Shadow Haven

Chapter 11: Oh Weary Heart.

Bayley slammed her fists on the mattress after she had rolled over in bed for what seemed the fiftieth time, unable to fall asleep. Sasha had given her an earful after Bayley had apologized profusely. Sasha wouldn't have any of it though and kept her responses to Bayley to a minimum all evening, until she had announced that she was going to sleep in her own bed and had bid Bayley goodnight.

She felt utterly frustrated. Ever since Sasha had arrived on Shadow Haven they had been in a tug-of-war fight and every time Bayley felt they took a step forward, it was immediately followed by two steps back. Granted, her calling Sasha 'my girl' wasn't her smartest move, but she had said it with the best of intentions. It fell from her lips faster than she could process and when Sasha had started yelling at her she had just felt incredibly sad.

'Just because we did that doesn't mean you can lay claim me,' Sasha had spat out and Bayley kept repeating the words over and over in her head as she sighed heavily. It was so much easier with her clients, they didn't fight back like Sasha did and they didn't exhaust her like Sasha did.

She wondered how Ruby's visit would affect Sasha's behavior and she grumbled when only worst-case scenario's flooded her brain. The soft sound of her door being opened caught her attention.

"Are you up?"

"Technically speaking, I'm down," she murmured into the darkness. She tilted her head sideways when Sasha sat down on the bed cross legged, facing Bayley. "There's no thunder, Sasha."

"I know."

Bayley hated the silence that fell between them as all these unspoken words only created more barriers. "Why are you here?" She said, her voice a little harsher than she intended to.

"Becky sent me," Sasha replied stoically.

Bayley rolled her eyes, "Why are you in my bed?"

"Just because."

Bayley sighed as she rolled over, away from Sasha, "You are really starting to piss me off."

Sasha smiled, perfectly aware that Bayley couldn't see it, "That's what I do best."

"That is horse shit and you know it."

"I think you mean bullshit, but it's not. My entire life I have pissed people off and I've paid the price for it."

"And what price is that," Bayley said as she attempted to roll over before Sasha's hand on her hip stopped her.

"Don't," she murmured softly. "I'm alone, I have no friends. I push people away when they get too close. I work my ass off for Becky and when she sent me on a holiday, I felt relief. It was suppose to be a break for me, instead I'm here with you and while I barely know you, I feel like you know me inside out and I can't stand it."

Bayley kept quiet as she listened to Sasha's attempt to pour her heart out.

"I don't believe that Becky sent me here just because she thought we would get along. People don't do that, it's not realistic and it's not something Becky would do without talking to me about it first. I can't stand the fact that I cannot figure out her ulterior motive. I am mad at her and I think part of me is taking it out on you, because I don't know how to deal with it."

"You treated me like shit when I first got here and when Becky offered to pay you, you opened your home to me. I know you've said you could give the money back, but that doesn't change the fact that it happened and I don't know how I feel about that."

"Situations change and so do people. I was blindsided when you first got here, I didn't know you, Sasha," Bayley said.

"Exactly my problem though. You didn't know me, yet when money was offered you took it willingly. When you called me 'my girl' I felt as if you bought me. I'm not one to be bought, Bayley."