Behind Closed Doors [On Hold]

Not Alone

Nathan's P.O.V.
I look at her bag still deciding wether or not I should check her phone. I look at her as she stirs a little and then her eyes open and look at me, standing in the door. I see her eyes fill fear and her mouth open slightly. I hear her quietly say no. My heart starts beating faster at the sight of her so scared and hating the fact that I can't help her with the pain.

"Sophie. It's okay..."

I start to move towards her but she backs away towards the wall.

"No... No. Stay away from me! Don't touch me! Get away!"

My heart breaks a little at those words even though I know they weren't meant for me. Her arms go up to shield her head. She starts rocking back and forth in the corner.

"No.. Sophie. It's okay. Don't be scared. It's me... Nathan."

She looks up at me eyes wide. By now I've moved to sit on the edge of the bed.

"Nathan..."

She throws her arms around me and she hugs me tight.

"Where did you go? You said you wouldn't leave me..."

She sounds like a small child. So vulnerable.

"I'm sorry. It won't happen again. I'm sorry."

I sit her on my legs and hug her. I feel something wet fall on my cheek and realize she's crying.

"Hey... It's okay. Don't cry"

I look at her and wipe her tears away.

"It's okay. Let's go back to bed."

"Okay."

I lay down and open my arms for her. She climbs into the blankets and lays beside me. I take her in my arms and we fall asleep.

Sophie's P.O.V.
When I wake up again there's light coming in through the window. Nathan's arm is still around me and I then realize that I still don't have my shirt on, and neither does Nathan.

Someone could've easily came in and thought we had sex. Which we didn't. We just laid here and fell asleep.

I look around the floor and see it. I take Nathan's arm off of me and go to pick it up. As I'm putting it back on Nathan wakes up and says, "In my opinion, you looked better without it." He gives me a sly smile and I blush. He opens his arms and I graciously fall into his arms once again.

We lay there until someone knocks on the door and their head pokes in. It's his mom and she looks beautiful.

"Breakfast is ready" she smiles and I blush as she looks at me.

She shuts the door and leaves. I turn towards Nathan and look at him with a smile on my face.

"Hey." He smiles back at me.

"Hi."

"How was your sleep? After everything.."

I frown and my heart starts to beat faster just at the thought of it.

"It was fine..."

He hugs me and says, "I'm sorry if I scared you... It's just that your phone was going off. I didn't know what to do. Don't worry, I didn't check it. I have more respect for you than that."

I feel happy at those words even though I half hoped he would've checked it so I didn't have to.

"Why didn't you?"

"Because you woke up..."

I go quiet and bury my face into his chest. He rubs my back in a soothing manner.

"Do want some breakfast? I could go get a plate for you."

"Sure."

"Okay. I'll be right back."

He gets up from the bed and leaves. I sit up and look at my bag sitting on the floor. Gathering up the courage to check my phone I go over and pick it up. I sit of the edge of the bed and open up my bag. Once open I see my phone sitting perfectly in view. I suck in a breath and unlock it.

37 messages, 12 missed calls.

"Oh... My..."

I check the call log first since it doesn't have as much.

Bad idea. They're all from Vince. Except for one. It's from Nathan. I almost forgot that he gave me his number.

Whatever. It's over now. I'll be grounded for life after this.

I open up my messages and instantly regret it.

Of course my 'mother' wouldn't care enough to see if I was okay, only to get mad at me.

15 were from her and the rest from him.

She obviously doesn't check his phone.

I open up the ones from my mom first.
Sophie. You are in big trouble when you get home! I don't care if you say it's child abuse! You know exactly what's going to happen when you get back!
YOU BETTER GET OVER HERE RIGHT NOW!
Sophie. Please... Come home. I miss you.
SOPHIE!
At that point I stop just because I already know what she's going to say. She's probably going to say something about me whoring around, or call me a bitch.

My heart starts beating faster once my finger hovers over his name. I don't even know how I ended up with his name in my contacts. Oh wait. Yeah my mom practically forced me to trade numbers with him.

Your mother is very mad you know. She's pacing around the house and throwing your stuff around.
You know what your punishment is going to be when you get back right?
If not, let me remind you.
Once your mother is asleep. I'm going to tie you to your bed.
You will not struggle because by then I'll have injected the drug I have ready for you.
You won't be able to know the difference between reality and your dreams.
You know what drug that is right?
Of course you know. I use it on you all the time.

I can faintly hear the door open but I can't seem to take my eyes off the screen. I can feel tears running down my face.

"Sophie? ... Sophie!"

Everything goes dark.