Cry me crimson tears

Changing

I wake up, dazed and confused. Unable to open my eyes yet, I feel strong arms around me, putting me down on a bed. The arms don't let me go though and I feel the weight of another body joining me on the bed. Remembering the last few minutes before I passed out, I realise those strong arms must belong to Belial. But instead of opening my eyes and moving away like I should, I relax into his arms and snuggle up to his chest. I feel him go stiff under me and feel his eyes on me. Seeing that my eyes aren't open, he relaxes and pulls me closer, sighing into my hair and whispering my name. 'You're messing with my head', I hear him say softly. Not wanting to analyse what that meant, I snuggle into him even more and fall asleep.

A couple of hours later, I wake up, held by two arms with my face nestled in a bare chest. I'm very confused, but I know that I have never felt safer and have had the best sleep of the last four years.

I slowly open my eyes, blinking at the face staring at me. I startle as I realise who I'm bed with. 'Belial', I sigh. 'What are you doing here? And where is here?', I say, looking around the room that I don't recognise. 'You're in my room. As for why I'm here, well it is MY room.' 'Yeah, I see that, but why am I in here, in bed with you?', I ask tentatively. 'Do you remember anything from last night? You were pretty drunk', he asks. 'Apparently, my head hurts like hell.' 'I bet', he laughs and I feel that laugh in my entire body, being so close to him. It sends tingles down my spine. What is this, I'm not supposed to be feeling this, I think to myself. 'Ok, Pandora, focus', I tell myself.

'I remember leaving the ballroom after saying goodnight to my parents. Did I piss them off? Probably. I was walking back to my room and I ran into Damien. But that's all I remember', I tell him. 'Well, that brute tried to force himself on you and when I pulled him of you, you fainted in my arms. He was lucky I had to hold on to you, or I would have kicked his ass. I carried you back to my room, because I didn't know where yours was and mine was pretty close. I didn't want you to be seen and for more people to get involved. When we got here, you came to for a little bit and then fell asleep.' 'That still doesn't explain why I'm in bed with you though', I glance up at him, 'Or why you still have me in your arms.' He tries to pull away, but I just snuggle closer. 'Not that I mind', I add quickly. His arms go a bit tighter around me. 

'Well, when I put you in the bed, you pulled me with you and you fell asleep splayed out on my chest. I didn't want to wake you, so I just stayed put. And you're pretty warm, so that was an added bonus', he chuckles. 

'Okay, so what happens now?', I whisper. 'We could just stay here a little longer', he whispers back. I sigh, not wanting to think about what this means, and snuggle closer to his chest. Slowly, I close my eyes and feel myself drifting to sleep again.

Hi everyone. Sorry for the delay in this part of the story. I have been away at camp for a while with no great access to internet, so that's why I'm a bit later. I hope you liked this addition to the story :). X Lotte