Can this be?

Chapter 13

Alex's POV

I definitely wasn't expecting what I saw when she lifted her shirt.

Not only did she have a deep purple bruise from whatever happened to her ribs, but she had 3 scars on her stomach.

There are 3 pretty small faded one but there is one that runs from her bottom right rib all the way to her belly button and it is kind of faded, but you can still clearly see it.

Tobin just got more interesting. I need to know her story, but I also have a lot of questions for her.

When I look back up at her, she quickly turns around in shame.

"Tobin, you have nothing to be ashamed about, you know that right? I'm not going to make you tell me now how these happened, but one day, when the time is right, I just wanna be here for you, you know that right?" I say.

"I have a hard time opening up, but let's just leave it at, I had a rough childhood." She says and I can hear the depression in her voice.

"That's fine, don't tell me anything until you're ready. In the mean time, I'm gonna help you out with those purple ribs of yours." I say as I try and lighten the mood which successfully it works.

I start looking for the things I'm gonna need while stuck in my thoughts.

Right now, I felt so many emotions. Happiness, sadness, anger, and something else that I really don't know...And I feel this for Tobin. Usually, I would just feel sorry for someone when they would tell me this, but with her, I feel so much more, it's like a feeling you get when someone that's really close to you, tells you about something bad that Happened to them, mixed with some butterflies, mixed with that feeling you get when you know someone is going to end up meaning a lot to you. What am I feeling for her? I honestly don't know.

I get out the bandages and some Iceyhot to soothe the pain away. I put some Iceyhot on my hand and start to rub her bruise.

She winces a couple times but tries not to show it. She's a hardass, I can just tell by now. But can I just say, damn, her abbs are freakin killer and I would massage her all day everyday if I could. But that would be kind of weird.

"I'm going to need you to stand for this part, just so I can wrap your torso and then you can sit back down and rest up." I say.

She extends her hand indicating that she needed help standing up.

I gladly took her hand, noticing that our hands fit perfectly together.

'Was this a sign? No. Alex get a grip!' I thought to myself.

I grab the bandages and start to unravel it just a little bit.

Then I start to wrap her torso. I start from the left side, where she got her bruise and worked my way around.

I stopped for a little but when I got to her back, I noticed a ton of scars on her back. Some were tiny and others cover a good amount of skin.

What happened to her? Surely this has to have some type of story to it. It just has to, but I have to wait until she's ready to tell me.

I push those thoughts out of my head for now, just focusing on helping Tobin right now.

"Ok, all done now. Just sit back and ice your ribs and wherever else you're hurting."I say and she nods in understanding.

Even through all of this, with her shirt off showing her scars and her bandage,and her bruised up face. She still manages to look Gorgeous.