Broken- Louis Tomlinson fanfiction

Chapter 7

Ember's POV

*Dream*

"Y-Your hurting me." I choked out.

"GOOD!" He said slamming me against the wall hard.

"Stop! Ethen I'll call the police!" I yelled back and tried to wriggle out of his hard grip. I kicked him hard and got out. Once I did I ran to the phone and started dialing the police.

"Ember!" He yelled running at me. He threw the phone at the wall; crashing it into pieces. "I give you everything!" He yelled again. He shoved me into the counter top of the kitchen, making my hip hurt.

"Stop!" I screamed at him.

"Dont yell at me!" he screamed back, instantly throwing his hand back slapping me in the face. My face stung in pain. But he wasn't done with me yet. He hit me thousands of times, blood was everywhere. My screams died down when he threw the last punch making everything go away.....

*End of Dream*

"Ahhhh!!!" I scream waking from my nightmare. Tears flooded down my face, I couldn't stop imagining Ethen hurting me and yelling. "Stop!! Please!!" I yelled closing my eyes shielding myself from anything.

"Ember? Ember! What happened." I heard a panicky voice say. I open my eyes and Louis is next to me. "Shhh. It's okay. It's only a dream." he shushes me. He comforts my sobs and wraps his arm around me in an embrace. I held onto him tight, scared of anything else. He shushed me and calmed me down. My shaky breaths slowing to its regular pace. The room went quiet after my big out burst. I remembered today; forget about the past. It only made me think more of it and become more scared. I still held onto Louis for dear life. It wasn't weird though, he was comforting and calming.

"You okay." he asks (once again). I shake my head 'no'. I wasn't I don't think I'll ever be okay.

"Go back to sleep. I'll stay in here okay." I nod my head and let go of him and lay back to bed. He gets up from the bed and grabs a pillow and blanket from his closet. He places them on the floor beside the side of the bed I was on. I let out another shaky breath and wiped my eyes. I felt so childish. Waking from a nightmare and having your guardian help you and stay with you. I pulled the blankets closer to me feeling cold.

Louis had been so amazing to me. I felt guilty for making him sleep on chairs and couches. He does everything for me. He supports me, makes me breakfast every morning, pays for anything I need, and cares about me. It was weird I never thought that someone cared about me at all really. He offered to take care of me, and help me get better. There was nothing wrong with him. He was normal and wanted to help me.

Louis POV

I lay on the floor, listening to her shaky breaths, wishing I could do anything to help her. I heard her scream and i panicked. I thought she had tried to hurt herself or someone was hurting her. I don't know- just- anything. She was crying and sobbing, I've never seen her more vulnerable. Wait scratch that. This is the second time I've seen her so vulnerable.

She was afraid of something. I didn't know what yet. I really didn't know anything. Why she wanted to die, or what happened to her to make her so scared of something. She held onto me like she would never see me again. Now I was more than curious. I was desperate for anything. Something really triggered her. Something had to have happened.

-Morning-

When I wake up, I look to my right to make sure she was still there. when she was I sighed out of relive and got up to make breakfast. I made myself some coffee and started to make some pancakes, knowing that Ember will be up soon. It was weird to know when she averagely wakes up. I know it's always when I'm finishing making breakfast, or later. But due to last night, she might be waking up later.

It was also weird how I was starting to get used to her here. I mean, I should. She's not going anywhere...Then I thought about that date I had with Eleanor a couple of days ago. I really like her. She was perfect. But how do I date, if I have a life like this? Will she think it is weird or brave? She wont want to date someone like that. But I'm not giving up on it. I still want to live normally; I'm sure Ember wants me to as well.

I flip the first pancake onto a plate and start to make a second one. As I do this I start whistling a random tune. When done with that pancake, I make two more. As I'm finishing making the last one, I hear a small voice from behind me.

"Morning." I hear Ember say from the counter.

"Good Morning." I say and finish the last pancake and take it off of the pan. I turn off the stove and place the pan inside the sink. I put two pancakes on each plate with a side of fruit. I pour some syrup onto each pancake. When I finished I grabbed her a cup of milk and got myself coffee. I set down our breakfast like usual.

"Thanks." she mumbles.

"Yea."

We eat for a while, but I couldn't hold in my question anymore. It was going to kill me. And if we didn't talk things would be very awkward; thats the last think I want.

"What was your dream about last night?" I look up at her. She stopped eating and shifted in her seat.

"Uh, it was just a nightmare." she says

"It seemed, like more than that,"

"It was nothing." she says

"Okay. But if you need anyone to talk to," I lull

"I know. And thanks for being there last night." she says

"I'll always be here if you need me," I smile, and she returns it back.

And I wasn't lying.