I woke up to Benedict staring at me.
"Christ! You scared me!"
He chuckled softly.
"Are you okay Rose?" He asked, eyes full of concern.
"Ummm yea? why wwouldn't I be?" I replied, my voice shaking.
"Well you kinda had a breakdown last night... and you were screaming about how you had all these scars?" Crap. What had I done?
"Oh, well, you see....uh" I couldn't spit if out.
"Show me Rose." I took a deep breath and pulled up my sleeves. He brought his hand to his mouth and whispered,
"Oh. my. god Rose." I couldn't help it, I started crying, and he pulled me into a hug.
"Shhhh, it's okay now.." He whispered.
Tom walked in, and as soon as he saw my wrists, he was right beside Ben.
"Rose," he whispered. "why?"
"They told me to die. to them, I was ugly, a whore, fat. They told me to die.... and I tried," I responded, tears streaming down my face. I looked towards the floor.
"If you want me to leave I understand," I whispered.
"No," they responded at the same time. "you are staying with me." Ben replied stubbornly, pulling me into an even tighter hug.
"Ben... can't.... breathe..." I choked.
"Oh sorry!" he responded releasing me.
but instead of letting me go,
He instead kissed me.
