Relentless

Nineteen;

My eyes slowly open to a dimly lit room. The only light was coming from the TV, the homescreen of the movie both Riker and I fell asleep watching, and from the clock on a side table. 2:37AM. I rub the sleep from my eyes then push myself off of the couch. I feel a sharp pain in my lower back, so I stretch it out. Glancing down at Riker, I see he's still asleep. Lucky. I thought.

I head into the kitchen to get a glass of water. As I'm filling the cup, I hear footsteps behind me. I turn the water off and hold the glass in my hand. Hoping Riker had woken up, I turn around.
"What are you still doing here?" Rocky asks. I'm immediately uncomfortable.
"Fell asleep watching a movie with Riker." I take a sip of water, my throat was just as dry as my mouth now.
"So I've been meaning to talk to you," He takes a step towards me.
"We shouldn't be talking at all." I put my cup on the counter, pushing it back from the edge.
"Why?"
"There's nothing to talk about."
"Of course there is." Rocky takes another step closer, I'm frozen where I stand. "Do you trust me?"
"No, I don't. Why would you ever think I could again?"
"What do I have to do to earn your trust?" He continues closer toward me, closing the space between us.
"For one, you can leave me alone."
"It's hard for me to do that."
"It shouldn't be. You see me, walk the other way."
"I can't do that." Rocky was now in my face. He had his hands on the counter, on either side of me, blocking me from whichever direction I could choose to run.
"Yes, you can. Now move." I try to push one of his arms, but he wouldn't budge. He presses closer to me, his hips against mine, holding me in place.
"Answer this for me," He starts, moving closer to my ear. "What does he have that I don't?"
"Get the hell off of me." I say firmly, standing my ground.

Rocky stays in place, not moving a centimeter. I knew if I didn't do something, he wouldn't move away, if anything, he'd move even closer. I use all of my strength to push him away, he loses his balance, and falls back against the island in the middle of the kitchen. Without a look at him, I make a run for it.

I was thankful to have left my phone and keys on the dining room table, so they were easy to grab. I go straight for the door, but am blocked by Rocky.
"Where are you going? Don't you want to wait till your boyfriend is awake?" He says, a menacing look in his eyes. I don't say a word, I just walk passed him, and out the door.I don't look back, I get right into my car, and drive away.

When I'm a good distance away from the house, I pull over. The tears start to fall from my eyes, and I see no stop in them.  I pick up my phone and call Riker. I knew he would still be asleep, so I planned on leaving a voicemail, and I do.
"Hey, it's me." Riker will know something is wrong, just by the sound of my voice. "It's almost 3 in the morning, and I know you're still asleep, but I had to leave. Rocky tried something again, and I couldn't stay, I needed to get away from him. Call me when you get this. Please." I hang up.

I drive home through tear-filled eyes, doing my best to drive carefully and to pay attention to what I was doing. Once I'm at my apartment, I go straight inside, and lock the door. I was so paranoid and upset, I lock all of the windows as well.

There was no way I was going back to sleep tonight, I pace back and forth in the living room. When I got tired of doing that, I sat on the couch, hugging one of the throwpillows as tightly as possible. Tears streamed down my cheeks, I couldn't stop them.

Hours go by, and sunlight peeks through the curtain. I hadn't moved from the couch since I had sat down. I hear a knock on the door, but I am frozen. The hear a key go into the lock and the doorknob jiggle, the key unlocks the door and it opens slowly.
"Hey, it's me." Riker says.

I am finally able to move, and run into his arms.
"Hey, I'm here." Riker hugs me, trying to calm me.

He walks me back over to the couch, never letting me go, and we sit.
"What happened?" He asks.

I explain everything that Rocky had done, I could see the anger in Riker's eyes.
"I don't know how much more of this I can take." I say. I regretted saying it, but regretted more that I actually meant it.
"What do you mean?"
"If he's going to keep doing this, how can we be together?" This I regretted the most.
"I thought you said no matter what he does, we'd fight to stay together?"
"I don't know how much more fight I have in me."

Suddenly, the small space between us felt like miles apart.
"So, you just want to give up on us?" Riker asks in a soft, low voice.
"No, of course I don't."
"But you don't think we can pull through all of this crap?"
"That's not what I'm saying." I didn't really knew what I was saying, the stress from the situation was clouding my mind.

Silence falls upon us. Riker wasn't looking at me, but I could see he was puzzled.
"I have an idea," He starts, breaking the silence. "Let's go away. Just the two of us. Give us break from all of this drama. What do you say?" He asks.
"I say, when do we leave?" I was up for anything. I needed to get away from here...And Rocky.

Riker smiles to my response. He stands from the couch and disappears into my room, only to come back less than a minute later with my laptop in hand.
"Where do you want to go?" He asks flipping the laptop open.
"I have no idea. Somewhere warm, of course."
"Hawaii?" Riker suggests.
"Yes." I smile. The first smile to come across my lips.

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