THEIR ANGEL

XII

I got home at around 8. I thought of passing through Dennis's but decided against it. Maybe he is with his family. I wanted to go to my mum's recent home but I really wanted to be alone. I found the lights on so I got in slowly and found a sleepy Dennis. I kissed him on the cheek and went to my room to change.

"Hay, you are already back." He said rubbing his eyes. He is cute. I smiled to myself watching him. "That's creepy."

"Why are you here?" I asked stretching.

"Aren't you happy?" He asked back feigning a frown.

"You know that I love you being here." I said pulling him close to me.

"I told my parents that we will be running late. He will probably call you in a few minutes." He said leaning on me. "I um... I tried cooking but... just don't look into your dustbin." I chuckled kissing his forehead. "So, I called your sister and she brought some ugali, meat and kales."

"You have my sister's number?" I looked at him shocked.

"Come on, let's eat." He stood avoiding my question. We ate and spoke to his father so I'll be staying with him tonight.

"Dennis?" He hummed nodding. "Play me a song."

"Sure my love." He went and took his guitar and sat opposite me. "Any special request?" I shook my head. He strung the guitar adjusting those strings before deciding. "Okay, here we go."

"There goes my heart beating
Cause you are the reason
I'm loosing my sleep
Please come back now." I closed my eyes laying on the bed, his voice was enough for me. I would stay like this the rest of my life just to hear his voice.

"There goes my mind racing
And you are the reason
That I'm still breathing
I'm hopeless now." I opened my eyes to look at him. He had his eyes closed lost in the song and that's my second best favourite face. I love it.

"I'll climb every mountain
And swim every ocean
Just to be with you
And fix what I've broken." He went silent stoping. He had this frown like his mind was elsewhere. I sat back up and placed my hand on his and weirdly, he just continued.
"Oh, cause I need you to see

"That you  are the reason." He went quiet again. I stated getting worried.

"My love?" I moved towards him but he was silent.

"Remember Erico?" He whispereeed starrling me. I looked at him confused. "The kid who would always follow us?"

"Yeah, that kid was stuck to you." He nodded and went silent. I called down and waited patiently. He still hadn't open his eyes.

"He liked me, like the way I liked you." I was shocked. "He confessed to me when we were 13 and you were 15. I remember you had joined high school then." He stung the guitar again, going back to the music but didn't speak. I waited patiently. "But he knew, he knew how much you ment to me then. He knew how much I loved you then but he didn't stop perusing me. So I told him what he actually knew. Little did I know that he had a recording tape with him."

"Why did you tell him off?" I asked moving forward again. But he just strung the guitar and actually sang this time.

"There goes my hands shaking
And you are the reason
My heart keeps bleeding
I need you now

If I could turn back the clock
I'd make sure the light defeated the dark
I'd spend every hour, of everyday
Keeping you safe." A tear dropped and my heart broke into a million pieces. I took the guitar from him and sat on  his lap instead taking him into my arms. "He was close to sexually abuse me. He wanted to have me, whether willingly or not. He wanted to have it recorded. I just had to fight back."