It Was Always You

Hide

LAURENS POV:

"Hide, he'll kill you if he knows you're here."

As soon as Y/N says this I bolt up and look for a place to hide. Y/N points to the closet and I run in and shut the door. As soon as I shut it, her door opens.

I peer through the small crack in the door and see a tall figure standing there. I look over at Y/N and see her backing away from him, with fear visible on her face. It takes everything I have not to burst out of the closet and protect her, but I'm too scared of Brian to do that.

I keep watching as Brian takes a couple steps closer, almost touching her.

"Answer my question. Have you finished your homework?" Brian huffs.

"Yes, Brian. Don't worry, I've finished all of it." I can see Y/N trying to keep her cool as Brian slowly walks away and closes the door. I don't come out right away, fearful of him coming back.

After about a minute, I open the door and rush to hug Y/N. She melts in my arms and I can tell she's close to tears. I rub her back and whisper into her ear, trying to calm her down.

"Shh, it's ok, baby. I'm here now." I try everything I can to not make her cry, I hate seeing her cry.

Thankfully, what I did worked, and Y/N pulled away from me with a small smile.

"I'm sorry Lauren. I hate when he does this." Y/N stares at the ground, embarrassed by what just happened.

"Hey, please don't be sorry. It's not your fault that Brian is a major dick." She looks at me and chuckles, which makes me a little happier.

We both lay next to each other on her bed, with my head resting on her chest. She gently strokes my hair as we talk. It feels like I can talk to her about anything for hours on end without getting bored.

After almost an hour of talking, we decide to have a late night dance party.

"Ok, remember we have to keep it quiet so Brian doesn't hear." Y/N grabs her AirPods and puts one in her ear and the other in mine. Her warm hand rests on the side of my neck as she puts it in, giving me butterflies.

She presses shuffle on her playlist and a Cimorelli song starts playing. I look at her and smirk, which makes her blush. She quickly skips to the next song, and to my surprise, another Cimorelli song plays.

At this point, I'm practically on the ground laughing and Y/N is embarrassed out of her mind. "Superstar" continues to play as I sarcastically dance to it.

After that song, "Get Back" by Demi Lovato starts playing. We dance and lipsinc until the part "Kiss me like you mean it" comes on. We both smile and look at each other while singing.

"Come on, Laur. Kiss me like you mean it." Y/N smirks.

I wrap my arms around her waist and press my lips onto hers. I open my mouth slightly, which gives her the chance to slip her tongue in. The song continues to play as we kiss, only stopping when we need air.

"I'm so glad you broke into my house." Y/N rests her forehead against mine and smirks.

"Just shut up and kiss me." I connect my lips with hers, feeling the magic again. Y/N's hand is resting on my face and mine on her chest.

Our lips are still connected when the song ends and "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran comes on. Our kiss turns into a slow dance while her head rests on my shoulder. We move in time with the music and close our eyes, taking in this moment.

Y/N's arms are wrapped around my waist, but I can feel them slowly inching towards my butt. She finally reaches it, and gives it a gentle squeeze, which makes me giggle. I nuzzle into the crook of her neck and smile when I smell her perfume. Vanilla.

Y/N kisses my neck when the song is over and we make our way to the bed. We go in the classic position of my head on her chest and lay with each other.

My arm is resting on her stomach, until I feel her shiver.

"Are you cold, babe?"

"Just a little." She says quietly.

"Here, take this." I sit up and pull my sweatshirt over my head and hand it to her.

She smiles and puts it on, which makes her look adorable.

"Thank you." She snuggles into me and puts her arm around my stomach.

We close our eyes and try to fall asleep, warm from each other's embrace. After a couple of minutes, Y/N moves her foot and accidentally knocks a book off of  her bed that she left there.

We think nothing of it and keep trying to sleep. Suddenly, the door opens and a loud voice fills the room.

"Y/N stop making so much noise- wait. WHO IS IN YOUR BED? YOU INVITED A GIRL OVER? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?" Brian turns on the light and stomps closer to Y/N.

She and I both jump out of bed and Y/N stands in front of me.

"Your gay ass just HAD to have a girl over, huh? You make me sick!" Brian moves closer to her and starts to raise his arm.

I acted without thinking needing to protect Y/N. Right as Brian is about to hit her, I push her behind me. Before I can dodge his hand, Brian slaps my face with full force.

I fall to the ground and my elbow lands on something hard, dislocating it. Brian glares at me for a split second and then walks out of the room, slamming the door.

"GET HER OUT OF HERE." He screams.

Y/N'S POV:

As soon as Brian shuts the door, I run over to Lauren. She's sitting up, with tears streaming down her face, trying not to make any noise.

"Lauren, I'm so sorry, this is all my fault." I wrap my arms around her and start to cry, feeling awful. She winces, so I immediately let go.

"I'm fine, don't worry." Her voice is shaking as the tears continue to fall.

I look at her face, and my stomach drops when I see the damage he caused. He gave her a black eye and a bruise on the left side of her face. She looks down at her elbow and I follow her gaze. I gasp when I see how out of place it is.

She moves closer to me and I wrap my arms around her again, this time being careful of her elbow. She silently cries into my shoulder as I quietly sing to her, desperate to make her feel a tiny bit better.

"I don't deserve this, darling, you look perfect tonight."

Thank you for reading!! As always, speak up if you know someone who is being abused. Please stay safe and have a great day!! Love you guys!!