Dawn in Vancouver

Chapter 39: "The Promise"

"And when you smile the whole world stops and stares for a while 'cause, girl, you're amazing. Just the way you are"

"Just The Way You Are" by Bruno Mars

3/3 OF THE MARATHON

Camila sighed seeing Lauren's beautiful face and her gaze filled with sadness. Her legs were still shaking after hearing her utter "my love". Lauren was her love too, her deepest love.

"I trust you, my love," Camila replied as Lauren sighed. "My love" there was no turning back now.

"Then I want you to tell me what that stupid man is doing to you," Lauren's voice was soft as she looked into her eyes.

Camila looked down for a moment and sighed. How could she tell Lauren that after what she had been through with her mother, she had also allowed herself to be mistreated? She didn't want Lauren to be disappointed in her now that they were starting to have some special time.

"It only happens when we have sex," Camila said, feeling a lump in her throat. "He likes the sex to be rough, rough and even though I hate it he prefers it that way, and he doesn't measure his strength."

"But it does look like he beat the shit out of you," Lauren said painfully and stroked her face, noticing the bruise that was now a little darker in color and some of her hair was covering it.

"He never hit me," Camila said looking away for a moment.

"Did you tell them it hurts you?" Lauren asked, "That you don't like sex that way? Did you tell him you like to be caressed tenderly?"

"I only like it when you and I do it," Camila's eyes turned loving. "I knew what it was like to make love when I was with you. With him I'm just like a robot" Camila sighed. "The only thing I can feel when I'm with him is repulsion" Camila closed her eyes and felt Lauren's tender caresses on her belly. "I don't respond in bed like I should because I feel uncomfortable."

"Just imagining him not touching you tenderly makes me want to kill him," Lauren whispered. "It hurts me that he would do this to you when you are the most passionate woman there is. You're so good in bed, you drive me crazy."

Camila felt her breath catch. She was good in bed. She was good in bed because she was madly in love with her.

"With you it's different," Camila said. "With you I never want to stop and I love it when you make love to me."

Lauren smiled sweetly at her and gave her a tender kiss and then caressed her cheek tenderly.

"What I gave you for the bruise, do you still have it? she whispered and Camila nodded. "Can I have it?"

"Of course my love," Camila said walking over to her purse and taking out the small bottle. She handed it to Lauren.

"Lie down on the bed" they looked into each other's eyes. "I'm going to put some of this on you, then I'll go to the drugstore and buy you something for the pain."

"You don't have to" Lauren looked at her fondly.

"I want to," she whispered in reply. "You're my princess. And I don't want anything or anyone to hurt you."

Camilla nodded and settled on the bed so Lauren could heal her. Her brown eyes traveled to the beautiful skin and her beautiful hair as she took off her jacket and tied her hair in a ponytail.

"That's a lot of marks," Lauren said, holding back her anger as she reached over and weighed the tip of her index finger over each mark that covered that beautiful skin.

"It hurts a little," Camila whispered. "But with your caresses the pain is greatly reduced."

"What if I give you kisses?" Lauren said tenderly, leaning down and placing a soft kiss on one of the marks. Lauren smiled as she felt Camila hold her breath and tense her abdominal muscles. The kisses continued down each of the marks. Small, meaningful kisses. One of Camila's hands stroked Lauren's hair as she continued to kiss her abdomen then reached where her underwear was. Lauren looked up to see marks under the cups that covered Camila's breasts and the rage came over her again.