Eleven in the morning; still in bed, still dark in my room, still not in class, and still thinking about the day before. I just couldn't get my mind away from it. My life was in their hands. I didn't trust them; I'd definitely be dead in the end.
I felt the bed move and suddenly there was warmth next to me. "Hello, love. Still in bed at this hour?"
Caleb.
"Yes." I answered coldly.
"Shush, love, please don't be angry with me. We're getting married soon." He murmured.
"What do you want, Caleb?" Of course, it would have sounded stronger if we weren't in bed together at the moment.
"It's simple. I just want you to love me like I do you." His arms slinked around me and pulled me closer to him. I went rigid.
"I do. I just don't think we should be getting married right now. We have our whole lives ahead of us."
He sighed. "I know, just I don't know how long we'd have together. I've put your life at risk once already." Caleb reasoned.
"But you saved me," I said as I turned to face him. I could only see the outline of his face, no features.
He kissed me. It was the sweetest, most passionate kiss we'd ever had. I wished it would never end, but it had to. "I may not always be able to, Sarah."
We kissed again. I broke it a bit too early. "Caleb, I need to ask you something."
"Anything, my dear," He whispered.
"Why have you been using 'It' so much? I can already see the differences."
Caleb sat up abruptly, dropping his arms from around me. "That's my own business."
I touched his shoulder. "Please, Caleb, you can't. Do you want to end up like your father? Like Chase?"
"How dare you speak of my father! I'm nothing like him! And Chase? Do you really think I'd end up power hungry like him? You are crazy!" He bellowed. I started to get afraid.
"No, Caleb, you need to stop!" I was close to tears. Why wouldn't he just understand?
"I don't need to do anything!" He said childishly. "You can't tell me what to do."
"Caleb, please!" I cried. I was sitting up in the bed now, on my knees. Caleb was standing, towering over me. It was still dark and I could only see his figure.
The pain seared as the back of his hand touched my cheek with all the strength in the world. The blow was so strong; I'd fallen back on the bed, with tears streaming from my eyes like a waterfall.
The light turned on and I could hear Kate's heels clicking against the floor as she moved back. There were other footsteps too, much like a guy's. Soon there were hands on my back and I turned and saw Reid. Sitting on the bed next to me.
"What the hell is wrong with you, Caleb?" he said in cold tone, not yelling so he wouldn't upset me.
"Take this as a warning, both of you!" Caleb replied in a colder tone than Reid had used. "Do not tell me what to do." His jaw clenched.
I watched as he pushed past Kate and she actually followed after him.
"Are you all right?" Reid asked me.
"I'm fine. I just want to be alone." When his hand left my back, I added, "Can you turn off the light."
"Sure thing, Sarah. Call me if you need anything."
When I heard the sift click of the door closing, I curled up and cried myself to sleep again. I would be missing all of my classes today, apparently.
I was woken again by light and the slamming of a door.
"What's wrong with you, Sarah? He was trying to be nice!" Kate was fuming. "Don't mention pointless things like that when he's telling you how much he loves you! You brought this upon yourself, you idiot! And then you let Reid touch you! What a great way to hide a relationship! You're such a whore!"
"I am? I'm not the one whoring around with my best friend's fiancé!"
She didn't even deny it, in fact, she even confirmed it. "Well, at least I want him!"
Of course, and I was the whore. "If Pogue didn't want you, what makes you think Caleb does?" And I wasn't just saying it as a comeback. It was the truth.
"And you think Caleb wants you? He hurts you!"
"Well, he certainly wants to marry me."
Kate shrieked and stormed out of the room, screaming "Bitch!" Of course I was and not her.
Sorry, no updates in a while! I had a huge writer's block, but it's over and you'll get to enjoy this story more often. I'm trying to update once a week but I'm kind of distracted by one of my other stories, but you guys won't have to wait more than a week and a half for each chapter, I'm promising myself!
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