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I had only woken up 30 minutes ago and I was already desperately speeding to the boys' house, needing an escape.

I pounded on the door, my fingers nicking at the skin around my nails, pulling off piece after piece as I wiped the blood off on my shirt.

I tapped my foot as I anxiously waited, when I had got here I noticed their cars in the driveway meaning they had to have been home. I raised my fist to pound again, only getting one in before a small grumble escaped my mouth as I startled, looking Tom up and down for a moment before pushing past him.

"the fuck, Maddy?" I ignored Tom, yelling out Bill's name as I heard faint shuffling emit from upstairs before a door opened and Bill began making his way down.

"hey mads..." he yawned, flicking on the overhead light as I nodded.

"I- I need to talk to anyone; to literally anyone" I nearly burst into tears then and there, toms arms quickly engulfing me as he hummed.

"I'm here, pretty" I shot Bill a look at toms words, bills brow cocking as he placed a hand on my arm and pulled me out of toms grasp.

"let me talk to her first.." Tom gave Bill an unknowing look before sighing and shooing us away.

before we could even get into the other room I had begun rambling, freaking out as I felt my heart ache.

"Okay- okay calm down.." Bill sat down next to me as I continued to ramble.

"There's just so much... happening" I managed to choke out between sobs as I pulled my legs up to my chest and continued to cry.

"Okay, I know mads, but I can't understand you when you're blurting out thing after thing" I took a deep breath in and shakily began to exhale, continuing that pace until I was quiet and my sobs were no more.

"Okay, start from the beginning."

and so I did, I explained in detail every little thing happening and why I was so overwhelmed.

I felt his hand engulf mine in a nice-comforting way; the same way it had the other night. His grip on my fingers was tight, squeezing a little more anytime I sniffled to halt my tears.

I told him about everything, the relationship, the cheating, and most importantly the way I was beginning to break apart.

"oh wow..." he let out a breathy exhale as I turned to make eye contact with the male, noticing small blights of water dwell in his eyes.

"That's a lot, Maddy..." he nervously laughed, holding my hands with both of his, now.

I nodded in response, watching Bill quickly wipe a tear away before his hand returned to mine.

"I'm so.. sorry, mads.." he choked out, looking up to avoid crying.

we both took time to ourselves for a moment, allowing each other to compose ourselves before we burst into a fit of giggles at the sight of each other: disheveled and exhausted.

after our laughter died down I felt Bill's hand grip mine once more, a small smile on his face.

"Tom misses you.."

I cocked a brow at the male, smiling as he looked down before meeting my eyes again, this time, a large grin engulfed his face.

"yeah?"

"oh yeah... a whole lot" I kicked one leg over the other and got comfortable as my gaze trained on Bill.

"tell me more, I'm intrigued" Bill laughed again, rolling his eyes as his arms crossed.

"he literally announced your name on live tv, Madeleine" I cringed as I remembered, feeling another giggle emit from my throat.

"it was pretty cute..."

"you should talk to him.." the tension in the room was building as the grins on our faces faltered.

"I don't know if I'm ready for that" I sat up comfortably, averting my eyes from his as I shifted.

"Why? Is it cause the last time you two talked you were fucking?" I shot him an unimpressed look before shifting uncomfortably again.

"no.. no it's not that.." neither of us talked, a gross silence filling the room up as I tried to find the words in my mind.

"I'm scared, Bill," he said nothing as I shifted, once more, before a knock on the door sounded.

"give us a minute!" Bill shouted, his gaze quickly finding me again.

"you know he threatened to kill us Maddy?" my eyes widened as I turned to look at the male, fear creeping up my neck as I felt my hairs stand up.

"When you were in the hospital, you were on the news for the extensiveness of your injuries, when Tom saw that he threatened to kill a whole lot of people" Bill rambled, my mind drowning out the rest of his words as I tried to process what he was saying in the first place.

"He really scared us that day, it... it was like he was a whole different person..." I could hear the nervousness in his voice as he retold the story.

"Are you... mad at him.. for it?" he thought for a moment before shaking his head.

"no, no I'm not mad at him.. he cares about you a lot, and he's willing to do a lot if it means you're okay," I shot him a soft smile as another knock on the door sounded, this time louder.

"just.. talk to him, okay?" I nodded, Bill getting up and walking to the door, motioning one of the others in as I shifted in my seat, crossing my other leg over each other.

when I turned to meet the new addition in the room I met his soft gaze, a smile built on his lips perfectly capturing his beauty.

he really was unreal, like a Greek sculpture. He had some good genes and he knew it, so when he smiled at me I felt myself melt.

"hey, Madeleine" his voice was coarse and raspy, like he had been crying. He probably had been, though.

"I've missed you" he quickly engulfed me in a hug as he pulled me into his lap.

"why didn't you come to save me..." he sighed, averting his gaze from mine as his fingers tapped against my hips.

"I'm not prince charming, and this isn't a fairytale, Maddy" I nodded, confused about what he was trying to say before he continued.

"had I gone in there and died, nobody would be able to come to save you, and id be dead, it'd be more losses in the end"

"so you just left me there to fend for myself?" I scoffed, attempting to get myself off of his lap before his hands twisted around my waist and held me down.

"I had an investigator, his name was Dino, and he was working to get you out." I stayed silent, urging him to continue.

"I wasn't going to let you die in that basement" his head pressed against mine as we stared at each other, his eyes glued to my lips as I shakily exhaled.

"I really really miss you."

"I forgive you" I blurted out, not thinking as our lips pressed together, sweet nothings being whispered between each loving kiss.

"I love you.." he tutted, our lips pressing against each other once more as I smiled into the kiss.

"I love you more" I mumbled against his lips.

"Can I stay here for the night?" his fingers continued tapping against my hips as he hummed out an answer, attempting to get up from the couch before I whined and pressed myself down against his hips.

"no, don't wanna walk.." he hummed again, arms wrapping around my waist once more before he pulled out his phone and turned off the light, sending a quick message to the others.

after a short moment, the light in the other room turned off and the stairs creaked as muffled talking quieted.

"night mads..." I gave no audible response, cuddling myself against his as he lay down on the couch.

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