Chapter 4- To confused to go home

Chapter summary- Ellie sees Drew coming towards her, what will happen?

Ellie saw Drew start to run towards her, he tries to touch her but Sean pulls her up and away from him. "Stay the fuck away from her," and punches him in the face, "Yeah it doesn't feel good getting beat on does it?" Sean says and him and Ellie start running back to his apartment.

Craig looks sort of confused "what is going on?" "Drew tried to come up to her so we ran back." Just than there was a knock at the door and Sean looks through the eye hole, "It's him, what should we do?" Craig looks out the eye hole "well he can't sit out there forever." Ellie sighs "we can't stay in here for ever either." Drew starts to whimper "Fine Ellie you don't want to be with them I am okay with that I just came to apologize." Ellie stares blankly at the door. You can hear footsteps down the stairs and Drew leaves.

Ellie is almost in tears "Craig can you take me home I just need to go to bed." Craig nods but Sean jumps up "No I don't think you should go home." "Why" Ellie says confused. "Well what if he comes to your house you wouldn't be safe there, stay here he can't hurt you in front of me." Ellie nods and sits back down. Craig opens the door slowly and walks out, Sean locks the door immediately.

He turns around "So are you hungry or anything?" Ellie shook her head "to much has gone on for me to be hungry." Sean sits down next to her "so how are you feeling?" he asked. "I feel like puking, I have a pounding headache, and well I basically hurt all over." Sean looked worried "maybe we should go to the hospital, get you checked on." Ellie shook her head "I can't go and explain what went on, I just want it to be over and it is now." "You don't know that I mean he could come back and hurt you again." Sean said. "Look I am a big girl I can take care of myself," "Are you sure about that Ellie I mean is this the first time this happened?"

Ellie looked down at her arm and then she lifted the side of her shirt up, there is a huge bruise there. Sean lightly touched it and she winces, "see he could hurt you again you can't take that chance by sitting around and not going to the police." "Look I don't want to send him to jail it doesn't change the fact that I still have feelings for him I mean he was my first real boyfriend he said he loved me." "Ellie look at you, does it look like he loves you?" "Look Sean I know that you are looking out for me, but my feelings for him just don't change over night." "Why not Ellie, look at you bruises everywhere your bleeding, this isn't love you can't say that you still like him!" "You know this isn't easy me being this way having an abusive boyfriend but who knows what he would do to himself without me I owe it to him." "You don't owe him anything, the only thing you need to do is get far away from him." Ellie was taken back but what he had said she started to think what if Sean is right and I don't owe Drew anything, I mean he did hurt me but does that mean that I can just change how I feel over night, and why does he care so much.

"Ellie I will help you through all of this because I know it is probably really hard for you to let go of him." Ellie looked at him "Look my life sucks and I am getting enough help but Drew was there for me when I needed help and I can't just leave him because he helped me." Sean was almost angered "I can't believe you would think that because he helped you with your problems its all okay he is causing more problems." Ellie finally gave in "Well what am I suppose to do there is no way I am going to the cops because I cant deal with this, the only thing I can do is stay with him because if not things could be made worse." Ellie put her head in her hands and started to cry, Sean put his arm around her "Look El if you don't want to go to the cops now that's fine but you cant go back to him, there is no way any of your friends would let that happen."

Ellie's mind was spinning out of control he's right there is no way any one would let me see him again, they could end up going to the cops and I cant do that to him. What if I go back to him, No I cant why would I think that he would hurt me, but he could hurt me either way. I have no idea what to do because either way I am risking getting hurt but I don't have the heart or the strength to go to the cops. Maybe if I stay with my friends all the time he can't come near me and he wouldn't dare hurt me in school. Wait he already did hurt me in school.

"Ellie are you going to be okay?" Sean asked, "I don't think I am going to be okay." Ellie said her voice shaken. "Look you can stay here as long as you want so you know you will be safer." Ellie looked him in the eyes "why do you care about me so much?" Sean started to blush "Well, your friends with Craig and Ashley and I know that they wouldn't want anything to happen." Ellie looked disappointed "oh, well I will remember to tell Ashley and Craig to thank you." "You know Ellie that's not the only reason I care." Ellie is now blushing "really why else do you care?" Sean cleared his throat "well because I like you Ellie and I like you, and I don't understand why you would think of wasting your time with a jerk like Drew."

Ellie wanted to here that he liked her but hearing him mention Drew changed everything completely. For a couple minuets she had forgotten everything about Drew and it was like her problems were gone but hearing his name all of those feelings came back and her mind was thrown back into a war. "Why Sean, how could you mention him again." Sean looked confused "I'm sorry." "Sean I am tired do you think that I can go to bed now?" Sean was crushed she didn't say anything about him saying he likes her. "Yeah you can stay in my brother's old room, and you can borrow some clothes for the night." He gave her some clothes and showed her to the room. "Ellie did you hear me before, I said I liked you and I am not like Drew I would never hurt you so why would you even think about going back to him." "Sean I am so confused right now I cant even think straight, I really appreciate you letting me stay here and treating me okay, But I am just confused."