Chapter 18: Sleep

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                                  ~Adelina~

I gather my belongings and start to head of the bus, making a one over check to make sure I have everything that belongs to me.

I get off the bus and start walking towards Sofia's home. It's not a long walk, maybe five minutes or so.

Once I get closer I ring the doorbell and wait for Sofia to answer

When she comes she Greets me with a hug

"Hey, it's so nice to see you come in and have a seat in the kitchen" Sofia says letting go of the long hug and walking in the direction of her kitchen

Sophia's home is very beautiful. it's very modern in the sense that the outside is made by white brick and the base colours are dark grey and oakwood. her house also gives a lot of natural light since her house has lots of windows.

The inside is even prettier.  she has an open floor plan that allows for easy flow from room to room and to bring her home feel like home her family has decorated it with a lot of modern furniture.

Once we get the kitchen Sofia asks if I want anything to eat or drink I respond with "just a glass of water would be fine"

She grabs me a glass of water and sits beside me on a stool

After that we just talk about random stuff like how we played games on her brothers consoles without him knowing or how we had sleepovers that consisted of us dressing up as princesses the whole night

Somehow, in the mist of talking in general about our lives, we got on to the topic of Zane, Ash, and Will

Now, I have noticed that two people that I call friends are hanging out a lot. Maybe someone named William and Sofia.

Yea, Now what type of friend would I be if I don't ask what's been happening. And by ask, I mean interrogate.

"So, speaking of William, you too have been very flirty with each other. Is there something I should know?" I say with trying but failing to suppress my grin.

What I can't help it. Sofia's never really been the type to have a boyfriend. That's kinda never really been her scene. But hey, if she's into Will, there is nothing but love coming from me.

When I look to see Sofia's expression she turns around and laughs out loud. Her facial expression was one of love, like she was day-dreaming of William. When she turns back around to look at me, her face is tomato red, and not like a slight blush, it's like full on blushing red. It looks like she is wearing makeup blush

"Oh my gosh! You actually like him!" I say getting up from my stool and jumping up and down because I'm so excited and thrilled that Sofia for once in her life likes someone. Sofia is just historically laughing her bum off

"Hey sit back down on your stool missy, and no I don't like him" Sofia says while gesturing with her hands for me to sit down.

She says she doesn't like him, yet she's the one going all blushy in the face

"Yea right you don't like him, you totally are in love with him." I say getting up from my seat and play-hitting Sofia on the arm.

What, I'm excited that she's going to get a boyfriend

I sit back down and try to calm myself yet I fail miserably. I'm back on my feet and am leaning  on Sofia trying to get as much information as I can

"Tell me what he's done. Has he given flower? How about roses? I swear if he didn't give you more than flowers, I will dig his grave and burry him alive-" I start of ranting but get cut off by the door bell ringing

I get up from leaning on Sofia and run as fast as my long legs can take me to the front door. While I'm running I hear Sofia laughing hysterically.

I mean it I'll bury him alive if he doesn't meet the standards

I open it to see Reese with a basket of food and drinks with some skin care for tonight.

Oooo this is going to be a fun night, just what I needed.

"heyy, sorry for being late, I was just getting everything ready-" Reese says but I cut her off by pulling her into a tight hug.

"Don't worry, you're not late at all, but hurry your big butt up inside, we have a lot to discuss, specifically related to Sofia Violet James," I say pulling away from the hug and pulling her by the arm to the kitchen.

"Lina slow down, I'm going to drop this stuff" Reese says, whining about dropping all of this stuff

"Oh come on, sit down, sit down" I say to Reese, pushing her down on my stool so I can finally tell her about Sofia's new Boyfriend

"What did she take, drugs, alcohol, Zane's dick-" Reese starts off by says but I cut in immediately.

"Don't finish that sentence" I say with a straight face. I do not need the bookstore memories to come up right now when I'm having actual fun with my best friends.

"Woah, I meant it as a joke I-" Reese says with a sorry look on her face, but honestly I don't really care cause I just wanna have fun tonight.

No boys, No Drama

"It's fine, anyways, guess who has a boyfriend..." I say while simultaneously moving my eyes from Reese to Sofia to indicated that Sofia has a boyfriend.

It takes Reese point two seconds till she understands my eye

"No flipping way!" Reese says getting up and going to Sofia with a very happy face

"No fucking way!" Reese says looking in my direction

"Nooo, don't look at her, I don't have a boyfriend-" Sofia says but I cut her off

"Not yet, but just wait a couple of seconds Will will pop up out of nowhere and come confess his feelings for you." I say getting excited by the picture of them two forming in my head. The way he asks her to be his girlfriend, and then they date, and then they get married and have kids-

"Don't even think about that right now Adelina" Sofia says pointing a accusing finger my way while squinting her eyes

How does she even know what I'm thinking of

"Noo she is thinking completely right. He's going to ask you to be his girlfriend and then before you know it you're pregnant with a baby on the way." Reese says looking at me and Sofia with a smirk and happy face.

"Guys, that's not going to happen. I don't even know If he even likes me-" Sofia says but Reese cut's her off

"Are you dumb. blind, or both?" Reese says with a exasperated expression on her face. Neither me nor Sofia answer

Reese pulls Sofia by the arms and brings her towards her

"look, you remember the first time William met you?" Reese says with a question on her face as her facial expression.

"Yea I remember" Sofia says looking away and earning her second tomato blush of the day. Yea she for sure remembers

"Ha, see you remember that like it was yesterday. Now what did he say?" Reese says with a knowing smirk growing on her face

Oooo this is going to be fun

"Lina what did he say?" Reese asks me and I don't hesitate to answer right away

"well I said that he was coming to our table to find his next "friends with benefits" and he responded with "I think I already found her." while looking at Sofia" I say to Reese while nudging Sofia with my shoulder repeatedly

"exactly, he said he wants you right then and there, and he kept looking at you over and over again. " Reese says with a see I'm smart look on her face.

"Plus-" I start off by saying but get cut off by a very blushy Sofia

"Okay, okay I get it, okay I get it" Sofia says rolling her eyes at us

"Hey don't roll you're eyes unless Will is causing them" Reese yells to a Sofia who's walking away from us and going around to grab some baking supplies. I start doubling over in laughter and end up on the floor. Reese joins me while Sofia hits us with a cake pan.

We all end up laughing and play fighting with each other till we literally can't breathe. I get up and grab my water while Reese grabs a glass to fill it with Iced Tea. Sofia goes to the pantry and gets supplies to make chocolate cake.

Yummy

We all continue to make remarks about Sofia and William while she is making her cake till we hear Sofia's phone ring

"Woah, tell your boyfriend "hi" from me and Lina" Reese yells to Sofia while she walks away shaking her head.

Me and Reese continue talking about random things when Sofia walks into the kitchen with a very serious, hurt, painful face. Immediately me and Reese stop talking and ask her what happened, why she has that face, what's wrong, but all she can do is stare into my eyes.

She's not saying a single word. She's just staring into my eyes, like she feels so much pain for me.

"Sofia, what's wrong, please, talk to us, what's wrong." I walk up to her and take her hands into my hands, while trying to ask questions with my eyes.

"I-" Sofia starts to say but instead of finishing her sentence she hugs me really tightly. But her hand is placed on the wrong spot on my back. It's right where papa put his belt on me. Right where he hit me with his belt that left painful marks that still haven't healed. And she just put her hands there

I immediately let go and groan in pain, but try to keep it to a minimal so my friends don't suspect anything. I move quickly back from Sofia and try to put my hands behind my back to ease the pain, but she put a little bit of pressure so now it's stinging for longer than it usually does.

I make little nosies again and double over to ease the pain but nothing is working. I feel like more pain is coming this way. I don't know what's happening because normally my cuts are healed by now, but this one, the one on my back that Sofia just put pressure on is really starting to burn up with pain.

I move away from them completely so they don't see what's happening to me. I don't want my friends to see me in pain. They don't need to know what's been happening to me. All it's going to do is cause them pain because my pain will hurt them. Just explaining to them will hurt them, and I don't want to hurt them

"Adelina, are-, are, please, what's been happening at home?" Sofia says, coming into my view again. She looks like she is about to cry, looks like she's going to break completely if I say what's been happening to me.

"Adelina, talk to us, why-, why did you scream in pain when Sofia hugged you?" Reese says to me, her voice breaking from the emotion that is lacing it. She looks like she's about to break if I answer her questions

I don't remember screaming. I remember making a sound but not screaming.

My friends start walking towards me and I walk backwards. I don't want them to see me like this.

"Please don't cry-, it breaking my heart to see you cry" Reese says to me, and that's when I realize I'm crying. I'm crying hot tears that are coming from immense pain that's happening because of my back.

"Please just tell us what's been happening at home, why-why you just screamed in pain right now and why-,"

How do they know these stuff. I swear i never told anyone what has been happening at home

"How do you know this" I say to them, looking at them through my eye lids cause I'm still doubled over in pain

Sofia doesn't answer

"Sofia how do you know" I say again but with more intensity In my voice

"Why didn't you tell us" Sofia says a sob breaking her voice while she comes up to me. I back away again not wanting to be near them.

Suddenly, I feel so tired.

I feel so, so, so tired of this pain.

My head is spinning, I feel like I can't get any oxygen in my lungs and over all feel so tired

I'm tired of feeling like I've been good all these years, that everything in my life has been good. No beatings, no pain, no going out late from bottles of alcohol because my father was a dead beat dad.

I'm so tired

my knees give out under me, but I don't hit the floor. My knee gave out but I didn't hit the floor because I'm incased in the arms of a guy with tattoos.

I'm in the arms of a guy who feels like home

"Shhh, don't cry love, please don't cry, it breaks my fucking heart to see you cry" Zane Anderson whispers in my ears while I'm bundled in his arms, him rocking me back and forth to ease the pain I'm feeling.

When did he come here? When did he-

Oh my gosh

Oh my Gosh

He told Sofia about me. He was the only
One who knew what was kinda happening to me. So he connected the dots and told my friends.

I feel so numb, so numb from the pain that my mind starts going hazy. I feel like I'm going to faint and go into eternal sleep.

It honestly feels really nice

not feeling anything at all

Just feeling like your going in a deep sleep,

where nothing matters

It feels amazing

"shit, fuck, help, guys HELP, she's bleeding out!" I hear Zane screaming at what I'm assuming are my friends. I hear voices shouting and footsteps ruffling the floor but I can't seem to focus to much on that

Wait

I'm bleeding out?

I don't feel like I'm bleeding out

"Oh my god I-, she's-, she's bleeding so much, SOMEONE CALL THE AMBULANCE!" Zane screams at someone. I don't know who, but I can hear ruffling everywhere

Wait.

Ambulance means papa will go to jail.

That can't happen.

I know he is a terrible father but still, I can't make someone go to jail. the guilt I will have. Especially since it's my father. No that can't happen. No ambulance.

"No ambulance" I say to Zane, slowly opening my eyes to see him staring at me like I'm about to die. I probably am considering that I'm bleeding out so much.

I feel so much blood. It's on my Clothes, and from what my vision can see, I'm in a pool of it. I'm in a pool of my own blood

"love, you're going in that ambulance whether you like it or not. I can't lose you. Not yet. We haven't had anytime. I'm not losing you. Please just- just hold on- for me." Zane says he's voice breaking so much. He seems like he's holding on by a thread

But I can't send papa to prison

"No ambulance" I say to Zane. I know It's hella stupid to not take a ambulance right now when I'm on the brink of death, but I'm not putting my father into Prison.

I won't carry that kind of guilt around me

"Fuck, fine, William call Jackson and tell him to come immediately. If he doesn't I'll fucking kill him myself" Zane yells at Will who I'm assuming is calling Jackson

I start to see black dots in my vision. I feel my back drenched in blood, my head becoming heavy with the need to sleep. I feel my body becoming heavy everywhere, like the life is being sucked out of it. My eyes are starting to feel too heavy so I start to close them.

"No, No" I hear someone mutter.

"No, no please, stay awake for me love, please I'm begging you-" I hear the same person say, this time more desperate.

"Your okay, your going to be okay love, please-" Zane says with so much emotion in his voice. I feel water falling on my face, but it's like a little drop of water.

It rolls down my face till it reaches my lips, and subconsciously I lick it.

Its a tear

Zane Anderson is crying

"Don't cry Zane" I say. It breaks my heart that he's crying right now. He's too pretty to cry right now.

I slowly pull my hand to his cheek and wipe the tears away. It really does break my heart to see him cry

"Don't leave me and I won't cry" Zane says pulling me even closer to him. He puts his hand on my check, rubbing it back and forth, soothing me to the core. He says more words but I can't seem to hear them.

I can't help the sleep. It's so warm and cozy that I just want to sleep for eternity.

"Please! Please I can't do this without you, please!" I hear Zane yell, feel his forehead on mine while rocking me back and forth. but the voice is so distant now. It's a million miles away from where sleep is talking me.

That's the last thing I hear when sleep overtakes me

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Guess I really am a cold-hearted monster

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