Girl Gone || rsl

Nightmares

Courtney's POV

I jolted up from my nightmare. I felt hot tears forming in my eyes. I looked beside me to see Ross sit up with concern written all over his face.

"Are you ok?" he asked wide eyed.

I shook my head and started crying uncontrollably.

He gently placed my head in his lap and started stroking my hair.

"He raped me!" I cried quietly in fright while bringing my knees to my chest.

"What?"

"James."

"In your dream?" he asked worriedly.

"Both." I muttered.

"Oh my God, Courtney! Come here."

I sat up, buried my head in his chest and he wrapped his arms around me.

"I promise you that I will never hurt you like that. I will never ever do anything like that. Damn it. I'm going to f**king kill that guy when he gets out of that f**king jail!"

"Stop it." I whispered.

He rubbed my back in circles with his hand.

"I'm sorry, it's just that, that never should have happened to you." He muttered.

He held me like that for another twenty minutes before he fell asleep.

I could feel his chest go up and down rhythmically. I slowly drifted off to sleep.

*Next Morning*

Ross' POV

I woke up and looked at Courtney sleeping peacefully on my chest.

I clenched my fists in anger thinking about what James had done to my baby girl.

She stirred a bit and put her hand on my chest to push herself up. She looked at me with a bit of a scared look on her face.

She helped me pack up my bag to go home and all we did was exchange looks. We didn't speak.

"I am really sorry. About the whole me being a jerk thing." I said resting my hand on her shoulder! stopping her at the door.

She looked into my eyes.

"I forgive you."

With that I leaned in and kissed her. I placed my hand on her cheek as we deepened the kiss.

"Guys, we're going!" Rocky shouted from the other side of the door.

We slowly pulled back.

"Thanks." She said as she rested her forehead on mine.

-

When we got home I brought her to my room. She sat down on my lap as she told me what had happened with James.

When she was done she was crying and I felt a my stomach drop. I stood and helped her to her feet. I wrapped her in my embrace.

Ryland walked in the room and onto his bed.

"I'm going to have a shower." Courtney said wiping her cheeks and leaving the room.

"What were you guys doing?" Ryland asked.

"Nothing." I replied.

He just went back to his phone not questioning any further.

-

After her shower, Courtney stood by my door with a towel wrapped around her body. Ryland had gone downstairs.

"I ran out of clean shirts. Could I borrow one?" she asked.

"Sure." I replied and went to my closet.

I grabbed a clean shirt and passed it to her.

She ran back to the bathroom to change.

She came back wearing sweats and the Superman tee that I lent her. She had put her hair up in a bun and was wearing a pair of dinosaur slippers.

She sat down on my bed beside me and leaned the back of her head against the wall. She let out a sigh and closed her eyes.

I scooted closer to her and put my hand on top of hers. She smiled a bit with her eyes still closed.

"Thanks for caring." She whispered.

I held her hand and squeezed it a bit. Her smile grew. I kissed her cheek and leaned on the wall beside her again.

"You hungry?" I asked.

I heard her stomach growl.

"Apparently." We laughed and then left to the kitchen.

I opened the fridge and examined what it contained.

"Sandwiches?" I asked.

"Sure. Peanut butter and jelly?"

"Yup. Peanut butter's in the pantry, second shelf in the back behind the bread."

She went to get the bread and peanut butter while I grabbed the jelly, plates and knives. We put it all on the counter and made the sandwiches.

"Just a second." I said and left to the hallway closet.

I grabbed a blanket and went back to the kitchen.

"Come." I said and grabbed a plate.

She grabbed hers and followed me outside. I laid down the blanket and sat down. I patted beside me and she sat down. We sat there eating until Rocky came running out.

"You didn't see me!" he panicked and ran to the shed.

Court looked at me confused and I shrugged my shoulders in return.

Seconds later we heard a scream. I could tell that it was Rydel. She bolted down the stairs and outside. She had a towel wrapped around her hair.

"Have you two seen Rocky?" Rydel asked sounding like she wanted to kill him.

"What did he do?" Courtney asked.

She unwrapped the towel and her hair was stuck.

"He put glue in my conditioner container." She said looking around the yard.

Court gasped a bit.

"Rocky! If I find you before you come out, you are going to wish you were never born!" Rydel yelled.

There was a thump followed by a groan. A bit after Rocky came out with his hand in a flower pot.

"My hand got stuck." He muttered.

Rydel stormed over to him.

"You want to go inside now?" I murmured loud enough for Court hear me.

She nodded as she took one last bite of her sandwich.

A/N

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