Adelyn

Chapter 4

I ran and ran until I couldn't anymore. Once I felt like i was far enough away from Kenneth's house I stopped and rested against a tree on the side of the road. I knelt down on the ground pulling my knees to my chest.

I cried. I could hardly breath and my body hurt and stung. It hurt to blink and I was trembling. Since I was in complete shock, it completly spaced my mind to call the police. I was too scared to call anyone. When I finally built up the courage I decided to call my mom. The phone rang a few times before I was met with her voicemail.

Out fo anger and pain I through my phone down next to me hitting a rock. When I picked the phone back up there was cracks on the screen. I started crying even harder.

I got up and started walking again trying to make it back to my house. I saw the black mustang that sped past me earlier speeding down the road before passing me. I continued walking before I suddenly heard the car screethcing as the driver stepped on the breaks. I turned around to see the mustang flipping around on the road and start driving towards me. My pace picked us as i walked faster, but the pain finally caught up to me in my legs, nurning with every step I took.

The car stopped beside me and the driver rolled the window down. I looked in the window to see a familiar face, I had seen him around school a few times. "Holy shit. Do you need a ride?" he said looking at me. I could tell he was looking at the marks taht were all over my skin because his eyes shifted around a lot. "I..Uhm. No thank you I think I can make it." I softly spoke. "You need to go to a hospital, you look really bad." He said as he stepped out of the car and walked over to me. He stood infront of me, He was wearing a black button up shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, and a pair of dark blue jeans. He towered over me, Id say he was maybe 6'4. He had a sleeve of tattoos going up one arm with rings on his fingers. I looked up at his face and was met with dark brown hair and grey eyes.

"What happened to you." he said as his eyes continued wandering over my body. I took a step back, I felt paranoid that he might hurt me.

"I.. I dont really know." I lied. I cant just tell someone what had just happend to me. It was constantly on my mind and the moment that I was trapped in the bedroom kept replaying through my head.

"Please, let me give you a ride ill take you wherever you want to go." He softly spoke.

After thinking for a moment, something in me told me that I could trust him. I could barely move, each step I took made me feel like i was on fire.

"okay could you please take me to my house." I said looking up at him. "sure, do you need help getting in the car you look like your in a lot of pain." he said as he opened the passenger door. "Uhm I think I can do it.." I quietly said as i tried to make a step to his car. I whimpered as i took a step towards his car.

"Actually im sorry I need help, i dont think i can do it." I said as tears swelled up into my eyes again. "Yeah, for sure, here wrap your arm around my neck." i paused for a second before doing as he said. he picked me up wrapping his arm around my leg and his other resting on my back.

I flinched at his touch. "Oh shit sorry, am I hurting you?" he quickly said stopping and looking at me. "No your alright, Im just scared.." I said with tears streaming down my face.

He gently set me down inside his car, and reached his arm over my chest to buckle me up. He softly shut the door before running to the other side taking his seat on the driver side.

"thank you, Im sorry you had to take time out of your night to do this." I quietly said feeling his gaze on me. "Nah, no need to apoligize its no problem, Ive got nothing better to be doing."

"Oh, I guess i should tell you my add-" I was quickly cut off. "I already know where you live, Ive seen you walking a couple times."

"Oh.. Uhm okay i guess." I looked out the window as I watched the trees fly by.

When we finally pulled into my drive way, I stared at the empty driveway, reminding me I was home alone, with no one to protect me. I was scared Justin might show up at my house. "No body home?" He asked as we sat in the driveway with the car idling. "Uhm no Im alone, My parents are working.

"At 3 o'clock in the morning?" He sternly asked. I nodded my head before he shut the car off and got out walking around to the passenger side of his car. "What are you doing?" I asked as he picked me up.

"I'm taking you inside, doesn't really look like you could do it yourself." He said as he continued up my porch to the door. "Right." I sighed before pulling the keys out of my bag. "Here let me do it." He said as he grabbed the keys out of my hand.

He unlocked the door and walked in shutting the door with his leg behind him. "Where's your room?" He asked. "It's up the stairs, last door at the end of the hallway to your right." He began walking up the stairs, with me in his arms as if I weighed nothing.

When he entered my bedroom he walked over and set me down on the bed. "Shit. You've got a big ass cut on your leg, looks like your going to need stitches." He said as he examined the cut. I looked down at it, looking at all the blood forming a puddle on my sheets.

"I don't want to go to the hospital, Im sure its fine." I said as I continued looking at the cut.

"No, it wont be, I know a private doctor. Ill call her and have her come clean it up." he said before pulling out his phone dialing a number.

I heard a woman on the other side of the phone talking as he told her everything. He hung up the phone and looked at me. "She'll be here in 5 minutes, sit tight I'm gonna get you a cup of water."

"Wait what's your name? You never told me." I asked stopping him as he stopped walking towards the door. "I'm Nathan, Nathan Hernandez." He said as he looked back at me.

"Im Adalyn." I said trying to force a smile on my face. "I know." I heard him say as he walked out.