Screaming in silence (camren)

Chapter 7

Kaden lunged at Austin. Her green eyes blazed with anger and her mouth twitched into a snarl. Austin landed hard on my stomach but quickly rolled to the side as Lauren's body came down on him. I backed up quickly, freeing my legs from beneath the squabble of limbs. A pair of hands pulled me up. Lauren delivered the first punch to Austin. Austin fought desperately to block her but Lauren was quick and landed another punch on the side of Austin's jaw.
    Suddenly, Lauren stood up and backed away. Austin laid on his back and was holding his side, laughing. Lauren panted, out of breath.
"You better watch yourself, Lauren. Were in this together, all equal shares remember? That includes her."
"Go find some girl in town to fuck, Austin. You can't have her." Lauren pointed to me as she spoke and then turn her full attention to the man holding me. "The same goes for you, Shawn although I doubt you have it in you."
Shawn dropped his hands from my arms and walk towards the stairs.
"Who are you to tell me what I can and cannot have?" Austin asked to stood up and brushed himself off. He zipped his fly and buttoned the top of his jeans .
"I'm the one who just kicked your ass."she rolled her shoulders forward and stood up straight. "Don't touch her again."
     "Come on, dude. It's not worth it," Shawn pleaded to his brother.
Austin shot Lauren one last warning glare before he nodded and pushed her to follow his brother up the stairs. Lauren watched them leave before looking at me. Her face showed a bit of emotion and her green orbs were like glass.
"Are you alright?"
Fuck you, I sighted, completely outraged she would bother asking that type of question.
"Did he hurt you?" Lauren didn't seem to take the offense.
Yes. My sides ached and my face felt swollen but what was she going to do about it?
She nodded and walk slowly towards me pulling at the bottom of her shirt. I stepped back as she neared, not wanting anything or anyone to come within an arms length of me. But Lauren held up her hand in a surrender, the other bringing the tail of her shirt up to her ribs. I eyed her cautiously and she paused before stripping off her shirt. I took a few more steps back, shaking my head, signing for her not to come any closer.
"I'm not gonna hurt you ,Camila.I won't even touch you."
I backed up against the wall with no other place to go. Lauren slowly closed the space between us. My breath became short and weak, I didn't have any fight left in me so, with tears in my eyes, I gave up. She lifted her balled up shirt and brought it to my cheek. I was scared she was going to Gag me with it, blindfold me perhaps, but she didn't. Carefully and softly, she wiped away Austin's blood from my face and neck.
Once I realized what she started doing I felt a bit of guilt within me for not trusting her earlier. But why should I trust her? She wasn't my friend or necessarily even on my side. I was being used by this woman, but maybe if I couldn't trust her, I may be able to trust her motives. It didn't really didn't make any sense.
There was a point where I wanted to be comforted by Lauren, I want her to touch me to tell me that everything was going to be alright. I wanted her to take me in her arms and keep me there until the pain went away. I could feel her bodies warmth and I attempted to reach out and run my hands over her skin, and pull her close, hold on tight. But I didn't move Lauren never came to me and I was nothing but a dollar sign to her.
When she was done cleaning my face I raised my face to look at her. She studied her work very carefully, her eyes roaming my face but never meeting my gaze, her lips stay firmly pressed together, and her eyebrows furrowed in concentration. She pulled her hand away from the wall and she seem to reach for me, nearing but not quite touching my skin. I wanted to lean into it, force her to touch me but I kept still. Our eyes met for a second before she pulled her hand away.
      I took a deep breath. She turned away and I repressed the urge to thank  her. Not looking back, she skipped up the stairs two at a time, the spring in her step emphasizing how ready she was to be away for me. I pushed myself from the wall my knees shaking and my heart thundering in my chest. I climb back into the bed and put the covers up to my neck and cried myself back to sleep.