It's Dark Inside (Connor x Reader)

~9~

Connor

The way she smiled, I've never been in a relationship before, to much work for setting myself up for more pain, but I feel like this wasn't going to hurt, she must like me for me.

We pulled up into A Lá Mode's parking lot. I parked the car getting ready to get out when Y/N called to me.

"Connor?" I looked over to her. "Ya?" She looked away and then back at me. "Thank you."

Why was she thanking me? "For what" I questioned her. "For this." She spoke softly. There was silence, "Cmon let's go and get ice cream." I smiled.

We walked into the small building, there wasn't anyone else there but the workers and us.

"What are you gonna get?" I asked Y/N. "Umm I think I'm just gonna get a (favorite ice cream flavor) on a cone. What about you?"

I normally just get a mint chocolate chip so I guess I'll go with that. "Just some mint chocolate chip on a cone." I told her.

Soon a worker came over to us. "What would you like?" The girl with blonde hair asked us. "She'll have f/i on a cone, and I'll take mint chocolate chip on a cone, please."

The worker started getting out ice cream when Y/N pulled me over to the side. "You didn't have to do that." I knew she didn't like talking to people so I did it for her.

"I know, but I did." I smirked. "Fine, but at least let me pay." That was gonna be another no.

"No." I told her. "Why?" She asked me. "Just because, I'm loser doesn't mean I don't have to treat others like that." I explained to her.

Before she could say anything else the cashier had our order ready. "That will be 8 dollar." I noticed Y/N struggling to get her wallet out, this was my chance.

I took my wallet out and gave exact change. The cashier handed us our ice creams. "Where do you wanna sit?" I asked Y/N.

"Maybe . . . somewhere I can help, like not letting you do everything." Y/N smirked. "Fine, well here's your chance. Where should we sit?"

"Okay, outside then." She smiled. I held onto our ice creams as Y/N look for a spot for us to sit.

Y/N continued walking outside of the parking lot, I was wondering were she was taking us. She led and stopped underneath a tree.

She sat down and I handed her ice cream, I sat down facing Y/N, we begin to eat our ice cream.

Y/N looked off into the distance, her (hair color) hair blew lightly in the wind. "So, do you remember anything from this morning?" I broke the silence.

"Well, some." She looked at me. "What caused it?" I asked. She looked down at her ice cream then up at me.

"I . . . I, um, I think I hit my head on something." She explained. That doesn't sound right. Jared told us she had a anxiety attack.

"Oh." I didn't want to get to into the talk and Y/N start getting annoyed. After that we just talked and took in the view.

{Time Skip}

We only spent a half an hour at A Lá Mode, and it didn't take long til we dropped the car off at the school so Zoe wouldn't know we took it.

Now we were almost to my house. "Remember when you were in the third grade and me and Zoe were hanging out in your guys old tree house?" Y/N asked me.

"Yeah." I replied. "Zoe made a joke about you liking me, and funny story, I actually liked you." I don't know why but I was shocked.

"Really?" I laughed. "Yeah . . ." She started blushing. "Wow . . . well, would you look at us now." I laughed.

We made it to my house. As I opened the door, my mom came and grabbed me, before Y/N could come in, she must have heard my mom and hid behind the door.

I pulled the door close so Y/N wouldn't be seen. "Connor, where have you been?!" She normally isn't like this I wonder why she was acting this way.

"I, um, smoking." I told her. "Connor, what have I told . . ." There was a knock at the door. The door started to open, it was Zoe and Y/N.

"Hey, Mom." Zoe said walking in with Y/N. "Oh, hey Zoe and Y/N." Y/N waved to my mom.

As Y/N and Zoe districted my mom, I ran up the stairs up into my room. Well, it looks like me and Y/N are done hanging out then.

Y/N

Zoe and I distracted her mother so Connor could escape. We just got done talking to her mother when Zoe grabbed my arm and lead me up to her room.

"Why were you with my brother?" She snapped. "I, I-I, uh." I didn't want to tell her, what would she think of me after she knew I liked Connor.

"Y/N . . . please, don't tell me." She trembled, why was she so worried about me? I was the one who should be worried. "Zoe . . ." I didn't know what to say.

"I don't want him to . . . I don't want him to hurt you." Part of me felt bad but I knew Connor would never. "He won't-" "You don't know him how I do."

I was silent, I couldn't find my words to explain myself, Zoe was silent as well. "He's f***ed up. Y/N, I won't let you get hurt like me." He wasn't like that though.

"Remember, my bruises, I'm not gonna let that happen to you. He's unstable." Again I couldn't find the right words. "But he's-he's getting better." I replied.

"How would you know?" Zoe hissed. "I don't but I know, he's getting th-there, he's gonna be okay." I tried explaining.

"Zoe, I can help him." She went silent. "You don't know, nobody does, not even the doctors." She muttered.

"But why shouldn't I try?" The room went silent. Zoe turned away from me. "I'm sorry." She mumbled.

"No . . . I should have told you." I admitted, if I had told her sooner maybe none of this would have happened.

"I have homework, I'll see you tomorrow." Zoe sat up showing me the door, I didn't want to leave but I knew it was probably for the best.

Zoe

I showed Y/N to the door, holding back more words I had to say, "See you tomorrow." Y/N mumbled.

"Bye." I closed the door. If she got hurt, would I able to safe her? Nobody can control Connor, she doesn't realize what a mess she'll make of herself.