Safe With Me |18+

Four Less Lonely.

I drove for a while in silence till we came to a stop. I stared down at my sleeping town and I smiled, knowing this was my peace of mind. I leaned back on my seat and I looked over at Caleb.

"It's a beautiful view." He uttered. I nodded. He looked at me and he took my hand in his. "Now that you've calmed down and almost gotten me killed, talk to me."

"Why the change of heart?" I asked.

"Come on, don't ask that. You know I fucked up. I'm really sorry about being a dick to you."

"Why'd you stop?"

"Because we tortured you enough." I clenched my jaw and I chuckled mocking him.

"I was just 6 at the time. I lived with both my parents and they weren't that happy. It seemed like it was an issue long before I was even born.

Dad got pissed off at mom for not having an abortion and then blamed her for the collapse of his multimillion dollar company. So after that, he took another career. Being a fucking cop.

They fought constantly. Dad would take it out on me and I couldn't really understand why he did what he did. When mom got pregnant again, she knew he'd lose his mind.

She dropped us both at his father's mom's house and we stayed there. They left us with granny and walked away just like that.

She was just a baby and they left. I turned eight that year. Gran took good care of us until she got really ill. She passed away in her sleep.

The officials told my parents they needed to come and take us back. So they did. And it was a living hell all over again.

It was a cycle. I never let him lay a finger on her. I wanted to take the blame for her actions. She's just a kid, Caleb. She knows nothing.

On Saturday, she left my dad. She'd been cheating on him for 6 months now. And she disappeared. That's why he's acting so crazy and manic over all of this."

He stared at me and frowned at my story. I thought he'd probably get out and tell me I was lying, like everyone else did. But instead, he wrapped his arms around me and he sighed.

"I'm sorry you went through that. I promise I'll always look out for you." I fell into his embrace and I hugged him tight, taking in his strong cologne. Fuck. Why did it smell so fucking good?

He pulled away and he pushed my hair aside. "You're a strong woman. You know that. One day, you're gonna kick his ass and laugh in his face for what he got. Pain."

I smiled. "Okay." "Good." I looked at his deep blue eyes and I got lost in them for a second, before looking away.

"I think we should head back." I said.

"No."

"No?"

"Let's just sit here. When it's time to pick up the little princess we'll go." I smiled. "Okay."

We sat in comfortable silence before he broke it.

"So, where's your mom now?"

"She's gone up north. With another man."

"That must be a fucking hell kind of a life."

"I try not to overthink it or I burst out like that time. I wanna be sane, Caleb. For her. For me. So that, one day maybe, if I make it, I can say yeah, I didn't fucking lose my shit."

"Losing your shit only helps you realise how worth it they are to you." I looked at him and he smiled at me. "Yeah."

I wondered how many girls he'd been with. He was a gorgeous boy with gold locks falling off the sides of his face. He had a physique of a god and I only thought this is how they described god. Caleb.