What if?

13. Sweat

        I woke up shaking and drenched in my own sweat. I looked around the room, hoping I wasn't in a room of that disgusting motel. I touched myself, afraid that I would be naked from getting raped by the men that were with my dad. Luckily, I still had my clothes on but they were soaked.

        I thanked God that I was clothed and in my hotel room in Sydney not back home in Florida. I still had tears in my eyes, my breathing still heavy and I was still shaking. My anxiety started kicking in. What if it all wasn't a dream? I tried taking deep breaths when my phone started to ring which made me yelp. It was Luke calling. It's 3 in the morning, why is he calling me at this hour? Why is he even up? I picked up with my shaky hands.

        "H-hello?" I slapped my forehead because I sounded terrible! I sounded like I just woke up from being in a coma, I felt like it too. My throat was dry which made my voice hoarse. My voice was shaky too. I just hope Luke is like half asleep or something so he wouldn't notice but in all honesty, I wished he was here next to me holding me and telling me everything would be alright.

        "What's wrong? Did something happen? Are you okay?" He said sounding more awake than ever. "Um.. Y-yeah, I'm f-fine. W-why are you up at t-this hour?" I said trying to not let my anxiety take over but I just couldn't get the image of the man pulling my hair and slamming me to the ground out of my head. I shut my eyes tight trying to forget.

        "It doesn't matter. I'm coming over right now. You better open the door or I'm breaking it down. I don't care about the time! I care about you! Don't do anything stupid okay? Please." He said before hanging up. I got out of bed trying to steady myself. My legs were literally jelly. I couldn't stand properly without holding onto something for support.

        After a few minutes of trying, I finally got to the bathroom. I looked in the mirror at how badly the nightmare had affected me. I could see myself shaking, my hair was all over, tear staines on my cheeks and my clothes were messed up. I was washing my face when I heard a bunch of loud knocks. It was definitely Luke but I was still paranoid. I feared that it would be my dad coming to take me away.

        I walked to the door holding the walls for support. Luke was rapidly knocking on the door, asking me to open up. I opened it slowly, looking down, trying to hide my messed up self. He shut the door and pulled me into a hug. "What happened to yo- Oh my God why are you shaking?" He said with worry in his voice. I couldn't answer him. All I did was cry into his chest. My tears staining his t-shirt.

        I felt safe. For what felt like forever eventhough it was just a few hours from when I last saw Luke, I felt safe. Safe from all the nightmares. He was rubbing my back, "Shhh.. It's going to be okay. Relax. I'm here and I'm not going anywhere. I promise." With those words I finally stopped shaking. I still had trouble breathing but I've finally calmed down and it was all thanks to Luke. How does he do that?

        He led me to the bed, sitting me down as he left to get me a glass of water. My breathing was still uneven. I don't know if it's the anxiety or just me. Luke came back handing me a glass of water which I drank pretty quick. My throat was dry and painful. "Are you okay? What happened? It's okay if you don't want to tell me though." He said still sounding worried. I felt bad for having him come here at this hour but I'm touched that he did. "I'm okay now. Thanks for coming. Um.. I had a nightmare.. It was like deja vu of what happened in the past but far more worse." I said slowly.

        Luke held my hand, rubbing his thumb, soothing me. I started, "I woke up back in Florida.." I told him everything. I started shaking and crying again when it got to the part where the man slammed me to the floor and touched me. "I-It felt so real I just.. it was so scary. He touched me and I c-couldn't fight back because my hands were tied up." It was just as bad as if it really happened.

        Luke finally spoke up, "I would never let that happen. You getting taken away, you slipping right through my finger tips and you getting touched up and down by some guy or any guy as a matter of fact. I promise I will never leave you nor will I ever let anyone do anything to you. I promise."

        He said bringing me into his warm embrace, his hands rubbing my back up and down as he whispered "I promise" every once in awhile. Eventually I fell asleep. I guess the nightmare and all the crying drained me of it. But falling asleep in his arms, best feeling ever. I felt safe.

-Luke-

        I never want to see her like that ever again. I want to see her go to sleep every night peacefully. With a smile on her face, her head on my chest, all the muscles in her body relaxed and not have anything to worry about. Her nightmare was awful. I can never take that nightmare away but I can help her try to forget it because it's not real. I can and I will do my best to make her happy.

        From tomorrow onwards, I will do everything in my power to make her happy. We might have just met three days ago but whatever. I like her. A lot. Me being the shy person I am I might not be telling her that anytime soon but I can show her. Actions speak louder than words right?

        I pulled her down with me gently laying her head on the pilow. With that I fell asleep holding her tight in my arms.

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