50 Shades of James

Chapter fifteen

When Vanessa woke up, she noticed she only had a tank top and shorts on.
This is not what I was wearing the last time I saw myself.
I think.
When she stood up, a sharp pain hit her head. Vanessa had to hold onto a side table for support. She went blind with the pain.
When she got her vision back, she noticed that the room was different. A tiny window in the back of the room was the only thing on the wall.
Where am I?
When she went to the door, she turned the knob several times just to see that it was locked.
She pounded her hands on the door screaming only one word.
Help.

Cristiano had been in the house's kitchen, looking outside at the empty yard. It was empty and alone and forgotten.
No one knew about this place so no one would ever suspect.
When he heard someone hitting a door and screaming for help, he stopped. He nearly had a heart attack, slowly approaching the sound, thinking that as soon as she saw him, she would beat the crap out of him.
"Shh, Vanessa calm down. I locked the door on accident. Calm down and I'll unlock the door." Cristiano used his "great" acting skills to calm the girl down.
"Cristiano? What are you.....open the door!"
"Okay calm down."
"Okay I'm calm!"
Cristiano sighed looking up. This was going to be harder than he thought.
When Vanessa finally stopped hitting the door, he unlocked the door, carefully opening it.
Vanessa stood in the doorway, her arms crossed over her chest.
"What was the point in that?"
Cristiano raised a perfect eyebrow. Had she not felt what he did....
At all?
"I don't know. I maybe locked you on accident wanting to lock someone else?"
Vanessa showed a fake smile, clearly not amused.
"Really? Tell me where is this? Why am I wearing this? And why is my head killing me?"
Cristiano looked down, smiling. So many questions at once.
"Well this is a little secret house I have away from everyone. I just sometimes come here because I want to get away from the paparazzi. Uh you're wearing that because you changed while you were asleep? And I don't know why your head hurts."
"I don't wake up to change. Besides last time I saw myself I was....wearing.." Vanessa's mind went blank. She couldn't remember anything.
Anything at all.
"My mind goes blank whenever I try to remember what happened. Wait why am I here? I'm sure I never came here." Vanessa figured out one part. Unfortunately Cristiano had it all planned out.
"You came with me here because I asked you if you wanted to see it. I have never shown anyone this place except for you. Because you're like a sister to me."
Not really but.... Cristiano thought.
"Really? I don't even-" Vanessa placed a hand on her head, dizziness hitting her harshly.
"It was after practice yesterday. James left and since you didn't have a car I offered to take you and during the drive I asked you if you wanted to see this." Cristiano felt proud with the lie he had just said.
"Why...wait who's James?"
Cristiano's jaw dropped. The medicine could've not just done that.
"Uh James is...." Cristiano pulled out Vanessa's phone scrolling through her gallery until he found a picture. He enlarged it for her to see.
Vanessa studied the picture then it suddenly came to her.
"Oh okay yes I know who he is. I'm a terrible person!"
"A terrible girlfriend you mean."
"Uh..wha-oh right." This was still confusing to her. All she remembered was someone putting a cold, wet cloth over her lips before everything just stopped until now.
Cristiano froze when he saw twenty missed calls from James.
But the messages were more.
He quickly shoved the phone back into his pocket as he felt it vibrate. James was calling again?
"Can you please take me home now?" Vanessa asked.
Oh hell no. Cristiano thought.
"Uh are you sure? Don't you want to...wash your face or something and change?"
"Uh well after that?"
"Okay."
As Vanessa left Cristiano whipped out her phone seeing the messages.
They were all from James.
Wow speaking of an overprotective boyfriend.
He's so lovey to her, it makes me sick.
Cristiano pulled out his own phone to see four messages from James.
Have you seen Vanessa?

Cristiano, answer me.

I'm about to go over and punch you.

I answer all of your annoying messages now answer me!