Chapter 17
While I was making my way to my room, I heard soft cries coming from Emily's bedroom. making me stop. I knocked on the door and I heard her yelp, causing me to immediately walk inside. I though the worst. I thought she was hurt in any way, but I found her balled in he Woah what's going on! Are you hurt!" 1 asked approaching her.
"S-storm," she whimpered. It was a stormy night, but I didn't know that she was scared of storms. It had been five days since my mum's birthday party and the two of us had been
closer.
"Are you scared of storms?" I gently asked and she nodded. Instantly, I got in bed with her and pulled her in my arms, goals the whole no cuddle rule in our deal. I didn't care about the rule though. She was petrified. The moment I pulled her against me, she latched onto me "It's okay. Nothing is going to happen to you," I assured her and kissed her forehead.
tran in her beautiful green eyes.
"I'm sorry. I'm not usually like this. I'm not usually a mess," she whimpered, looking up at me with
"That's fine. You have nothing to apologize for, okay? We all have our fears" I assured her as I stroked her blonde hair. She shuddered in my arms when it thundered and all could do was tighten my hold on her.
1 sat up and pulled her with me. 1 looked at her beautiful face and wiped away her tears. She looked adorable with her red cheeks, but I didn't like how the reason behind their redness was crying.
"You're breaking one of the rules," she mumbled, making me chuckle,
"Well I don't mind breaking all the rules if it will make you feel better, 1 admitted. She smiled through her tears, causing my heart to melt. I had already broken the kissing rule at the party and I had no regress. "Can I know why you're scared of storms?"
"My mum she died because of a storm" She looked down and played with the end of my tshirt. "She was driving back home, and it was storming. She had a horrible accident. She didn't die on impact. She died two days later at the hospital" She didn't know how much I app
I knew that it was bad, because I didn't want to get attached to her, and having her opening up to me meant that we could form a sort of connection. I had a feeling that the damage land already been done. I was already attached to the beauty in my arm.
"She would have been so proud of you you know."1 pushed a strand of her hair behind her ear.
"She would?" Her eyes lit up
I didn't know what I was doing I didn't know why I
loud
"Is that what y
I would
think otherwise." I was digging myself into a deep hole and I wasn't
my hood around her small body. "Listen, I'm not leaving you on your own tonight, okay! I won't let anything bad happen to you. I want you to trust me on this, so just close those beautiful had a
at me for a second before closing her
night is for breaking rules," I replied,
to get some deep too, but I needed to make sure that she was relaxed at first. I felt her flinching every once in a while whenever it thundered and only when she stopped flinching did I
head was resting on my chest and one land was resting on my shoulder while the other was lazily draped over my torso. Why did she have to be so beautiful and perfect like
go? It was a Saturday, and we didn't have work. I knew that Emily was an early bird, but I kind of liked having her in my embrace. I
someone!
to head upstairs to wake you up. Her hair was up in a ponytail and her face was free
I asked, looking at
12:30 PM.
Chapter 12
funk you for not letting me sleep on my own last night when I was scared."
and wrapped my arms around her small body. "First, no need to thank me. Second, if you ever
she mumbled, and kissed my cheek, I wanted to kiss her lips again. I hadn't kissed her since
Lasked her as the two of us
united your parents over for
course not. You do whatever you like."
is line by you?"
to her. I bet my mum would come back from
told her she wanted her to come
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