Just let me in

Chapter 17

A.N
Sorry for the really late updates shit went down at home guys.
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"They're here. Come on. Let's go. You take Louis and I'll take Cassidy. Hurry now!" I looked up at my father. His face was filled with worry and I knew he was scared and that scared me. He was never scared. I knew who they were. They were mean. We ran away from them. But they were chasing us. Mum went with Louis, and dad and I went into the abandoned flat to get the very few things that we owned.
"Did you think that you could run forever?" I felt a hand on my shoulder and it haven me chills. Like max does now but not as bad because I was a child. I saw my dad from across the room and his face filled with fear when he saw me.
"C...Cassie! Run!" I tried to move but his fingernails dug into my shoulder.
"Not on my watch." I screamed as white pain shot through me. Tears streamed down my cheeks and I continuously screamed because of the pain. There was a knife in my back. "Shut up girl!" The knife was pushed in a bit deeper and I couldn't bear it, but I knew that he would do it again, so I stayed quiet. "You better go and get that son and wife of yours if you want or your daughter to survive. Give me the son now and the only one who gets hurt is the girl."
"No."
"Hey!" I heard Louis shout at he was dragged back to us.
"Louis! I called out. The pain was unbearable! The edges of my vision were starting to blur.
"Shut up girl!" He pushed it in a bit deeper and I screamed my head off."Give me the boy and I won't hurt her again."
"Take me instead." My mother shouted.
"Caro, no!"
"I have to Tom! It's the only way!"
"Then kill me to. I'm not leaving without her."
"Fine." He let go of my shoulder after pushing the knife in a bit more, an I fell to the floor.
"Mum! Dad!" Louis called. I saw them on the floor covered in blood and screaming. I couldn't move. I was too shocked. Louis finally got out of the larger man's grip and ran to them.
"Louis, take Cassie and run. I love you both. Make sure she lives." Louis was crying and so was dad. He had mum in his lap, but she wasn't moving.
"I love you dad and so does Cass. We love you mum." With that he walked over to me, scooped me into his arms and ran. I was in so much pain. I writhed and screamed. The image of their face as they died imprinted in my mind forever.
"Cassidy! Shut the fuck up!" Someone threw a pillow at me. It was then that I realised I ha been dreaming of my parents. I had been screaming and crying.
"She's not so much of a mute anymore." Zach grumbled.
"What happened!" Jax burst through the doors.
"The mute woke us up with all that bloody screaming." My back was in so much pain from remembering. I couldn't move. He walked over and bent down so that he was level with me.
"Come on Cassidy. Come with me. I won't hurt you. It was a bad dream s'all." I still couldn't move, though I managed to move my head to face him. Tears rolled down my face as the memories of that night were replayed in my head.
"I c...can't my back."
"Then I'll carry you."
"I'm too heavy."
"No you're not come here."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~[ Jax's P.O.V ]
She was so light! I don't think it was healthy. Now that I thought about it, I don't think I had ever seen her eat. She didn't even eat dinner even though she made it. She just sat on the floor staring at the wall. I could feel her shaking. She said her back hurt. Maybe she had a back problem? I was going to find out. It was true I hadn't been that nice to her today, but I was just so pissed off at Daphne. Also, what had she done to Cassidy? Cassidy spoke to me and then she saw Daphne and disappeared. I was going to ask her. And why would Cassidy trash her own room? Why was she screaming earlier? Why was everyone so horrid to her? For some reason it was like she was everyone's punching bag. I walked in to my room and put her on the bed. She let out a strangled sob and I pulled her into a hug while stroking her hair.
"Shhh it's ok baby girl. I'm here. Nothing's gonna hurt you. I'll keep you safe. Shhh." She soon stopped shaking, and pulled away. She moved away slightly and stared down at her hands."Hey. Don't shut me out." I gently lifted her chin and saw her wince.
"It's the only thing I know how to do." Her voice was barely a whisper and I had to strain to hear her.
" I know. Just let me in, ok?"
"I...I uh-"
"Ok?" She was scared. But I couldn't help her if she wouldn't talk to me.
"Ok."
"Why were you screaming."
"Bad dream."
"What happened in the dream?"
"It was a flashback. They died. "
"Who does Cassidy. Goddamit spit it out!" I shouted at her, but immediately regretted it when she winced and moved away. She turned away expecting to be hit. I looked at her, shocked. "W...why do you think I'm going hit you?"
"I'm sorry. I was bad. I won't be bad again. I promise." She got up and started walking away, but I grabbed her wrist, a little too tightly.
"P...please. Y...you're hurting me."
"You cut again. Didn't you?" She slowly nodded and it broke my heart. She was so beautiful this girl, yet so damaged. I wanted to fix her. "Why Cass?"
"They hurt me."
"Who?"
"No one."
"Cassidy!"
"Please. I'll tell you about the dream but please don't push me." She begged. She was terrified. Why did I scare her.
"Ok, but Cassidy I'm not going to hurt you,so please don't think I will."
"Yes, sir. I'm sorry."
"Jesus don't call me that!"
"Sorry." She was still scared. I patted the seat next to me and she sat down. Then she told me about her dream, and I understood why she was hurting.
"Oh Cassidy! C'mere! I'm so sorry! I should've helped you today! I'm so so sorry! I shouldn't have taken my anger out on you!" I didn't realise I was crying.
"They're all dead."
"All dead? What?"
"Louis left me. With mean people. And then I met the James's and they took me away from them, but I killed them. It's my fault they're dead. The people who hurt me and killed my parents killed them too." I was crying and so was she. I wrapped her in my arms.
"I'm here for you, Cass. I'm not going to let anyone hurt you."
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[ Cassidy's P.O.V ]
I pulled away from him and looked down.
Stop it Cassidy! You idiot! If you let him in he'll hurt you, just like everyone else did!
My mind was right I was tired of getting hurt.
"I understand why you harmed Cassidy, but it wasn't you're fault. None of this is your fault. We'll beat this, ok? Does anyone else know?"
"Mikey knows about the harming and my family. Josh and Kellin only know about the harming."
"Wait that asshole! He knew yet he still turned up the heat as a sick joke." His hand brushed my side and I gasped. "What! What happened, Cass?"
Great! Well done Cassidy!
"N...nothing. I...im fine."
"Don't lie to me." He lifted up my shirt and saw all the bruises across my stomach and especially on my side, as well as the blood soaked bandages on my stomach. He gasped and I saw his eyes tear up."W...who did this to you!"
"N...No one."
"Cassidy this is serious. Tell me. You have to go to hospital for this! Look at your side!"
"No! Please! Don't take me to the hospital! I hate it there!" I burst into tears just at the thought of it.
"Cassidy! You have to! We'll go in the morning, ok? And I'll come with you."
I just nodded. I don't fully trust him yet. What if this is just some kind of sick joke? "Will y..you come and sleep with me, Cassie? It'll give me some peace of mind."
"Ok." I crawled under the covers and soon fell asleep with Jax's arms wrapped around me.