𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 // 𝗧.𝗛.

Chapter 10: Let me in! It's cold out here

- Tom please answer -
- You kissed Malia in front of me and yet you're angry with me? -

He was so huffy. Why was he being so childish? Leaving me on read. It hurt. It had been a few days since I had texted him. It was saturday and I was sitting on my couch drinking my morning latte from starbucks. I hadn't seen Tom at work all week. I had tried calling him a few times with no luck. I didn't have any plans that weekend and my impatient ass thought 'why not go talk to him'. I also missed him very much. It felt like I was missing another part of me. We had known each other for some weeks and I was developing feelings for him. Serious feelings. I went to my room, put on some simple makeup and a cute summer dress my dad gave me shortly before he passed away.. I miss him. I then went to the train station. It was only there I remembered that I didn't know Toms adress. I called Harrison and as the great friend he is, he answered right away and gave me the adress to the hotel Tom was staying at.

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Wow this hotel was huge. There was an immense group of people walking in and out of the hotel doors. I managed to get inside and asked the receptionist what floor number 231B was on. She asked me if I had rented that room. I should've said yes, but as the honest and polite girl I am, I told her no. She then told me I wasn't able to be in the hotel unless I had rented a room. I really needed to talk to Tom.

"Okay, but may I please use the bathroom before leaving?" I begged and pretended I needed to pee.

She then rolled her eyes and pointed to the ladies room. I felt bad lying to her. I didn't really need to pee, but I needed an excuse to go that direction. Besides, she was pretty unfriendly so I blamed my dishonesty on that. As I said before, there was many (like MANY) people in the lobby and when I reached the bathroom, she wasn't able to see me anymore. I then went to the elevator near the bathroom. Next to the elevator there was a "map" over the hotel. I entered the elevator and pressed the button to floor 12. The floor 231B was on.

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I was not alone in the elevator. A tall, elder man was standing next to me. He looked down at me and smirked. He kept looking at me. As the shy girl I am, I pretended like nothing and kept my look straight forward. He then touched me. He put his hand on my shoulder. That, I couldn't ignore.
After all I have got some self-knowledge.
I pushed his hand away but he pushed me against the wall. My shoulder hit a handle and it hurted like hell. His hand was on my neck. He whispered dirty things in my ear whilst stroking my hair behind my ear. I tried to pull away but I couldn't. I didn't stand a chance. He was like 6'3 and I'm 5'1. I tried to hit him but nothing worked. He then grabbed my ass with his free hand. He started kissing my forehead. I was trembling. Tears were streaming down my face.
Was I about to get raped?
He moved his hand under my dress and tugged it in my panties. A shiver finally gave me the powers I needed and I kicked him in his testicles. He crouched down and in my luck the elevator door opened right after.

I ran down the hallway. I spotted a sign with stairs on it and I stormed towards it. I was only on the second floor. I was panting and my legs were way too tired, but I kept running. When I reached the 7th floor I started to walk. My legs couldn't cope with 5 more floors. I then went out in the hallway and found a toilet. My makeup was all ruined (even though I almost didn't wear anything). Mascara had formed stripes down my cheeks. I hadn't brought any makeup remover,  but luckily for me I don't use waterproof mascara. My shoulder had gotten a few bruises from the shock against the elevator handle. My dress had spaghetti straps and I didn't have anything to cover them up with.. I washed my face. I then cried a little more. I really wanted to go home. Wanted to tell someone about it, but I didn't wanna tell anyone. It doesn't make sense.. It's hard to explain.

"I'm y/n. I am strong. I'm not.. I AM. No I'm not.."

That inner monologue could keep on going for hours.. Although, I am a stubborn girl. So consequently I dried my face in my dress and found my way back to the stairs. Fast. Or as fast as I could, I was fatigued.

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I finally reached the 12th floor. Tom's room was one of the first ones.

"231B" I said enthusiastically to myself. I was proud that I had found the room in this massive hotel.

I knocked on the door. I heard a TV getting paused and footsteps approaching the door. My heart pounded. I was getting nervous. I suddenly forgot all the things I wanted to tell him.

The sound of the TV starting to run again made me do a wondering grimace. I knocked again.

"Go away" he said.

I took a step back. I realised there was a peephole. He had probably seen me standing there and decided to ignore the knocking. And I thought he was a gentleman. He couldn't be that mad. At least he shouldn't be.

"Tom.. it's me" I said hesitating and started to doubt my choice of turning up.

He didn't answer. I tried looking through the peephole. It was covered from the inside.

"Tom please let me in, we need to talk. It's cold out here" I said.

It wasn't cold in the hallway, but I was starting to fear the man from the elevator finding me and I didn't wanna worry Tom with the incident. But he still didn't open. I started feeling the panic and I began banging at the door.

"Jeez what's wrong with you?" he said annoyed at the moment he opened the door.

"What's wrong with me!!? What's wrong with you!?" I said and I already felt the tears' pressure.

I'm not great in pressured situations. Plus I'm very emotional.

"Have you been cry- Why are you here!?" he questioned with an angry face, trying to hide his more caring question he almost asked me.

I propably hadn't washed my face well enough since he could se that I had been criyng. I got a flashback to the elavator. Unconsciously I reached for my neck, where the man had chocked me.. As soon as I noticed it I removed my hand, not to catch any attention on my bruised shoulder. I then nudged him aside with my bruised shoulder to get into the hotel room. I instantly regretted that and winced. Tom looked offended and was still waiting for an answer but broke the silence with;

"You can't just burst into my apartment like that!"

He made me really angry. My body was boiling. Who was he to be angry!? I had got a lot to say to that man..

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To be continued..

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