Never Again

Chapter 6: Another night

Alicia's POV: when i woke up i smelled bacon, eggs, and pancakes. The smell was overwhelmingly intoxicating, i quickly rushed towards the bathroom to wash my face and look somewhat decent. i walked down the hallway towards the enticing scent.

"Oh good morning al, sleep well?" he spoke so cheerfully, "huh? oh yeah i slept well thank you for letting me stay the night" i replied in a small voice, his presence made me feel like a school girl. His majestic blue eyes shone brightly to draw me closer, his lips were pink and plump, his hair was tousled from sleeping and his skin was mildly white and soft. He handed me a plate of the delicious breakfast. We devoured the whole meal in peace and then created small talk between us, a few jokes placed here and there.

"Can i ask you something al?" niall said in a serious manner

"sure"

"were you abused?"

the room went silent, only the sound of a ceiling fan twirling made the silence, not so silent. I stared at his soft eyes, full of compassion, i looked down and sighed. slightly nodding slowly. His breathing was heavier and sounded like he was holding back a cry.

"How did you know?" my voice barely audible

"The hurt in your eyes is unmistakable al" he replied, his voice seemed hoarse.

i just nodded and kept silent, that seemed safe.

After a few minutes of no talk, he got up and moved towards the sink, he slowly washed dishes signaling my cue to exit the kitchen. I slowly walked to my room and shut the door. It took 3 years to forget about it constantly, now it takes one instant to rush it all back into my brain, my eyes feel heavy with mositure, struggling to keep my tough girl act on i regained my composure. This is who i am, the girl who was beat and raped consistantly, tossed aside like garbage to escape a lifetime of tourture, sleeping in a complete strangers home and it taking only one day to see the abusement in me.

I packed up everything and then helped clean up the room as much as possible. When i came out of my room niall was flipping through channels in the living room.

"I need to get going-"

"where" he interrupted.

shit. he knew i was homeless, how does he aquire this information so fast?

"Just going" i replied

"you have no where to go, just stay here until you do" he said flatly, he seemed set on what he just said.

i paused and then turned to face him, his face was unreadable, like a blank page. "Do you want me here for some unquestionable reason?"

"you're here, safe, not out there getting abused, hurt or killed"

"why do you care? you dont even kn-"

"You're a human being for goodness sakes alicia! you have feelings and a heart just as much as anyone else does! why in the world would'nt i let you stay here? you have no place to call your own! is that good enough reason?! is it?" he shouted suddenly making me startled.

We sat frozen for a minute, he calmed some. "I'm sorry, i shouldnt have been so tardy niall" i whispered, my voice regain was slow. "Its fine, i was a little...rough" he stated, i felt relieved after i returned my duffle bag and sat on the couch a ways bit away from his figure, he seemed friendly enough, but why would he care about little old me? im nothing. Nothing but a bit of flesh, here in his house, for another night.