Chapter Eight

~Oliver~

I stayed under the bleachers all day until the last bell. Once that last bell hit, I went to my locker. Shit… My bag… I wonder where my bag is. I thought back to when I last had it. First period… Anatomy. I darted to the class room and it was gone. I started to panic. No! NO! NO! I need that bag. “Looking for this?” Asked Matt from behind me. I spun around. MY BAG!!!! “Thanks.” I said trying to keep my cool. “Are you ok?” Matt asked. “Yeah… I’m good. I will see you later.” I said and walked passed him. “Oliver wait!” Matt shouted after me. I turned around. “I want you to trust me. I know that it takes a while to build your trust. But I want you to know that you can tell me anything. I won’t judge you. I really, really like you Oliver. Like A LOT! I just want you to trust me.” He explained to me. I started to blush. I want to tell him, only because I like him a lot as well. Tears started to fill my eyes. “I can’t tell you here…. Um…. My house?” I asked awkwardly. He nodded over and over again. Someone was excited to come over. I nodded and he walked me to his car. I sat quietly all the way to the house. I watched the trees go by and the sun behind them, causing shadows on the roads. I having second thoughts about telling him. I am not sure I can trust him. But… Something is telling me to trust him. It is just a gut feeling. He pulled in front of my house. “This is your house?” He raised a brow. “If you are going to judge you can just leave.” I snapped. “Oliver, I am not judging you.” He smiled and got out of his car. I unlocked the door and seen my sisters sitting on the couch. “WOAH!” Liv shouted starring at Matt. “Why is the popular guy friends with you again?” Ana asked. “He’s tutoring me.” Matt informed them. I shook my head and walked back to my room. Well I know he wants to just see where whatever this is goes. But really tutoring? I will take that as a compliment. I guess I am smart and he is not. I giggled in my head. He walked in and shut the door behind me. He walked over and sat on my bed. “So… Are you ready to tell me now?” He asked sincerely. I sighed. “You can’t tell no one this.” I looked over at him. “Of course. I will never.” He responded. “When I was eleven years old, I was kidnapped. Then I was rapped over and over again in a five day time period. After he rapped me, he beat me so badly I was barely breathing. He left me for dead under a bridge. The police never found me until four days later. I was barely alive at that time. And that is why I have panic attacks. Because of that. When I went to the mall with Carter, I seen him in the food court. I had a panic attack right there in front of her and everyone else. Then earlier at school today. He was in the bathroom. I don’t know how he got in there. I don’t feel safe anymore. I told my mom that I will protect myself. But now Carter and Bailey are trying to protect me. To be honest, they can’t stop him. And I don’t like people protecting me. I want to protect myself. But I can’t because I am too scared. I am scared of him… I am scared of being hurt all over again. I can’t go through hell like that again. People say their lives are hell. They have no clue what hell feels like until they been through what I have. When I had that panic attack in school when I was thirteen, people thought I was crazy and a freak. When people stopped talking to me, a tremendous amount of loneliness went through me. Bailey was always there for me. But that was not enough. I wanted to be someone who had a lot of friends. I never had that for five years. Although I went through hell, I never, ever gave up. I kept going. I thought there is no reason for living anymore. That was not true… I kept fighting and up to this day I am still fighting…. I don’t want you to tell people this. I am trusting you… I don’t trust people… So... I-I- Um… Trust you…” I informed and looked back up at him. He had tears in his eyes. He cares? He grabbed my hand and scooted closer to me. I gulped. “I don’t want you too fell alone Oliver. I care so much about you; more than I have ever cared in my entire life. I will never let that man hurt you ever again. I mean it Oliver. He will never touch you. I want to protect you. I want to be by your side. I am so proud that you trusted me. Thank you.” Matt says and leans in to kiss my forehead. I started to blush. He pulled away and we stared at each other for a few seconds. I leaned in to kiss him. He kissed back instantly and wrapped his arms around my waist to pull me closer. He leaned me down on my bed and continued to kiss me. He licked my bottom lip wanting access… I opened my mouth and he slipped his tongue in. I sucked on his tongue making him moan inside my mouth. I let out a chuckle. He slipped off my shirt. “Let me know when it’s too much.” We both said at the same time. We both laughed and I took off his shirt as well. I crawled up to my pillow so he can get back on top of me. He started to grind on top of me. I moaned and slid my hands down his hard toned body. His abs are so toned, it’s incredible. My pants started to get tight. “I can feel your hard on.” Matt pointed out. I pushed him off of me. We need to slow down. Really slow down. “Are you ok?” Matt asked. I nodded. “Let’s wait until you are ready.” I said and put my shirt back on. He pulled my shirt back off and turned me to my back. “Your scars.” He pointed out. He ran his fingers over my scars on my back. I gulped and instantly shoved my shirt back on. “I don’t like people touching my scars….” I mumbled while looking at the ground. “I’m sorry… I didn’t know…” He responded awkwardly. I walked up to hug him. He tensed up, but instantly hugged me back a few seconds later. “What’s this for?” He asked. “Thank you for caring…” I responded into his chest. He is a little taller than me. He is 6’3 and I am 5’10. He kissed my forehead and my door opened. I looked back and it was Carter and Bailey. Their jaws dropped and walked back out into the hall. “Don’t worry. I trust them.” I tell Matt. “If you trust them, then I trust them.” He told me. I smiled at him. I put his shirt back on and we opened the door to Carter and Bailey standing at the door. They were obviously trying to listen. “Do you mind?” Matt snapped and scooted them out of the way. “Rude.” Bailey said and grabbed my hand. I whispered into her ear. “Don’t tell anyone.” I said. She nodded and we walked out into the living room. “Well, I came to stop by and tell you guys that Logan, Rene, Bailey Blake, Tania, and I are going to my parent’s lake house this Friday and staying until Sunday. So if you two would come with us that would be wonderful.” Carter informed us. I looked over at Matt. He shrugged his shoulders. “Yeah. Sounds fun.” I smiled. “Good! We are driving separately. So Matt give Oliver a ride.” She demanded Matt and she walked out of the house.

After Carter left, Mat and Bailey left also. The rest of the night went by good. I can’t believe that Matt wants to give us a shot. I would never had expected that. Heck, I would never have expected me to like him. I mean, he makes me crazy at times. But I guess that is love… Wait… Love?