what did he say?" I questioned her. Her behavior was worrying me a lot. There is no way what happened was that bad it was it?

She gulped and avoided looking into my eyes, but I had nothing of that. I put my finger under her chin, so that she would have to look into my eyes. When she did, I could see how scared and nervous she looked. "Please tell me" I begged her.

Chloe nodded her head before she started speaking. "He did not believe me when I told him that I was raped" She mumbled.

I felt like killing Sam right now "He did what?" I nearly yelled. My anger towards the situation was clearly showing. "Thomas calm down, he knows it was wrong and apologized" She said. I breathed out in relieve "Ok then."

Then something hit me "Chloe?" "Yeah" She looked at my lips for a split second.

„Do you think I believe that as well?" I asked her. She looked at me confused "What?" "You said everyone you told did not believe you, do you think that I do not believe you either?" I asked her again. Her eyes filled with guilt but she quickly started looking at her feet instead, which was enough to answer my question. "I -well, I don't know " She stuttered.

„Chloe I do believe you. Every single word you said it the truth in my eyes, ok?" I slowly told her, being afraid that she would take it the wrong way. I did believe her and I wasn't lying but she's vulnerable right now.

That caused her to start crying. "What's wrong?" I asked while pulling her against me again. Her sobs only grew louder. "I'm scared" She mumbled.

I kissed her hair without thinking about the action or it's potential consequences "There is nothing to be scared about."

She shook her head against my chest.

„Then what are you scared of?" I questioned her, while still tightly holding her to my chest. There was a moment of silence until she spoke four words that broke my heart in two.

„I'm scared of you."

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I'm sorry for the short chapter. I'm not sure where to go with this story, so the chapters might be shorter for a few weeks or until I figure it out

Edit: I'm on a roll today