Does he really care?

Opening back up

-Dakotas POV- 

I woke up the next morning with arms around me, I thought it was Luke so I started to squirm around. Once I realized it was Sage I calmed down, don't get me wrong I really miss Luke and I wanted to be in his arms but he was really scaring me. 

"Hey, Dakota do you want to talk to Luke today? I knocked some sense into him so he understands a bit." 

I take a deep breath and agree with Sage. She gets up and leaves the room, I pick out my outfit and get in the shower. Once I'm done I brush out my hair and walk downstairs, nobody was down there so I made myself some cereal and sat down at the counter going on my phone. I didn't realize Luke had come downstairs until I felt his arms snake around my waist, I dropped my spoon and my phone and tensed up.

"Dakota it's ok it's just me Luke, I'm not going to hurt you," He whispers in my ear.

I relax slightly and continue to eat my cereal. As I brought a new spoonful into my mouth Luke took it and ate it himself. 

"Hey, I was gonna eat that," I whined.

"I know but it just looked so good," He said while licking his lips.

'I missed Luke so much, I never thought I would see him again. I thought I was actually going to lose my virginity to the creepy Nick kid.'

I didn't realize I was crying until I felt Luke wipe my face.

"What are you thinking about love?" He asks me. 

All I did was shrug

He pulls me into a tight hug.

"Dakota yesterday did that boy touch you?" He looks me right in the eyes and I freeze. 

"Just nod your head you don't have to talk," Luke says looking at me.

Luke re-asks me the question and I nod my head indicating yes, he looks mad but goes back to normal. 

"Like more than once?" 

I shake my head one more time.

"More than three times?" 

I shake my head again. 

"More than five times?" 

I shake my head indicating no. He exhales. 

"Ok more questions."

I nod my head. 

"I'm just going to ask this and not sugar code it." 

I look him straight in the eye. "Ok"

"Alright here goes nothing...did he rape you?" 

My eyes go wide and I stare at him

"Oh no he did. Please tell me you wanna go to the police, we won't even act like it happened and I can be your first," Luke babbles.

"No he didn't rape me, but he was trying to but you knocked him off me," I tell him.

His body relaxes and he exhales sharply.

"Oh thank god," Luke says as he rubs the back of his neck nervously

I start to bite my nails out of anxiety that obviously came back when I was with my dad.

"Hey there's no need to be doing that, you're safe here you don't need to be worrying or anxious." He lowers my hand from my mouth and intertwines our fingers. 

I escape my hand from his grip.

"What happened?" He asks me.

"I'm not sure, to be honest with you."