Quiet Like a Ghost

Chapter Eighteen: Explanation

I wake up to someone shaking me. "What?" I ask, not opening my eyes. "Dahlia's crying, Josh is trying but he's not helping if anything he's getting the shit beaten out of him." Ricky tells me. "Ok." I get up, walking out to where I hear sobbing. "Baby, what's wrong?" I hear Balz ask and I walk into the bathroom where Dahl was crying, punching Josh everytime he tried to hold her or touch her.

I pull him away, hugging her, letting her punch me in the stomach. It's not like she could help it, she was having a flashback. "Devin! You are sick, don't let her punch you!" Ricky complains. "Shut up. She'll stop give her minute."

I was right, she stops within the minute, collapsing on the ground, crying. "Come here..." I crouch next to her, hugging her. "H-he w-was r-right t-there." She stutters. "No he wasn't, he'll never touch you again." I whisper.

"Can someone tell me what the fuck is going on?" Balz asks, looking concerned about Dahlia. "Later." I tell him, coddling Dahlia. Dahl falls asleep in my arms, weak from memory. Balz comes and picks her up, kissing her cheek lovingly, carrying her to the couch.

"What happened?" I ask him. "I don't know." He shakes his head. "Were you touching her?" I try to hide the edge in my voice. "Um... yeah. I was flirting with her..." He murmurs, quiet, scared I'll be pissed. "It's okay, sometimes she'll get a flashback, sometimes she won't. But if she's been stressed it's more likely." I explain kindly. I understand that he just was being a boyfriend, I can't stop that.

"What's the flashbacks of?" He asks. I normally don't tell anyone since it's not my story to tell but, she won't tell anyone, and he needs to know. "She was raped." I tell him. "She was only 14 and I was 17, I took her to a party since our parents were worried about her being too antisocial. I wanted to just be with my friends, not her, like any other older brother, so I left her to fend for herself. That was a huge mistake. I don't know what exactly happened during the next 2 hours but I couldn't find her when I wanted to leave." I pause, letting that part of the story sink in. I was getting emotional thinking about it. "She ended up walking home from wherever she was, her cheeks were tear stained, clothes torn, walking funny. It was clear what happened." I say quietly, tears running down my face, looking at the sleeping girl.

Josh hugs me, "Why some guys would do that will always be a mystery to me." He sighs. "Same, it ruined her. She didn't speak for months after, depression set in, I almost lost her." I whisper.

I go back to bed, needing to rest or distract myself. Opal wakes up when I lay down. "Why were you up?" She asks. "Dahl had a flashback." I tell her, wrapping my arms around her, pulling her to my chest. "Oh. She ok?"

"She's asleep. She was aggressive in this one, punching me and Balz." I whisper. "You ok?" Opal looks at me, checking my head for bruises. "I'm fine, she punched my the stomach, not the face." I tell her, kissing her nose quickly. She pulls my shirt up, checking for bruises. Sure enough my stomach had purpley-blue marks all over. "It doesn't hurt, the medication makes me bruise easily, I'm okay." I assure her. "Ok..." She sighs, unsure of my response.

She doesn't move my shirt back down and I kiss her, gripping her hips as it gets rougher. "Mm..." She moans into the kiss. I move one of my hands to her back, wanting to hear it again. She moans repeatedly as I rub her back, moving so my lips grazed her neck, searching for her sweet spot. "Babe... we should stop..." She sighs, breathing heavily. "We should but..." I tease. "Devin..." She says, not letting me. "Fine..." I flip on my back, pulling her to me.

"Are we just having a lazy day?" She asks. "Yup, the guys can do whatever but I'm staying right here." I tell her, letting my eyes shut.

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Author's Note: Ok, you guys probably noticed these chapters as of late are fillers, the next chapter will be when Bellatrix is born, Keep Reading!

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