My Rescuer (an emblem3/Wesley Stromberg fanfic)

Chapter 17

Grace's POV

We enter Keaton's house and I make myself at home. I sort of have that habit where I make myself at home whether or not the owner tells me so. I blush a little with embarrassment but Keaton doesn't seem to care.

"So," he says. "What do you wanna do?"

"I don't know," I reply. "We could watch tv or a movie or eat food"

"Ooooh let's watch a movie," he says.

"Do you want to watch a scary movie?"

"I guess but I'm not a big fan of scary things so just warning you I'll probably scream or bury my head in your shoulder or jump on you," I say with a small laugh as I move closer to Keaton on the couch.

He laughs. "It's fine. I don't mind," he replies with a smile. I think we've gotten really close which I'm glad about that because I feel like I've opened up more. It also means that I've gotten better at making friends quickly, which is an upside. Keaton finds a movie that I've never heard of that really gives me the creeps. We aren't even a quarter way through the movie and I'm practically on top of Keaton. (not in a pervy way for your information lol 😂) My head is buried in his neck, I'm like on his lap, (again not pervy lol) and both of my arms are around his shoulders. I don't know how he's still breathing. I hate scary like honestly, but I can tell he's enjoying watching me freak out.

"Don't judge me," I tell him with a small laugh and he laughs back.

We continue watching for a while and once the movie is over, I'm shocked at how Keaton is still alive. I've literally been choking him and somehow he's walking and breathing like normal.

"I'm gonna have nightmares tonight. Thanks a lot Keaton," I joke. He throws up his arms in defense.

"Hey don't blame me you agreed to watch it," he says.

We joke around for a little while longer until we both get bored. I randomly get a text from Emily telling me not to let Keaton rape me. Keaton and I started laughing really hard and decided to freak her out. We talk for a little while longer after that. I think we're best friends now because we've shared so many personal things with each other. I've shared things with him that I've never told anyone else. I feel some sort of trust between us so I feel a lot of courage and it feels really good to tell Keaton these things. I know eventually that these things that I've shared with Keaton I will eventually share with Wesley but for some reason I felt like Keaton should know. We are like brother and sister now so I feel a sense of security around him and that probably impacts it as well. He knows how my Mom's boyfriend has tried to rape me and how he beat me with a belt a couple years ago, how I used to cut, and I might even be able to talk about the nightmares I've been having. I want to tell people and I'm fine telling people it's just that it's hard to talk about. I don't know why but it's just to hard for me to talk about it right now.

Once I'm done talking about my personal problems, I'm literally tackled by Keaton. He continues to hug me for a while and just assured me that he'll always be there for me and that I don't deserve any of the things that I've been through. I swear I'm crying right now. He's just too nice. I don't have the same feelings for him as I do with Wesley, but I definitely love him a lot more but as a brother.

"Don't hate yourself," he whispers.

I smile. "I won't"

"Good"

He continues hugging me for like ten minutes and then we decide to talk about something else. We talk for like a half an hour until we hear someone unlocking the door. We turn around to see Wesley walking into the house. I can tell Drew is here because I can hear him shouting something to his friends.