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Chapter Nine-

Clays pov:

As I lie here looking up to the ceiling I can hear and feel the slow and soft breathing of Hannah asleep on my chest. It's peaceful and she looks so beautiful at peace and safe with me, it's where she belongs by my side. I love her so much. I keep thinking of what happened to her and how I didn't even think it affected her as much as it did. Shows how much I know huh. I can't seem to shake this feeling of protection, it's not bad but at the same time i can get so angry with myself and others I feel I may lash out in some way. I slowly remove myself from under Hannah and make sure she doesn't stir before slowly walking downstairs.

I sit myself on the sofa and stick on my headphones. I press play on my music and ironically guess what song starts to play, mine and Hannah's. I close my eyes and lean my head on the back of the sofa just for a second to think about all the happy things in my life. Mainly Hannah. However with the happy comes the negatives and I can feel myself getting riled up so I decide to make a call.

"You know Clay if you wanted a ride you could of just asked instead of riding your bike to meet me since you called" Tony said with an amused smile.

"I needed the air, I can't stop thinking about all the stuff Hannah's had to go through, it's just not fair for her. It makes me so angry, I swear if I could make Bryce pay I would."

"Clay you can't it would hurt Hannah if anything went wrong you know that. We just need to try and find a way to find proof that he did what he did, and I think I know just the way. Get in we're going to visit someone." Tony explained.

*An hour later*

The plans in motion thanks to the help of Tyler. He doesn't really know what the plan is actually for but he trusts Tony and that's all that matters. Either that or he's scared of him. Now we just have to wait a while but when we get what we need, Tony will bring it to my house. All that's to do now is get back into bed without waking Hannah. I get in the bed and just as I think she is going to wake up I pull her close and hold her and slowly stroke her hair. She's still peacefully asleep and it's still beautiful. She needs all of the peace she can get. With that thought in mind I quickly fall asleep with my Hannah.

*THREE HOURS LATER*

Screaming. Very loud screaming that's all I can hear and it makes me jump straight out of bed. I quickly take in my surroundings to find Hannah not in the bed anymore. All I can feel is panic, where is she? I look around my room and find her in a ball in the corner crying and rocking herself forwards and backwards.

"Hannah? Hannah what's wrong? What happened?" I ask as I quickly neal by her on the floor.

"Hhhhe tttouched me and wouldn't let me go. Why wouldn't he let me go Clay?" Hannah replied with shaky breaths and tears streaming down her face.

I think the screaming woke mom up as she came running the room, looking worried and pale switching on the lights.

"What happened? Is everyone ok? Hannah what's happened?" Mom asks as she enters the room to find us on the floor.

I look at Hannah. "It's ok Hannah it was just a nightmare no one will hurt you here, your safe. Let's get you back into bed and I'll grab you some water."

Mom helps me get Hannah out of a ball and walk her to the bed. She sits next to Hannah and comforts her as I run downstairs for a bottle of water. I could back up to find Hannah curled up on the bed with my mom comforting her. After a while mom leaves once she sees that Hannah is nearly asleep and has calmed down.

I manage to get her back into the bed and we both lie there until she is fast asleep. I lie there a bit longer hoping our plan works. If it does it will really do us a favour and will help Hannah get through the troubles she has. But for now all that matters is that Hannah is safe with me and no matter what life throws our way that won't change. With that last thought I get comfy and hold Hannah close as I let her soft breathing pull me into a deep sleep.

If anyone has any ideas to go with the story let me know. Sorry about not posting for a while I have been extremely busy.