The Cry Of Silence

Chapter 5

     They pulled into parking area of Carmilla's apartment and Laura parked the car. Carmilla noticed her trance like state.
     "Hey, it's gonna be okay cupcake. You are safe now. Come on." she said exiting the passenger side and walking over to the driver's side to help Laura out. She opened the door and extended her hand, which Laura took, and helped her out the car. She wasn't talking much so she just kept her hand and guided her up to her apartment.
     "Are you ready?" Carmilla asked her. Laura was looking at the floor but she nodded yes. "Hey, you don't need to look at the floor dude. Think of it like this. Remember how yesterday we had turned work into like a giant party? Well we can do that here too. Except without all the people preferably," she said with a smile which earned her one back. "There she is." Carmilla said and saw some blush in the girls face. "I'm gonna ask again. Are you ready?" she said. Laura looked up at her. She still looked like her nerves were shot to shit, but she looked a little brighter. "Yes. Let's go." she said with a little oomph in her step. "Alright then, buckle up creampuff. It's about to go down."She unlocked the door and pushed it open for Laura to walk through.
     "Wow!" she said as she looked around. "Carmilla, this place is amazing!" she told her as she walked over to a painting of what was obviously a mock Van Gogh but whatever. The taste in art was still there.
     "It's not bad. Nothing like what I had back home though. It's still there if I ever decide to go back there. Probably won't but who knows. I might want to later." she replied.
      Laura had found the music room. It had a keyboard, a drum set, a few guitars both electric and acoustic, and a table with a computer on it. The walls were looked like they had been recently painted white.
     "I see you've put a lot of work​ into this room. Fresh paint?" She asked as Carmilla came in behind her. "Yeah, I didn't have much to do for a week so I decided to try and fix it up. This is my favorite room." Laura gave her a big smile. "I think this would be my favorite room too if it were mine." Carmilla returned a smile. "You can go in there anytime you want. If you want to stay here. Obviously you dont HAVE to stay here. I would never want you to be somewhere you don't feel comfortable being, so if you have somewhere else you'd rather go, I won't be offended or anthing." she said as she ran her hands through her hair, a nervous habit that Laura had been noticing. "How about we try it out for a little bit and see how that works? We can ride to work together and stuff that way. How's that?" she asked. "Works for me. I have an extra room too. It right next to mine. Here, I'll show you." Carmilla said and she opened the guest room door.
     "Well this is nice. Why do you even have a guest room?" Laura asked as she looked at the gorgeous room in front of her. It had also had work done. The walls were yellow like the little suns that kids draw in their pictures. There was a large bed with a fluffy white bed set, set against the wall in the center and a dresser on the far wall.  There was a tv and a stereo too.
     "Why not? It's a 3 bedroom apartment. I only needed two. If I hadn't fixed it up it would have just become the storage room anyways. I just made use of all my stuff." she said with a laugh. "It's late though and we both have to work tomorrow so I'm gonna turn in. You saw the kitchen when you walked in. If you're hungry help yourself."
     "Thanks Carm, for doing all of this. You really didn't have to." Laura told her. "The fuck I didn't. I'm just glad you are safe now." Carmilla replied. They kinda stared at each other for a moment until Carmilla cleared her throat. "Okay then, goodnight cupcake. I'll see you in the morning." she told her as she walked out of Laura's new room and into her own.

     Carmilla woke up to someone crawling in her bed. She jumped and turned on her light and immediately relaxed. "Fucking hell, Laura. You scared the shit out of me." she said before she noticed it looked like she had been crying.
    "It's ok though, come here." she said climbing back into her bed and pulling the covers down for Laura to get back in too. Laura hesitated but got in anyways.
     "Are you ok cupcake?" she asked the quiet version of  Laura that she was becoming used to seeing. Laura shook her head and just laid down on the pillow and stared into space.
     "Did you have a bad dream or something?" she asked her and still no response. She opened up her arms in an invitation for Laura in case she needed to be held. The one thing she didn't plan on getting a response from, she responded to. Not verbally but still. Laura scooted closer and laid her head on Carmilla's chest.
     "It's gonna be okay, Laura. It may not seem like it right now, but it will be." She told her as she started playing with her hair. "Thank you." Laura said. Carmilla had barely even heard her. She could tell when the girl had finally went to sleep cause she had this tiny little snore that she found adorable. She didnt move until it was time to get ready for work the next morning.