Their Little One (ON HOLD, EDITING CHAPTERS!)

Chapter Three

Arielle Anders

I was now talking to Kleo, she sat next to me at my booth with a bright smile on her face. That's the thing I loved about her, she was like a second mother to me, she was always so bright and kind. I look up to her so much, I feel like I can tell her anything!

SO, I did. I told her about the guys I met, I even told her Taylor was being mean again, she rolled her eyes at the thought of her niece being rude again.

"They sound really sweet to you, I'm glad they are or else I'd have to feed them to the cookie monster". I gasped, I was always scared of the cookie monster and disliked it when she brought him up, he was such a meanie.

"No no, please not the cookie monster!". I said placing both of my hands up in the air, shaking my head side to side.

She chuckled at me before pulling me in for a hug, I melted and smiled wrapping my arms around her, hugging her back. I always loved her hugs.

"I'm glad you feel comfortable around them and enjoy hanging out with them". She said, rubbing my back feeling her hand touch my hair every once in a while, before slowly pulling away.

"I'm glad they agreed to be my friend". I said drinking the rest of my milkshake, Kleo smiled at me softly. 

"I love you Ari, you let me know if they hurt you, okay?". I nodded at her, and she kissed my cheek before walking away to deal with other customers. I don't think they would hurt me they seem to kind for that.

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I stayed at the cafe for a few more hours, since it got a bit busy, I helped taking orders even though I didn't work today. I slightly felt a bit uneasy while walking home, like I was being followed it was getting a bit dark as well which didn't help my nerves at all. 

I carefully turned my head to look across the street, in the corner of my eye behind me I saw a person dressed in all black slowly walking towards me. I began running upstairs to my apartment while pulling out my phone and keys. I heard someone marching up the stairs behind me, at a fast pace. I quickly unlocked my apartment door, not having enough time to lock it.

I ran up to my room, Skye still not being home made me even more scared. I hid in my closet, crouching down, I pulled their business card out of my phone case. I dialed the number on my phone. Please work. 

It ringed.

It ringed again, until he finally answered.

"Hello?", Giovanni answered.

"G-Gio...", I whispered. Staying as quiet as possible hearing a few footsteps walk around my apartment.

"Little one?". He said, I heard his brother's voices in the background.

"Arielle?". Angelo said, before I could respond my closet door opened, I screamed in terror as I was pulled out by someone, dropping my phone out of my hand.

He pinned me against the wall, I looked at the masked man with wide eyes as he wrapped his hand around my throat.

"P-please... Stop it!". I screamed, gasping as he tightened his hand.

"Shut up bitch!". He said, slamming me down on the floor. I cried out, my back now hurting from the impact, even though it was carpet it did hurt.

I couldn't speak, my breathing was cutting in and out.

Mama once wrapped her hand around my throat before and locked me in a dark room for two days. I deserved it though. We had dinner with a neighbor and their son tried to touch me and it made me uncomfortable, so I yelled at him, and all hell unfolded when we got home, I tried to hug her to apologize, and she didn't like it.

So maybe I deserve this.

From all my squirming, the masked man punched me in my gut immediately knocking the air out of me. I let out another cry, my vision getting blurry. I stopped thrashing and let him continue to hurt me. I'm so weak, why was this man following me home and now is hurting me?

My eyes kept closing, I heard multiple voices yelling. Before I heard a boom sound, I screamed, my breathing ragged, the man's grip on my throat loosened and he fell on the floor next to me. My body was shaking,

I felt arms wrap around my waist and someone pick me up, he felt so warm. I hid my face in his chest as he soothingly rubbed my back. I felt darkness cloud my vision before everything went completely black.

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I'm glad this chapter isn't that long as the others, do you guys prefer long chapters or short?