Part 6

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(End of chapter 5)
"Hey Hannah, nice to see you again." His voice. That dark voice. It felt like all the wind was knocked out of my chest and I was being held down to the ground. I couldn't breath. I couldn't see anything around me. Everything was spinning.
"Hannah, this is Conner. We met him just here at the beach." Ethan stated. No. It can't be him. But it is. He changed his hair. His style of clothing. He doesn't even look the same. That's when all the memories come rushing back. All the times he hit me and screamed in my face. It's him. It really is the Conner Shane I dated back in Ohio. The one I tried so hard to forget. The main reason moving to California made me happier.

I turn around and run

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I turn around and run. I don't know where to go. Heck, I have never even been here before. I just run across the beach ignoring the calls for me to come back. I can't face him again. I can't. I had nightmares everyday about the constant hitting of his fist and his voice growing angrier by the minute.
I find a palm tree and decide to sit against it. That's when I just let it all out. I cried so hard, trying to ignore the weird looks of people as they walk by. I feel a tap on my shoulder and turn to see Chase kneeling beside me. I pull him into a hug and feeling him hug me back. I really would like to kiss him, but I can't. I can't ruin our friendship.
"Hey hey, shhhh. It's gonna be okay. Tell me what happened when you can." He whispers soothing words into my ear. I slowly start to calm down and pull back seeing his tear stained shirt and the worried look on his face.
"Conner was my ex-boyfriend back in Ohio."
~ FLASHBACK ~
I walk into the kitchen ignoring the fact that I'm wobbling and trying to keep my balance. I see my boyfriend Conner in the kitchen. "Hey, ba-" that's when I notice he's kissing another girl. His hand resting on her thigh as he grips her hair. I can't believe this. He turns around and sees me giving me a small smirk before turning back around to the blonde. I thought I heard him mumble an "Ill call you later" but I ran out of the kitchen and headed to the front yard to run away from the house. I ran and ran until I reached a dark alley way and ran into it. I sat against the brick wall and cried so hard. A couple minutes later I heard the shuffling of feet and that's when I looked up to see him. Conner. Standing i front of me with an angry face. Before I could say anything he pulled me up and slammed me against the back of the wall. Pain rushing to my head as I feel a little blood. "I told you to stay in the living room! You don't ever listen, do you? You take after your dad. Never listening to a single word around anyone and thinking it's alright to just disobey someone." He screams in my face. By this time I'm in tears and I'm shaking uncontrollably not being able to say anything. He then throws me on the ground and kicks me in my stomach. All the wind was knocked out of me as I was then yanked up and pushed into the wall again. He looked at me. The once ocean blue eyes now replaced with dark, evil eyes burning back at my innocent once. "You will NEVER be seen with me again. I can't believe I had the guts to walk around with someone like you. No wonder I was losing my friends. Walking around with a hoe like you, I would want to hang out with me either. Stupid bitch." That's when I couldn't see anything. All I could see was a fist being thrown to my face and Conner leaving me lay there. Helpless.
~End of flashback~
Tears running down my face as I finish telling Chase about that horrific night I tried so deeply to forget. It's like it's burning into my memory and I can't seem to get rid of it. I hug Chase again feeling him rub my back in a calming way telling me it's going to be okay.
"Want to ride the Ferris Wheel with me? I have to show you something." He asks.
"Yea, of course." I reply as we make our way over to the Ferris Wheel.
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So what do you think? What about Conner? Do you think Chase is going to care for Hannah and be there for her through thick and thin? What does Chase have to show Hannah on the Ferris Wheel? Let me know in the comments and please vote!!

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