The forest inside me

Chapter 7:

Tristan's POV: I woke up, because Lia was breathing so heavily. She twisted next to me and made some mumbled noices. I pull her closer to me, so she feels safer. She is probably dreaming something. That pervert... I can't belive I let that happen to her. What could have hapend, I don't even want to know. She is like my little sister. Her mum is gone and she must be dealing with so much. I feel like I have to protect her, but how can I, when I let him get close to her. 

Now she is here, lying next to me, breathing shakily and shaking a little. I can do nothing abut it. I hug her aroung her waist to comfort her. Like I fired something in her she grabs my arm and pushes it away. She starts hitting my chest and pushing me from her. She is having a nightmare. I sit up and move away from her fists, but she keeps on hitting air. I hold her shoulders and shake her in attempt to wake her. "Lia, wake up. It's a nightmare," I say to her. She wakes up and quickly sits up. Like she is ready to fight whatever is infront of her. She realizes what is happening and tears stream down her face.

She look so scared and pained. I wish I could do or say something that would bring her comfort, but I just sit here. Like an idiot. Not knowing what to do, to make her pain go away. If only I could take her pain instead of her. 

She sobbs: "He- He was there  a-, a-, again. Try- -ing to rape me." She can barely speak while hiccuping. I brush the tears from her face and make her look at me: "Hey, shhh... It's okey. You're safe here. No one can hurt you..." She leans in my touch and puts her hand on mine. I bring her closer to my chest and wrap my arms around her.

Her back is resting against my chest and she is holding onto my arms. She is still sobbing and hiccuping. After some time, her breathing soothes. I lay us down and she turns on her side, so her back is facing me. She is hugging the arm her head is resting on. I lay on my back. 

She is finally peacefull. I look around her room. It's dark in here. The only source of light is her globe. I close my eyes and try to sleep. 

I can't.

I try to think of something to help me fall asleep. Nothing helpfull comes to my mind, instead I recall the memory that makes me even more awake. 

I was teasing her while the play. That famouos stripping scene came on and I jokingly said that I look better than that guy Alex. I obviously didn't mean that. Teasing her is my favourite thing to do, because she is stubborn and gets mad quickly. She is not actually mad, she plays along with my teasing and tries to bully me back. 

Today, she didn't even look at me and give me a disapproving look, she just agreed with me. 

And I smiled like an idiot. 

I was shocked by her reaction, but happy for some reason. She blushed like a tomato and hid her face. I smile to myself at the memory. To be honest, I don't actually think she meant it. I think she did it out of a repulse to shut me up. Despite our childish fighting, she sees me as a brother and I love her like a little sister. She is also Iza's best friend and she would never forgive me if anything happened to her or between us. Not that it would.

Lia starts to turn to lay on her back. Does she realize she is laying too close to me for doing that? She moves her arm over my body and grabs my hand. What is she doing? She pulls my hand and brings it over her waist. With that she pulls my whole body so my chest is now pressed to her back. She snuggles more into my chest eliminating any space from between us. Okey, I see what she's trying to do. I wrap my arm tighter around her waist. I put my chin on her head and after a while I fall asleep with her in my arms and a smile on my face.

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Rosalia's POV: Where am I? What is happening? Who's arms are these?