VALERIA POV:
I wake up in a bed.
I didn't recognize this room.
I'm looking around confused when the bathroom door opens and I flinch when I see Ethan. He only has a towel around his waist.
"Sleep well beautiful?" He dries his hair with the towel in his hands.
I turn and see my phone on his night stand.
"I umm" I'm about to get up when I uncover myself to see that I only have my underwear on.
"Where are my pants?"
He slightly smirks putting on a shirt and points. I look over to see a bag.
"You puked on your clothes so I had to take them off." He smirks about to put on his boxers.
I quickly look down and then realize I'm wearing one of his shirts.
"Thanks" I rub my head and I feel a headache coming. I feel my stomach tightening and I rush to the bathroom.
I open the toilet and let it out. I suddenly feel my hair being lift up.
"What happened last night?" I look at Ethan.
"We were at Kian's party, bad idea. You behaved badly and I brought you here." He smirks.
I sigh.
He gets closer.
"Then we had some fun of our own." He winks
"What?" No. Oh no, while I was drunk?" I get up.
"I'm kidding" he laughs.
My eyebrows furrow.
"God, you're so gullible" he keeps laughing.
"Shut up!" I lightly hit his arm.
"Anyway what time is it?"
"It's 12:27 pm" he checks his watch.
"Oh shit, we're late for school!" My eyes widen and leave the bathroom entering his room again.
"It's Friday anyway"
"You're not helping" I look at him as my hands are in my hair and I pace back and forth.
"Calm down Val." He goes up to me.
"Yeah easy for you to say, you're mom isn't crazy like mine" I sit down on the bed and sigh.
He rubs my shoulder giving me support.
"What do you mean?" He bends down to my level.
I look anywhere else but him.
"Hey Val, look at me" he grabs my chin turning my face to him.
"Tell me, what's going on Val?"
I look down.
"It was your mom wasn't it?" His eyes widen, he's referring to my neck bruise.
I look up. "No E, it wasn't-"
"Is she hurting you?" He looks worried.
"Ethan please don't-" I don't want to make things worse especially now that Francisco is back living with us.
"This isn't right Val. Who would want to hurt their own daughter?!" He puts his thumb on my cheek rubbing it and he calms down.
"Ethan please, you can't tell anyone about this."I feel so scared.
"Val, she's hurting you!"
"You don't understand." My voice cracks
"If you tell anyone you're only going to make it worse." I hold onto his hands
"How?" He's confused.
I trust him and tell him everything. We both end up crying. I end up showering and all at his house, he lend me some of his grey joggers and a white shirt and we watched TV until we fell asleep together.
I never felt this safe before. In his arms.
