Savannah's P.O.V

It's been two weeks since I last saw Blaze, which was good, he was giving me enough space to breathe. Blaze being around me is so suffocating, Elena and I have been hanging out a lot like old times, she's really happy. I am happy for her, being around her makes all my problems disappear.

"Annah, can I ask you a question?"

"Yeah, shoot."

"Why are you and Blaze so weird around each other? I mean Blaze has been completely avoiding me for the past week and I think it has something to do with you. No offense." I started choking on the fries we were having for lunch at her house.

"Woah, Annah. Here have some water."

I greedily drank it back, once I was okay I took a deep breath  "Nothing, I just think we aren't comfortable around each other yet. We just need time."

"Ellie? Where are you? I have the fight to get to, hurry up." 

"In the kitchen. I'm ready don't get your panties in a twist."

"What are you-" He stopped talking locking eyes with me, I quickly looked away and cleared my throat

"Well then, I should get going, Ellie. Have fun at the fight."

"Don't you think it's a little unsafe at your house?" My eyes snapped back to his, silently telling him to shut up making him smirk in return.

Ellie looked at him confused "Unsafe? What are you talking about?"

He looked away from me and saw what she was wearing "Go change."

"No, you are-"

"I am not taking you like that nor am I letting you go out like that by yourself like that. Go change now."

She clenched her jaw out of anger and stormed upstairs muttering a bunch of not-so-nice words towards him. Once she was out of sight, he started his questioning like always "So she doesn't know?"

"She knows everything. I'm not hiding anything from her."

"So she knows her best friend gets beat by a belt every night if she forgets a case of beer? She knows that you steal to get alcohol for your father?"

"How did you?"

He chuckled "I may have not been around you but I kept an eye on you Savy. You do some sketchy shit for your dad don't you?"

I took a deep breath "I don't do anything that isn't legal. I do what I have to and you should have no business in all this in the first place Blaze."

"Shut up Savannah. You are hiding these things from the one person who trusts you the most out of everyone. Why?"

"To every question, my answer will be the same. None of your business."

"Fine, then you won't mind me telling Annah that the scars and bruises you hide aren't from your clumsiness. There's someone that takes his anger out on you."

Did he see my dad? "You don't know how much self-control it took not to knock that door down and beat the crap out of your dad. Watching him throw you around like a rag doll."

As he spoke flashbacks of last night's beating came to mind, I shook my head trying to get rid of them. "Why do you go through it? Why are you still there?"

"I don't have to answer to you." I started to walk away from him but he yanked me towards him.

He stared into my eyes for a couple of minutes making me uncomfortable, I tried to look away but he held my head firmly keeping me in place "Eyes, those damn eyes fucked me over."

. . . Flashback. . .

"What made you come over and talk to me? Out of all those girls at the club." I said comfortably laying my head on his chest, his heartbeat slowly starting to lull me to sleep.

He took a deep breath "Your uniqueness. You definitely didn't fit in the crowd, you actually surprised me by making a B-Line towards the bar as soon as you stepped foot into the club actually."

I chuckled "I was a little stressed out that night. Elena can be really stubborn at times, I didn't want to come to the club."

"Good thing you did...Once I made my way over to you, your attitude had started to win my heart over by the second... " Suddenly he flipped us over so he was on top and I was on the bottom "Then I started to check you out."

His usual bright brown eyes had turned to a beautiful chocolate brown, one of his hands took hold of both of mine and the other wandered around my body. "Your legs were hard to see the cause of the loose skirt you were wearing, waist was perfectly synched in, boobs-"

I could feel my cheeks burning up pretty sure they were bright red by now his light laugh confirmed it "Lips, plump and juicy like they were begging me to kiss them.." Not being able to handle him talking about my body I lifted my head up a bit capturing his lips with mine, he responded immediately like he was hungry for me.

He let out a moan as soon as our lips touched he licked my bottom lip for permission deciding to tease him a bit I denied it. He groaned out of frustration and pulled away leaving wet kisses down my neck and biting down right above my collarbone. "Don't fuck with me Savy." He said lifting his head back up and locking his eyes with mine "Your eyes, those damn eyes fucked me over. I didn't know when I got addicted, but I know I don't want to get sober again."

. . . Present . . .

I pushed him off of me before Elena caught us "Stop lying! I am not that naïve girl anymore that will melt into a puddle with everything you say. Whatever happens in my life shouldn't be your concern."

"Is this better?" Elena's voice cut in making the both of us jump.

Blaze took a deep breath and looked over at what she was wearing "Yeah, now get in the car. I'm getting late for the fight."

"Annah, come with us, please? It's going to be boring without you there."

"No, I don't have time to watch idiots put their lives in danger for the fun of it." Elena looked at me shocked while Blaze was glaring at me "I have better things to do with my time. I'll see you later Ellie text me when you come home." I left without another word.

He may know what's going on in my life but he has no idea what he made me go through once he left me. He has no right in my life and I have no room for him in my life anymore.

It was approximately 10:30 when I arrived home, so his battle was probably about to end, but who cares? I hope he loses terribly, gets injured, and disappears from my life. I go up to my bedroom and take a shower in an attempt to get rid of the notion of him. The doorbell rang as soon as I got out of the shower, and I raced downstairs in a panic, hoping not to wake up my dad in case he beat me tonight. As soon as I opened the door, my hand shot up to my lips in an attempt to stop the scream that was going to escape. Ellie was standing in front of me holding a severely battered Blaze.

"Don't just stand there and stare. Help!" Ellie said I quickly went to the other side of Blaze draping his arm over my shoulder.

"Let's take him to the couch." Ellie nodded

"What happened? I mean how did this happen?"

"I don't know" Ellie's voice cracked up "He was fighting fine, but then the last five minutes he just kept taking hit after hit. He didn't even try to block."

What the hell was he stupid? "What time was it just wondering?"

"I don't know. Maybe 10:45ish." I took a couple of steps back. What the hell?

"I'm going to go get the First Aid Kit." I wished that he got hurt badly not even fifteen minutes later he stopped blocking and got this hurt. Was it because of me? Did he hear me?

"Annah please hurry up. He's losing a lot of blood. The other fighter snuck in a knife and cut him really bad."

"Coming!!" I rushed over to him and quickly tied a tight knot with a cloth trying to stop the excessive blood flow and pulled out a thread and needle with some alcohol "Put a pillow over his mouth. This is going to hurt him."

She nodded, us trying to patch him up took a good two hours. We finally got him looking back to normal with an immense amount of cuts all over him. The one right across his stomach grossed me out. "Can we stay here tonight? I don't want to move him."

"Yeah, but we have to get him in my room. If my dad sees it will be a huge problem."

"Okay"

We both gently pick him up by the waist careful of his wound and take him upstairs to my room. I slept on a small extra mattress beside his bed while Ellie slept in the bed with him. Hopefully, Dad leaves in the morning for his 'girlfriend' house like he usually does on Saturdays to avoid looking at me at all costs.