Never Be Alone: Book One

Chapter 25: Choices

I will take a chance on you I couldn't stand to lose you.

~Shawn Mendes

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It was a long agonizing ride back to the house, I couldn't wait any longer I needed to see Shawn again. My heart nearly exploded, as we pulled up to the house, just seeing it made me want to start crying, without thinking I got out of the car.

Rushing up to the front door I froze in anticipation. But then I knocked on the door and once it opened it was like the world stopped moving, as if time had stand still.

"Issy?!" Tears filled my eyes once more as I threw myself around him and sobbed into his shoulder.

"Shawn." I continued to sob harder and harder as each second passed by.

"You're alive and safe. Oh my god Issy, I tried to stop him I really did but I couldn't." Shawn's cries got more and more devastating as he continued to talk about the recent events that had just occurred, I stopped him unable to keep him from exploding.

"Hey, baby look at me. I'm okay, I know you tried and it's okay now because I'm here now." Shawn stared at me still baffled, sounds coming from inside the house drew me away from Shawn and into the all familiar house. Suddenly a red headed girl runs towards me wrapping me up in her arms, holding her out at arms length I look at her fully and tears sting my eyes.

"Claire!" I pull her back into a hug holding her tightly as I begin to cry. A tap on the shoulder draws my eyes to our other guest.

"Sabrina." I start to sob as our group hug gets bigger by the second as more and more people join in the hug. I begin to sob loudly just as the hug starts to flare out and disband from the hug.

"Isabelle why are you crying?" Matthew stepped forwards to wipe a few stray tears from my face. I look around the room at all the people who have cried for me and loved me for who I was. It made such a difference knowing how much I affected these amazing people. I took Autumn's hand in mine and smiled through my many tears.

"I'm so happy to be back to my family once again. These past few weeks have been torture, both mentally and physically. I didn't know if we were ever going to make it back home." I look around once more at everyone and sighed in content.

Finally I was home somewhat safe and sound with only a few treasured bruises between Autumn and I.

I could finally once more live the life I had before I was kidnapped. It was the greatest thing that could ever happen.

Walking in the house I make my way up to the music room absentmindedly. Getting on the piano I begin to play a tune I learned back in my freshman year of high school. It was a classic song called Human by Christina Perri, I had learned the song for the pure fact that when I sang it at the recital I sounded amazing.

" I can hold my breath
I can bite my tongue
I can stay awake for days
If that's what you want
Be your number one

I can fake a smile
I can force a laugh
I can dance and play the part
If that's what you ask
Give you all I am

I can do it
I can do it
I can do it

But I'm only human
And I bleed when I fall down
I'm only human
And I crash and I break down
Your words in my head, knives in my heart
You build me up and then I fall apart
'Cause I'm only human

I can turn it on
Be a good machine
I can hold the weight of worlds
If that's what you need
Be your everything

I can do it
I can do it
I'll get through it

But I'm only human
And I bleed when I fall down
I'm only human
And I crash and I break down
Your words in my head, knives in my heart
You build me up and then I fall apart
'Cause I'm only human

I'm only human
I'm only human
Just a little human

I can take so much
'Til I've had enough

'Cause I'm only human
And I bleed when I fall down
I'm only human
And I crash and I break down
Your words in my head, knives in my heart
You build me up and then I fall apart
'Cause I'm only human." I played the last notes of the piano chord and sighed to myself.

"What are you thinking about?" Shawn's breath tickled my neck, I smiled leaning back into him.

"I'm just thinking about everything." I said quietly back to him breathing my words as I spoke.

"I swear when I find out who took you I will rip him to shreds." I sit up looking at him seriously.

"Shawn I know who took me." With one swift movement Shawn shot up out of his comfortable position and looked me dead straight in the eyes.

"Who was it?" I hesitated for a moment unsure weather I should answer or not.

"Issy please just tell me who it was." I sighed knowing there was no way I was getting out of this.

"It was Seth." Shawn's eyes got wide as he jumped up startling me.

"Oh that fucking asshole is dead!"

"No Shawn."

"What do you mean no Isabelle, he kidnapped you!" Shawn looked at me like I was insane, and maybe I was but Shawn couldn't go around hurting people.

"Shawn you can't just go around threatening to kill people!"

"He fucking hurt you for months Isabelle, how can you be defending him."

"I'm not! How could you! You know why I don't want you to go around hurting people huh it's because I don't want you to get hurt."

"He deserves to die!" Shawn started to scream in my face getting closer and closer to me. I could practically feel the tears pointing out of my eyes.

"You know what Shawn you shouldn't be acting like this."

"Why not, Isabelle huh why." He screamed once more getting so close to my face I flinched back and began to cry.

"Oh Issy I" I cut him off tears streaming down my face.

"Your just like Seth!" I ran away to my room tears spilling out of my eyes as I locked my bedroom door behind me, crashing into my bed I sobbed into my pillow.

How did this happen.

I knew that Shawn wasn't acting like Seth but he scared me, after I screamed what I did I felt like my heart had caved in.

I became broken all over again.

And that scared me the most.

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A U T H O R ' S 
N O T E

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