Distractions- Herophine Story [ON HOLD]

chapter four

Hayden:
The rest of my week was okay. I woke up on time for my classes everyday and went to the gym with a few of the guys on the team for a work out to keep in shape for the upcoming season. While school was out these past few months I didn't do much that wasn't football or partying so my week as been pretty busy.

Even throughout my busy days, I did manage to drop by the music room, but the piano girl wasn't there. I so badly wanted to talk to her again. I had never felt so much pure attraction to someone as I did to her. She is not anything like the girls I usually get with, which is why I think I fancied her so much. I couldn't get her out of my head, which fucking sucked since I had no idea who she was, or where I could find her.

Oliver texted me earlier today and told me he was having a party at his flat. I have nothing better to do and I haven't got laid since Olivia last week so I figured it couldn't hurt. Oliver lives in the same complex as me, but I usually pass out in his guest bedroom or on his couch.

I walk in and his flat is already packed with half dressed, overly drunk college students. I go straight to where I hear Skyler's big mouth blabbing.

"H! You're here! I want you to meet my new friend." She gushes overly excited. She has been talking about this new friend all week and honestly, I'm a bit jealous. She's speaks of this beautiful, but very shy girl she has become close with as if she is the queen.

Once I am close enough to see who Sky is talking about, I stop dead in my tracks. I am met with the beautiful grey eyed blonde I haven't been able to get out of my mind. Her eyes are wide and she has that look of terror she had on her face on Monday. I hope she doesn't run again.

"Hayden this is Elizabeth." Skyler says. How ironic. I just compared her to the queen and her name is Elizabeth.

"Hi again." I say with a smirk.

"You know each other?" Skyler questions. I told Skyler about how I haven't been able to get this girl out of my mind that ran away from me.
"This is the girl I was telling you about Sky." I tell her and her smile gets even bigger.

"She's the girl you been day dreaming about H?" Skyler practically shouts causing my other friends to laugh. I very lightly punch Skylers arm, I am never rough with her especially after her ex so I make sure it's light and playful.

"Well then you talk to Hayden here while I go get you a drink love." Skyler tells Elizabeth. I sit down beside of her because if she is anything like she was the other day I only have a short period of time before she runs away again.

"Nice to properly meet you Elizabeth." I tell her and try to give her my best, confronting smile.

"You too, and you can call me Ellie." Her beautiful voice says. It's even better than I remember. She's so quiet, and still seems quite scared.

"Ellie, well can I ask why you ran away from me the other day? Am I that terrible to look at?" I ask her playfully and her cheeks redden. She really is a shy little thing.

"Quite opposite actually." She mutter where I can almost not hear her but I do and that's all it takes for my cheeks to turn red.

"Sorry, I just.. well... I am just terribly shy. I am sorry if I offended you I just get uncomfortable easily." She tells me in a hurry and takes a deep breathe when she concludes like she has held that in for ages.

"It's fine. I just found your singing very pretty and thought I could ask for you number?." I ask more than inform her. I am not sure where I see this going. She seems nothing like a girl I would hookup with. Will I ask her on a date? I honestly don't know if I will. I have always been the strictly fun no commitment type of guy but something about this girl makes me feel like there could be more.

"I don't know if that's a good idea." She says. Ouch, well that one hurt.

"I'm sorry do you have a boyfriend?" I ask her and she answers with a negative shake of her head. Just as she answers one of my friends from the team comes over.

"Hey Harrison." I greet him as he sits beside of me. When I say that I feel Elizabeth shift beside of me, and when I turn my head she is getting up on a hurry and leaving. She's going fast to the direction where Skyler went. When I make it to where Skyler and her are I can see tears in Ellie's eyes.

"Skyler... I need.. to leave... now." She says breaking up with how much she is breathing and then I notice her starting to fall so I quickly rush closer and catch her just before she reaches the ground. When I lay her on the floor, her face is beat red and her flawless skin is clammy.

"What the fuck?" Skyler shrieks.

"I'm going to take her up to my flat." I say as I pick Ellie up bridal style and rush out of Oliver's flat into the hallway with Skyler close behind me. I head up the stairs since my flat is only on the next floor and hand Skyler my keys as she opens of my door. I'm not sure if Ellie is okay but I know I needed to get her away from a huge crowd. I feel her breathing against my neck as I lay her down on my couch.

"What should we do Sky?" I ask Skyler.

"I don't know H, maybe a wet cloth will help wake her up." She says and I hurry to my bathroom and pull a wash cloth out from the drawer and damp it with cool water. Once I am back to where Ellie is laying, I pay her head with it and she starts to stir.

"Thank God." Skyler says and I let out a breathe I didn't know I was holding.

"I'm going to head up stairs and grab her purse." Skyler says as she exits. I continue to pat her face with the towel and eventually those beautiful blue-grey eyes open, full of absolute terror.

"Please don't hurt me." She pleads and it breaks my heart. Who hurt this girl? Something clearly happened. Then it dawns on me. Skyler met Ellie at the abuse survivors group meeting so something definitely has happened to Ellie and it crushed my heart.

"I'm not going to hurt you Ellie. You just fainted so I brought you up here to wake you up. Skyler will be right back." I tell her and she relaxes a bit, but not fully. Soon enough Skyler joins us again and then after Ellie has calmed down a bit, Skyler drives her home.

I'm glad I got to see Ellie again, but I feel terrible for her. She seems so scared and vulnerable. I cannot believe how attached I have gotten to this girl I barley know, I just hope I will be grated the opportunity to know her.

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Ellie:

Tonight was terrible. I should have know not to go to that party. As soon as Hayden said the name Harrison, I knew what was about to happen. Harrison was the name of one of the boys who attacked me, and just hearing their names triggers me. It doesn't help that their names are some of the most popular names in England. I thought I had finally got past not getting triggered by simple names, but I guess with all the stress, and talking to a boy so close for the first time in months had an affect. I was so scared when I woke up in Hayden's flat, but I was also very grateful he didn't do anything to me.

When Skyler and I got in the car, I told her the entire story. From that night in high school, to the conversation that triggered me. Skyler comforted me and promised not to say anything.

"I think Hayden has started to fancy you Ellie, and by the way your cheeks redden when you spoke of him I think you feel the same." Skyler told me and it keeps repeating in my brain. Does he like me? Do I like him? Can I handle a relationship right now? I have no idea, but I cannot deny the feeling I get when I think about how gentle he was with me and how caring he seemed.

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