The Darkness is here

4

I was struggling. "Get off" i yelled. "It's okay I'm just here" "you are drunk! Get off" I yelled at him but he wouldn't stop. "Stop squirming" he pushed me onto the bed. "Don't worry. Ill take care of you"

I woke up up and was screaming. I had tears streaming down my face, and was trembling. I felt a hand on me and screamed louder. I found it belonged to James.

"Hey. Hey. It's okay. It was just a dream. Just a dream" he said stroking my hair.

"But it wasn't " I sobbed. James picked me up and set me in his lap. I clung to him and calmed myself down. After a while he asked me something.

"Whos Dace?"

I sucked in air. How did James know his name. I sat up and looked at him.
"How do you know his name?"

"you were whispering his name over and over in your sleep. Then you screamed bloody murder. Obviously he did something to you"

" He-he was my old boyfriend. " I said barely a whisper.

" what did he do?"

"He..... raped me. " I said looking back down. Suddenly feeling uncomfortable on his lap.

James had a look of fury in his eyes. It was terrifying.

"Where is he now?" James asked slowly

" Prison I think. He is probably out by now though. "

"He deserves to rot in hell "

"Why do you look so mad? It was a long time ago"

"Someone kidnaped my mom, raped her, and left her body on the porch. Anybody who does that deserves a long and painful death"

"I'm sorry about your mom" I said getting off his lap.

"It was years ago. "

I nodded and and went to the kitchen to grab some water bottles. When came back he was staring at the coffee table with a furrowed brow.

"What is it?" I asked him.

"I don't want you to take this the wrong way, but why were you so worked up about that guy? The one that tried to steal from you?"

"I didn't have anything on me to take, so he said he was going to take me with him. And he was going to take care of me. Dace had said that the night he..." I stopped there not wanting to continue. I didn't know why I had shared this much with him. But he was a good listener.

"You don't have to worry anymore. I'm not going to let anything bad happen to you. "
In that moment, I wasn't scared anymore. I should have been, James was a six foot guy and I was a 5'4" girl. But it was the first time I had felt safe in a long time.

"Hey James?"

"yeah?"

"Could you maybe stay the night? I don't want to be here alone. " I looked up at his eyes, which were looking down to me.

"Of course " he said. He hugged me softly as if trying not to startle me.

"I'll go get some blankets" I said going to the hallway closet. We set up a comfy little bed on the couch and we said goodnight and went to bed.