Don't Let Me Go

Chapter 11

Vic pulled away. "I wanted to." He tried to catch his breath. "I've wanted to do that since the first time. I wanted to see if I felt the way I felt the first time again."

"How did you feel?" I asked feeling tiny, like I could be crushed by his answer.

"The first time. I felt a-whole-nother feeling in me that I've never experienced before. This time, I felt the same thing, times five." He gave me a weak smile. "You?" he offered.

I did not say anything just simply leaned in and kissed him again, but just a small peck. "That times a billion." I smiled getting up and walking to his room to put on one of his shirts.

"Melodi." he said walking into the door frame of the room. "I want to take you out tomorrow."

"Can you drop me off at my dorm by 10? I'll be ready at anytime you want."

"Sure." He smiled. He slid his jeans off and his shirt off, just leaving him and his boxers. I crawled into bed, and he did the same shortly after. He played with my hair and drew circles on my back, leaving us in silence, our thoughts to ourselves. Maybe this is what Chelsea was talking about. Was he lying to me about being the only girl he's comforted after Tony? I would ask her tomorrow I decided as I drifted off to sleep.

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I woke up to Vic getting up to go to the bathroom. I reached over on to the nightstand and grabbed my phone. '8:57' it read. Ugh too early! I looked at the text messages I had gotten over night. More from that unknown number, more pictures and another text reading "I told you to be careful and stay away from him." I was thinking if I should reply or not when Vic walked out.

"Oh sorry, I didn't mean to wake you-" he stopped in his sentence once he reached the bed and saw my phone. He grabbed it. "What's this?"

"I don't know. I started getting texts from them last night. Should I respond?"

"No. Don't. Don't ever text or call or anything this number do you understand?"

"Vic, why, who is it?"

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it." He said kissing me softly on the forehead.

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Vic dropped me off at my dorm and told me to be ready at around 5:30, we were going to a concert and I couldn't wait! we actually didn't have school tomorrow, because of some holiday, but that was great for me! I picked out what I was going to wear- some ripped up jeans, a bandeau, and a very ripped up tank top with my vans. Soon enough, Chelsea walks in.

"Spill it!" She squealed.

"What is there to spill?"

"Where you've been all weekend!"

"Oh well you know how I went out on that date with Tony? He tired to get me to have sex with him in the car, and I didn't want to, luckily Vic was there."

She gasped "oh my god are you okay?! no wonder Tony had a black eye! and Vic what did he do?"

"He's been um... comforting me?" I asked her

"Melodi, he's going to hurt you!"

"Does he do this with everyone?"

"Do what?"

"He told me that Tony's done this before, and that he's never comforted someone,and that I'm the only one he has. And also we um...we kissed, and we both felt something you know?"

"I don't know if Tonys done it before, I don't really like him, I stay away from him. But um... what do you mean you kissed an you both felt something? He said "I have to tell you something" and I told him okay and he just kissed me and then he told me he felt a huge spark and he wanted to make sure the first time wasn't a fluke and that he's been wanting to do it for a while."

"Melodi" Chelsea shook her head "he'll hurt you."

"No he won't!"

"Yes he will! Melodi, I know him alright he will rip you inside and out."

"Funny." I said softly "he said that about his friend."

"What friend?"

"Ric."

"Oh." That is all she said.

"Do you know something that I don't?"

"Yeah, I'm not sure Vic would want me to tell you though. How much has he said about Ric?" she seemed so uncomfortable.

"Just that he'll rip me inside out and that he's not someone he would ever want to fuck with."

"Ric is no-" just then the door opened. It was Mike.

"Are you two oka-"

"I have to go" I said picking up my shit and walking out. I heard foot steps behind me. "Chelsea leave me alone alright I'm going with Vic and you can't stop me!"

"It's not Chelsea." Mike placed his hand on my shoulder. "I heard you guys talking about Ric. And I was literally just with Vic."

"What were you talking about?"

"You"

"Oh." I felt my heart drop.

"He loves you Melodi. A lot. He was talking about you two moving in and all this shit. He doesn't talk about girls this way."

"Why is Chelsea so convinced that he's just going to hurt me."

"Well I'm not convinced he's not, but everyone will think he will because of how he's always acted around girls. He might. But you're not gonna know until you give him the chance." He gave me a weak smile "i'll let you go, Chelsea probably wants me back there anyway" he hugged me "if you need anything let me know"

I smiled, as if to say thank you and secretly asked him to not let me get attached. Not again.