Mr Delightful

Chapter sixteen

Chases POV

Vaughn grabbed my arm, pulling me into his house. Thank god there was no one there.

"What the hell is wrong with you?!" He snapped, shutting the door when we were inside. "You were arrested?!"

I rolled my eyes, playing it off as no big deal. "Whatever, nothing happened."

"Enough happened to have you sent to the police station! What did you do?"

"If you stop yelling I might tell you."

"I have a right to yell, my boyfriend got dropped off at my house by police escort! For gods sake, Chase, what could you have done?!"

"Get off my damn back! I'll do what I want, mom," I barked, harshening my voice in a way I don't usually use with Vaughn. He flinched, but didn't falter.

"Are you telling me you didn't expect me to be angry? What, do you want me to pet your hair and say it's alright? Chase, you got arrested!"

I leaned over to kiss him, something I've learned always calms him down, but he pushed me away.

"Stop! You can't just kiss me and make this all disappear!"

"You need to talk to me like I'm your equal, not like I'm your child."

"You need to stop doing reckless, childish things! Do you have no explanation for me?"

I shrugged blankly, looking away from him out of spite.

"I can't believe you sometimes." Vaughn stuck his hands into his pockets, shaking his head in frustration.

"I needed to blow off steam, you get that, don't you?"

"Not when it gets you arrested! I understood when we got into a fight a while back and you stormed off to god knows where to be alone. I can't understand why getting arrested would help you calm down."

"Vaughn, can we please talk about this after the both of us have calmed down?"

"It'll take a while for me to calm down after this."

"Get back to me."

I started toward the door, but Vaughn caught my arm. I looked up at him, and he just stared at me.

"Stay," he said. "Please."

I nodded, moving his hand from my arm to my hand.

"I'm so sorry," I told him, "I didn't mean for anything to happen. I just... I needed to get away."

"Why?"

Vaughn stared at me with pleading eyes. Guilt made me look away.

"I feel myself falling, and I'm terrified that I'll break when I land."

"What are you talking about?"

"Vaughn," I said quietly, meeting his eyes with some difficulty. My eyes begin to get fuzzy from tears, but I hold my ground. "I think I'm in love with you, and it scares the shit out of me."

He pulled me into a hug almost immediately, hugging me tightly.

"I love you too," he whispered. "Don't be afraid. I'll cushion your fall."

(A/N: I apologize, that's a really short chapter, but I had an idea and I needed to execute it. So there's no confusion, this is months into the relationship, it's not the day after they became boyfriends. Just putting that out there, just in case.

Thank you, and I'll see you in the next one, sorry for the wait!!)