Running To You (Theo James Fan-fiction)

Chapter Eight

I wake up to an empty room. Regret slowly creeps through my mind. What if he thinks I'm weak? What if he thinks I'm an attention hog? What if he thinks I'm worthless? All these and more were going through my head.

I finally get a grip and walk downstairs. I'm greeted with the smell of ham and bacon. I walk into the kitchen to see Theo hard at work.

I clear my throat to get his attention. "O-hey." He says looking up.

"Hey."

"I-umm-made you breakfast." He says making me a plate.

"Thank you." I say while sitting down.

He puts the plate down by me and grabs a plate for himself. Then he sits across from me.

Awkwardness passes through the air. There's definitely an elephant in the room, and it's the one thing I don't want to talk about, but I know I have to.

"I-" Theo cuts me off.

"I have good news." He realizes he cut me off. "O. I'm sorry. You go first."

"No. You go. I want to know the good news." I smile.

"Well... I hope it's good news. I talked to Ruth, and we both think it would be a good idea to have you move in with me. It's not that she doesn't like having you, it's just that... You know like you said you need to live with someone young, but you don't have to. Only if you want to."

"I-I appreciate the offer, but I'm not a kicked puppy." I say looking at my plate.

"What?"

"I remember what happened last night. I wasn't drunk or anything. I remember it, and I regret it."

"Devon, I don't understand."

"When you look at me do you see a weak girl?"

"Well..."

"Exactly. You see me as a kicked puppy, but I'm not weak. I'm strong. Stronger than you can ever imagine. I know I've gone through hell, but I'm not weak."

"Devon, I don't think your weak. I might not know what you've been through, but I would like to help you. I would like to put you back together. I mean it."

"You might mean it, but it's impossible to fix something that's broken." I get up and put my dish in the sink.

"Please give me the chance." Theo says while blocking me from getting out of the kitchen.

I think for a second. If I don't tell him things will be awkward between us, but if I do how will I know he won't tell everyone about me.

"You have to promise you won't tell a soul."

"I promise."

"Okay." I take a deep breath. "I use to live with my step-father. He was a nice man. He was always sweet to my mom, but when she died something happened. He started to beat me-" I couldn't finish the rest. The tears poured like rain down my face.

Theo pulls me into his grasp. "It's okay. I'm here for you."

We stand there hugging each other for awhile. Me crying my eyes out, and Theo trying to settle me down. He actually got me to stop crying.

"It is good news." I say sniffling.

He smiles. "Great. Wanna go back to bed?"

I nod my head "yes". Instead of me just walking up to the room, he picks me up and carries me to the bed. Theo gently lays me down in the bed. Then he gets into the bed. He, again, holds me.

"I just want to be happy." I whisper.

"You will be. I promise."

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Clap your hands together! I finally updated this story. I wanted to wait to update because I personally think this is one of my best "books", and in school we are learning how to write novels. I feel like after learning how to write a novel that I made some easy, common mistakes. To be completely honest I already see a difference. Do you?

QOTD: Which book of mine do you like? (This question feels superficial...)

AOTD: I think this one is because it's just more mature than my others.