Blood Within Love [Editing And Checking For Errors]

Maybe Love? {5}

During that week she was slowly recovering, she tried her best not to sneeze and had to face away from the shower head. To her the best place to think was the shower. Her life before the whole incident was so calm, no one knew her name, and if they did it was because of her high marks. Now she was a laughing stalk, everyone pushed her away because of a thing she let happen. Even if she wanted to stop it she didn't have the power to do so. Everything seemed to happen so quickly that it just didn't get processed. She turned off the water and looked at herself in the mirror, noticeable stretch marks lined her waist and stomach. Small bruises on her chest along with some scars on her abdomen. She looked like a canvas, only she wouldn't be admired by anyone. Placing a towel around her body she walked out of the room and heard the phone ring.

Walking over to it she cautiously answered it, "Hello?" stifled laughter was heard on the other line. "Nice towel babe, " he hung up before she could even get a word out. Hearing this she closed all the curtains and locked the doors and windows. "That bastard," she wouldn't let him near her or the baby, he wasn't meant to be part of her life. She dialed Oliver and sat on the couch, she was home alone, her brother was at work and her mom was out of town, it was only her and Sapphire. "Oli I need you to come over, I'm alone at home and he just called me," shuffling was heard on the other side of the phone. "I'll be there in five," she gave a silent "mmph" before hanging up. It was then that she realized she'd have to get dressed. She groaned and went to her room to get clothes, quickly changing she heard the door opening.she immediately reacted and grabbed her hockey stick, charging out of the room. "Saw-" he immediately stopped when he saw the small girl holding the blunt weapon, the edge nearly touching his cheek. "Good it's only you, I thought he unlocked the door," he still stood there shocked. "Oliver it's fine, it was only to protect myself, I may not be good at it but it's a start." after that he snapped out of his trance and walked into the house, securing all three locks. Walking over to the living room he sat down on the floor with Sawako and Sapphire. The baby girl was asleep in a small bundle of blankets while Sawako was leaning against the couch. Oliver thought she looked innocent and sweet, she seemed perfect to him. On the other hand, Sawako would constantly shut down anyone who tried to date her or sometimes even get close to her, Oliver was one of the lucky ones. He didn't want to ruin his chances so he decided to wait for her to feel the same way instead of telling her his feelings. It seems silly to do that, normally if that happens the other loses interest but sawako once said that if she developed feeling for someone she'd tell that person after she made sure those feeling were true. He really was hoping for it, but for now he enjoyed just holding onto her while she slept. She only trusted three people in her life; Hinata, her mom, and Oliver. Oliver was her safe haven, she felt comfortable around him but did she like him? She wasn't sure, she'd been trying to figure that out herself. For now she'll wait till she's sure, Sawako then proceeded to lean against Oliver. Her hair was still wet but for now she just wanted to get some sleep, she had school in the morning and she didn't want to be late. Nodding off he held her close before falling asleep with her.

The next morning she woke up to a pair of arms being wrapped around her waist while also having Sapphire pressed against her chest. Slowly picking up the sleeping baby she went into her room and placed Sapphire into her crib. Meanwhile she went into the kitchen and looked at the time. 6:00, she had two hours till she needed to be at school and one and a half till Oliver needed to be at work. She grabbed the ingredients to make pancakes and a bag of chocolate chips. Putting a pan onto the stove she set it to medium heat and began to separate the ingredients. In a large bowl she added 1 ¼ cups of flour, a tablespoon of sugar, ¼ of a teaspoon of cinnamon, 1 tablespoon of baking powder, and ¼ teaspoon of salt. In another bowl she placed, two eggs, a cup of milk, 4 tablespoons of melted butter, and ¾ teaspoon of vanilla extract. Whisking those together she dumped the wet mixture into the dry mixture and mixed it together until smooth. Getting ⅓ of a cup of chocolate chips she folded them into the mixture and then poured the batter into the pan.

After making the pancakes she placed two plates on the table and went to her room to change. Coming out of the room in her school uniform she placed her backpack on the couch and bent down to poke Olivers face. "Oli wake up, I have school and you have work," he tossed around and groaned. "There's pancakes in the kitchen," he immediately stood up, knocking sawako onto the floor. "Sorry little one," he held out his hand to help her up. She didn't hesitate and was picked up by him. "Anyways can you clip my garter belt to the back of my stocking?" He nodded and clipped them on, catching a glimpse of the birthmark she had mid-thigh. "Thanks, come on, we need to eat before our time runs out," She went into the kitchen and served him four pancaked while she only had two. She always wondered how Oliver was so thin when every time she saw him eat it would be like a small child with halloween candy,eating so much that it seems like they'd get sick. Finishing her pancakes she grabbed her bag and wrapped Sapphire into the blanket, getting her diaper bag. "Oli you ready?," "Yeah, let's pass by my place to get my uniform then I'll leave you at the school." they had a solid hour till oliver had to work so they weren't in a rush.

She stood outside the school, Sapphire in her arms. "Oli...could you come in with me?" he gave off a small smile and walked beside her. Going into the front office they left Sapphire with Sawako's aunt, thankfully she worked as a desk clerk at the school. She told her that Hinata will be here in about two hours to pick up Sapphire. She waved bye to Oliver and went to her class, getting her daily stares from the other students. Every pair of eyes seemed like they were burning into her soul. "Was that the dad of baby number one or baby number ten?" A red haired girl stood in front of Sawako, blocking her way to class. "He's a friend Asami," Sawako tried her best to get around her but the group of girls just got bigger. One after another they all crowded around her, closing in on her, she began to hyperventilate.