You Learn To Live Without || Chenzel Story

10. Safe

KRISTINS POV

"Hi buddy" I greet Thunder as I make my way into my appartement. She follows me around the livingroom as I put down my stuff. Ofcourse she follows me into the kitchen knowing she gets a treat every time I come home. I smile while I get her box with treats of the counter. "Okay be a good girl and sit for mommy" she obeys fast and look at me with her dark puppy eyes. I can't help but chuckle and give her the treat. I put back the treats on the counter and make my way to the refrigerator where I pull out diner for tonight. A simple salad it is since I have nothing else in there. I slice up the lettuce, cut the vegetables and mixed it all up with the dressing. I pick up the plate with salad and sit myself down on the couch while putting on a lame sitcom. Thunder curls herself up next to me and falls asleep happy that I'm home. I just finished my salad when I hear my phone going of. The sound is coming from my purse so I get myself from the couch. I roam around in my purse and pull out my phone. Idina her name shows up on my screen and I just stare at my phone screen for a little while. She probably just needs someone to talk too or she had some drinks again. I wait for her to hang up, because that's what she normally does when she is drunk calling. But after a while my phone is still ringing. I sigh and answer the call. "Dee are you drunk again?" I say expecting her laugh on the other side. "Hi, Is this Kristin Chenoweth?" a unfamiliar voice asks causing my cheeks to turn red of shame. "Yes, it is. Who are you? What happened? Where is Idina?" my voice is a little unsteady. "Okay, I need you to calm down" she says. What does she except me to do, some random woman calls me with the phone of my best friend. Ofcourse I'm freaking out. "Okay, just tell me what happened. Where is she? Is she okay" I try to sound as calm as possible. "Yes, something happened. And she asked me to call you." I roll my eyes, I just want to know what happened. "Where is she?" I can't help but snap a little. "She is in the badroom. Can you come over, I'll stay until you arrive. She is in a pretty bad shock" the woman seems kind of lost. And I don't blame her. Whatever happened she found Idina in shock and now she is has to stay because you can't just leave a completly shocked woman all by herself. "I'll be there in 15 minutes" I say and hang up the phone. I rush myself into my shoes and coat and say Thunder goodbye on my way out. I might have skipped some red lights but I really don't care at the moment. Idina needs me

After 10 minutes I park in front of her appartement and rush myself up the stairs. Once I get to the third floor I make my way to her appartement. My heart starts beating faster as I see the mess of her forced frontdoor. I step across the mess and a woman who I assume called me walks up to me. "What happened" is all I can whisper trying to fight my tears. "We don't know what actually happened, we're still figuring out. She called 911 saying someone was coming to get her and once we got here the man was all over her, beating and kicking her. When we arrested him she completly froze and she hasn't said anything yet. Besides your name when I asked her who to call. We moved her to her bedroom to prevent her body from more pain. The ambulance workers gave her some painmeds so she is in less pain at the moment. It's possible for her to be a little jumpy for a while. I have to go now, but if you need me here is my number" the woman hands me her business card. She graps her stuff, gives me one last small smile and leaves through the in the meantime kinda fixed door. They put back the old door and covered the hole in it. I turn myself to the bedroom, her bedroom. I swallow my tears and make my way to her bedroom. I carefully pull down the handle and open the door. I walk toward the bed and sit down next to her. She doesn't bother moving, not even a flinch. She just stares at the ceiling. "Dee? I'm here honey" I whisper as I caress the back of her hand. "what happened honey, can you tell me?" I know she won't say anything. Yet I'm still hoping for a reaction, but nothing. I have to swallow back my tears again. I stand up and move myself to the other side of the bed. I kick off my shoes and lie myself next to her. I grap her hand and just caress my thumb up and down the back of her hand. We just lie there, in silence.

2 hours later and nothing changed. I have to pee so I carefully get myself out of the bed making my way to her badroom. While I'm on the toilet I look around the badroom. Seeing the cracked doorlock and all I can imagine is dee curled up on the ground in pain. All by herself. A tear rolls down my cheek and I angrily wipe it away as I get up from the toilet, I have to stay strong for her. I flush the toilet and wash my hands. A quick look in the mirror and I make my way back to the bedroom. By my suprise dee actually turned herself to her left side facing away from the part of the bed where I was. I sit myself on the bed again waiting for her to react but still nothing. I lie myself down again turning myself towards her back. "I'm here dee, I'm right her" I whisper as I carefully pull her into my arms. I can feel her body tense at my touch but what happens next was not exactly what I expected to happen. She breaks, her whole body starts shaking and she starts bawling. Tears streaming down her face and she is grasping for air. I sit up and pull her against my body. Her head is rested on my chest and her sore body is curled against mine. "It's okay baby, I'm here" I whisper as I strike a hair out of her wet face. "It's okay"

After a half an hour she starts to calm down and her long sobs starts to fade away. She sits herself up and wipes away her own tears. The moonlight falls on her bruised face and her eyes are puffy from all the crying. She gives me a weak smile and I return her a light sqeeze in her hand. "Do you wanna tell what happened?" I say carefully not wanting to cause another breakdown. She swallows and I can see that she is thinking about it. After thinking for a split second she suprisingly nods. "Come here" I say sitting myself against the wall. She places herself in my arms and I hold her body against me for my dear life. I give her a smile to let her know that she can take all her time. She looks down at her own hands trying to find the words to explain what just happened to her. "It.. He..  I.. It was Taye" she whispers causing me to frown my eyebrow. I look down at her hand and I notice that the ring she has been wearing is gone. "We got a divorce 2 weeks ago, because.. it happened before" her voice is barely audible. "He has been like this since a few months and I decided it was better for the both of us to be parted. The night I went out with Jet was the night I signed the divorce papers" she looks at me with tears in her eyes. I sqeeze her hand softly. She tells me everything that happened earlier that night. How many times he kicked her. How many times he hit her. What words he said to her. The words she is saying enter me like a knife in my heart. It hurts me to know what she had to go through alone. That I wasn't there to protect her. Once she finished talking she is out of tears. She looks exhausted. "Dee, you should get some sleep. You look exhausted." I confess while giving her a smile. She nods and releases herself from my arms. She slids her bra off under her shirt and nestles herself under the blanket. I get up and make my way to the livingroom. "Kris?" her voice is soft. "I'll be right on the couch if you need me okay" I say to calm her down. "Can you stay with me" she asks barely audible. "I don't want to be alone" I give her a weak smile. "ofcourse dee" I walk back to the bed and cuddle up next to her spooning her from behind. Her breathing slows down and in a few second she falls asleep. Its a restless sleep, but at least she is safe. Safe in my arms

I'm really sorry for this. But I promise it will get better
Loves you all!
Xo mel