Hey this is my first fanfiction so I'd really appreciate any feedback and I hope you like it. I don't own Team Starkid and all characters presented in such a way to fit the story. x x
Opening her eyes slowly, Lauren felt her head throbbing. What had happened? She gasped as flashes of the previous night came back to her. She felt a warm body shift slightly behind her and a feeling of dread hit her. She turned slowly to see if her worst fear was to be affirmed. "Hey Lo, it's ok, you're safe". She heard his voice before she saw him. She felt the relief wash over her as she buried her head into Darren's chest and started sobbing. "Shhh, shh, it's ok Lo I'm here now", his voice was so calming and she honestly did feel so safe wrapped in his arms. They lay there together, holding each other in a tight embrace, neither of them saying anything. His presence was enough. After what seemed like an eternity Lauren sat up and wiped her eyes. She knew she probably looked a mess, but Darren never cared about that, he had always been her best friend. She missed him since his move to LA, a lot more than she cared to admit.
She felt Darren sit up next to her and he gently turned her around to face him. "Lo listen to me. I need you to tell me about last night. I need to know that nothing happened… that you didn't want to happen", he added as an afterthought. She sniffed and then taking a deep breath she began to tell Darren what she could remember, about the previous night and how the drink had made her feel really confused and distant.
"But no, I don't think anything serious happened between Chord and I. I just remember feeling t…t...terrified but I couldn't get away… I can't really remember the rest", she finally finished. At this stage tears were streaming down her cheeks. She felt stupid for being so emotional about the whole thing, especially in front of Darren and started wiping her eyes and cheeks frantically in an attempt to stem the flow of tears. Darren closed his eyes and took in a sharp breath, releasing it out slowly.
"Darren?" he opened his eyes and raised his eyebrows questioningly. "What happened… after?" she urged. "Well, after you passed out on me, I kind of pieced together what was happening. I got really angry at Chord, I mean the f**king a**hole spiked your drink and took advantage of you. It scares me to think what could have happened", Darren took her hands in his before continuing, "Anyway, I started yelling at him and before I knew it Walker and Joey were over beside me. They took one look at you collapsed in my arms and seemed to realise something had gone down. Of course Joe being Joe, he went straight at him without waiting for any explanation. I left to put you into a bed and by the time I had returned Joey was trying to drag Walker off him. He scampered off pretty fast… I wish I could have had a go at him" he concluded quietly. Despite his soft tone she could hear the rage beneath his words and she got the feeling some of the nastier details had been left out, but she didn't care because it was at that moment that Lauren thanked the heavens that she had such amazing friends. Darren pulled her into a warm, comforting embrace, "Thank you" she whispered into his neck. "I hope you know how much you mean to me Lo." All Lauren could do was sniff and nod in response. She heard the bedroom door squeak open and lifted her head from Darren's shoulder to see a slightly worse for wear Joe standing in the door frame. Obviously Chord had put up some bit of a fight.