Innocent - [scomiche]

Chapter 24 - Day Three

(Ho ho ho, just 2 more chapters to go!

By the way... Scott AND Superfruit followed me on twitter the other day and i swear i cant be more happy! I cried so hard lol. Enjoy! -Vicky)

SCOTT POV:

*NOW*

"Mitch?" I had to shake his shoulders so he'd come back to his senses. He seemed to be in some kind of a trance, staring at the window which was at the end of the living room. His eyes darted in every direction, fright and realisation printed on his face. Abruptly, he stood up only to fall back on his knees. I was completely shocked, i just stared at him without saying anything. I just looked.

A few minutes passed, silence became unbearable. I tried to reach him and put my hand at the back of his neck. "Mitch?" I tried again. He didn't look at me but he surely heard me. I caught a subtle movement of his lips, he was trying to say something. I didn't rush him, he was clearly struggling already, no extra pressure needed.

"I remember" He said. It came out as a whisper, barely audible but i heard it.

"What Mitch? What do you remember?" I tried to speak as quiet and kind as possible. He started shaking his head repeatedly.

"Wh-what ha-ha-ppened" He stuttered. "I remember him, i remember everything" He was at the verge of crying.

"Baby" I brought him closer, and even though he made no attempt of moving, he didn't resist either. "Let's go to bed, we can talk it out, okay?" He just nodded.

I carried him bridal style and tenderly placed him on the mattress. I was beside him in the blink of an eye, i hugged him tight and started running my fingers up and down his spine to comfort him. "So, who's him?" I asked, repeating his question from not so long ago.

These are the type of moments where you wish you didn't ask anything, where you wish you didn't open your mouth. These kind of moments you wish never happened or even existed. Where you just want to press pause and delete them. He spoke slowly and every word was like a sharp knife, stabbing me with such force i didn't know i was capable of baring.

"Louis threw a party, he wanted to forget all about it. I was in complete shock, i thought he wanted to have some time alone. I went and talked to him, asked him why he was doing it. He just laughed and told me to relax a bit, i couldn't believe it and maybe i overreacted i don't quite remember. He-he, god i never thought he would do that! I mean, he's a great friend but-"

"What did he do?" I tried to stay calm but the sound of Mitch's voice suggested that something bad had happened. If he did something to him i swear-

"He drugged me"

I snapped.

"HE DID WHAT?!?" I sat so quickly i almost pushed Mitch out of the bed. Poor thing looked so startled.

"I'm okay, i swear just let me fin-"

"What the- How?!? I'm so mad, give me one reason why i shouldn't go and kill him right now because i'm loosing it"

"We already talked about it! It's okay i forgave him, don't worry about that. That's not the most important thing either..." I looked at him, then i took a deep breath and laid back down.

"Okay, i won't talk. But just know i'm not liking it ONE bit" He nodded.

"Okay, so after that i started feeling bad and dizzy so i just thought it would be better if i just went to my room and passed the night there and then, the next morning i would beat the shit out of him for drugging me"
"Long short story i opened the door and locked it behind me. Being the stupid human i am i didn't check if there was someone inside. Turns out there it was. He was tall and had dark hair, his eyes were wild and looked to done with life. I thought he was just drunk or something"

"Mark" I said.

"Yeah... I asked who he was and he told me to shut up. He told me that he was already having a rough week and that he only wanted to give me something and just go. He left an object on my night stand and went to the door, i didn't realise i was blocking it until he was less than 4 feet away from me. He commanded me to move and his sudden anger startled me so i didn't, he got extremely furious and just grabbed me by my shoulders and pushed me aside. I was so dizzy that i landed with my face on the floor which made me even more confused and dizzy, i literally thought it couldn't get any worst"

"But it did" I assumed. I was crying already, i didn't know if i would be able to stand the whole story. I feel guilty.

MITCH POV:

I snuggled closer and continued, even through the muffled sobs he could understand what i was saying.

"He got annoyed at my unsteadiness so he just lifted me up and threw me on the bed. He said that i was in the place i belonged, which i thought it was extremely odd because i've never seen that guy in my entire life! I got extremely angry at that statement and at the way he was treating me so i just screamed at him and i made things worst. I know that if i had shut up this would never have happened"
"I think we started hitting each other because that would explain the- Nothing, so in one part i lunge forward but he dodged so i hit myself with the nightstand which made the little object break. There was glass everywhere and that son of a bitch used one to scratched my back. I was about to faint when i heard someone enter the room, he started yelling and made Mark leave. After a while i felt two arms picking me up but after that i don't remember anything. I think he helped me clean myself or something, i owe him my life to be honest"

"All of this is my fault" He said. "All because of my stupid gift that i couldn't wait to give you" He finally stood up. I could immediately tell he was battling with his thoughts.

"Scott, it's okay. I'm okay i swear!" I said almost crying.

"THEN WHY DOESN'T IT SOUND LIKE IT!? Why didn't you call me right away? Why did you tell me everything was okay? Why did you lie to me?" He asked. He was trembling, struggling to stay on feet. I could see his whole world falling apart.

"You know what i read one day?" I told him. "Pain forces even the Innocent to lie"

He broke down.

And so did i...