Never Safe

Chapter Forty-Seven

It only took two weeks. Only the second Friday. A week after Bucky had come and gone. It happened.

"Hey honey" your dad smiled when he entered the kitchen. You were sat at the table on your phone.

"Hey dad."

"Are you sure you don't mind if I go out tonight?"

"Yeah, of course."

"Really? Because I can stay at home if you want me to."

"No, it's fine. Go out and have fun. I'll leave the door unlocked this time."

"If you're sure, sweetie" he smiled and gave you a kiss on the cheek. He turned to leave the room but paused by the door. He slowly faced you with a hopeful look on his face. He'd had an idea. "Why don't you come?"

"What?"

"Come along. I can introduce you to the guys. It'll be fun."

"Dad" you laughed. "I'm fifteen."

"So?"

"So I'm about six years too young to be drinking."

"Woah, I never said you should be drinking."

"But that's what you're going to do."

"We don't have to drink to have fun. Come on, monkey. Let's go."

"Um... sure" you agreed. "Let's go."

***

"Hey everyone. I wanna introduce you to someone... this is my beautiful daughter, y/n."

"Hi" you smiled.

The group of tipsy men greeted you back.

"We've heard lots about you" one of them laughed.

Your dad pulled out a chair for you to sit down in, then he sat next to you.

"So y/n, what's your poison?"

"What?"

"What do you want to drink?"

"Um... I can't drink."

"Oh boo!"
"Have a beer!"
"One won't hurt!"

"I'm too young" you answered.

"I don't mind if you have one, monkey" your dad said as he took a beer from one of his friends.

"Your permission doesn't make me older, dad" you chuckled quietly. "Plus, you said we didn't have to drink."

"I said we didn't have to. But I'm going to. So you can if you want to."

"No, thanks." You hid your disappointment until your dad turned away. You didn't know what to expect from the evening.

***

"Y/n, be a doll and get us another round."

You sighed and got up to go to the bar. The bartender didn't seem to care that you were underaged. Apparently, he was another friend of your dad's so he decided to 'let it slide'. But now it meant you had to keep getting up to go and get drinks since everyone else was too wasted to walk in a straight line.

You were waiting for the drinks when someone walked behind you. You felt their breath on the skin of your neck. It reeked of alcohol.

"Hey gorgeous."

It was one of your dad's friends.

"Um... hi." You tried to subtly step away from him, but he moved with you. His hand held onto your waist. He was gradually getting lower by the second.