Chapter 12~ Trapped With A... Monster?
(Serena's POV)
Christian finally got to the door of his room and since he was carrying me I opened the door for him. I'm pretty sure if I didn't though he would have just dropped me to open the door himself. Well, this Christian would at least. He walked into the room and placed me on the bed while he sat in a chair in a corner of the room. After a few minutes of nothing but silence and Christian staring at me I decided to say something.
"You don't have to stare at me, jackass." I turned over on my side so I wouldn't have to look at him anymore. I closed my eyes for just a few minutes hoping to at least get some sleep.
"You need to let me clean and bandage your wounds." I opened my eyes and jumped back nearly falling off the bed before Christian caught me and pulled me back.
"What the hell were you doing? How did you even do that? I didn't hear you move or feel the bed move when you got on it." He smirked.
"You're just not as skilled as me. Now, I'm going to take care of your wounds." He picked me up again and sat me in the chair he had been sitting in.
"Can you not do that?" He got on his knees in front of me as he started to clean my wounds. He looked at me and I leaned forward just a little and watched the red that had taken over his eyes slowly fade away until it was gone completely.
"What are you talking about, Serena?" I remembered what I had been thinking about before so I leaned back away from him trying to hide the sadness in my eyes and voice.
"You don't have to act like you care anymore." He looked at me closely.
"What do you mean, act?" I rolled my eyes as I focused my gaze on the window.
"You know what I mean, Christian. Don't play dumb." He grabbed my chin and forced me to look at him.
"It's never been an act, Serena. I do care about you. If I didn't then why in the hell did I willingly go through everything I did to try and protect you from them? Why would I put myself in harms way for someone who meant nothing to me? Tell me when it became an act to you!" I felt tears prick my eyes as I thought of Jonathan, Lissa, and Aaron.
"It became an act when you killed Jonathan and hurt me before leaving me in the woods. It all really became an act when you killed Aaron and Lissa before you brought me here. It seems like you only care about making Marcus and Sabrina happy." His head dropped. As I looked at him I almost instantly regretted my words. I just wanted him to be my Christian again. I need him, more than I'd like to admit.
"You really think that was me? You really think I would willingly kill the one person I could call my best friend and his wife? Do you really believe I chose to do that?" He looked up to me and as our eyes met I felt my heart break. He was crying.
"Christian..." I felt my own tears slowly fall down my cheeks. After everything he went through for me.... This is how I treat him. Dustin even told me that there were rumors about Marcus and Sabrina using some kind of mind control on him. I pulled my legs up to my chest as I started to cry.
"Serena....don't cry." Christian reached forward and wiped away my tears.
"Don't.... Don't be nice to me. The first time I'm with you in what feels like forever and this is how it ends. After what Dustin told me..." Christian grabbed me and pulled me a little closer to him.
"Serena... Who is Dustin?" Christian tried to sound angry but his small smile gave it away.
"Really, Christian?" I laughed a little as he nodded.
"I got you to laugh and you're not crying anymore. That's enough for me." I watched as Christian stood up and went over to the bed. He sat down on the edge and put his head in his hands. I got up and sat beside him.
"Christian?"
"Yeah?"
"You know.... I didn't mean what I said. At least I don't anymore. I just- I just said that stuff because I was mad and upset but I didn't want to hurt you... It's just that.. It's been hard not knowing if you were alive or not. Knowing that you've been here by yourself.... Then when you killed Jonathan-- Everyone told me to just forget you, but I couldn't... I tried so hard to tell myself that you weren't my Christian anymore. That you'd become a monster, but I could never believe it...not completely anyways. I've needed you, Christian- And I mean My Christian. Not the Christian that goes around killing people... I needed you...and you weren't there." I was crying again and I was babbling so much that I didn't even notice Christian pull me into his arms.
"Just calm down, Serena. I'm here now." I wrapped my arms around him tightly as I cried into his chest.
"Don't leave me again, Christian. Please..." I heard him whisper something before he kissed my forehead.
"I'm not going anywhere, Serena."
