A False Sense of Security

Chapter 33

I open my eyes slowly.

I'm in a dark room.

Everything is sore.

I move my hand it touches a head.

I look down and Aiden is sleeping on lap.

"Aiden," I mutter a whisper, my exhaustion getting the better of me.

He jolts up with a start.

"Oh, Kiara, your alright! Thank god your alright." He says and hugs. My arms brush against him and I hiss in pain. "Sorry,"

"It's fine," I whisper. "Why are you here?"

"I'm not gonna leave after something like that happened." He says climbing into bed with me and cuddling close. "Now get some rest! You need it,"

I nod and fall back asleep.

***

I wake up, again, to Aiden smiling at me. I just look at him with a blank face. No matter how hard I want to smile back.

"What do you want?" I ask annoyed.

"Well I want to know what happened? Why did you cut yourself, again?" Aiden demands.

"I don't want to be here anymore." I say and turn away from him.

"Well you have to. The doctors want to watch you until you fully heal." He explains.

"That's not what I mean," I state. He looks at me worried and he hugs me to him tightly

"Moonlight, I need you! Please don't give up on me yet," He whispers.

"Why would I stick around for some one who betrayed my trust." I retort.

"Kiara, I was just trying to help," He says.

"Well next time don't," I hissed.

"Kiara! Why are you being so difficult!" He demands.

"It wasn't very difficult for you to tell your dad about all the personal shit that I trusted you enough to tell you!" I snap.

"I'm sorry, Kiara. I just thought he could help you so I told him to make him understand what happened. He just thought that you were a privileged girl with a normal life and was just depressed. He kept on telling me that you would just be in therapy for a couple sessions and the antidepressants would make you alright again. And I tried to tell him that he was wrong and he should try to understand you. But he wouldn't listen so I blew up and told him everything, because I thought he could really help you by knowing what you went through. Please, I only did this to help, don't hate me. I just want to protect you." He pleads into the back of my head.

I bury my face in my pillows. I just want be alone. I need to think this through. I need to know if I should forgive him or not. I need my friends. They'll help me. They always do.

"Kiara, please forgive me. I'll do anything." He says in my ear.

"I want my friends!" I respond, lifting my head a little so he can hear me.

"Ill go get them for you, I guess," He says sounding a little disappointed.

I feel the bed shift and a weight get off of it. I hear footsteps to the door. The door opens then closes.