"Bite chunks out of me"
Vix woke to the sound of Nikki's muffled screams, as she did most mornings. She pulled the thin brunette into her chest, ushering her awake. "Shh, shh, you're safe here with me, Nik." She whispered, rocking the frail woman in her arms. Looking over her shoulder, she saw the time on their digital alarm clock. 3am.
"You're a shark and I'm swimming"
Nikki resisted the arms that were wrapped around her, until she heard Vix's voice. She sighed, burying her face into the younger woman's tanned chest. She was shaking hard in Vix's grasp, and cried into her.
"My heart still thumps as I bleed"
Vix stroked Nikki's hair, in an attempt to calm the shaken brunette. "It's me, it's Vix baby." She whispered softly. "He can't hurt you anymore." By 'he', she was refering to Hector Reid.
"And all your friends come sniffing"
The pair had thought that moving to Berlin would reduce Nikki's nightmares, but it did no such thing. The shattered English teacher still dreamt about what he had done to her that fateful night when everyone thought she had cheated.
"Yes, they'll nosh the love away but it's fair to say"
She hadn't. And the truth came out eventually.
Hector had drugged and raped her that night.
The drugs didn't stop Nikki's memory from recording the events. Unfortunately, she remembered nearly every detail, and recalled them most nights.
"You will still haunt me."
She wrapped her slender arms around Vix's small body and moved her head up so her chin was resting on Vix's bare shoulder. "I'm sorry." She whispered hoarsely.
Vix stopped her. "Shh, don't apologise, they'll go away eventually, Nik." She reassured the brunette that she didn't mind.
It was true, she didn't. She loved Nikki, and would do anything she could to make sure she was safe. "The bastard's locked up in a Scottish prison somewhere. He can never touch you again."
"Till morning comes, oooh,"
Nikki nodded into her neck, closing her eyes. They sat together like this for a few minutes before Nikki spoke. "Vix..." she said, barely audible.
"Mmm?" Vix returned, quizzically. "I love you." Nikki breathed out before Vix felt her drop all of her weight and her breathing slowed, indicating that she'd fallen asleep. She smiled, laying them down and holding Nikki's head close to her heart.
"Let's tessellate."