Rise, Rose, Risen {Poofless}

Bath

Rob's pov

I wake up in the middle of the night to Preston shaking my shoulders in attempt to wake me up. It worked. "What do you want?" I ask and yawn in the middle of the sentence. "I- I saw a ni- nightma- re" Preston says slightly shivering. I wrap my arms around him and pull him closer to me. "There's nothing to be scared of, it was just imaginary" I say trying to calm him down. "I'm so- sorry I w- woke y- you up" he says cuddling up to me. "You can always wake me up if you need it" I say caressing his cheek. "Th- thank you" he mumbled against my chest. Soon he falls asleep on me and I do too.

-Time skip 6 hours-

I wake up again to Preston shaking me. "This again?" I question irritated. "Nah, I just wanted you awake" Preston says smiling. 'He wanted me awake', the thought made me blush a little but I hope Preston doesn't notice.

We both get dressed, me obviously in long sleeves and pants while Preston is in a t-shirt and shorts. "Why can't you ever wear a t-shirt Robby?" Preston asks me. "I'm just cold often, it's more comfortable" I answer. I mean, it's not completely false. I am cold a lot of the time. Preston seems to settle with the answer and we go downstairs to the kitchen where the others are.

As we are downstairs we keep talking and the others get some breakfast. My stomach was hurting so bad from fasting (not eating) for two days. I decided to get a glass of water so it would silence my stomach.

After everyone was done we went to the living room to play some Call of Duty and we ended up playing it for a long time. "I think I'll head home now, but thank you for letting me stay here!" Mitch said. "Matt and Lachlan do you want a ride home as well?" He continued. Matt and Lachlan both nodded and they went their way saying byes to us. "I think I'll go too. Brandon will you come with me?" Jerome said quickly after. Soon they left as well and Preston suggested he'd give me a ride as well since we live near to each other. We said bye to Vik and thanked him as we headed to the car.

I got into the car with Preston and he started it. We drive for a while in silence before he broke it. "Want to put some music on?". I nodded and grabbed a cd from Green Day and put it on as we both jammed to it. After about 5 minutes we were at my place. "Thank you for the ride" I said while hopping out of the car. "No problem Robby, see you at school!" Preston replied smiling. I shut the car door and walked up to mine, got my keys out and got inside.

"WHERE THE FUCK WERE YOU?!" I hear my dad scream. "I wa- was at a-a fr- friend's h- home" I mutter to him. "What the hell is wrong with you kid!?!" He kept yelling. "I- I'm so- sorry" I cry to him. He lets out an angry grunt and raises his hand. Before I'm able to react it had hit my jaw very hard. I collapse to the floor and I can't help but to cry. He kicks me in my gut hard and I feel the stinging pain. After few more kicks he leaves and gets more beer. While he does that I collect myself and go upstairs to my bathroom.

I fill the bath with water and get undressed. I go to search for my box and after I find it I rest it on the side of the bathtub. I get in the tub, I feel the warm water sting the spots I've been hit. I swell more under the water and just float there for a while. Then I sit up with my legs bent and my knees above the water. I grab my box and get the blade from it. I bring it to my thighs and without thinking I start swiping it right and left, up and down. I push harder with every sweep and when I stop I look at my thighs which are littered with cuts. My bath water is red from the blood. I don't pay attention to it and keep laying in my calming bath.

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