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Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Sixteen

The darkness around me was beginning to thin out and a dim light was finally becoming visible to me. I groaned as I felt a warm hand soothingly brushing the hair away from my face. I kept my eyes closed, not really gaining full consciousness but trying to get back to reality. “Babe?” a familiar voice sounded. I gently rolled my head away from their touch as my eyes slowly began to open. The figure sat in front of me was blurry but I knew that I knew the person.

He took my hand in his and gently rubbed over the knuckles. As my eyes adjusted to the setting surrounding me, I realised that I was in a very unfamiliar environment. I looked around the dimly lit room. The walls were painted a dark blue and various posters of different bands were scattered across the walls. My eyes widened when I realised that I wasn’t in the presence of someone that I actually wanted to be with. I was with Lucas. Shit.

“Hey baby” he whispered before kissing me on the forehead. I squeezed my eyes closed again trying to fall back into a state of unconsciousness. “You hit down pretty hard, hey?” he laughed. I gently rolled over to try and get away from his touch. He sat on the bed next to me. I realised that I was still fully dressed in my clothes and I was currently lying in Lucas’ bed. He began to settle down next to me when I urged “could you get me some water please?” he complied and quickly left the room.

I shot up, searching for my bag. It was flung on the floor at the end of the bed. I quickly dashed over to it and rummaged around inside for my phone. When I found it, my battery was on a very low percentage but I saw 28 missed calls and 16 text messaged. I quickly fumbled with my phone, unlocking it in the regular way. Every single call and text was from Harry. “Bella where are you?xx” “Where have you gone?xx” “Baby please answer.xx” “I’m sorry.xx” Then it dawned on me what had actually happened in the club. Harry was kissing another girl right in front of me. Whether I wanted to or not, I had to get him to come and rescue me.

I quickly typed a text explaining where I was and asking for help, knowing that as soon as he received the message, he would know where to come and find me. I gently rested my phone in the waistband of my knickers just in time for Lucas to re-appear in the room. “Here you go babe” he said as he handed me the glass. I began to drink but choked as I felt my phone vibrate against my skin. I quickly downed the drink within a few gulps before asking Lucas to re-fill the glass for me. He sighed but quickly vacated the room again.

I grabbed the phone from my waistband. “I’m on my way baby. Stay safe.xx” A sudden sense of relief flooded my body as I realised that Harry would soon be here to rescue me. Lucas re-appeared before I had time to put my phone away. His eyes widened as he realised that I was obviously texting someone, to which he knew was Harry. “Just texting my mum, she’s away in London at the minute and I’ve not spoken to her today” relief washed over Lucas’ face as I clearly tricked him into believing that I hadn’t contacted Harry.

He handed me the glass of water of which I again downed but instead of asking for more, I gently dropped the glass to the floor beside the bed. Lucas slowly came back to the bed and perched on the edge of it next to me. I lay down again, trying to increase the distance between us. He reached forward and brushed the hair out of my eyes. “About before Bella, I didn’t mean to frighten you, I just thought we could have had some fun.” He uttered, trying to lock eye contact with me.

I nodded, not being able to think of anything to say to him. He cupped my chin and lifted my eye line to meet mine. “But that doesn’t mean we don’t have to now” he winked. My breathing increased as the hem of my dress was lifted above my knickers. I tried to force it back down but my wrist was tightly gripped in Lucas’ hand again. “Come on baby, let’s just have a quickie, yeah?” he offered. I shook my head, fear clearly filing my eyes as he sniggered. He pushed my body back down to the bed as he pinned me down in order for him to force my dress from my body.