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His eyes never left me. They either bored into my own eyes or stayed glued the purple bruises. But they looked nowhere else.

My breath took awhile to return but even when it did I stayed silent. There was really no excuse for this, and that had never happened to me before. There was ALWAYS something I could make up on the spot. But never had they been this exposing and scary. My entire mind was blank. I was out of excuses. It was over, all of it. The biggest lie I have ever kept was about to be told.

"Gabriella, please. What happened?" his tone seemed to fill with more concern each second that passed.

I refused t answer. What was there to say? I was actually surprised that it took this long for anyone to notice.

And suddenly I was desperate to tell any soul of the things I knew and I needed that attention, that sympathy. But did I want Troy's?

As soon as the feeling came, it passed and I wasn't sure if I wanted to him to know anymore. So I pursed my lips and my eyes stated to water uncontrollably. It was really happening.

"Who did this to you?" he was now whispering. Even though no one could hear us.

I spoke. I gave him the truth. One that I have wanted to tell forever. I spoke the words I had wanted to since we'd met.

"Chase" I muttered "Chase did this." And with that I fell to my knees with sobs and tears that were n a much need to fall and release they're own angst that had built up and added on.

I swear his eyes turned black with anger and his face hardened completely. He was mad. He was furious. For…..me.

"I can't believe this!!!" troy punched the red gym locker hard then retracted his hand and shook off the pain.

I sat on the bench around the locker area where the team changed for practice. His actions made me cry even harder.

He saw this and sat down timidly. He pulled me close to him as I had allowed him to do when we were in the gym. As soon as I told him I broke down and the tears seemed to push themselves harder. If possible.

For a moment, I let everything just go. I cried and I let him see it. Clearly. I wasn't used to showing anyone this side of me. A side that I never knew, still existed.

I stayed in his arms. I have no idea why but I did. I let him shush me and rub my shoulder. I needed this. I knew I did. But for some reason a feeling of paranoia would wash over me as I thought of chase. And how mad he'd be if he suddenly came in and saw what was happening.

I tried everything I could to ignore it and close my eyes tight. Just focusing on the now. I hated it though. I hated the bruises, scars, and all that covered and masked me. It wouldn't go away.

"Um…how long has this been going on?" he whispered. He was calmer now and it helped me to slowly answer.

I whimpered while the words edged to come out but they came.

"Almost two years" I said almost inaudibly.

(A/N: IDK IF IT WAS MORE OR LESS THAN TWO YEARS! SOOOOOOOO JUST GO ALONG WITH IT! LOL)

There was the black again. I immediately turned my head away in fear. His eyes scared me when they did that. I had only seen one person in my life look that angry. Chase.

He noticed this and his grip wasn't as tense. His eyes were now they're natural blue and I saw this as I turned to face him. A trance came over me and I felt this urge to bury my face in his chest. So I did.

The tears fled back as they had never left me. He comforted me once more and in his head, I'm sure, he was planning how to fix this.

I had told him everything. From the time we'd met, to when he had started acting different around me and sneaking around with that mysterious person that I had yet to know. He listened. To everything and It wasn't a short story. By the time I had finished it was well into our last period. He had never left and I just didn't care about school anymore. Why should anything matter now? For I knew I wouldn't be alive much longer. That is, if chase had somehow figured out that I'd told someone. His terrible secret.

It didn't surprise me when the last bell rang and I knew the school had to be empty by now. It was later than I thought but it didn't seem to bother him. If it did he showed no expression of it.

I still sat there on the locker bench with troy on the ground leaning against the wall of gym lockers with his head in his hands. Whenever I looked at him I couldn't help but wonder why he cared. I wasn't worth any of this. Not at all. Why was it that he thought so?

"you know we have to do something about this?" his abrupt speaking dragged me out of the depressing thoughts my mind spun with.

"We can't, I can't…no it's to soon" I started getting worked up and rose to my feet, shaking my head furiously.

"We have to. I'm not going to let this continue. No one would Gabriella. It isn't right he needs to be set straight and-" I didn't let him finish.

"What then troy?! Do you have any idea what he would do?! To me?" I whispered the last sentence but yelled the first angrily, maybe for fearful that angry.

"I'm sure he would do worse if he wasn't taken care of" he said darkly.

I froze and he noticed.

"I'm sorry, I don't mean to scare you I just, I can't-won't- let this happen or go any further." Troy spoke honestly.

"But it has. He never stops troy..h-h-he never-" I started crying again. The tears welled up in my eyes and cascaded down my face. Troy looked at me with sorrow as if it were his own fault and wiped my tears with the hem of his shirt.

"It's going to be okay. I promise. That's why we need someone else to be involved. This is crucial and I don't want him hurting you anymore." He said lower than usual and I tried to stop my sobs from continuing.

I had to believe him. What he said made me calm down. I was now one-hundred percent sure that I wanted his to end. I wanted chase to be never again, able to be within thousands of miles from me.

"Ok" I whispered "but please not yet, give me time and I swear we can tell someone" I promised.

He looked like he didn't want to agree with that but he nodded.

"You have to promise me that if he even touched you, once, that you will tell me right away. Ok?" but he said it like a demand.

I nodded back with sincerity and took a deep breath.

"I am going to take care of this, of you, I promise you that" he whispered lightly but with force.

"I trust you Troy"

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