𝐇𝐞𝐫 | 𝐁.𝐄

~Chapter 23~

-AMARA'S POV-

"ok so it's- it's my dad" I sigh and look down

she looks shocked and I begin explaining everything to her, how he hurts me and does things to me. She started crying while I explained it to her and it made my heart break knowing she was crying over this and how much she cared. she's the most amazing person in the world I can't believe I tried to leave her.

"so yeah and then I-" I take a deep breath trying not to cry.

"I started hurting myself over everything and I just felt like I deserved it. like I deserved the pain" I say looking down

she sits and lets me talk, she listens to every word I say and pays attention which helps relax me.

"I'm so sorry I tried to leave you I promise I won't do it again you mean so much to me and I never wanna lose you" I sob

"no no don't apologize I understand you were going through a lot, that must be so hard for you. I'm sorry you have to go through that but I'll always be here for you, I care so much about you and you can always come and talk to me if you need me" she cries with me and pulls me into a tight hug

we sit in that position for a while, then we slowly lean back and stare into each other's eyes. we slowly start to lean in and then all of a sudden I feel her lips on mine.

her lips are so soft, I don't think I could ever get over this, I don't think I ever wanna stop. I wish we could stay like this forever, for the rest of our lives. but unfortunately, things have to come to an end sometimes.

we hear a knock on the door and we pull apart. "come in" I say and I see my mom and macie come inside the room and shut the door behind them.

"Hey, you doing ok?" Mom asks

"yeah I'm good now I talked to Billie and I feel better getting that off my chest, I'm sorry for not being able to tell you guys it's just- your my family and it's hard for me to tell you guys about something like that happening to me especially since he threatened to treat me worse if I told anyone" I start sobbing again and add "mom in so scared" she holds me while I cry and I feel her lift her arm to wipe her own tears.

"Honey can you tell me who it was, I know it's hard you don't have to go into detail but please just say a name that's all you have to do" she begs

"um it was...it was Dad" I look down

"wh-what" her voice breaks

"no no no baby I'm so sorry this is all my fault" she sobs hard

"what no why do you think that? he's the one who did this it's not your fault" I hug her

"This never would've happened if I wouldn't have taken him back, I really thought he changed I'm such an idiot" she cries

"Mom listen maybe it wouldn't have happened if you didn't but I understand why you did, you loved him and you wanted him to change so bad because you wanted him back, plus he was good at hiding it from you. just promise me he's gone for good now?" I ask

"yes definitely I'm over him for good now and we are going to the police as soon as we can to get him put away" she says in a stern tone

"ok good" I sigh

"hey macie how are you doing after all this I just realized I haven't really got to talk to you as much" I say

"I'm just so sorry I wasn't here for you, I never should've gone to my friends I should've stayed with you maybe I could've stopped this" She tries not to cry but I can see her eyes watering

"aww macie come here it's ok, you didn't know it's understandable. you had no idea I was going to do that, no one did. but hey look I'm still here and I'm gonna be ok soon so it's all good" I reassure her

"Promise?" she says and holds out her pinky, we've been doing this since we were little it's become a little thing of ours even tho we didn't come up with it.

"promise" I say and lock Pinky's with her, I see Billie smile in the corner of my eye and I try to hold in my smile. she's so cute i can't even handle it. I hope she becomes mine soon.

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