Are You Willing to Trust?

Chapter 31: Remembrance

Stepping into Axel's apartment, I know that the conversation from the car was going to come up with the others. The silence that had over taken the car, since I had stated that I didn't belong with anyone, was still shimmering at the surface of Axel's eyes as he let me into his apartment.

Rubbing the scaring over my shoulders, I glance up as a figure with mismatched eyes steps into the hallway that leads from the doorway through the kitchen and into the living room. Giving a very small smile, I quickly glance down to the floor. The conversation in the car had only put me more on edge and anxious. It was as if my instincts had been put into over drive and I was in flight mode.

And right now flight meant fucking run for the hills.

As if sensing my thoughts, Marc starts to talk to Axel through his facial features and the air goes silent. Giving them a moment, I carefully begin to undo my shoes taking extra careful time when dealing with my swollen ankle.

This was a fucking bad idea.

Shifting, I step into the living room to find Raven lounging on the couch watching television. My eyes land on the bare chest of the other and stumble over his visible lip piercing before meeting those deep brown eyes. "Marc?" Raven frowns and I quietly shake my head as I join him on the couch.

Glancing to the television, I watch as one of the wrestlers takes down the other, the announcer yelling in Russian. Smirking, I listen to the fowl things the crowd yells as one of the wrestlers doesn't get up but the screen quickly darkens causing me to turn. Those brown eyes seem to pin me down as he shifts forward.

"What going on?" He states his voice heavy with accent but instead of sending shivers down my back like it had before, I can feel my anxiety form a pit in my stomach. "You aren't a quiet one."

Biting the inner flesh of my cheek, the pit in my stomach grows. "Long story." I grumble thinking of the past with Axel. Rubbing the scar once more, I stay still as the male moves closer slipping a finger under my tank top and pulling it away to reveal the circular scar with small jagged white scars running away from it on my shoulder.

"Enough to cause you pain." Raven whispers more to himself then to me and I shiver slightly as his finger skims across my bare skin. Shrugging, I try not to show any emotion but it was true. Not only physical pain had been caused and that was exactly what Raven was alluding too.

Staring into those deep dark brown eyes, I can feel Raven searching for answers just as Axel had done a couple of minutes before in the car. Not wanting to spoil another person's mood this evening I shift onto my feet. Standing, however, is not a good idea Raven's warm calloused hands wrap around my wrist when the twins walk in. One of them narrows their eyes and the other's eyes widen.

"What's going on?" The one with painful eyes questions, narrowing eyes, and the eyes widen as he steps forward unsure what is happening. Tracking him, he cautiously steps beside Raven placing a hand on the male's shoulder trying to get him to calm down.

"Don't know. Crow is about to run." Raven states his hand still wrapped tightly around my wrist letting me know I wasn't going to get out of this without some sort of explanation. Fuck this day. It was only getting worse.

"Marc!" Narrow eyes yells stepping in front of me as he senses my defenses going up. Meeting his depressed bright blue eyes I track his small movements as he in turn focuses on me.

Fuck Iz. What the hell is going on? I question myself trying to give myself a mental smacking. Why was I shutting down? I was used to being on my own, I had been on my own for years. Why did Axel's silence affect me so much?

Hearing footsteps I am drawn from my thoughts and meet the relaxed multicolored eyes of Marc. "Raven let her go. Cory grab ice and bandages from the first aid kit." There is a moment of hesitation before my wrist is released and I stand quietly on my own.