Ace's Raine

Chapter 7: Scars and Bad Dreams

Finally it's the weekend. Liam said him and the boys are going to the beach and he asked me to come. I refused but he wouldn't take no for an answer.
So I slip on my black bikini and a black cover up shirt. I slip in my sandals, grab my bag and head downstairs.
I wait on the couch for the others.
One by one they pile downstairs. Liam looks at me surprised.
"Damn girl that was fast! You took less time than we did." Liam said.
"Eh I just threw on some clothes." I shrugged.
Liam ushers us out the door and we all pile in the twins car. I'm currently squished between Raine and Oliver.
Raine is super tense and barely moves. Oliver keeps harshly nudging me as if he's warning me to stay away.
I realize how much I've put them through. I mean look at them. The only sane person here is Liam and Ryan.
My head starts to spin. I feel like I can't breathe, it's as if someone just dropped reality on my chest.
I've hurt them so bad, I hurt them. It's one more fault to my tally score. I killed my mom, I was too weak to fight my dad or Roger. And now I broke my best friends who now hate me.
I start to breathe irregularly and suddenly realizing the close proximity of the boys.
No one has ever been this close to me without them hurt or almost dead.
I look at my now shaking hands and start
counting to ten in my head.
I get to 7 when I feel someone shaking me.
"Ace!" Oliver was shaking me.
"What?!" I look up startled.
"Your hand is bleeding and your shaking!" He points to my hands.
I was apparently gripping my hands too tight and my nails were digging in.
I unclench my hands and just look down.
About ten minutes later we arrive.
Everyone piles out of the car and we head to the shore line.
We drop out towels and bags not the sand.
I slip off my cover and start putting my hair in a messy bun, suddenly hearing a gasp.
"Ace oh my god what happened?!" Asked Raine looking at my body.
Shit... I forgot my fighting scars and training scars that litter across my body.
Raine was staring specifically at the scar on my wrist and his face scrunched up.
"I'm fine guys! Seriously it's just a few marks." I say laughing nervously.
"Like hell it is! Some of those are stab wounds! What the hell happened?!" Asked Oliver.
"I got into some fights when I was away. Nothing too serious." I argue. "Can we swim now?" I add.
They all look at each other quietly for a minute and then Liam sighs.
"Fine. But we are not done talking a bout it." He says upset.
"Okay okay! Now turns those frowns upside down and let's have some fun huh?" I say. I run towards the water and dive in.
While I'm under water, I sit and think about what just happened.
Oh my god what if they bring it up again. Or why I fought. I can't believe I could be so foolish. I'm supposed to be focusing on school, not in friends. It will be so much harder if I get too close.
Suddenly I was being lifted out of the water. I wrap my arms around the heck of the person who lifted me.
Raine...
"What the hell?!" He yelled,
Oops maybe I was under water for longer than I expected. Also another trial Roger put me through. God, it was hell. I drowned a million times and each time only proves how weak I was for letting me him hurt me.
I look up and forget that he was holding me.
I start feeling butterfly's in my belly.
Stop! I can't love him again...
"Sorry. I was just thinking." I look down.
"Thinking under water?!" He yelled. "Next time do your thinking above water! Where you can't fucking drown!" He walked to the shore and literally dropped me on the sand. Then he stormed off down the beach.
After that incident I stayed on the sand and decided to tan instead.
I watched the boys fight in the water for hours and Raine showed up some time later. Soon I couldn't hold my eyes open and I drifted to sleep.
Flashback...
Im back in the trail rooms all of a sudden. Roger walks in and pushes me in the chair.
"Now give me your hands bitch!" He says grabbing my hands and tying me to the metal table.
I start to move and try to get out but he just walks out of the room.
He soon walks back in with a electricity stick zapper.
"If you scream I zap you again." He miles viciously.
He wacks the stick on my arms and I scream.
"Oh you want more?" He asks. He zaps me twice more,
Yet again the ripples go through my body and I scream. I can feel the tears streaming down my face.
"Let's see how much more you can handle." He smiles and turns the electricity all the way up
Then he wacks me right on the chest.
End of Flashback...
I feel water splash my face, and I sit up gasping holding my chest.
"Ace? Oh my god! Are you okay?!" Asks Liam. All the boys are sitting around me and I realize I'm crying and sweaty and shaking.
"Yeah I'm fine." I gasp out.
Liam starts crying and puts his head in his hands.
"What happened?" I ask cautiously,
It's Raine who answers.
"You started shaking and then you screamed. We ran over and saw you crying and it kinda looked like you were having a seizure. We tried waking you up but you only screamed louder so I threw water on your face." He says almost out of breath.
They all look a little shaken up and Raine looks at Oliver as if he left some part of the story out.
"Okay I'm fine. I just had a bad dream is all." I reply
They all stayed silent. Liam soon calmed down and he decided it was time to go home.
The car ride was silent, and I look to me side to see Raine staring at me so closely.
"What?" I whisper so no one can hear me.
And he said six words that had me frozen to the core...
He leaned in close and whispered in my ear,
"I know you didn't run away."