𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝

Chapter 12

Nash's POV
I was getting ready in the bathroom by the living room when I hear crying. I walk out and see Amber with her head in her hands crying her eyes out. I quickly walk over to her and just embrace her in a hug. At first she tensed up but then relaxed. I started to rub her back softly.

"It's okay. Just take a deep breath and try to calm down." I say a few times. After about 5 more minutes of crying she started to calm down. She then looked up at me with red puffy eyes.
"Nash it was terrible." She cried a little. What is she talking about?
"What do you mean Amber? What was?"
"It felt so real too. I thought it was really happening to me."
"Amber what are you talking about?" I asked getting really worried.
"I h-had a dream." She said
"What was it about?" I say rubbing her back
"Well it was about Ha-" she got cut off by Hayes coming downstairs and walking to her.
"Amber tell me what's wrong so I can help." He said going to touch her but she flinched some and buried her head in my chest again. Did Hayes hurt her in her dream?

"Hayes I'm going to take Amber with me on a ride. We'll be back later." I said grabbing Amber's hand. We get into my car and drive to an abandoned drive in.
"Why are we here?" She asked
"To get away from Hayes and everyone. I saw you flinch when he tried to touch you." I said
"Oh"
"He doesn't hit you does he?" I said angrily
"N-no Nash" She said looking down
"What was your dream about?" I ask
"It was about...Hayes" she said nervously
"What was going on in the dream?"
"Well I woke up to something hitting me over and over again, like how my parents use to wake me up, and I saw Hayes hitting me. He was yelling at me to get up and calling me ugly and stuff. Then he started to um...rape me. I tried to get him off but it didn't work. Then he started to shake me and call my name which woke me up and I just got scared when I saw him." Damn, that's one bad dream.
"Amber I'm so sorry. But Hayes won't do that to you" I say
"Yea I keep trying to tell myself that and I believe it for a split second and then I see him and I get scared all over again." I saw a tear slip. I go to wipe it and hug her.
"It's okay. I can talk to him for you. But I'll protect you" I say.
"Are you hungry? We can get breakfast" I say
"No but I'm thirsty" she smiled
"To McDonalds" I say.
~At McDonalds~
Ambers POV
We get into McDonalds and I sit down while Nash orders everything. He comes back with pancakes and bacon with orange juice for him and sweet tea for me.
"Thank you" I say taking it
"Your welcome. You sure you don't want anything?" He asked
"Yea I'm sure. I'm not hungry." I say. I start to drink my tea again when I see him staring at me.
"What?" I asked
"Oh. Nothing" he looked down and smiled
"Umm Okay" I giggled. This is fun. Getting out of that house is just what I needed and being with Nash makes it even more fun.
"You ready to go?" He asked
"Oh, yea" I smile. We get up and go to the car. He opens my door for me and I get in. When he gets in we start to drive.
"Can we not go back to the house yet? It's nice getting out of there for a change." I ask
"Yea yea. Of course, where do you want to go?" He smiled
"Umm we could go to the park, that's free." I say. I don't want him to spend money
"Don't worry about the money Amber. Why don't we go to the mall and you can get some new clothes and shoes?" He asked
"Nash I can't ask that of you" I say
"No it's fine really. I want to do it."
"Okay fine." I sighed.
                        ~Half Way To Mall~  
We've been driving for a while listening to music. Then John Legends Love Me Now came on. This is my favorite song. I guess it's Nash's too because he is jamming out right now.
"Love me now! Love me now! Oh I want you to love me now!" We sing. He looks at me and sings again. I start to laugh and then the song is over.
"You have an amazing voice Nash." I tease
"Oh shut up" he laughs. After a few more songs we get to the mall. I've never been here before
"So where do you want to go first?" Nash said
"Umm Vans maybe?" I say
"Okay. I actually need a pair so that works out perfect." He says. We walk to Vans and they have so many.
"Get as many as you want" he said. I don't get why people say that, when they say that they really mean get one pair you really like and don't use all my money. All I need is one pair.
"I'll just get these" I say holding the white ones
"Really? That's all you want?" He asked
"Well I only need one pair Nash." I say. He gets up and looks at my shoes size and goes to get a Lavender purple, black, gray, and a baby blue pair.
"Nash what are these for?" I ask
"For you." He said going to pay.
"What? No this is a lot of shoes. I only need the one." I say
"Fine, I'll get them for me then." He turned around to pay and laughed. Once we were done in there we went to a couple other stores and I got some clothes and what not.
"Hey lets get you some stuff from here." He said dragging me into Victoria Secret.
"Nash!" I whisper yell. Then he starts laughing
"What?" He said holding back his laugh
"What do you mean what. I'm not getting anything out of here. There's no need for me to" I say. But I could use underwear and bras plus they have some comfy sweatpants too.
"Yea sure, just go get whatever you want I'll wait out here for you." He said. I walk in and get some bras and underwear to match it, 3 pairs of sweatpants and a hoodie. I go to pay so Nash doesn't have to. I have money from when my parents would pay me to keep my mouth shut about the beatings. In total I have 1.6 million saved. They just would pay me and I would take it. I figured if I saved enough I could get out of there. I pay and walk out.
"How'd you pay for that?" He asked.
"I have money you know" I laughed
"But this is supposed to be my treat to you." He whined.
"I'm sorry Nashie" I say.
"It's fine but now you owe me." He said
"Fine what do you want?" I ask
"For you to hang out with me again tomorrow."
"Even better I'll hang out with you tomorrow and the next day." I giggle.
"Yes!" He laughs but then soon stops. I look over next to me and I see Ethan and Grayson. Uh oh.