Authors note - Hi again, sorry for the time it took to post this up. I am in my final year of an art degree, so my work for that kinda takes first place! I will try and post up new chapters as quickly as I can! Anyway, hope you enjoy.


Chapter 2 - Endings and beginnings.

I'm just glad that your ok, I didn't know if you were going to make it. A thought suddenly crossed his mind, she spoken with an english accent, He hadn't noticed this before, puzzled he spoke, Are you English?

Eaisland looked up at Lex and paused, her hazel eyes shone with topaz highlights, before she spoke On my mothers side my family were English, I grew up there until I was eight. But when they, my mothers remaining family that is, died in a car accident we moved over to metropolis so that my dad could take a promotion. The topaz fire dimmed to nothing in eaisland's eyes as she carried on, and lex saw he stiffen as he gaze turned inward as she dredged up the painful memories. We were alone then, my dad's family had all died before he met my mum, but we were happy. It lasted 3 months, then a drunk driver hit my dad as he was leaving work and he was killed instantly. Mum tried to carry on with only the two of us, but she was the kind of woman who always had to be with a man. A year later she met She spat the word from her mouth with a bitterness that Lex almost flinched, he hid his surprise and kept his face relaxed, genuine sympathy in his sad half smile.

Then, then they married. I didn't want her to, even then he gave me the creeps. But she seemed to love him so much, she just couldn't see his many flaws. It was then that the nightmare truly started. Pulling the blanket closer to her she tried to hide herself away, as if she could escape the flood of memories behind the soft fabric. Her voice choked with tears as she spoke again My mum died six months after they were married, I was in shock, numb. I had no family left, god, and I thought my life couldn't get worse. Lex got up from the chair he had taken opposite her and moved to sit beside her on the couch. Eaisland was shaking, she couldn't hold in her grief, anger and sorrow. Lex tentatively pulled her into a hug and he felt Eaisland's head burrow into his neck through the blanket. Shushhh, you don't need to go on. He new that she need to talk, but now might be just to painful.

No, I-I, I have to go on, I have to tell you. Her voice was shaky, but Lex heard the spark of determination running through it, and the need, her need to tell someone.

After that I lived with Him' or Bob' as he wanted me to call him, at first he tried to be all pally, but I never wanted him near me, he is one of those people who make my neck hairs stand on end and my back shiver. As it turned out, my instincts telling me to run a mile were dead right. His attentions became progressively stronger and more blatant. Whatever lame excuse to be near me or touch me was used, and he kept me in the house as much as possible. He started getting drunk, alot, and then he got violent. A sob racked he body and Lex rocked her gently in comfort like his mother had done for him when he was ill. He was silently seating at the man who had subjected a girl to such abuse. Child abuse was one of the things his own upbringing with his father had made intolerable to him. I he ever found this man, and he promised himself that he would, he would make him die a very slow and painful death.

He started hitting me more and more as I avoided and rejected his advances, I wanted to leave, to run, but the fear he held over me, the shame, I-I, I was paralysed. Eaisland felt the shame bern her once again. How could she tell him, but she had told him so much already, and he didn't seem to think she was disgusting or dirty, maybe he understood? She needed to tell someone what she had gone through, but, she didn't want him to hate her.

Lex felt the change in her demeanour, he knew she must be fighting some internal battle, he had to show her that she could trust him. He was surprised at his reaction to her, He had never felt the need to protect someone so much before, he had only known her a few hours and yet somehow, they had some sort of connection. Whatever you need to say, you can tell me, trust me, I promise that I will never hurt you. Lex felt a burning need for her to trust him, he wanted to help her. He held her tighter.

Eaisland let the last of her reservations fall away and she held onto Lex, she would trust him. It was one night that it went, w-went further. He burst into my room stinking drunk, before I could do a thing he was on me, hitting my face, calling me a whore. H-his hands..... choking down her horror and revulsion she carried on I couldn't stop him, I wasn't strong enough. FUCK, I hated and feared him so F-fucking much in that moment. B-but then he slipped, I was free of him for an instant, I took my chance and ran. My mind just snapped and I couldn't stop running. Running from that house, his hands, all the hurt and fear that I just couldn't take anymore. Her words flowed out of her mouth without her thinking about them, the horrific scene replayed in her mind and she got caught up in it all over again. I didn't know where I was going, I just kept going and going and going, for days. Eaisland was crying openly now, her mind raged at the injustice of what had happened to her, at the helplessness she felt.

Then I found you when you fell. Lex felt tears sparkling at the back of his own dark azure eyes, but he blinked them away. He just held onto eaisland, her exhausted form surrounded by the strength and comfort that he offered to her. She was never going to be hurt again, he would make sure of this. He would look after her, help her. This he silently promised himself and her.

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Surrounded by warmth, Eaisland floated with little stars. She felt the glow of her guardians smile. She could feel the strong arms of her angel hold her, she was safe. Everything was so soft, so calm. The angel wanted her to look at the sun that was rising. Taking his hand, she uncurled and opened her eyes to the glorious fire of the dawn, and she smiled. She somehow knew that now was different, what had happened before was past and over. Like the dawn, she would begin again, and he would be there to help her.

It was the sun shining through the window and onto Eaisland's face that finally made her wake up. As she drifted into wakefulness the peaceful dream stayed with her. Opening up her eyes, she recognised the bedroom that Lex had put her in last night after they had eaten. She still knew very little about him, they had only just met after all, but that didn't matter to her. He had promised to help her, and she trusted him.

Putting a hand up to her hair she found it still covered in mud. Ugh! I forgot that I hadn't washed that off yet. But that can be remedied!' Stretching and then getting slowly out of the large bed she made her way over to the door that faced the bed and continued to think to herself. Ahhh! Big lovely bathroom! I really like this place, maybe I did die and go to heaven!' Eaisland was impressed by the shear size of the bathroom. Which, nearly twice the size of her old bedroom and decorated in shimmering mosaics of white's and blue green's. She stepped into the gigantic shower cubical and turned on the water adjusting it to a heat that was just comfortable and then after pulling off her clothed she stepped underneath and let the cleansing water wash all the dirt and fatigue away. Using what she considered to be obscene amounts of shampoo and body wash Eaisland scrubbed her skin and hair until it smarted. Rinsing herself off one more time she reluctantly turned off the water and got out of the shower and swathed herself in the plush fluffy towel and dried herself off. Before she went back out into the bedroom she swapped the towel for an equally fluffy robe that was far to long for her, but she didn't mind, it felt so nice.

Looking through the closets she found that they had been filled with clothes that seemed to be an almost perfect fit and in all colours and styles. Picking out a pair of faded black boot cut hipster jeans and a soft, warm grey long sleeve t-shirt she closed the wardrobe and put her choices on the bed. Next going to the chest of draws that stood on the other side of the room she opened it up and looked for some underwear. Finding a plain black silk bra and some knickers that matched she untied the robe and quickly put them on and then pushed the draws back in. Turning back to the bed she pulled on the top and jeans. Socks! Forgot about them, ohh, and hair dryer, brush, humm, Ahh!' Her mental commentary rambled on as she flitted round the room to find what she needed. just as she finished getting ready there was a knock on the door.

Eaisland, it's lex, may I come in? Lex leaned against the door frame as he waited from an answer, she had still be asleep when he checked on her that morning, he had come back to see if she was up and wanted some lunch.

Yes, come in, I'm up Lex was pleased to hear that she sounded bright this morning, and he opened the door and walked a few paces into the room and then stopped in surprise when he saw her and his face lit up in a smile. He couldn't believe how different she looked. She was taller than he had first thought now that she wasn't hunched into a ball of fear and was standing strait. Her blond hair was like pale liquid honey that crackled with the static electricity it had picked up from the thoughor brushing and it curled round her face and sat just off her shoulders. Her skin was pale as well but had a slight rosy blush from the scrubbing it had taken before. The few freckles across her nose and cheeks, almost like feint war paint, danced with her eyes as she grinned at him

Who knew under all that dirt that a person af beauty actually existed, Lex shook his head and walked over to her and took her hand If you are hungry, lunch is ready, do you wish to join me? He looked down at her face as the her shy smile from his earlier comment was replaced by a look of unabashed hunger.

God yes, I am starving! I feel like I could eat you out of house and home, though I do doubt an armies ability to be able to do that. Eaisland shot him a small grin when he smirked at her comment. With that they made there way downstairs to find these lunch.

TBC.........

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