Cold love {teacherxstudent, wlw}

Part 10

* Danielle's POV*

I lay in my bed, thinking about everything, I hate feeling down after every beating, I hate feeling worthless, I hate feeling used, and the worst one I hate feeling like I deserve every minute of his torture.

The fact I told Valentina suprised me too, I would never have thought I would tell her, but she was just so warm with me and against me, I had to tell her, and the way she held me, I want to be held by her again.

She gave me an ultimatum which of course I took, but still I couldn't stop thinking about how sweet it actually was for her to do something like that, I know that she probably just wants to have sex with me, which of course I want too, but still what she did showed she cared, you don't go to all those lenghts for someone when you don't care.

I just don't know who hurt her, I'm thinking about that phone call a lot, it's obvious she has some shit in her life too, but then again everyone does. I want to take all her problems away, she is just so beautiful and so worth of love, and I can tell that only one of these she believes is the beautiful part.

I get disrupted in my thoughts by my father "Come down here now!!" I can tell he is drunk again, it's 10 o clock on a Friday night, I didn't sleep at Ben's today because I had some subjects to catch up on, mainly math of course, but also history and english because I can't really concantre in those classes. I pull a hoodie over my head, grab my phone and head downstairs.

"Is everything okay Dad?" I already know the answer but how am I supposed to find out what his problem is now if I don't ask.

"Of course it's not, you are alive!!" oh so this is just a general blaming "And she is not, you killed her, you fucking killed her" he steps closer his breath reeks of alcohol.

Of course I know who he is talking about. My Mom. There isn't a day I don't think about her, there isn't a day I don't blame myself, that is the only reason why I am not fighting harder against the hits he has been giving me since her death.

"I'm sorry Dad" I look down, tears swelling in my eyes, I'm afraid if I look at him I wouldn't be able to control them.

He slaps me hard across the face, if he is hitting me he usually goes for my other parts, which I can cover, before I know what happened he hits me again and again, for the fourth one I step away, it's too painful to let him hit me once more.

I grab the house key and begin running down the street, I don't know how long I have been running for, but I can finally stop when I see a park, I sit down on a bench I pull my phone out and it's 11:07 that means I've been running for almost an hour without stopping, thank God for this pshysique I have.

I'm trying to catch my breath when I start hearing someone shouting with someone on the phone "Oh my God, I don't want to hear from you, even lesser than I want to hear from Lily" the voice grows louder "I won't have this conversation with you again Helena, you cheated, you made that choice, now don't sit around and wait for me to be back because you will be dearly dissapointed, fuck you" the woman disconnects the line.

The closer the figure comes, the more certain I am it's someone I know, fuck Valentina, she comes closer and I can tell she recognizes me.

"Danielle, what the hell are you doing here?" she asks, and sits down besides me, I start "I-" but she cuts me off with her hand on my pretty sure bleeding lips, her eyes darken.

"Who did this to you?" I look down "It was that piece of shit of a coward right? because there is no way I'm calling him a man, that means he is human" she continues "and a human doesn't hurt someone like that" she stops "Fuck,  Danielle"

"It's okay Valentina it really is, it's just- " she doesn't let me finish "No, there isn't any it's just, come with me" she hold out her hand, I take it, I try to ignore how perfect our hands fit together, like we were made for doing this.

"I'm taking you to my place" I stop "No there really isn't any need for that, I'm not worth the trouble"

"Danielle, you are worth everything this world has to offer, don't ever think otherwise, come on now" she helps me into her car, we drive in silence.

We get in front of her house, I've been here once before but I think it's ever more beautiful for the second time, she opens the door for me and leads me into her house.

The house is even better on the inside than the outside, the whole house is white marble, and when you step in two staircases lead up to upstairs, on the first floor there is a huge american kitchen, a living room with a plasma tv, and floor to ceiling windows in which you can see the outside, where there is a huge pool built into the ground.

"Wow, Valentina, your house is amazing" she looks at me as she leads me into the kitchen, sitting me on one of the bar chairs "Thank you darling"

She is searching for something in the cupboards, I can see her pulling out a disinfectant and a bandage, she pours the disinfectant on the bandage, and starts wiping my bloody bruised lips, she looks adorable contantrating on my lips, I can feel the butterflys in my stomach.

"Why do you let him do this to you, my beautiful girl?" it's barely a whisper, so I'm not sure if I heard her right "Because I deserve it" she stops wiping my lips for a second and looks me dead in the eye.

"No one deserves that Danielle, no one" I look down "You don't know what I done, Valentina, if you did you would agree"

"There isn't anything in this world that you could say to me, that would make me agree you were rightfully abused by your father" she continues "When did this start?" I look down not answering.

"What was that about on the phone earlier? This is the second time you got mad at them" I ask instead, she stops the wiping "Come on, you are all done here" she takes my hand and leads me to her living room sitting me down on the couch, she sits down next to me.

"What are we doing Valentina?" she smiles "We are playing a game, darling" I squint not understanding where she is going with this.

"You want to know shit about me, fine, I want to know things about you too, if I ask you a question and you answer you can ask me anything and I will answer trutfully" she explains "Well, you always like the truth, isn't that right Miss 'I would rather be hurt with the truth rather than comforted with a lie'?" she starts laughing like really laughing.

I don't think I've ever heard a more beautiful sound than her laughter I want to hear it more often, like every minute of everyday often.

"So is that a yes?" I nod "Yeah let's do it"

"Since when is this going on?" she points to my face "Since I was 14"

"Who were you talking to on the phone?" I ask "Depends what time, the first my ex best friend the second my ex wife"

"Where do you see yourself in 5 years?" easy one "Finishing law school in Harvard" she looks suprised, "Really Harvard law? You know I have a law degree right?"

No, I didn't know that how should I? "No I didn't know, why are you a teacher then?"

"Did my law degree because of my parents, I teach not to get bored, it's a hobby" she shrugs then asks " How did you get to the park?"

"I ran from home, for an hour" I answer, "Why are they an ex wife and best friend?"

"Because they slept together while we were married" I'm taken a back a little, how could anyone ever cheat on Valentina? Especially her best friend betraying her like that.

"Are you interested in anyone right now?" weird question "Maybe" I answer

"How many woman have you slept with?" I ask, "I don't know too many to count really" jealousy rises within me.

"Do you want to be one of those woman?" she finally asks, I'm sure I'm redder than a tomato right now "Well, would you like that?" I shoot back, now she looks taken a back.

She draws in a deep breath, "You should go sleep, it was a long day" she stands up "Yeah right" I say dissapointed.

"Come, I will show you your bedroom" and she does that, she shows me, it's just as perfect as she is, fuck I'm long gone.