My Beloved Friend

34. If Hell Was Earth

*2 weeks later*

Eva's P.O.V

    Every time I go to sleep he comes in, He got a key made for my room. I can't take it. I'm exhausted. I want out of here, I need help. I look up as my alarm goes off to take the muffins out. I get them set up and go flip the sign to open and unlock the door. I pour myself some espresso into regular black coffee, put a lid on it and take a sip. It doesn't taste the best but it helps. 

    "Eva, hey I need to ask you a question." Tom says coming and sitting down. "What's up?" I ask. He looks around to make sure no ones here. "What's really going on at the house, I heard screaming a few nights. I know it wasn't your mum cause she was gone." He says quietly and calmly. "Zach's exactly like my dad, he gets drunk, and yells. I get dramatic and yell when I'm scared. But he hasn't hurt me so it's not too bad. It's only at night." I explain. "Is that why you're so bloody exhausted?" He asks. "I guess, is it obvious?" I ask giggling. "Besides the huge dark bottomless pits under your eyes?" He asks with a grin. "Also, why did you start running again?" He asks. "I stopped kind of, now I only run on my way to work." I say. I get a muffin and hand it to him. "Eva, your losing weight again." He says. He gestures for my arm so I stick it out. He puts his fingers around the biggest part of my bicep. "The gap between my hand and your arm should not be this big." He says.

    "Tom, drop it. I'm recovering okay." I say shrugging it off. He just sighs. Eli comes in. "Hello darling, may I have a vanilla iced coffee and a strawberry pastry?" She asks. I make the coffee and hand her her pastry as her and Tom talk. It's a Sunday so it's not very busy. "Eli, do you mind if I ask your sexuality?" Tom asks out of the blue. "I don't care, I'm bi." She says smiling. "That's good to know, do you have a significant other?" He asks. "No, are you hitting on me?" She asks. "No, I'm just trying to get to know you better." He says giving her a innocent smile. I want to slap him so bad. "What time do you get off?" Tom asks. "1, it's a short shift today because a couple people want more hours." I say smiling. "Makes sense." He says. "Do you guys wanna come to Will's and watch a film with us? We're ordering pizza." He says. "Yeah sounds like fun." Eli says. "Yeah sure why not." I say smiling. 

    They leave and at the end of my shift we all meet back at Will's. "I got 2 cheese pizza's I hope that's okay." Will says. "I'm not very hungry, I had 2 muffins at work." I say smiling. "Suit yourself." He says shrugging. They all get there food and we go to the couch. "Can we watch Your Name?" I ask. "Um yes of course." Will says smiling. He turns it on and after a half an hour I put my head on Eli's shoulder and we slightly cuddle up and I feel myself falling asleep. 

   I wake up on the couch with my head on a pillow and a blanket over me. I'm so warm and comfy. I rub my eyes before shooting up. What time is it. "Will!" I yell. I stand up searching for my phone and find it. 5 p.m pops up on my phone. "Yes?" He asks turning the corner. "Why didn't you guys wake me up." I groan. "Eli said you were to cute to disturb, Tom said you haven't been sleeping much and you look tired." He replies followed by a shrug. "I need to go home, Zach's gonna be pissed if he's already drinking." I say gathering my stuff. "Hey relax, just call your mum and let her know your going to stay the night." Will says. "I can't I need to stream tonight and I have so much I need to get done." I say stressing out. "This isn't what I mean by stay busy Eva." He says rubbing his face.

    "I know, it just all sorta happened. Can I have a ride? Please." I beg with puppy dog eyes. "Yeah come on." He says. We get in the car but instead of driving he starts talking. "Are you sure everything's okay at home?" He asks. "As okay as it was before." I say shrugging. "What's going on you seem weird?" He asks. "What are you talking about?" I ask. "You're exhausted, you're barely keeping up with anything besides the bakery. What I'm thinking is somethings going on and there is proof, you're just covering." He says. "That's a theory which can't be proven Will." I say sighing. "I'm not leaving until you talk to me." He says turning his car back off. "Will you're pissing me off. Zach gets drink and loud every night and makes it hard to sleep. that's it." I say frustrated. Is he trying to get me killed? "Don't you have ear buds or ear plugs, head phones or anything?" He asks. "Yes but they don't work." I say loudly. "Why are you getting so defensive?" He asks. "Because you're asking me all these bullshit questions!" I yell. "This isn't like you Eva! I'm worried. I'm debating on making a call to child services." He says. "Any other person would've, why haven't you yet?" I ask annoyed, "Where are they going to place you? America? Some random perv? Plus you begged us not to and made us promise we wouldn't!" He asks.

     "I'm still just a teen, I understand I'm almost 18 but I'm not! I'm 17 trapped on a place that feels like eternal hell! You can't do shit, no one can. No one knows how to help me. There is no help at this point. I'm tired of trying, and fighting. All I want is peace, That's all I fucking want. It's not possible, so for now all I want is for you to drive me back to my house." I shout. "Do you want help?" He asks. "What?" I ask confused with tears in my eyes. "Do you actually want help?" He asks. "There's nothing that will help." I say fighting back my tears. "You act and sound like you don't." He states. "I do it's just that the risk of losing all of." He cuts me off. "We can go inside and talk, maybe make some calls. If you change your mind I'll take you home immediately." He says gently. "Promise me it won't make anything worse." I say fearful. "I promise, come on love." He says getting out and walking over to my side. I get out and he puts his arm around me leading me back to his apartment.