Trigger warnings for this chapter:
• Mentions of past abuse
• Triggering language
• Violence
• Mild torture
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"You can't force me to love you. What if I love someone else?"
"What are you going to do about that? What are you going to do, then?"— Linden Elysia James; 2019
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*Monday, March 2, 2020; 1:39 p.m.*
*switching points of view*
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Adrian: underlined
Linden: bold"So, Adrian, I don't know how you'll react to this, but I have another major surgery tomorrow."
Adrian takes a deep breath, and she stares into space for a few seconds.
"What's the survival rate?" I hesitantly ask.
"They're estimating around 35-40%."
I feel my palms start to sweat as Linden says that. I literally just got her back yesterday, I can't lose her, I just can't.
I don't know what I was thinking when I decided to do this. I figured that it was now or never.
I get up from the chair that I'm sitting in, and I walk over to Linden.
I put my hand on the right side of her face, and she flinches a little bit.
"it's OK, Linden. I'm not going to hurt you."
At some point, I feel her put her hand on my wrist, and she softly squeezes it.
Oh dear god, not this again.
I stare right into Adrian's eyes, and the moment that her eyes bore into mine, I felt all of my troubles melt away.
And this time, there was no panic attack to stop what we were doing with each other.
Before I even had a chance to think, Adrian kisses my cheek.
I was nowhere near prepared for this. I have no idea on how to respond to this, so I do the same thing back to her.
I don't know exactly why I kissed Linden. I guess that I just kind of panicked.
She kisses my cheek in return, and when she's finished, she intensely blushes.
"You know, you're blushing pretty hard there, Linden. Did you like what I did?"
Is she kidding me? I loved it. As a matter of fact, I want her to do it again.
I just decide to not answer her question.
"You liked it, didn't you, Linden?
"Yeah, I liked it." she signed towards me.
"I thought so."
"Adrian, can I hold your hand?"
"Of course you can, Linden."
Adrian holds her hand out to me, and I put my hand on top of hers, and I intertwine our fingers.
"Why did you kiss me?" I sign towards her.
"I don't know, I think that I might have panicked, and I did it without thinking about it first. I won't do it again if you don't want me to." She replies.
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