A False Sense of Security

Chapter 22

Throughout the movie everyone, except for Aiden and I, screams, jumps, and Kacie cried out of fear, which I feel really bad for, since I might of caused it. Well I did cause it. I snuck up behind her and made her jump at a really scary scene. I didn't even flinch.

The movie was good but I only found few mistakes. I'll have to watch back through it on my own so I can pause it at times.

"So, Mr. And Mrs. Dead Inside, How did you like the movie?" Cole asks. He said we were married, I blush at the idea. No! I can't have these feelings. I don't want these feelings.

"It was surprisingly good. I didn't catch many mistakes the first time around." I reply.

"Y-your g-g-gonna w-watch t-this a-a-again?" Kacie asks trembling. I nod.

"H-how? w-w-why?"

"I don't get scared by this stuff, because it's all fake," I answer.

"O-oh," I chuckle at her reaction.

"So, who's ready to go to bed," Tana asks.

Cole, Eli, and Josh head up to the guest bedroom. Kacie, Tana, and Carolina go to Kacie's room. I stay on the couch. And Aiden is lucky and gets the second guest room all to his self.

I turn on friends and start to drift off to sleep.

***

I made it to the door but I wasn't quick enough. He grabbed me and through me into the coffee table. Glass shattered everywhere. I had the wind knocked out of me, from the impact. He started punching, hitting, and kicking me. He grabbed me by the hair and pulled me back into the closet. He retied me, with the chains, to the point where I could barely breathe. He went out and was gonna grab something to hit me with. He came back in with a crowbar and raised it. He swung it down and hit me across the face. Everything went black.

I quickly sit up, covered in sweat. I start hyperventilating, so I hug my knees to my chest and shut my eyes tight. I start crying, which turns into sobbing, into my knees.

"Kiara?" Aiden asks from the stairway. He rushes over and starts talking hushed tones, "Are you ok? What happened?"

He sits next to me and holds me to him tightly.

"I'm guessing you get the nightmare a lot,"

"Almost every night," I reply trying to calm my sobs and breathing.

"Shhh, shhh. It's okay breath, Moonlight, breathe," He softly says and snuggles with me. "Do you want to come upstairs and sleep with me the rest of the night?"

I nod and he picks me up. He takes me to his guest bedroom and lays me down on the bed.

He gets in bed with me and holds me as close as he can. He rubs my back and my arms in order to calm me down. My breathing starts to become normal and stop crying. I slowly begin to fall into a relaxing sleep, by listening to Aiden's breathing.

***

I wake up to find Aiden staring at me.

"Good morning, Moonlight," Aiden whispers. I smile and lean further into his chest. He starts to run my back again, like last night. His touch is warm.

Maybe he's not like Zander. He helped me when I was at my weakest. Zander never did that, even before when we first started dating. He would tell me to call Kacie or Tana.

What an asshole.

I was so stupid not to see that before. That situation was all my fault. I shouldn't of started dating him. I shouldn't have gotten attached. I shouldn't have denied the fact that he was cheating. I shouldn't have forgave him for cheating on me. And I certainly shouldn't have let him hit me. This was all my fault.

"Kiara?"

"Hmm?"

"Do you want to talk about your nightmare?"

"Umm, its a long story,"

"It's okay you don't have to tell me. I understand." I think about his statement for awhile and decide I'll tell him anyways.

"It's about Frank and how I'm afraid he'll hurt me again, since he's not locked up like Zander is." Or was.

"I promise I won't let anyone hurt you, ever again." His words had so much meaning, I could tell.

"Promises can be broken,"

"Well then I'll make sure no one will hurt my Moonlight." I smile.

"Yours?"

"Hmm?"

"You said 'my Moonlight'. What, so I'm yours now?"

"Well do you want to be mine?" I blush at that. I think about it for a second and decide to give him a chance.

"We'll see how I feel," I say as I get out of bed and start to walk the door.

"So, is that a yes?" He calls.

"It's a maybe," I answer and walk out of the room and go downstairs.

I go straight to the kitchen and start making pancakes, waffles, sausages, eggs, bacon, and Kacie, Tana, and I's favorite, cinnamon rolls.

Aiden comes down in the middle of me cooking, with a big smile on his face.

"So, you said maybe," he states.

"Yup,"

"So, maybe boyfriend and girlfriends usually go on dates,"

"And your point is?"

"Will you go on a date with me, tomorrow?"

"Hmm? Let me see if I have plans," I joke.

"So, that's a yes,"

"Of course,"

"Let me help cook," he says taking care of the eggs.

"Thanks, I really need it,"

"I'm always here to help you, Moonlight,"

"I know, Loverboy,"

***

We finish cooking and we hear people moving upstairs.

"I smell bacon!" Eli says running down the stairs.

"Breakfast!" I shout.

Everyone comes down after that. We all grab a plate and fill it up with food. We start talking and laughing. And me and Aiden keep on stealing glances from one another. I haven't felt this happy years. Not since my mom still lived with us. I forget about all my worries and problems and finally live in the moment.

Free of stress, fear, and drama.

But not for long.