Save Me (A James Rodriguez Fan Fiction)

Chapter Six

I ran out of his house and sat in my car for a minute to take all of this in.

I drove out of his driveway and drove back to my apartment. I packed up everything in there and decided to go to Leah's room and knocked on her door.

"Hello? Oh, hey" she said looking at me with a bland expression.

"Hi" I say "Can I come in"

"Sure" She opens the door wider and let's me in.

"Are you hungry?" She asks awkwardly.

"No"

"Thirsty?"

"No"

"Than what exactly brought you here" She asks sounding somewhat annoyed.

"I needed to talk to you about something" I say.

"What is it? And can you make it quick, I have a dinner I have to attend" She says picking up her phone and wallet.

"What's the dinner for?" I ask

"Doesn't matter, what did you need to tell me?" She says wanting to get to the point.

"Remember how you told me that Cristiano might not be the person I thought he was" I say looking around to see if anyone was watching.

"Wait" she says putting down her stuff. "I can already tell what happened. He did something to make you realize that I was right and you were wrong and now you're here to apologize?"

"Pretty much" I say with a quirky smile.

"What'd he do?"

"He's abusive" I say looking at the ground wiping away the tears in my eyes.

"Awe, Athena" Leah says hugging me. "Did you break up with him yet?"

"I've tried, but when I do he hurts me more, I can't get out of this" I sob.

"Stay at my place for a while, he won't find out. Because he doesn't know where I live and he probably doesn't know where you live, but just stay here just in case" she says.

"My bags are in my room" I tell her.

"I'll go get them" Leah says.

"Thanks"

She leaves the room and I feel as if I'm being watched. I cautiously look around the room for anything in motion.

Nothing.

I sigh and lay on Leah's couch until she comes back.

"Here you go, here's your keys. You've got to find a new place to secretly keep it. Anyone and everyone would look under the mat"

"I'll probably not live there for a while" I said thinking of Cristiano coming to my door.

"Yeah it's okay, I totally understand" Leah confirms.

"I'm going to go call the kids' parents"

I pick up my phone and give my bosses a quick call.

"Hello?"

"Hey! This is Athena"

"Oh, hello Athena how are you?" They ask. I'm guessing I was on speaker phone.

"I'm fine. But I might have to quit my job"

"Why, is there something wrong with our kids, are we not paying you enough, because we can give you a raise if you'd like" they pleaded.

"No, I've just found a job as a model... yeah, a model. It's been a dream of mine since I was little" I lie.

"Oh, that's great. I hope you fulfill your dreams and have a great modeling career. The Morrison household will miss you forever. Would you like to tell the kids goodbye?" They asked.

"Yeah sure"

"HEY ATHY!!" Amy screamed into the phone.

Amy was the youngest of the four, she called me Athy ever since she was 2 and she still calls me that by the age 9.

"Hey Amy, I've got some bad news" I informed her.

"What is it?" She asked.

"Well I got a job somewhere else and I want to fulfill my dreams in modeling, so that means, I can't babysit you and your brothers anymore"

"You're leaving us because you rather have a job away from us?" She asked. I could almost see her crying.

"Ye- no! No! It's just that modeling has been a life long dream for me and I finally get a chance to model and I have to keep all my attention to modeling" I blabber trying to convince her.

"You're really leaving?!" The other kids yell.

"Yes, I'm sorry. I truly will miss you guys. I'll visit whenever I can" I tell them.

Leah motioned to me that she'll be right back.

I nodded to her.

"But who will do my hair, or talk about boys with me, or help me with my homework, and most importantly, who will be my role model?" Amy asked.

She was about to make me cry.

"Trust me Amy, I'll still be there for you. Just call me, okay"

"Okay" she answered with a sigh.

"Whenever any of you need me, and I mean WHENEVER, just give me a call" I tell them.

"Okay, we got to go. I have piano lessons, Lewis has violin lessons, Amy has archery class, and Todd is going to tutor this kid named Jo" Chad informed.

"Okay, bye. I love you guys"

"Bye!!"

KNOCK. KNOCK.

It was probably Leah.

I walked to the door and opened it, there stood Cristiano. I quickly tried to shut the door, but there was no doubt that he was stronger. He shoved the door and got in.

I looked at him with fear plastered all over my face. I was terrified of what he would do.

"So you want to be a model, huh"

"How did you find me?"

"I asked you a question!" he yelled.

"Yes, I've wanted to be a model since I was little and never got the chance"

"Oh okay" he said walking around.

I cautiously and slowly made my way to the door to try to make a run for it.

"Where do you think you're going?" He asked walking over to me.

I stopped walking immediately.

"Awe baby, you don't have to be scared" he said looking down at me.

I didn't believe him.

I hadn't even realized that I had been holding my breath.

I suddenly felt a burning pain on my cheek. He'd slapped me.

"You tried to leave me!!! How could you?!?! Get your bags and you're coming back home with me!!!" He grabbed my arm and shoved me to where my bags were.

"Pick them up and meet me in my car" he demanded.

I nodded quickly.

He soon left the apartment. I picked up my bags and made my ways his car.

There was no way out of this, I was stuck with him. I don't know how he found me but I have no doubt that if I was to run away again, that he would find me. I was terrified just by his name. And as scared as I am, I knew this was only the beginning of all of this.