W A N D A x N A T A S H A - R E D

35. They won't hurt you again

POV Natasha

'You know I always love this color on you.' I say sarcastically while I look at the green blouse she wears, the belt with the weapons and the matching baggy pants.
'Shut up, Nat.' Quinn says as she smiles. We're standing at the outside of the APS. Quinn just finished her shift.

'So tonight, what time you're at my place?' Quinn asks while she slings her backpack over her shoulder. 'Cause you're flying back in three days right? Than it's best that we tonight discuss about you know..' Quinn smiles. Her eyes look happy by just the thought of it.

And I know why she smiles. We're dating for over a year now, and since a month or so she can't talk about something else than that.

It scares me to be honest.

'Yeah about that.. maybe we can just watch a movie?' I tell her.

Quinn frowns. I try to look away, because I know what the gaze means that follows, it's her attempting to dig in my brain. It's her trying to find the reason why I won't discuss the subject. Sometimes she succeeds to read me, sometimes she don't.

'You don't want to..' she concludes disappointed. I feel the restlessness in my body when I realize she figured it out. I hate it when she does that.

I look around me to check if somebody is listening. 'Quinn.. I ..'
She shakes her head. 'Why is it you suddenly don't want to? This is our chance Nat. You know my niece works in the clinic, she will help us. And you know, I'll carry our baby, because I know you can't. I just want this with you, to raise a little one.' Her eyes sparkle by the thought, her gaze almost obsessed. As if she only lives so she could have this child with me.

The thought of that freaks me out. A couple of weeks ago we were stoned, just having this conversation about the future. She came up with this, and I didn't know she was serious, so I answered enthusiastically that we could have a child. I didn't know she was serious. I was stoned, totally floating above myself and the world. But after that night, she kept talking about it.

She puts her fingers on my temple. I hate it when she does that. I hate it when she gives me pain. But somehow I can't stop her. I can't tell her no.

'You better come tonight, Natalia. It's gonna be fun.'  She smiles evil while she inflicts pain on me, stinging on my head.

I wake up. My body covered in sweat. I pant and look around me. I feel a body beside me, in my bed. And than I realize who it is.

Quinn is next to me.

I stand up. I look shocked at the body that moves. I need to get out of here. I don't want it to happen again. 'Please..' I beg her softly when I see the figure of her body standing up in the dark.

'Please.. let me go.' I beg Quinn. I pick up my suit from the floor. I just need to run, just like I did that night.

'Nat..' I hear from the bed.
I frown.
'Nat.. what are you doing?' I recognize the warm voice of Wanda. I sigh in relief as I realize where I'am.

I hear her feet coming closer. Her arms open to embrace me. 'Nat..' she says soft. 'Nat, I'm here.' She whispers in my ear.
Her warmth, her scent. It makes me so happy to have her, to have her so close to me.