Like Fire Flies Together

Chapter 13

Shaun's Point Of View

But round came my time, and fuck oath I shined

Paris quickly drifted off to sleep in my arms. I was so angry at her ex for doing this to her. How could he hurt her like that? It wasn’t long before I followed her in falling asleep.

I woke up the next morning with her still in my arms. I slowly moved over, trying not to wake her and made my way out to the lounge room. I wasn’t sure if I should tell Jasmine and Bek, I knew they’d freak out but they had a right to know. I decided Id wait for her to wake up, which wasn’t too long. She stumbled out of the room still half asleep and sat beside me on the lounge.

“Do you want me to tell Bek and Jasmine?” I asked her. She thought about it for a moment and nodded her head. She had faint red marks and bruises around her neck, probably from that pig. I thought she might get upset again if I talk about it in front of her so I went into the kitchen and dialled Bek’s number.

“Shaun Patrick Donald Diviney do you realize what time it is?” She asked through the phone obviously being pulled from peaceful sleep. I didn’t even notice until then it was 6:30 in the morning.

“Sorry, but you’ll get pissed I didn’t call you earlier.”

“I really doubt that..” I laughed a little at the sound of that.

“Paris is here.”

“Why didn’t you call me earlier?!!” She half yelled into the phone, I could hear people in the background she’d woken up.

“Told you. Anyway I think you and Jasmine should come over, her ex hit her.” I said quietly, not wanting Paris to hear me.

“HE WHAT?! We’ll be there in a minute!” she yelled before hanging up. I went back over to Paris, she had tears rolling down her cheeks. I hugged her and she quietly sobbed into my chest. When she managed to stop sobbing, she moved back slightly and looked at me.

“Thank you Shaun. For everything.” She said as she rested her head on my shoulder. soon Bek and Jasmine rushed through the door without knocking and came straight over to Paris.

“Oh my god sweetie, are you okay?!” Bek said after taking one look at her. Jasmine looked shocked and sat on her other side while Bek just kneeled in front of her. She nodded her head staying quiet.

“What happened?” Jasmine asked her. She took a deep breath before she spoke, telling us every detail from the moment she got in his car. Anger built up in the three of us from the moment she said he’d hit her. Bek and Jasmine didn’t hide their hate for him in their faces, and I couldn’t blame them. She managed to tell us everything through her tears. After Paris’s cloths were cleaned and dried and she changed into them from my shirt, we all got into Bek’s car and went back to Jasmine’s house since they’d just left everyone there. Everyone had crashed there the night before, even Bradie, Andy and Jumpnow. I wondered around the house to see where everyone was and the girls followed me. Xavier was on the lounge; Sammy, Teaka and Maddie crashed in the first spare room, Bradie and Andy in Jasmine’s bed and Jumpnow and Liz in the other spare room.

“Ha I knew they liked each other” Jasmine laughed as we passed the room.

“Wait, if they scored your bed, where did you two sleep?” I asked curiously.

“The floor” Bek said rubbing her neck.

“Oh they need pay back for that” I grinned. Paris looked confused but followed us all as we quietly went into Jasmine’s room and walked to the side Bradie was fast asleep on. Bek went over to Andy and at the same time we shook them yelling

“WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP!!”

“Buzz an alien!” Bradie said as he shot up from his peaceful sleep. Bek, Paris, Jasmine and I all looked at each other before falling to the ground laughing, waking up everyone else in the house. It was good to see Paris laughing instead of looking down and upset.

“What were you dreaming about?” Jasmine said as she stood up off the floor. Bradie just shrugged his shoulders and turned a little red from embarrassment. Andy just sat there confused, practically falling back to sleep. We all walked down stairs, followed by everyone else slowly walking out from the spare rooms. Bek asked them all not to say anything to Paris about the marks and we’d explain them later. While everyone was getting breakfast, I heard a knock at the door. I went over and opened it, only to see the last person I expected. It was Max. I walked outside closing the door behind me so no one inside would see him.

“What the hell are you doing here?!” I yelled at him.

“Where is she?”

“You’re not going anywhere near her, just get back in your car and leave.”

“I’m not leaving until I see her.” He said and tried to move me away from the door. I pushed him back and he retaliated by throwing a punch toward my head. I ducked and hit him square in the face, making me feel much better. The girls must have heard us inside because Bek and Jasmine walked out. I turned to them for a split second and as I turned back to him he hit me, straight in the eye. I could feel it bruising up quickly but I didn’t hesitate to punch him back. I kept hitting him so he wouldn’t even have time to try and hit me back. Eventually he fell to the ground, before running to his car and driving away. I turned around to see Paris standing with Jasmine and Bek, all with shocked looks on their faces. Paris rushed up to me and threw her arms around me for a hug.

“Are you okay?”