There were very few things that Riley feared and ufourtanetly thunder and lighting was one of them.
It was never that bad until Shawn threw her outside during a storm during one of his first and worst
beatings. The loft seemed to make the storm 10 times worse then usual , she ran into Rogers room
which was empty meaning that he was at Mimi then came the bathroom were she shoved her self
into the corner as far as she could go. The lighting brought back so many unwanted memories that
made her just want to fall into a black oblivion and never wake up. This left her shaking on the cold
bathroom just wishing that some one would save her. An this is were Mark found her and hour later
shaking with her arms wrapped around her legs in the corner her head on her knees crying.
It was a routine they had and even though the musician would never admit it had always been that
way. Roger would take a piss around 1 and Mark around 3 some how Mimi and found her way into
this equation around 2:00. So at 2.59 Mark headed to the bathroom and the sight inside shocked
him to no end. As he walked in he could see Riley in a corner rocking back and forth. She was
wearing the shirt he had given her the first day he couldn't help but notice the perfect skin
underneath were it had risen. Stop thinking of that Cohen the girls scared out of her mind her
reprimanded himself.
" Riley" Mark said
At the voice her head shot up and Mark was surprised to see that tears flowing from her eyes.
" Mark make it stop please" Riley pleaded
"It's just a little thunder and lighting your perfectly safe why don't we get you back to bed" Mark
said walking over to her gently lifting her up
" No I'm scared I want Roger" Riley said
" He's at Mimi I can go get him" Mark said gently said letting her go
" No, please don't go can I stay with you tonight" she said desperately grabbing his arm
" I'm not sure.." Mark said
" Please… I don't want to be alone" She said desperately grabbing him tightly
" Ok" He said
He led her to the room for once wincing at the mess it was cloths and other things thrown every
were. As they got to the bed Riley crawled in first and he quickly followed, at first she stayed by the
wall and then the first crack of thunder came andshe was all but untop of him. With a sigh Mark
wrapped his arms tightly around her and her shaking stopped a little. All the sexual thoughts that
were in his head quickly disappeared, and then he knew that she needed to be saved and his first
thought of meeting her was right. But the question was what could have happened to make her this
way, he had seen some of the bruises and all her wanted to do was kill the fucking bastard but
something else had to happen. He started humming a song he had heard Roger play a while ago and
slowly Riley's eyes began to close and then she fell asleep. For a while he just sat there and watched
her, it seemed as if for the first time since he meet he a week ago she had a peaceful slumber.
Usually when he walked by her to get to the bathroom she was whimpering and seemed scared as if
she was having a nightmare. It took a while but then he finally fell asleep just as the thunder
quieted.
The next morning Mark woke up to a strange weight on him… a person preferably female. As he
gently looked down he saw the last person that should ever be in his bed.
" Fuck me" He mumbled forgetting what happened the night before and once it came back to him
and he sighed with relief.
With a movement from Riley he met surprised emerald eyes as wide as a thing of saucers. He
couldn't help but chuckle because he was having the same reaction he had just had about 5 minuets
ago. But for some reason she didn't let go as if he was her life line and letting go ment dieing. He
figured he should tell her and get the worry out of her eyes.
" Riley there was a thunder storm last night and you were scared so you came in with me and fell
asleep" He said
" O um… thank you im sorry I took over your bed I hope you slept ok" Riley said
" It's nothing are you hungry" He asked causally to escape it being awkward
" Yeah" She said
Gently Mark detangled them and then giving her a hand out of the bed they headed to the kitchen.
When they got there they where surprised to find Angel, Collins, Maureen, and Joann there.
O shit Mark though as Collins and Angel grinned while Maureen got into her interrogation mode
and Joann just looked impassive.