Chapter 11
A/N: So many reviews, did you guys know, as of now, I have one of the top 10 highest review counts on the Halloween archive? I owe it all to you reviewers! Please keep reviewing so that I might have a better shot of being the highest! Oh yeah, and It's OCTOBER! You know what that means? I'll be in full Halloween mode, so I'll probably update at any chance I get, my goal is to finish this and begin the sequel (YES THERE WILL BE A SEQUEL!) on Halloween!
Michael slowly leaned over and brushed his lips against mine passionately. It would have been perfect if only the taste of his regret over last night would wash away, he couldn't have predicted it, but at least he stopped it before Aaron got very far. I shuddered, last night was the most terrifying night in all of my life, and I never had felt so helpless. I could tell that Michael could sense my fear, he cradled me like a baby, rubbing my back and calming me all night—that had to be uncomfortable, especially if his arm fell asleep. I could tell he blamed himself for what happened, and I honestly can't figure out why. I leaned back against his chest and listened my lullaby, Michael's heartbeat. I heard him laugh slightly, staring down at me sweetly.
Michael's POV again!
I held my Lynn, my baby cradled against my chest all night. When she woke, looking u at me innocently, a wave of guilt hit me like a brick wall. I can't believe I didn't do enough! And for that, she got hurt, Andromeda and I stopped Aaron before he Lynn was totally raped but still, it is entirely my fault that he even had a chance to get into Lynn's room in the first place. I knew once I had a bad feeling that we should turn around, but Andromeda wouldn't have it, instead, he kept dragging me down the hall.
Flashback
I wanted to protest, but kept my mouth shut, because one, Andromeda is mean when he's pissed. And two, if I was to set him off, I wouldn't want it to be around Lynn. So we silently turned though the halls, about ten minutes later, I had a really bad feeling in my gut. "Andromeda, he's not here, lets go back." I insisted.
"No, Lynn can handle getting us if she sees that pathetic worm Aaron," he replied through gritted teeth.
"C'mon man, I got a bad feeling about this, let me get back to Lynn in case he tries anything funny," I pleaded.
"Oh, so it's okay for him to try and rape my girl, but if you even think that he is even going to get a glance at yours you have to go baby-sit her!" he growled, rolling his eyes.
Minutes ticked by like hours, Andromeda still dragging me through hallway after hallway. Just then we heard the quiet patter of footsteps behind us. We turned to see Kari sprinting to catch up with us.
"Kari!" whispered Andromeda, "What are you doing here?"
"I—I think—Lynn's in trouble," she panted, trying to catch her breath. "I heard her screaming her lungs out, -- and then something cut her off,"
I didn't hang around after that. Instead, I bolted though the maze of corridors I had been dragged though. "Michael! Get back here!" Andromeda whispered, I ignored him, if Aaron so much as looked in Lynn's direction, someone was going to pay. I finally came down to our hall Andromeda quick on my heel., four doors down, three, two, I finally came to Lynn's door, throwing it open to see a very sickening sight. Aaron was shirtless on top of Lynn, who was sobbing hysterically as he forced his lips on hers, there was nothing she could do, his weight pinned her. Aaron was trying to pull something off her without letting her go. My anger boiled over, I ran in there ad threw him off of her and against a wall. Then Andromeda and I continued to beat the crap out of him until nurses started showing up, then, I slipped out of sight into Lynn's room, I cradled her as she sobbed herself to sleep in my chest.
End flashback
I felt my anger rekindle inside my chest, not only towards Aaron, but towards myself and Andromeda as well. It was partly because of him that something happened. If only he would have listened and let me go back when I had that feeling, this wouldn't have happened. If only I would have ditched him sooner to get back here, instead, I allowed myself to be dragged through empty hallways as that slug assaulted my angel.
"Michael, what's wrong?" my dark-haired beauty asked.
"I'm thinking about last night, when you're hurt or afraid, it tears me up. You were both last night, and I could easily have prevented it," I explained. "I love you too much to let that escape they will pay, both of them."
"What do you mean by both?" she asked, clearly not realizing Andromeda contributed to the cause of her almost being raped.
"Don't worry about it," I reassured, "just relax." Before she had a chance to say anything, I was already kissing her, she immediately joined in. Later, we went down to the cafeteria. Although I really didn't want anything, since I don't need that much, I tried to get Lynn to eat something. But, she was her normal hard-headed self, telling me she wasn't hungry over and over, finally, I gave up. Soon Kari and Andromeda were also seated on the table. I shot a death glare toward him.
"What is your problem?" he asked. "First, you don't let me in on any of the action when we caught up to Aaron; instead, you only let me watch as you beat the crap out of him. Then you flip me off when we needed to escape; now you're sending me death glares. What did I do?" he asked angrily.
"You know what," I said.
"Oh, you're still pissed about me not letting you turn around when you 'had a bad feeling' get over it, Lynn is fine," he grumbled.
"No! I won't get over it. You didn't see Lynn when she went into hysterics, it killed me. If you wouldn't have been so bull-headed and let me go, Aaron wouldn't have even had the chance to get a glance at her," I shot back, "In fact, if Kari hadn't caught up to us, he would have probably succeeded with Lynn and went back to Kari!"
"Listen Michael! Lynn is like a little sister to me, I wouldn't do anything to hurt her on purpose! And I was trying to defend Kari; Aaron tried to rape her too. Yet you don't care as long it's not the girl you love getting hurt, you don't care. If Lynn would have watched like she was supposed to, she probably would have seen him coming and it would be avoided!" Andromeda shouted.
"Don't blame this on Lynn!" I argued.
"Face it Mike, you're way too obsessed over Lynn, you never think she might have been able to prevent it!" he yelled. "Nothing happened, it's over, deal with it."
"I don't have to take this crap from you, c'mon Lynn," I said, yanking her up by her arm, a little harder than intended. I pulled her along with me down the hall and toward the door to the courtyard.
"Michael, let go!" Lynn said. I ignored her, I needed to calm down and I could always do so faster when we were alone, and the courtyard was the closest place. "Michael! You're hurting me!" she pleaded. My grip instantly loosened. Lynn gingerly rubbed the spot on her wrist where I had grabbed her, to my dismay; there was a red mark where my hand was.
"Oh! I'm so sorry!" I said nervously, stepping back. I felt so bad now; I never wanted to hurt her.
"It's fine, just chill out," she said. Lynn gently pulled be to the large tree in the center and pulled me down as she sat down. I pulled her into my lap, my arms around her waist and my chin resting on her head as she leaned back into my chest. We sat in silence, but I needed to say something after a while. "Have I told you how much I love you?" I asked.
"Yeah, a few days ago," she replied.
"Well, darling, I love you even more now. Every moment with you makes life worth living"
"Why are you telling me all this?" she asked.
"Because…" I smirked.
"What? Because why? Michael! Tell me!" she said. I smirked.
"In due time love, in due time." Lynn leaned back, giving in and deciding to wait. Good thing, her brother John hadn't sent me the proper tools yet…
A/N: I wonder what that means…honestly, I don't know yet. But the next chapter in going to be in Lynn's POV, just thought I'd let you all know