Promises

Chapter 10

-IVORY

Me and Remi had our first kiss. It was amazing. I can't feel my legs anymore and my stomach is in my throat. I felt so secure as our lips touched each other's. I felt an instant connection, like I could never get sick of his touch. But this isn't what I'm most concerned about right now.

I run out of the bathroom as a man runs in. He smashed the door down and is threatening Remi. I don't know who he is. Remi told me to leave so I'm currently standing right outside the bathroom to make sure Remi is safe.

"Mykel, get the fuck away from me or I'm calling the cops," Remi screams.

"You wouldn't, not on your own father. Where will you go? A foster home?" the man replies. That's Remis dad? I feel tears running down my cheek. I feel so bad for him.

"I told you, you aren't my father anymore, I fucking hate you, you treat me like shit, this isn't how a dad treats his son," I hear Remi cry.

"It is when your son acts like you," his dad screams. I hear a loud crash in the bathroom and I run inside. Remi was lying on the floor, with blood dripping from his head. I look at his dad.

"You fucking dickhead. This is how you treat your son?" I say to him.

"Ivory its ok, don't say anything, I don't want him to hurt you," Remi says, barely able to speak.

I give his dad a dirty look and run over to Remi. I put his head into my lap and plant a few kisses all over his face. I open the door to the cupboard beside me and find some cotton pads and a disinfectant. I pat it gently onto the area of his head that's bleeding.

His dad leaves the room.

"Your dad seems like an ass," I say.

"He's not my dad, don't call him that," Remi says, clearly pissed.

"Oh, I'm sorry," I give him a reassuring look.

"How did you fall?" I ask him.

"He pushed me up against the wall and I smacked my head and I fell," he explains.

I look over at the wall, I see a spot of fresh blood dripping down the wall. I look around the rest of the toilet. There was dried blood on the sink, walls and floor. This isn't good.

"Remi, if you need a place to stay, you're welcome to stay at mine," I tell him.

"I'm grand, just leave it, I'm too much work, if you want to leave after this I don't mind, I understand," a tear rolls down his face and lands on my leg. His tear is cold on my leg and it sends shivers up my body.

He sits up and sways side to side as he tries to find his balance.

"I'm not finished cleaning your cut, lie back down."

He puts his head back down without hesitation. He smiled up at me and I lean in and kiss his nose. I finish cleaning up and put a plaster on it for now.

"Take that off once you get to my house, Ill clean it properly at mine so it doesn't get infected. I help him sit up and we stare at each other for a minute. I look down and my hands and Jades dress is covered in blood. Jade is going to kill me. I wash my hands and help Remi up.

"Ivory, thank you so much for not giving up on me," Remi says as I try wash as much blood as I can out of the dress with cold water.

"Of course, why would I, at the end of the day, I am in love with you." Why did I just say that? I froze on the spot.

"I'm in love with you too."