Be My Forever [COMPLETE]

Chapter 26

I woke up the next morning with my head lying on Toby's chest. I didn't want to get up. After that magical night, I loved him even more, if that was even possible. Toby must've sensed that I was awake, because he woke up not long after me. "Good morning, beautiful." He says, kissing the top of my head. I'm so relaxed. I almost completely forgot that my father had beaten me the night before. "Good morning, Toby." I say. I wish every morning could be like this. I want to wake up to him every day. I want to fall asleep every night with his arms wrapped around me. I want to spent the rest of my life with him and only him.

"Babe, your phone is ringing." Toby said, snapping me out of his trance. Melissa was calling me. For probably the eighth time that morning. Something must be wrong.

I kiss Toby's forehead and take the call in the other room. Melissa was worried about me. Our mom told her about what happened. Melissa wanted to know if I was alright, however, there was something different about her voice. She sounded... Distracted.

"I'm fine," I said to her. Physically, I wasn't. I had bruises and cuts all over my body. But because Toby was here, I felt amazing. "Toby helped me. He stayed the night." I suddenly realize how horrible that sounded. Now Melissa knows that Toby and I slept together last night.

"That's alright," Melissa said, not picking up on what I said, "if you need me at all, just call me." She said.

I promised her that I would and hung up. Toby appeared in the living room. "How are you feeling?" He asked, closely examining my bruises. "I'm fine." I said, pulling my arm away from him. He sensed that I didn't want to talk about it, so he quickly changed the subject. "Do you want me to make breakfast?" He asked. I told him that I wasn't hungry. He wrapped his arms around my waist and kissed me. "I love you so much. Last night was incredible." He said, continuing to kiss my neck.

I climbed onto him and wrapped my legs around his body. We kissed each other some more, and he laid me down on the couch. Our lips felt so perfect together. His tongue slid into my mouth, and I ran my fingers through his hair. He kissed my neck, and it tickled. I laughed, causing him to laugh too. "I love you." I said. "I love you too." He told me. He got off of me and made our breakfast.

"Have you heard from your dad?" Toby asked me.

"No. And he can burn in hell for all I care." I said, not even trying to sugar-coat it.

"I can't believe he would hurt you like that," Toby said, I could hear the melancholy tone in his voice, "I'm so sorry I didn't do anything to stop it." I could tell he was upset, so I followed him to the kitchen, and I wrapped my arms around his waist, hugging him from behind.

"Like I said, he would've hurt you too. I don't want that to happen." I say, kissing his cheek. He didn't say anything after that.

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Toby and I were enjoying our breakfast when I got the call.

A car accident.

Driving under the influence.

The car flipped.

Dead on arrival.

I couldn't even process what I just heard.

The first instinct was to cry. I cried onto Toby's shoulder. After everything, all I could do was cry.

There was no reason for me to cry. I barely knew him. Sure, I lived with him my entire life, but I never really knew him. I never knew why he acted like he did. I didn't know his story.

He hurt me. He was supposed to love me and protect me, but he did the opposite. Why am I crying? I shouldn't be crying.

Maybe I'm crying because I never got the chance to know him.

And now he's dead.

My father is dead.