FAIRYTALE ♕ outer banks

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"Stay with me, please."

I gasped sitting up looking around the room, forgetting where I was for a second before it washed over me I was in my room. I could feel my hands shaking making me gulp as I looked at them before clenching my fists. I feel something sliding down my face I brought my hand up seeing it was tears before I wiped them away.

I threw the covers off me and I swung my legs out of the bed sitting there taking a deep breath. I could feel the tears start to stream down my face again too fast for me to wipe them away again. I hear the door open and I looked up to see my grandfather standing there, looking over me.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you." I said clearing my throat as I wiped at my tears.

"Aurelia..."

"I'm fine, go back to bed Papa."

"Rory." He says coming over to me, lifting my chin and I could feel the tears welling in my eyes again. I choked back a sob making him pull me into his arms as I cried into his chest, he holds me until I couldn't cry anymore.

After that Papa disappeared to go make us some tea, I tried to tell him I was okay and for him to go back to sleep but he ignores me. I left my room going out to the living room and sitting on the couch, the rain still coming down hard.

"Here you go." Papa says coming over to me and I gave him a small smile grabbing the cup from his hands.

"Thank you." I said bringing the cup to my lips blowing on it softly before taking a sip, the warm liquid going down my throat.

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"There's nothing to talk about."

"It's been two years Rory. You know he wouldn't want you to keep feeling like this."

"You don't know what he would've wanted." I said snapping my head to look at my grandfather, "What? Just because it's been two years means I should be over it by now?"

"Rory that's not what I'm saying." He says in a calm tone, he knew I wasn't angry with him, "This is the first time you've been home since the accident. I just don't want to have to see anything happen to you."

"I know, I'm sorry." I said not wanting to look him in the eyes but I knew he was staring at me, "I just- I can feel him still."

"Rory..."

"I want to go back to not being able to remember or not feel anything. I just want it to stop."

"I know dolci." He says making me look up at him, a tear falling down my face and I could see he was trying to hold back tears of his own, "I know the last couple years haven't been the easiest but keeping it in isn't going to make it easier to forget."

"Why not? I hate it, I hate how he makes me feel after so long. It's like he has power over me still."

"This is the first time you're fully processing what's happening, it's not being held back by the drugs. As hard as it is Aurelia, you have to acknowledge all that pain for you to get past it."

"That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard in my life." I said sniffling as I looked at him making him crack a smile. He scoots closer to me bringing an arm around me making me put my head on his shoulder sighing.

"We'll get through this together."

Soon I had fallen asleep on my grandfathers shoulder, considering it was around 3am when I woke. I got a couple more hours in before waking up to the sound of knocking on the front door, I stirred awake opening my eyes to see JJ and John B walking in.