"What is it?" He asked gently. She looked at him, not sure what to say. She subconsciously stroked his back.
"You wanna know where I got the scars don't you?" She nodded.
"Look, if you don't want to say, that's fine."
"No, I wanna be honest with you ... I've never told anyone before though!"
"Why not?"
"I ... I just never wanted to tell anyone before ... I've never trusted anyone enough to tell them before!"
"You trust me?"
"Of course!"He kissed her lightly.
"I trust you too!" She smiled grabbing his hand and squeezing it, putting him at ease.
"Well ... after my dad abandoned us ... my uncle stayed with us to help support us and look after us because my mum fell into depression ... and everything was fine to start with, I had always walked home from school with my mates ... But then our uncle started to pick me up from school, taking Steve with him for some fresh air, so he could ... take us places ... and still get us home at the normal time"
Sam let him talk without interrupting him, she didn't want to put him off.
"And he used to take us to his flat, to begin with he just let us watch TV for a bit and gave us sweets ... but then he started say that we had to ... repay him for his kindness ... I was only about 12 and Steve was tiny, I don't think he was even walking at the time. My mum had drummed it into me ever since Steve had been born that I had to look after him and my uncle knew this ... he said that if I didn't do what he said then he would hurt him."
Sam looked at him alarmed, anticipating what he was about to say
"What did he ask you to do?" She asked, hoping that she was wrong.
"I refused to do what he said and he started hitting me ... He said that if I ever told anyone then he would do the same to Steve!"
"So you never told anyone?" She asked gently. He shook his head. "How long did it carry on for?"
"A couple of years ... he started having a relationship with my mum but then she found out what he had been doing and dumped him ... she found the bruises on me one day after one of my teachers told her that he had seen them whilst I was getting changed for PE ... she wanted to go to the police but I refused so we've just let it rest ... forgotten that it's ever happened"
"You havn't forgotten it though have you?" He shook his head. "So how did he do those scars, it looks like it's been cut?"
"It was cut ... one time I tried to run away but he was too fast and caught up with me ... then he cut me"
"That's terrible!" she said, tears falling down her cheek.
"I didn't mean to make you cry!" He said, looking guilty. she laughed.
"It doesn't matter, I can't believe that something like that happened to you, how did you cope?"
"You just do!" He said simply. She hugged him tightly.
"I love you!" She whispered to him. He buried his face into her heir.
"I love you too!" He whispered, tears falling. He was so happy that he had told Sam about what had happened to him, he trusted her completely and was glad that everything was out in the open now. He let go of her slightly and kissed her. She kissed him back, kissing away the pain ...
Phil awoke early smothered in Sam's arms. He yawned, cuddling into her, one arm rested on her waist and other on her thigh. He watched her sleep for a few minutes, she looked so sweet and innocent. He rested his head on her chest and in her sleep, her hand began to stroke his cheek. His eyes began to close and he fell back to sleep.
Samantha awoke at 8.30, it was a good job that neither of them were working. Phil was still asleep, she was glad that he looked so peaceful. She stroked his cheek lightly, he moved against her touch, wanting more. She smiled to herself. Samantha felt warm inside, she had been so touched last night when Phil had told her about his past. She was honoured that he would trust her with that when he had never told anyone in his life. What had happened to him was heartbreaking and was something that she would never wish on any child.
"Morning" He said sleepily, disturbing her from her thoughts.
"Morning sleepyhead!" She smiled as he yawned.
"I had a dream about you!"
"Yeah?" He nodded.
"I dreamt that you did a sexy striptease for me and then we had mindblowing sex!" Sam thought for a moment.
"That wasn't a dream, that was reality ... well apart from the sexy striptease!"
"What do you want to do today?" She asked him.
"I don't mind, as long as I'm with you!"
"Awwww baby, that's sweet!" She stroked his cheek. Sam turned on the radio and started to kiss along Phil's jaw as a song came on. 'You look into my eyes I go out of my mind I can't see anything cos this love's got me blind. I can't help myself. I can't break the spell. I can't even try. I'm in over my head. You got under my skin. I got no strength at all in the state that I'm in. And my knees are weak and my mouth can't speak. Fell too far this time.' (Too Lost in You - Sugababes)
Samantha lay watching Phil, listening to the lyrics. She had never felt like this about anyone. Whenever she was with him she felt that no one else existed and no one else existed. On their date the previous evening, she had felt so nervous, she had butterflies in her stomach. He was all she could see and all she needed.
'Nobody gonna love me better, I must stick with you forever. Nobody gonna take me higher, I must stick with you. You know how to appreciate me, I must stick with you, my baby. Nobody ever made me feel this way, I must stick with you.' (Stickwitu - The PussyCat Dolls)
Phil lay staring at the ceiling, Samantha was everything to him. She made him feel complete. Listening to the lyrics he realised that he could never be without her again. They had only been together for one night but he already felt that they had been together for months, even years. She was his soul mate. She was all he could see and all he needed.
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