Dark (The Past Never Changes)

Chapter 48

Kaylee's POV

"I just want to thank everyone for sticking by my side when I was in a dark place and going through a rough time of my life. All of you know that I normally wouldn't be up here and talking or even stayed this long. This is big for me, because I'm finally happy with who I am, and what I have in my life. I especially want to thank Ashton." I lock eyes with him. "He was the first person to remind me that it's okay to open up to people. That it's okay to trust someone and be yourself with the people that care about you. And I'm so happy to have him in my life." I finish and everyone claps.

"Well this is all such a great surprise. Kaylee stayed guys. And on top of that she spoke to you. Can you believe that?" Bree says all giddy and everyone cheers. "Okay. Well I just have to say thank you all for coming. And I'm so happy to have you all in my life. Thank you Harry for giving me the one thing I've always wanted!" She smiles.

"What is that, sex?" Devin calls out and everyone laughs.

"What? No! Gees Devin!" She laughs.

She gets down and everyone goes back to conversing. Ashton wraps his arms loosely around my torso from behind me and rests his chin on my shoulder.

"Happy?" He asks. I smile and turn around.

"As long as I'm with you." I get on my tippy toes and kiss him gently. "I'm kind of tired. Can we go home now?" I rest my head on his chest and he nods.

We say goodbye to everyone before slowly heading out. On the way home, I can't help but close my eyes and before I know it, I'm fast asleep.

Raven's POV

"Are feeling alright, babe?" Luke asks as he rubs my back.

"Not really." I frown. He reaches his hand up and touches my forehead.

"You're burning up. We should get you home." He looks at me. I nod slowly and we say our byes to everyone.

On the way home, Luke keeps a tight grip on my hand and speeds a little. He carries me inside and sets me on the bed. Not long after, he returns with a cold damp cloth, water, and some medicine. I lay on my side and Luke gets in the bed with me.

Bree's POV

Harry and I help the waiters clean up the mess we made. Everyone else went home and I couldn't just leave. This place is a disaster. After we finish up, Harry grabs my coat and purse and helps me slide it on before leading me to his car. His height towers over mine and I stare up at his focused green eyes. They're beautiful, he is just so beautiful. I watch as his lips curl up into a small smirk.

"Like the view?" He asks.

"You're just perfect." I smile.

Harry and I haven't said "I love you" to each other yet. I haven't been ready and I just don't think he's thought about it. He grabs my hand and basically drags me outside. I'm still so caught up in him, that I haven't even realized I wasn't able to move. I blink my eyes a few times and finally get back. I cling to Harry when we step outside. There's a drunk guy walking by the building.

"Hey, could you guys buy me a drink?" He slurs. Harry protectively pushes me behind him.

"Sorry man, we don't support that kind of thing." Harry tells the scruffy looking dude.

"What about sharing your girl. Do you support that?" He asks and looks at me. Harry pushes him back and he stumbles over.

"Fuck you, she's mine." Harry yells. I grab his arm and pull him to me. He takes my hand in his and walks away angrily. It hurts so I try to keep up with him.

"Could you stop holding my hand so tight please?" I ask as nicely as possible. He looks at me then loosens his grip on my hand.

"I'm sorry." He mumbles and opens up the car door for me. I offer a shy smile and get in the seat.

"Are you okay?" He asks.

"Yeah." I assure him.

"Did I hurt you?" He looks worried.

"No! It was just a little tight. Look it's not even red." I show him my hand to prove it to him. He nods and starts the car. I can't deny that I felt really scared of Harry for a moment. The last time I saw his eyes that dark was when he found me in that abandoned building and almost killed Jason.

I close my eyes, but regret it as soon as I start to replay all the horrible things that happened to Kaylee and I. All the times on the bed, then getting thrown into walls, and getting beaten. The darkness in Alex's and Jason's eyes. The way that they looked at us like we were toys. I place my hand on my chest and gasp. I feel the car jerk and I slam forward, but my seatbelt restricts me. I open my eyes in horror and see that another car was rushing by, running a red light. Harry's hand is protectively locking me in place, even more so then my seatbelt. I look at Harry and breath out.

"Are you okay?" He looks at me with worry on his face. I try to say yeah, but my heart is racing too fast and I don't know how to process everything that's going on. "Bree, what's wrong." He asks and starts to drive again.

"I-I." I stutter but I can't think of anything. I slouch in my seat and let a tear slip out of my eyes. This is the first time I've thought about what happened since it happened, and I can honestly say that it hurts worse than I though it could.

"Hey, love what's going on?" I look back to Harry and shake my head. The images pop up again and I close my eyes.

"I can't." I breathe.

"Take deep breaths." He says and pulls up to the house.

My mind goes blank and I feel nothing anymore. I just sit here with my eyes closed. I feel someone unbuckle me and soon I'm being carried somewhere. All I can vision is Jason picking me up and throwing me on the bed. I start to freak out and grip whoever's T-shirt it is that's holding me.

"Don't hurt me please!" I cry. "Don't hurt me." I cry some more. I feel my body being shaken and the images fade away.

"Babe, I'm not gonna hurt you. Bree look at me." Harry's hands grab my face and my eyes shoot open. I wrap my arms around his neck and cry into his shoulder. "Hey what happened?" He asks.

"She was revisiting the images from when we were taken." Kaylee answers for me.

"It was so real. It felt so real." I cry.

"It's okay. I'm here. Nothing is gonna hurt you." He rubs my back.

I just nod and slouch further into him. Remembering what happened is like losing a part of yourself. You have picture it so vividly and it doesn't stop till someone proves to you it's over. I wish Jason would've died honestly. What if he comes after me after he gets out of jail? Gosh this night can't get any worse. I thought too soon as a knock at the door sounds. I sigh. Kaylee answers the door.

"Go away!" She yells.

"No! I want to see her. I heard she recovered and I want to know she's okay." Steven's voice makes Harry lift me into his lap.

Harry's POV

I take Bree upstairs and carefully place her on the bed.

"I'll be right back babe." I kiss her cheek and rush down stairs.

Steven is still at the door and I'm furious.

"I thought I told you to stay away from her." I say as I appear in front of him.

"Oh god, she's still with you?" He laughs.

"As long as she's not with an asshole like you." Kaylee huffs.

"And she's very happy." I smile sarcastically at him.

"Well let me see her. I wanna see how she looks." He reasons.

"Not gonna happen. If you really wanted to know you would've come when you found out." I tell him.

"I just did find out. Like fifteen minutes ago." He says.

"What? How?" Kaylee steps towards him.

"Jason. He's out of jail." He smiles.