Nikes - A Blake Richardson (New Hope Club) FanFiction

That's enough

When I went into the kitchen for breakfast I already heard the voices of the boys and their guitars from the living room. I was curious, therefore I took my bowl with cornflakes with me and sat quietly down onto an armchair, trying to not disturb them.

Blake saw me nevertheless and stopped playing the guitar. Instead he looked way too long into my eyes. I shyly smiled at him. That was kinda cute, I had to admit plus I was glad that I wasn't the only one who got confused by the appearance of the other one. My smile brought him back to reality and he tried to come into the rhythm again but he failed. I giggled amused.

The others moaned and complained that he was so absent today.

"Sorry..." He mumbled.

Now I noticed the big circles underneath his eyes and I shocked. It was me who had kept him from sleeping. I felt guilty.

"Oh my god, Selena! You look horrible!" Adam said as he saw me. I could literally see his worries in his face.

George and Reece turned around to see me as well and shocked.

"Uhm... Thank you?" Well, that wasn't what I understood by nice morning greetings...

"No, Adam is right. Did you sleep at all?" Reece agreed with Adam.

"Yes... A bit." I said careful. "I'm fine, really. Sorry I didn't want to disturb your practice. Should I go away?" I added.

"No, it's fine." Blake said and Reece and George nodded with a worried smile.

Adam gave me a last worried gaze, I exactly knew what he meant with that gesture, and concentrated on the song again.

What the boys created sounded very good and I was sure that a successful career was waiting for them. Every single one of them had an awesome and unforgettable voice but I loved Blake's the most, I had to admit.

My thoughts deviated and came back to last night when Blake was next to me. I remembered him trying to calm me down by stroking my hand. In the first moment it had done the exact opposite with me. But it hadn't taken long until it had calmed me down indeed.

I stared at Blake's hand which played the guitar so skillfully and remembered how it had felt last night.
He must have seen my gaze because when I looked up again he smiled at me and seemed like he knew what I just had thought again. Well, that wasn't even hard to assume this time.

My phone rang and I quickly went out the room to answer it. It was Eva who asked if she could come along today.

"Of course you can!" I answered. "And please don't ever ask again. You know that you are welcome every time!"

"Okay, thank you!" She said delighted and hung up.

***

A few minutes later Eva arrived and we went for a walk at the beach. After I confirmed that I was alright despite of my circles underneath my eyes, she only went into raptures over Reece and told me how handsome he was. I had noticed that she might have a crush on him before, therefore I wasn't surprised.

"And his hair! Oh my god! Did you notice it?" She said passionately.

"Uhm yeah, I did notice that he has hair." I replied. I knew that was rude but I wasn't in the mood... But Eva didn't even listen to my answer and kept on talking about him.

When I got tired of listening to how gorgeous Reece was, my thoughts came back to last night again. When Blake had been there I had felt so save! I had been able to sleep peacefully and without a fear. I already considered asking him to stay the whole night but that seemed absurd. He would only laugh at me.

"Selena?" Eva asked.

"Yes?"

"You didn't even listen to me!" She complained.

"I'm sorry... I had a long night." I tried to defend myself.

"Yes, I can see that. Selena, this has to stop. You can't live like that! What are you planning to do?"

"Nothing! I'm alright, I promise." I confirmed for the hundredth time.

"No, you aren't!" She yelled. As I didn't reply, she said, "Look. You can't keep on doing nothing against that." Eva pointed at my body. "There must be something you can do."

But she was helpless as well as me and my brother.

I couldn't think further about it or reply anything because we arrived home. Eva immediately payed her attention to Reece what was quite entertaining to watch.

Blake's P.O.V.

When Selena and Eva came back from their walk, Eva almost ran towards Reece and asked him apparently the first question that had come to her mind. It was very amusing because Reece didn't even notice her crush. Contrariwise, he enjoyed her presence and maybe had a crush on her as well! I was so going to tease him about it!

George probably knew what I was thinking because he grinned at me and looked at Reece with a raised eyebrow. I suppressed a giggle.

***

Last night I had slept in my own room because I had had an argument with Reece and George. Then I had been woken up by Selena's screams. Her room was next to mine therefore I had been able to hear them.

The reason why I slept this night in my own bed again was at first and foremost Selena. I wanted to wake her up again if she had these horrible nightmares again. It was my aim to protect her from her own subconscious even if I only could do it by waking her up.
Plus it was so much more comfortable to sleep in a bed alone, without two other boys who widened a lot.

But when I stood up for the third time to release Selena from her nightmare this night I cursed furiously. "That's enough!" I condemned the person whoever did this to her. I just couldn't let her suffer like that!
In my wardrobe was an insulting underlay which I took together with my pillow and blanket and went into her room.

The only reason why I hadn't stayed with her already last night was her obvious inhibition in terms of boys. Letting her feel uncomfortable because of me was the last thing I wanted. At least in such a situation. My flirts were something different, it was just funny seeing her blush every single time. But this situation was a serious one and therefore I had to do what would be necessary to do.

"What are you doing?" She asked when I entered her room with my temporary bed.

"I'm going to sleep here." I simply said.

Selena only looked confused but didn't complain. It wouldn't have changed my mind anyway.

When I finished preparing my bed I commanded "And now turn the light off please. I'm tired."

Still surprised she turned off the light. I lied on my right and waited until I would hear her steady breaths to make sure that she slept.

When I was sure that she slept I groped for her hand because I wanted to touch her.

"I'll protect you, Selena. I'm here." I whispered even though she slept.