Fall

Chapter 8

I screamed and felt the impact of his shoulder in my stomach as his hand came up and rested on my bum.

"Jye! Put me down!"

My pleas seemed to go unnoticed as he gripped my thrashing legs and continued to carry me down the hall. My fingers curled into fists and I pounded them on his back, but he didn't care. I tried to wriggle and squirm but his hands just gripped me tighter and only caused me more pain. 

I screamed out again as his hands found my hips and he tossed me from his shoulder. My back fell onto the large mattress and I looked up at him standing over me. My eyes were wide as I clawed my way up the bed to gain distance between us. 

"Where you going baby?" He smirked, bending down.

He gripped my ankles and pulled me back down towards him before crawling on top of me. He rolled his body up against my own as his lips came down to my neck.

I threw my head back and closed my eyes, tightening my grip on the sheets. I imagined myself being anywhere but here. But as soon as his hands pressed roughly to my chest, I couldn't force myself to.

"Jye!" I tried to protest, but it came out as more of a groan.

He hummed, closing his eyes as he used one hand to hold my hip down while rolling his body against mine. I bit into my lip and squeezed my eyes shut, just waiting for it to be over.

"Please Jye," I begged.

"What do you want baby?" He whispered, slowing sliding his hand from my hip down across my stomach.

"No, no..." I breathed out. "Please don't."

He chuckled and brought his hand back up, allowing me to let out the breath that I'd been holding in. His hand slid up the mattress until I came ontop of mine, prying my fingers from where they were tangled in the sheets. I opened my eyes and watched as he held my hand and guided it between us.

"Jye stop! Please. No!" I pleaded, but he only ignored it.

"Shh it's okay," he whispered, he didn't even sound like himself, but continued to guide my hand to the front of his jeans. 

My head turned to the side and my eyes closed again, forcing myself to not think about anything he was making me do. To forget about what my hand was feeling. To forget about the pain I was going to go through minutes from now.

"Hey, look at me," he said, much slower than before.

I felt his hand on my cheek and I turned my head to the other side in an attempt to get his hand away.

"Stop! Please!" I begged again.

"Briana, it's okay. Open your eyes."

Everything about that sentence didn't sound right. Whether it was the way his accent was thicker or the way he called me Brianna, regardless, I opened my eyes.

It took me a moment to study their face and for my breathing to slow. It wasn't Jye's brown eyes that were looking down at me, it were Harry's green ones. I slowly sat up, my eyes widening as I swallowed down the lump in my throat.

"Are you okay?" He asked, sounding genuinely concerned.

The blankets that he had tucked into the lounge were now sprawled out on the ground and my cheeks felt slightly damp. Harry was seated on the edge of the lounge, his hand resting on my hip, his eyes never leaving mine. 

When I realised I hadn't answered, I nodded slowly.

"You were yelling... I thought you were hurt..." He breathed out.

Had my dream really caused me to yell out? I had dreams like this almost every night, but I never realised I had actually screamed in my sleep. I usually just woke up shaking, with a headache and tears in my eyes.

I swallowed again.

"I'm... I'm okay..."

"Did you have a nightmare?" He asked cautiously.

I nodded. "Yeah."

I didn't want to tell him I had these frequently. 

His hand rubbed my side slowly as I sank back onto the lounge. He bent down and picked up the blankets from the floor. I pulled the blankets up to my chest as he draped them over me.

"Do you want some water?"

"No, I'm okay."

"Is there anything i can do?"

I didnt meet his eyes. I shook my head.

"Okay... Try to get some sleep? I'll be back to check on you again soon."

A part of me was hoping he was going to stay with me, but I sighed helplessly and closed my eyes when he got up and hesitantly started out of the room.

There was nothing he could do. I would never be able to erase Jye from my mind and I'd certainly never be able to erase him from my life. He'd always find a way back to me

He'd always win.