*Trigger warning*
~Andrea POV~
We ended up leaving with 23 books, 19 of which belonging to me, 3 for Beau, and one for James, because he asked nicely.
When he first told me to get as many as I wanted I didn’t want to because I felt bad so I only picked out 2. When I did I looked at Beau and smiled.
“That’s it? Oh come on, out of all these beautiful books there are only 2 you want?” He asked.
My smile grew and my face flushed and I looked down at my very interesting feet. I lifted my chin so that I could see in his eyes, “Get as many as you want.” He whispered.
So I did. Beau and I went through the 3 teen section aisles at least 8 times until I found all the ones I wanted. I would have left with less if it wasn’t for Beau. He helped me pick out a few then I helped him find a few for himself.
It was nice walking out with so many books. When we checked out I was hooked to Beau’s side watching all the books go into the big bags.
“256 dollars and 74 cents is your total.”
My jaw dropped, I looked over to Beau and he didn’t even blink. He handed the man the money and gave him a nice smile.
When he looked down to me he laughed, “What?”
“That’s a lot of money Beau. I can put some back, let me put some back.” I said going for the bags but he stopped me by placing his hand in mine.
“No, I want to do this. You deserve this.” He said and I gave him another smile.
When we left we all had our hands full. I wasn’t used to get so many books. Generally I get 1 maybe 2 books every 2 weeks, enough to last me a week and a half. But now I have enough to last me a couple months and it makes me want to jump up and down with joy.
When we got back to the house I followed Beau to his room. When he got in the room he plopped all the books down with a grunt.
“Alright, if you want a new book just come and ask me okay?” He says walking closer to me.
“Okay.” I say with a smile. I went around him and went through the bags looking for one that I wanted to read. There was one that I picked out with him that seemed really good and that was what I wanted to read first. I felt his gaze on me the whole time but that didn’t stop the hunt. When I found it I picked it up and looked at it, ”The Coldest Girl In Coldtown” . I turned around to see Beau looking at me with admiration. I felt my face flush and I looked down at my feet.
“W-well I am going to go back to the room and read if that’s okay?” I say nervously.
“Why don’t you stay here with me and read. We can read together.” He says smoothly. I hear his voice growing louder as he comes closer.
I feel his finger lift my chin to look up in his eyes and he smiles down at me. My stomach is doing flips and butterflies are being shot out from every direction at this point. Then his face started moving closer to mine and I close my eyes as his lips connect with mine and again the fireworks start as our lips move in sync.
When he moves apart this time I say “Wow.” Breathlessly, and he nods his head in agreement.
We ended up on his bed reading for about 4 hours, well I was reading for about 4 hours when I notice that he has fallen asleep with the book he was reading on his chest. I gave a slight giggle and removed the book from his chest and moved it to the night stand.
I put a blanket on him and left to go get food. It was just about dinner time so I knew that I could get food without having to cook it myself.
When I walked into the kitchen there was soup and salad set out waiting to be taken to my room, “I wasn’t expecting you miss, I thought Luke was going to come and get it.”
“Nope, I got it.” I say smiling at him and I take it to the family room. I set up a table tray and start to eat the soup and salad. I brought my book with me and I only had a couple pages left so I decided to eat and finish it then go back to Beau’s room.
“Andrea, Andrea, Andrea. Oh the trouble you get yourself into.” I hear him say. I felt my stomach drop.
“Nathan, haven’t really seen you around.” I saw taking another spoon full of soup.
He sits down in the chair next to mine and gives me an evil smile.
“That’s because I am good at avoiding you.” He says back coolly.
I nod my head and take a bite of my salad. I notice he is still staring at me, watching my every move.
“What do you want?” I ask
“What do I want? I want out of here. But of course I can’t because of you.” He says. I can hear his voice rising.
“Look I’m sorry, really I am.” I start
“No you aren’t!” He snaps getting up from his seat throwing my food to the side and getting in my face, “You aren’t sorry at all! You are glad I’m stuck here miserable, you bitch.” He snaps.
“R-really I-I am! I swear. I didn’t mean this to happen t-to you Nathan.” I muttered dropping into my chair.
He went to put his hand up to slap me when I heard a bark from behind him. He turned around to see Thor baring his teeth at him.
“Stupid dog.” He says then kicks him to the side where he hit his head against the fireplaces frame. I heard him let out a weak cry and that was enough for me.
“That’s it Nathan, you can pick on me all you want but when you hurt my dog that is it for me.” I say standing up jabbing my finger into him.
“Oh yeah? And what are you going to do about it?” He says, I just glare at him not knowing what to do but I wanted to do something.
“That’s what I thought girly.” He says. He starts walking past me and I see Thor lying there, unconscious.
The rage hit me all at once and I followed him out.
“Hey Nathan” I say tapping his shoulder. He turns around and that was when I did it. I punched him straight in the jaw.
I didn’t know how much strength I had because he was on the floor.
“You bitch!” He yells.
“That was for almost killing my dog!” I yell, “And this is for me!” I say and I kick him in the gut and I hear him grunt at the impact.
He was quick to get up; too quick because the next thing I knew I was on the ground. But what he was doing was not what I expected.
He was trying to rip my clothes off, “This will teach you bitch.”
And it all registered. He was going to rape me.
“Help!” I started screaming, pleading, “Please, someone help!” I yell. I try to fight back but he trapped my arms.
“Help!” I screamed one more time then he covered my mouth so that no could hear me.
I thought all hope was lost when Thor got up and started barking. I knew he couldn’t do much but that was enough. After the first bark someone threw Nathan off of me and started beating the crap out of him. I couldn’t see who it was but I got up and ran.
My clothes were ripped, I was violated, and I had no more hope. I needed it.
I had to do it, I had to cut.
