Lurking Underneath

Chapter 1: First One In a while

This story will take place 2 years after Bayley and Sasha escaped from the roger's house and Mercedes Mom who is in jail for life. Please Read the first book Kidnapped before reading this one thanks and enjoy the second book.

Bayley (Pamela) POV: "No not again! Stop! Stop!" I had jolted awake to my girlfriend Sasha screaming all of a sudden in her sleep. "Baby. Baby It's okay wake up come on it's okay." I said as i was waking her up. I turned on the lamp on the nightstand on my side and looked over at Sasha who had sat up in bed trying to catch her breathe. I scooted next to her and held her to help her calm down a little more "Shhh... I am right here No one is going to hurt you as long as I am here okay." I said as i was stroking her hair. As i was doing that I looked at the clock which read 2:45 AM and we had a show in Las Vegas today and needed to be at the arena by 8AM for hair, make-up and all the other stuff. After a while of me holding her, she had calmed down and I let go of her "Baby are you okay?" I asked her while moving her hair out of her face "Yeah I'm okay baby. I just had a nightmare that i was... back in the torture room again." She said. I had noticed her voice trailed off at the end. This was her first nightmare about that place in about 6 months in almost 2 years since she had last seen her mother so i asked "What was she doing to you this time?" "She was whipping me while i was chained up with my arms above my head." Sasha Said in a scared shaky voice.

  I just pulled her into me and held her as I felt her trembling a little bit. "Hey, It was just a nightmare. She can not harm you anymore as long as she's behind those bars and I'm here too okay baby." She started crying when I said that. As I held her i kept thinking about how much trauma she is still dealing with even though it has been two years since it happened. She has been eating at a normal pace and not shoving it down her throat like she used to, she's now gotten comfortable showing skin but only when she wears her ring gear, using the bathroom and showering by herself, and sleeping by herself. Well most of the time because she's still afraid of the dark and still has panic attacks from time to time but not as often as she did the first couple of months after the incidents so i would be having to stay up with her until she had either calmed down and went to sleep on her own or she would sleep with me on the couch because she felt safe there. 

Sasha has to be on medication for her anxiety attacks so she won't have them as bad as she would when she isn't on them though. I looked at the clock and saw it was already 3 AM and we had to be up at 6AM to go for Breakfast with Becky (Rebecca) and Seth (Colby) before going to the arena and I noticed that she was still crying as i looked at her. I reached for the covers and pulled them over us hoping that she would just cry herself to sleep so i laid down with her in my arms and i was kissing her head softly while wrapping my arms around her protectively so she would feel safe while she slept. After about 15 minutes like this i heard her snoring peacefully, so i kissed her head one more time before i laid my head on the pillow and closed my eyes so i can get some sleep before the alarm goes off.

*BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP* 

I had woken up to the alarm on my phone going off. I was going to turn it off when i felt Mercedes start waking up "Hey Baby it's time to get up okay." I said while softly rubbing her back. She moaned and lifted her head and i saw her look at me and smile so we both kissed each other before getting out of bed. As we did i had seen all the scars from her back to her ankles as she walked to the bathroom and i started crying just thinking about how much pain my best friend endured while being held hostage 2 years ago "I'm going to go shower okay. If you want you can order-" She stopped talking when she saw my face "Baby what's wrong." She asked as she walked and brought me in for a hug. I hugged her back "It's just i'm seeing your...scars on your back and i'm just...Imagining the torture you went through..." I managed to say as i was sobbing into her shoulder.

Sasha (Mercedes) POV: She's still beating herself up for something that wasn't even her fault to begin with and this was her first time in a while that she had cried over something like this.  "Baby None of these scars are your fault okay. I promise okay I am fine." I said as i wiped away her tears falling from her eyes. "I love you" I said as i kissed her. As we both pulled away we both heard a knock on the door "Go Shower okay i'll meet you in a few minutes." Bayley said as she gestured to getting dressed as we both were naked from last night. I kissed her before heading into the bathroom so i can shower before the show tonight. 

I closed the restroom door and turned on the shower. After i took a shower i wrapped a towel around my body and looked at myself in the mirror and saw all my scars on my face and I just kept looking at it until i saw my mother's face in the reflection of where my face supposed to be. I just wiped my face really quick and i saw my face in the mirror again and i heard a small knock on the door "Hey Mercedes are you okay. Colby and Rebecca will meet us at the Sandwich shop at 6:30AM" Pamela said through the door. "Okay babe i'll be out in a few minutes i'm just putting on my clothes." I said back to her. I put on my clothes then started brushing my teeth when Pamela opened the door and walked in to put her arms around my neck and placed her head down on my shoulder and started placing kisses on my head and cheek so i leaned my head against hers "Don't forget your pill okay babe." She said as she gave me my pill. I then spit out the toothpaste while rinsing my toothbrush with water then popped my pill in mouth and gulped some water down before turning it off. "You ready now." Pamela said as she kissed me "Yes I am Now." I said before continuing our loving episode. After a few minutes Pamela decided to stop because Pamela pointed out that it was already 6:20AM. "We'll continue when we get home after the show babe." She said as she was getting our suitcases so we can leave then she comes over and hugs me and said "I promise" in my ear. I smiled at her before we both started walking out of our room to checkout for the night.