Beneathe the Surface

Same Day

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Same Day

I look at all of the bruises on her back and her face I wince. I put some ice on it and she shrinks away.

"Stop moving Cass." She stops and I ice her back. "Look tell me what happned and then we can go from there." She nods slowly.

"Alright. I got home and he snapped again." She sounds like it's so casual. "He talked a little about my mom and then he went to hiting on me again. End of story." I sigh.

"You have to tell someone Cass."

"No. I can handle this. We graduate soon and I'm leaving for Brown. I'm leaving and he can't hurt me then. i have a full scholorship. Please just don't tell anyone. Ok?" When I don't say anything she turns and looks at me. "Please." Something tells me to say no, but that's not what happnes.

"Ok." I say. Then my phone rings. I look at the caller ID and it's Heck. I smile and go out to the balcony to answer it. "Hey." I say in a soft voice.

"Are you ok?" He asks worridly .

"Fine." I say. "Everythings fine." He sighs with releif. "It's just that Cass needed me more than you did at the moment."

"Is she alright?" I bite my lip and take a deep breathe.

"She's fine. Tired but fine."

"What happned?" He asks. I leans onto the balcony and close my eyes.

"Nothing. She's just been having a rough time lately is all." It's not my buisness to tell. I say to myself.

"Oh. So my moms on the night shift. Can I come over?"

"I'd love that."

"Alright. I'll be over soon."

"Ok, bye." When I hang up the phone and go back inside Cass is looking at a picture of my mom. When she looks back at me she has curious eyes.

"Do you miss her?" She asks me.

"Everyday. I hate myself for missing her but I can't seem to bring myself to hate her for doing what she did to me."

"The fact that you still love a person who doesn't really care seems so stupid and unreal but it is real. It happens everyday. It's life." She says.

"I'm sorry your dad treats you that way." I mutter.

"I'm sorry your mom treated you that way and your dad is a jerk, but you have me to look to when things get tough."

"So do you." I say quietly.

When I get Cass settled the doorbell rings. I open it and there's Heck with a box of chocolates and flowers. I smile at the sight of the red and white tulips.

"Awe! What's the accation?" I ask him.

"There doesn't have to be one." He says as he hands the flowers and candy to me. "I just thought you could use a pick me up." I smile and open the door wider so that he can come in. I go and put the water in a vase and take it to my room.

When I feel Heck's arms around me I lean into him.

"Where's Cass?" He asks.

"Sleeping. Were alone for right now." He puts his chin on my head.

"You know Logan has been asking about Cass. He really wants to go out on a date with her. He says she's been giving him the cold shoulder and it wasn't like that at first." I shrug. "Can you talk to her?"

"Sure. Is Logan yout new BFF of something." He chuckles softly.

"Something like that. He's a better friend than the ones that I use to have. Besides he understands what it's like to have a corrupted girl to chase after." I laugh softly.

"I'm not corruppted." I mutter.

"Who hurt you Hal?" I stiffin in his arms and he winces at my reaction and just holds me tighter. "Please just tell me who hurt you. It wasn't just your mom or your dad. Someone hurt you and they hurt you badly. Tell me Hal." I pull away from him and wrap my arms around myself.

"No one hurt me, but your hurting me when you ask me that question." I hear him sigh.

"Your not telling me everything Holly!" He yells and I turn to him. I look at him with a scared and frantic face. His wild hurt angry eyes don't change thou.

"If I'm not telling you verything then it's for good reason Heck!" I shout back. "Maybe there are just some things that you don't need to know. I don't need protecting. I can handle everything on my own!" He looks even more upset and his eyes darken in a way that I've never seen them before. There so different from the kind and loving eyes that I see everyday. Much meaner.

"I'm your boyfriend Holly!" He enficizes the your and I feel a pang of guilt. "That's what I'm suppose to do! I'm suppose to love you and protect you and hold you when you can't hold yourself up!"

"Do I look like I'm falling Heck?" I ask him in an upset voice. I point down to my feet, which are planted firmly on the ground.

"Maybe not physically but you are." He says with just as much anger in his voice that's in his eyes. I snort. I turn and walk away from him. "Holly don't walk away from me." I keep going until I reach my bathroom. I shut thr door and lock it. "Holly!" He shouts.

"Heck your scaring me. Ok."

"Holly." His voice comes out softer this time. More like the normal tone I'm use to him using on me. "I love you. Don't hide from me. I'm sorry I yelled. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings."

"Just go Heck." I slide down onto the floor and put my head in my hands.

About a half hour later I start to smell smoke. I get off of the sloor quickly and open the door slowly. When I step out of the bathroom I smell something burning. I rush to the kitchen only to see Heck with a fire extinguisher. I can only watch him struggle with the thing. I snap out of my daze and go over and help him. I put out he burnt things on the pan and put the extinguisher and look at him with a confused look. He runs a hand nervously through his hair.

"I was tryin to make you cookies, but it didn't exactly pan out that way as you can see." I role my eyes. "I was wondering if it matters if they were sugar cookies." I try everything to stop the laughter that's bulding in my chest, but it's physically impossible to stop. He just looks at me like I'm crazy.

"I'm sorry." I say through laughter. He just looks at me. "It's not funny I just-" I stop and take a deeep breathe, "I just really need a moment." When I finally calm myslef down I give him a small smile. "I'm sorry." I say softly. "For everything."

"No, I'm sorry." He says.

"I know you would never hurt me intentionally. I just....thank you for the attempted cookies and for almost bruning down my appartment." He laughs and pulls me to him. "If you still want cookies I can bake you some." I begin to laugh again.

"That was suppose to be funny." He mutters. "It wasn't." I keep laughing and he presses his mouth to mine. He pulls away. "You are so beautiful." He says softly. Looking into his eyes I know that this is the person I will never want to live without.

"I love you." I say as I kiss him again.

"I love you too." He says against my lips. When he kisses me again I deepen the kiss. He smiles a little and pulls me further into him. I bite his lip and he groins a little and that's where the kiss takes a life of it's own. This time we don't stop.

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It's short but sweet!!