"Would You Like To Know Me?"

Part 9

The ringing of the phone caused you to jump up from your bed and dash to the phone in your room. Scared if your mom was still home, round two would begin and you did not have any strength for that. Picking up the phone on the third ring, you braced yourself for whoever could be on the other line.

"Hello? You asked, trying to shake the anxiety out of your voice. "Hey, Y/N, It's Paul. he said, seemingly overly excited. You were surprised to hear from him this early in the morning and the sound of his voice brought some relief and the anxiety of the night before, causing you to stay silent for a moment. "Y/N, are you still there? Is everything okay? Paul asked the concern in his voice seemed legit. "Yeah, Paul, still here it was a very rough night, I did get your voicemail though thank you for that" tears forming as you tell him. "What happened last night, did you and your mom have another argument, and are you safe? Be honest, did she hit you again? Paul asked the same concern there in his voice but also anger that he wasn't there to save you. " She wasn't happy about the voicemail and things got out of hand like normal" you shrugged knowing he couldn't see the reaction.

You both stayed silent for a moment. You are trying to stop the tears, and he is trying to think of a way to protect you from the mayhem and still get to know you. You spoke up first.

"Paul, I'm sure you don't want to be surrounded by drama, so it's okay if you don't wanna talk anymore. I knew Melissa would call my mom and bend the truth..." He cut you off "Y/N this shit is not your fault, don't take that blame on yourself. Of course, I want to still try to build a relationship this won't stop, okay? As soon as this tour is through I'll come to see you and we can spend a week together. Paul said hoping that positivity would ease your anxiety. "Okay I gotta call my boss to let him know what's going on, then I'll catch some more sleep. Call me later," you tell him before hanging up the phone. A quick call to your boss and then you were knocked back out.