S.O.S

Chapter 14

"You can sit." Lauren gestured towards her bed as they stepped in the bedroom. They were joined by another girl in the room, but she was minding her own business.

She grabbed a small mirror from her roommates nightstand, facing it towards the brunette. Whom was highly avoiding her own reflection. Lauren wondered if she was too shy, or that she couldn't look herself in the eyes of shame.

She has to admit that the girl looked horrifying when they found her, but the reason to that was the messy hair, skin full of dirt and that smell. But after that much needed shower and brush trough that hair she was surprised to see the natural beauty that was hidden under that layer.

And now, Lauren is convinced she is a goddess.

And she wanted the girl to know that too, "You're beautiful," She whispered, "The most beautiful person I've ever seen. Look at yourself, this is you."

The brunettes fingers were carefully tracing her lips, and it took Lauren by surprise at how much she wished those were her fingers. After clearing her throat she continued, "you have to realize that that person who you were back there wasn't you. That was a person he forced you to become. But this is the real one. And even though you might not see how beautiful you are as I do, I will remind you of it everyday until you know it yourself."

There wasn't a verbal answer, but she was sure her cheeks turned in a darker shade of red.

Lauren came back with two sandwiches, her stomach was grumbling as she had skipped her lunch. The brunette told her she already ate but she was still worried about her appetite, so she just made another one.

She offered her the plate, at first she politely refused. But when Lauren kept pushing she gave in. Taking a small bite Lauren's face broke into happiness, "Is it good?" Lauren asked in eagerness, grinning ear to ear. The girl nodded her head, watching Lauren chew on her own meal.

"So is there anything you want to do?" She quickly wipes the small bit of lettuce away from the corner of her mouth.

"Like.." The brunette formed, not knowing how to answer the sudden question.

"I mean you were hold captive," she elaborated,"there must be some things you would like to do. Like things we can do right now."

"Eat." She answered shortly.

"Eat? You're eating right now."

"No," a small chuckle left the girls mouth, "like in a restaurant, preferably Italian.

"Of all the things why that?"

"Because it is so normal, it's just about having a good time, enjoying the food and atmosphere. There are so many voices in there, filling up the space, it's different then eating with just you."

"Then call it a date. Tonight imma take you to an Italian restaurant, and you can order as much as you want."

Whenever Lauren did something for the girl she always felt a form of satisfaction, if she was happy than Lauren was too. Because of that Lauren was going out of her way to do everything for her, if it just caused her to be happy.

Now there was still much time to kill before they could go. She looked around the room hoping to get an idea. It was when her eyes landed on the girls feet that she realized the reminder she made a few days ago to take care of it.

She grabbed a small cutter along with some red nail polish. Informing the girl she got in front of her on her knees, pulling the girls left feet in her lap. Her touched lingered longer than it should've.

"Are you ready?" She asked, the girl wondered if it was her fault that she often didn't understand a thing Lauren was saying or that Lauren was really that confusing on her own. For example right now, Lauren was almost done with her nails on her left feet when she asked if she was ready.

"Are you ready to talk about what happened while you were there?"

"I know it's hard," Lauren spoke as the girl didn't react, "but didn't you feel relieved when you told me about what happened to your dad or how you got abducted?"

"I don't know Lauren." She was highly focused on her toenails, not wanting to look Lauren in her eyes.

But Lauren forces her to look at her, her fingers lifting the girls under her chin. "You don't have to know, all you need to know is that you can trust me."

The brunette nodded, giving in.