Does he really care?

Reassurance

Luke looks back at me.

"D-Dakota what happened?"

I try and free myself from his grip but it's too strong. He pulls me into him,

"Luke stop I'm gonna get blood on your clothes," I say trying to move my arm

Luke takes off his shirt and throws it on my bed, "There now you won't,"

I walk into my bathroom and pull up my sleeve, I notice Luke is watching every move I make,

"Dakota why did you do this? Was it something I said?," He asks

I shrug my shoulders and continue to clean up my cut. I wrap it with a sturdier bandaid and start to clean up my floor.

Luke steps over me and grabs the blade on the counter,
"Luke what are you doing?" I ask my voice trembling

"We are getting rid of this," he says flushing it down the toilet

I take a deep breath feeling my anxiety start to rise. Slowly I get up and make my way back to my bed. I lay down and try and calm myself, realizing there's no use I call for Luke.

"Luke!" I tell unsure of where he is.

I get no response.

'What if my dad took him'

'Did he find us?'

'I didn't hear anything'

'He's gonna kill me'

'I don't wanna go with him'

All these thoughts and memories cloud my brain and I start to full on panic.

"Luke!" I scream trying to hold back tears

I still get no response.

'It's ok he's probably downstairs' I think trying to calm myself

My hands start to shake and sweat, I feel my body tensing and it feels like I can't breath. Finally in my last resort I scream as loud as I possibly could.

I hear metal drop from downstairs and footsteps shortly after. I put my arms over my eyes to try and calm myself. Not even a minute passed and Luke is sprinting through the doorway.

"What happened!!" Luke yells out of breath

But I couldn't respond, my body was in a full on panic attack.

Luke comes over to my bedside and tries to move my hands. They don't budge.

LUKES POV
"Fuck. Shit what am I supposed to do," I said trying to move her hands

I grab her shoulders and sit her upright, her arms fall to her sides revealing her bloodshot eyes. I lay down and place her in between my legs. Wrapping one arm around her I look up what to do. I clicked on a medical website which told me to remind them of a happy place, and focus on an object.

I look down at Dakota and her eyes are tightly shut.

"Dakota remember when we went to Disneyland?" I asked. She nodded her head

"And all the rides we got to go on?" She shook her head again.

"Remember smelling all the food and hearing the laughter of everyone," She tightened her grip on me.

'Ok she doesn't like crowds' I thought to myself

"Remember when we stayed in the park after hours, and it was just us two. And I gave you the ring, and I swore we are going to be together forever." I say

Her grip wasn't as tight and she started to relax. I took the ring off her nightstand and held it in my hand.

"Dakota look," I said

She opened her eyes and looks at my hand.

"Just focus on the ring," I whispered

She takes it from my hand and plays with it in her fingers. I feel her heart rate start to slow down and I relax myself.

I kiss her head and exhale all the air I had been holding in.

"It'll pass soon, I'll be right here" I whisper in her ear

She nods her head playing with the hem of my shorts.

I notice the little things she doesn't to calm herself.

She soon puts the ring back on the nightstand and turns over so her face is pressed against my shirt. I run my hands through her hair and she traces my abs through my shirt.

"Here," I said as I took off my shirt and threw it to the side.

She blushed a little but laid back down and continued, her touch gave me goosebumps and made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. She traced her name on my stomach with her fingernail and I loved it.

"Are you ok baby?" I ask her

"I'm better now," she says looking up at me

I smile at her and kiss her forehead.

"Do you wanna talk about what happened?" I asked gently

She shook her head no and I accepted that answer.

"Ok, but I'm here if you wanna talk," I remind her

"Thank you Lukey," she says

We lay in bed until I know she's calmed down.

"Dakota I just have a question." I said as she started to get up

"Yea?" She asked

"When I was talking to you earlier, ya know yo try and calm you down. Um did it work at all??" I asked scratching at the back of my neck

"Yes it did help a lot bubs," she says getting up

"Ooh that's a new name, I like it." I said grabbing her waist and kissing her lips.

We spend the rest of the day at home, we played Mario Cart on the big screen and watched movies all night.

"Wanna go for a swim?" Dakota asks me

"Sure" I said getting up

We both change into our swimsuits and get into the water.

"This water is freezing, I'm going to the hot tub," she announces

I chuckle and drag my wet body into the hot tub after her. Once my body touches the warm water I regain body warmth. The lights turn on and so do the jets, Dakota is sitting on the ledge with her head on wall.

"Well you look mighty relaxed,"I say teasing her

She nods her head and smiles at the sky. Making my way over to her I sit next to her.

I look up at the stars next to her, we stare for a few more minutes until she moves. I look at her adjusting her top.

"Can you help me, it's stuck on my hair," she asks going closer to me

I stand up and untie the top, "Luke I said fix it not take it off!" She screams laughing

I bite my lower lip thinking about what could happen, but I fix her hair and tie the swimsuit back.

"Relax I was fixing it baby," I said pulling her closer to me

She jumps on me wrapping her legs around my waist, kissing my lips. "Thank you," she says between kisses.

"I love you more than everything ," I tell her

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