An; I made a muck up in the last chapter with the text Chris was meant to have sent Joanne. I wrote 'locked my keys out then put your keys through your letter box' I've fixed it here though. Oh, in this story he's only vegetarian. Review please.

Joanne POV

I woke up feeling confused. My phone had a orange light flashing on it, indicating I had a message. Groggily, I pulled my phone over and checked the text. What I saw brought a smiled to my face.

From: Chris

To: Joanne

You probably won't read this till you wake up so I thought I'd explain what I did as to not leave you confused. Once you fell asleep I carried you through to your room for a comfier sleep. When I was leaving the house I took your keys, locked your door and posted the keys through your letter box so you won't have any problems getting outside. Whenever your ready just come through to my house and then we'll leave to go food shopping. I hope you had sweet dreams,

Chris

xoxo

I read the text 2 more times before going in for a shower and picking out a outfit for today. As I was getting dressed I saw the yellowish bruise on my arm, I hope Chris didn't notice it either, he doesn't need brought into this. I don't even know how Chris would react if I told him how I got the marks or why I moved here.

I wore my NeverShoutNever shirt today just to make Chris smile and with black shorts. I put on a purple cardigan over the to hide the bruise on my arms. I ran into the kitchen and grabbed 2 cereal bars out my cupboard, one for me and one for Chris. Slipping on my flip flops I ran out the door, locking it behind me.

I knocked on Chris's door and chucked the cereal bar at him as soon as he opened it. "Breakfast," I said to him. "Now, let's go." I pulled him towards my car.

"Aw, where would I be without you?" He teased. "Nice shirt by the way, I approve. So, what food am I meant to buy?" He asked, deep in thought.

"Haven't you ever been food shopping?" I asked him as I drove.

"Yeah, but I'm always with someone who knows what they're looking for," he said.

"You, my friend are such a child," I exaggerated.

"YAY!" I laughed at his stupidity and pulled into the car park outside the supermarket. "I'm joking. I've wrote a list of what I think I need," he said, handing me a piece of paper. I read through it as we walked into the supermarket and nodded.

It took us half a hour to round up all the things Chris wrote down on the list and of course I was stuck pushing the shopping trolley while he ran around the shop picking his items and stealing stuff out customers trolley's to make them angry. As I walked down the isle with the trolley two hands suddenly appeared next to mine pushing the trolley and Chris walked behind me. "Hey Joanne," he whispered in my ear.

"Hello Chris," I replied back, my voice shaking slightly. He continued to push me and the trolley down the isle. I turned round so I was facing him, not expecting us to be as close as we were. "Hi," I said dreamily.

"How would you feel about going to the nearest Starbucks for lunch, on me of course then go swimming at the beach?" He asked smiling.

I nodded and started pushing the trolley towards the cashier. "You know, if having you around will be this productive every day I might just have to keep you for a while," I teased.

"You know you love me," he said before taking the trolley and paying for all his food.

We loaded the bags into the car and started our journey to Starbucks. "The nearest place is the airport, it's only a 10 minute drive though."

The rest of the rive was silent was silent except for Chris humming a tune into his head. "What're you humming?" I asked once we were out the car,"

"Just a new song I'm working on. I'll write the lyrics down later then I'll play it for you," he told me putting his hand on my back and leading me into Starbucks. I smiled at him.

My brother stood behind the counter and looked up in surprise at us as we approached him. "Hey sis, Chris. That's funny to say!" Steven lead on. I shook my head at him and leaned over the counter to slap his head lightly. "Ah, sorry. What can I get for you?"

Christofer looked at me, telling me to order. "Just a coffee and a white chocolate cookie please, dear brother,"

Steven wrote down my order and looked towards Chris. "I'll have the same. Are you due a break soon? Why don't you join us?" Christofer asked my brother.

"I guess I could take a break. Go find a table and I'll ask my boss for a break and I'll bring your order over," Steven nodded to the empty tables.

Through lunch we explained to Steven how Chris moved next door to me and how we'd become friends. I noticed that Steven was giving Chris a strange look as Chris kept his eyes guarded.

….

I walked out my house now just wearing a bikini and shorts to find Chris leaning against his door just wearing swimming shorts. "Let's go," Chris said, holding my hand as we walked along the beach. "Can we sit for a while I want to talk to you?" He asked. His voice sounding far away. I nodded and let him pull me over to the bit where we first met on the beach. "What happened to your arm?" He asked stroking the bruise on my arm.

I felt myself freeze and panic as I struggled to think of a answer. "I was walking and I just banged it off something I guess," I said, looking away from his eyes and over to the ocean.

He put his hand under my chin and turned my face towards him. "Tell me that looking into my eyes," he commanded.

I looked into his eyes and felt the pools of tears form in my eyes. I gently shut my eyes over, letting the tears fall down my face as I sobbed quietly and as Chris held me to him, wiped my tears away and stroked my hair. We sat there for half a hour in silence while Chris just wiped away my tears and reassured me everything would be alright. "You don't have to tell me, Joanne. I only wanted to make sure everything was okay," he sighed into my hair.

"No. I want to tell you, I trust you." I looked into the ocean as I spoke my next words. "I moved here 6 months ago, the real reason I moved was because I dated a boy in my hometown named Dean. We were great together, we dated for a year and a half before things… changed. He started doing drugs and drinking almost every night. He started hitting me but I was to scared to tell anyone or to leave. One night things went to far and I decided I'd fight back but he…. he, he raped me," I whispered. "I had to get away after that. Things were to much, I told my parent's I needed a change and I asked them not to tell anyone where I was moving to. 3 months ago I told Steven about everything, that's probably why he's so protective of me now and how we're so close. I went back to see my parent's last week and I ran into Dean when I went to get food for them and he tried to grab me but I ran away, that's what the marks are from. Chris, only you and Steven know about this, please, please don't tell anyone," I begged.

"I promise I won't say a thing to anyone, Joanne." I hugged him for a few minutes and it felt right. Like we were made for each other.

"Can we still go into the water?" I asked, wiping my eyes. He nodded and stood up while I took my shorts off. "Race ya!" I yelled as I ran towards to water. I feel Chris right behind me. I squealed as soon as the ice cold water touched me. I turned round and Chris was right there in front of me, our bodies pressed against each other. He leaned his head towards me as I got on my tip-toes. Our lips met and fireworks went off. I locked my arms around his neck as his hands kept a tight grip on my waist. We stood there kissing while the fierce waters battled around us.