Megan

Chapter 3

"Excuse me, Miss lane we need to take your statement if your up to it?"
I pull away from Seb and nod, she walks me to the living room and we sit down on the sofas. Seb goes to leave but I grab his hand "please stay?"
He nods and sits next to me. Holding my hand tightly, I knew he was angry at what Margaret had done. He probably never thought she was capable of doing anything like that.

I sat and told the police everything, from the times he hit me to the times he did more then that. I can see Seb cringing at the words coming out of my mouth. He didn't know everything before but now he did. I just hoped he wouldn't hate me. "Thank you miss lane. We have all the evidence we need and we will be in contact with what happens next okay?"
I nod and she gently pats my shoulder before walking out.

Seb sits in silence, he doesn't look at me or move.
"I'll get my stuff"
I go to get up and leave but he stops me. Standing in front of me.
"Your not going anywhere Megs"
I start to cry again "I'm so sorry.....if I had just listened to you......If I hadn't pushed you away then maybe....."
He cups my face gently "no. You have nothing to be sorry for. He twisted your mind Megan. He made you believe that he loved you. That's not your fault. I don't blame you."

"You should hate me for what I did to you"
He shakes his head "I could never hate you"
He pulls me into another hug, rubbing my back to comfort me.
"I'm sorry about your girlfriend" I mumble into his chest.
"She isn't my girlfriend, I can't believe she would do that"
I stay quiet, I didn't know her well but I knew I didn't like her from the moment I met her.

We spend a few hours cleaning up and Seb offered to order in pizza. We sat on the sofa watching some rubbish on TV. My barley touched pizza on the plate in front of me. I couldn't stop thinking about what had happened. About the way he touched me. I can still feel his hands on me, his breath on my skin.

"Meg? You okay?"
I look up "huh?"
"Are you okay?"
I shake my head "not really. If you hadn't of walked in when you did he would off.......I couldn't stop him. I've never been able too. I'm too weak"
He places his plate on the table and comes closer to me. He holds my hand and makes me look at him.

"You are not weak. You survived Meg. Years of abuse and you survived. Your not weak okay"
"Seb what if he comes back......what if......."
"No. He won't get away with this, he was caught red handed Meg and with all the evidence you have given them there is no way he will get away with this"
I feel the tears fall, and he pulls me close.
"I'm sorry"
"Stop apologising. This isn't your fault"

"I think I'm going to go to bed"
"Okay. If you need anything just let me know okay?"
"Okay. Goodnight Seb"
"Night Meg"
I walk off to the guest room, climb into bed and try to settle down to sleep. If that was even possible.

Seb POV

I'm sat finishing up the pizza when I hear a loud scream coming from upstairs. I run upstairs and rush to megs room. She is thrashing around in bed and scream. I make my way over to her, gently gripping her arms.
"Meg wake up. It's not real. Come on Meg please open your eyes"
She shoots up, looking so scared. I see the tears leaving her eyes.
"He was here Seb"
"No he isn't okay. Your safe"
She shakes her head "I'll never be safe"

I wrap my arms around her and she sobs into my chest. Once she has calmed down, she pulls away and looks so broken.
"Seb?"
"Yeah?"
"Can you stay with me please?"
I nod "of course, let me just go clean the living room and I'll be up okay"
"Okay"
I rush around tidying as much as possible and turning the TV off . When I get back to her room, she is sat in her bed waiting for me. I climb into the bed with her, and she lays on my chest, gripping my shirt. I hold her tight and kiss her head.
"I'm here Meg, get some sleep"