What is love? [PAUSED]

Chapter 13

" Daniel, stop. You're hurting me!!" I cry struggling to get out of his grip.

" I fucking hate you, you sick bastard!! " he shouts twisting my arm. I cry out in pain.

" It's me, Daniel stop, " I beg. He lifts up off me and his eyes turn from really dark to normal then dark again. I was luckily able to pull one of my arms out. I lift up my hand and slap him as hard as  I could. He falls off of me grabbing onto his face. I sit up a bit and wipe my tears, I look at my arm and see I have a purple bruise. I look up at him and see he is sitting up. He turns  head to look at me and I see that tears are starting to form in his eyes, he looks away and sniffs a bit. I crawl over to his side and slowly and cautiously wrap my arms around him.

" Daniel? Are you okay?" I ask looking at the side of his face. He sniffs then says.

" I'm fine "

" ...Are you sure? You don't look fine "  I say.

" I said I'm fine " He raises his voice a bit. He unwraps my arms from around him and walks into the bathroom, shutting the door. I sigh then get up and wipe away the rest of my tears, I climb back into the bed and crawl under the blanket. I lay there looking up at the ceiling. I hope he is okay, what was he even dreaming about? I know if I ask him he won't tell me. I sigh again and turn towards the window. I stare at the window for awhile but soon enough my eyes started getting heavy and before you know it, I'm asleep.

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I wake up the next morning to see the other side of the bed is empty. I sit up and look around the room and I find Daniel sleeping on the couch. I sigh and get out of the bed and go inside the bathroom. I take off my clothes and get in the shower. 20 minutes later I come out and wrap a towel around my body, then I take my toothbrush and start brushing. Once I finish brushing I walk out the bathroom. I walk over to where Daniel is sleeping and I tap him. He doesn't budge, so I tap him a bit harder.

" Daniel? Get up " I say taping him again. He moves around then opens one eye.

"Get up, please, " I say. He closes his eyes again and mumbles something, he then opens them both and gets up. He doesn't say good morning or anything, he just walks over to the bathroom and shuts the door. I sigh once again then bring out my clothes for the day. Once I got that out, I lotioned then put the clothes on. I walked over to the mirror hanging behind the door and I started messing with my hair. What to do? What to do? I'll just put it in a high ponytail. I put my hair in a ponytail and jell it. I then looked at my face. I'll go make up free, I put some lip gloss on. Once I finished with that, Daniel comes out the bathroom with a towel wrapped around his waist. Ello bae!! This man is so beautiful. He walked over to the suitcase and pulled out his clothes for the day. He still hasn't said anything yet. Maybe I should say something first?

" Good morning, " I say. He looks at me and says " Mmm" I decided I would ask him why he slept on the couch and if he is okay.

" Why did you sleep on the couch? " I ask.

" I didn't want to sleep on the bed " He replies plainly.

" Are you okay?" I ask.

" I'm fine, " He says. I sigh in frustration.

" Can you please talk to me?" I beg.

" I am talking to you, " He says.

" No, you aren't, " I say.

" I obviously am, " He says rolling his eyes.

" Yea, you're talking to me, but you aren't talking to me like you normally do. What was going on with you last night?" I ask.