Open Water - (Beau Bokan fanfiction)

CHAPTER 20

Beau's P.O.V.

I woke up to an empty bedside. Where's Perry? I got up and walked to the bathroom, I stared into the mirror and wiped off my face, taking a good look at myself.

"Fuck." I said to myself. I hate that I got in an argument with Kendall, the poor girl has only been here for a week and I already told her to leave. Perry and I talked briefly about it, but I was too angry to really take anything in. I hope Perry isn't mad at me...I was just protecting her, I don't want her to have the idea that I'll leave, or screw her sister either. I walked out of the bathroom and out into the hallway, maybe Perry was in the living room? Or the Kitchen?

"Perry?" I called out, no answer. I walked into the kitchen and sat down at the table. Pulling out my phone I dialed Perry's number, it's not like her to go anywhere, she's not very familiar with LA.

"Hello?" She answered.

"Hey babe, where did you go?" I asked.

"I went for a walk." She said.

"A walk?"

"A walk."

"Hm...How far are you?" I asked.

"A few blocks." She replied.

"Well, do you want me to come pick you up?"

"No."

"...Okay, when will you be home?"

"I don't know, soon I guess."

"Alright, I love you." I said.

"Love you too." She hung up. I sat there for about ten minutes thinking before I got up to go to the car, I don't care what she said, I was going to get her. I drove for a few minutes before I saw her down the road, her and her little pregnant waddle. I laughed at that. I pulled up next to her and rolled down the window.

"Perry." I said.

"Beau, I told you, you didn't need to pick me up."

"I got worried, get in the car." She walked around the hood of the car and got in on the passenger side, slumping down into the seat. I turned the car around and started driving back home, reaching over, I grabbed Perry's hand but she pulled away. "What's wrong?" I asked her.

"Nothing." She said, looking out the window. I pulled my hand back, putting it on the steering wheel, taking my other hand and leaning into it. It was a long few minutes back to the house. We pulled into the driveway but I didn't get out, in fact, when Perry reached for the door handle I locked the doors. I tried to hold her hand again, but recieved the same refusal.

"Are you going to tell me what I did wrong?" I said out of frustration.

"It's nothing." She said. Bullshit.

"It's obviously something." I said. "You barely spoke to me last night and slept as far away from me as possible. I got to wake up to an empty bed, and when I called you, you gave me shallow-ass answers. You're distancing yourself and now you won't even hold my hand. For God's sake, Perry, are you going to tell me what's wrong or ignore me?"

"Hormones." She said unlocking the car door manually and getting out.

"You and I both know this isn't hormones." I said getting out of the car too.

"Just leave it be, Beau." She said walking up the driveway.

"No! I'm not going to 'Leave this be'," I said, grabbing her arm and spinning her around to face me. "I don't like this, I should be allowed to hold my girlfriend's hand, especially if I'm fathering her child. please tell me what is wrong so I can fix it. Is it about the fight with Kendall?" I asked, I'm so desperate to have my girlfriend back. I love her. Perry pulled me into a hug and held me tight. She started crying.

"Beau, I'm so sorry." She said. I wrapped my arms around her and rested my head against hers. I sighed,

"Baby, it's okay." I said, running my fingers through her hair. "I don't know why you are so mad at me, but I'll fix it. I'd do anything for you, you know that?" A muffled 'Mhm' came from my chest.

"You told her to leave, Beau." She said.

"We need to sit down and have a conversation with her, Per. We need to talk some things out with her."  I said. She nodded, releasing the hug and looking up at me.

"Your eyes are so easy to get lost in," She said, leaning in to give me a passionate kiss. "Like an ocean, endless. Like open water."

"God, I love you." I said, pulling her into another kiss.

...

"Kendall, we need to talk about some things." Perry said, sitting down at the table.

"Okay." Kendall said, she looked nervous.

"Tell me what's going on at home."

"Nothing."

"I already know, so please don't pull that crap." Perry said. Kendall's eyes got watery, a tear escaping down her cheek.

"You don't know." She said.

"Then tell me," Perry replied, It was obvious she was anxious. "Kendall if something is going on, I can take you into custody."

"After you left, everything started happening. Mom and Dad started the abuse, it got worse when they got drunk. You remember Kyle, right? our cousin? yeah well he came over and fucked me up pretty bad too. He raped me fourteen times that week, and if you're bad at math, that's twice a day. He then decided that enough wasn't enough and posted pictures of my body on every social media I had. I'm suprised you didn't see it, But then again once I had found those pictures I deleted all the accounts. Not like it helped, everyone had seen it." She said, wiping her tears away.