It's not you it's me

Chapter 3

I didn't know what to say or do. I stared at him in complete shock a thousand questions were going through my mind but my mouth stood shut and my body stood frozen (not literally but you get what I mean).

"Hey, you're up are you okay, do you need anything, how are you feeling?" He said looking nervous

"I'm okay I-I guess um whe-where am I? " I said back stuttering a bit

"That's good uhm ahh I'm...well you're in my house..in my room" he said looking down, "you passed out, in the park I ran to make sure you were okay but when I uh got there you were well passed out so I -I brought you here to take um care of...you"

"Oh...um thank you..but I have to get h-home" I told him trying to get up, I felt a sharp pain in my stomach which caused me to fall on my knees and tear a bit. I was in serious pain, I felt him kneel next to me "Look I know you want to go home but you are in serious pain you wouldn't be able to walk from here to your house, just lay down and rest " he said to me, I looked at his face he had a worried expression which caused me to look down I tried to focus on something different in order to not focus on the pain that I was going through but it didn't work because as soon as I got up the pain hit me again causing me to hold my stomach even harder and cry. I felt him carry me bridal style and lay me down on the bed, I didn't want to let him go being in his arms made me feel safe and calm.

"you gotta let go" he whispered in my ear but I shook my head I really didn't want to let go something about him made me feel I don't know better.

"No...I feel safe...I dont want to let go...please don't make me let go" 

"Okay...how about this...I'm gonna let go for just a minute to get a pair of clothes for you...the ones you have on are dirty from the park incident and I'll even let you shower if you want but you gotta let go"

"No...I don't wanna"

"Fine"

I felt him carry me again which caused me to hold him tighter, "okay um at least let me hold you like umm I don't know how to call it so I'm just going to say like a baby, it's gonna be hard to get things if I carry you like this" he shifted me into the position and began searching through his drawers. I inhaled his scent and must I say it was very intriguing he smelled like vanilla and something else but I couldn't put my finger on it so I ignored it and enjoyed the fact that he was holding me. When he was done looking through his drawers he walked into a different room and turned on the light I made my eyes adjust to the brightness and that's when I realized that we were in the bathroom which meant that I had to let go of him in order to shower...aww.

"Umm you..gotta let go now to shower sweetheart "

"But I don't want to let go"

"Please, you have to shower you can hold me when you get out I promise okay"

"Okay"

He set me down and walked towards the showers, he turned on the water making sure that it was a nice temperature and turned to me. I kept my head down trying to cover up my face which I'm very sure of is bruised up because of Stacy. He probably saw it when I was unconscious but now that I'm awake and he is looking at me I began to feel very insecure and ashamed that I look like a mess infront of him, I probably look weak hopeless and worthless I felt him pull my face up by my chin causing me to look at him and wiped his thumb on my face I had a confused expression on my face wondering why he did that till I realized that his thumb was wet was I crying? I touched my face and yes I was. I didn't know what to do so I just kneeled on the floor and cried my eyes out, no one understood my pain the sorrow that I felt no one cared for me at all and here I am with this stranger and he is giving me what I always wanted without knowing who I am.

I was alone I've always been alone but why all of a sudden is this happening to me? Why now? Why him? I stood kneeling on the floor for god knows how long till I felt him sit infront of me and pull me to him, he didn't say anything to me he just held me and told me that everything was going to be okay he caressed my head and pulled me closer making sure that he didn't hurt me I cried on his shoulder I feel like we've been in this position for hours because I wasn't crying anymore and my back started hurting. I moved away from him keeping my head down and sniffled.

"I - I'm sorry" I whispered to him, I probably sounded funny because of all the crying I did.

"It's okay you needed to let it out I understand completely but I wasn't going to watch you cry I knew you needed to be held"

"Thank you...umm.."

Oh shit we didn't know each other's names nice going Alice

"Skylar..my name is Skylar Night, and yours is?"

"Alice, my name is Alice Rose"

"Nice to meet you Skylar"

"Nice to meet you too Alice...now how about that shower?"

"Okay"

Skylar stood up and helped me stand up because of my condition. He made sure that I took my time, I probably look fragile right now I'm guessing that's why he didn't rush me at all. I stood there looking down, he checked to make sure that the water was still good once he was done he looked at me with a worried expression.

"You okay?"

"Yeah it's just that.."

"It's just that what?"

" I'm in a lot of pain and I cant take my clothes off"

"Oh"

"C-can you help me?"

"Um..s-sure"