Andy's P.O.V
“Well, enough singing, let's go swimming!” Jinxx sang, everybody started to jump up and down. Everybody but her. Nobody noticed she tensed up. Nobody but me.
She was on my lap and I knew her, something was bothering her I could tell! But I didn't know if she would tell me...
She stood up and seemed to be waiting.. For what? 'Stop being paranoid Andy!'
I took my shirt off and ran with the others to the cold water. We all jumped in all together. I turned around just in time to see Rebie jumping too, just a minute later... 'Or maybe you're damn paranoid about her?'

She stood up with a huge smile on her face, I could only see her head and shoulders. But gosh! She was gorgeous! Her hair were wet and seemed darker, her hazel eyes were shinning. She was wearing a black swim suit, making her skin look paler. She didn't have any make up on, just her natural beauty... Her perfect beauty.
At this moment she didn't seem human anymore. With the waves around her, the wind in her hair... She looked more like a goddess! Greeks believed in Aphrodite (goddess of love and beauty) but I bet she was nothing compared to Rebekah! She walked to me and kissed my lips, bringing me to reality. We received thousand of 'Awwh' but I didn't care, I had my goddess in my arms!

We played like children in the water for maybe an hour... More? Then a good part headed out to eat. It was already around 1 PM, so it was kinda understandable.
“You want to stay with me? Just a little more?” I looked at Rebie, of course I would! But I couldn't help but tease her, so I shook my head... But then she seemed so sad! She pouted a bit.
“Please Andy... It's been so long since I last went to the beach.” I didn't say anything, I just lifted her and jumped back in the water. When we surfaced she giggled and pushed me away:
“You meanie! Couldn't you tell me what you were doing?
-Nop! Or else you wouldn't have let me grab you!” she looked up at me and smiled:
“I would always do.” was all she said before going back under water.

Fifty underwater kisses later, we both started to feel really, like really hungry.
“Let's go eating baby. I'm hungry!” I said, she nodded with a big grin before splashing me one last time and running away like a child. It was good to see her so innocent, so carefree. It was like if the water swallowed all her problems and she was free from her past. I smiled, following her.
I caught her just when she was about to walk on the dry sand and kissed her once again. It was the first time I ever had a girlfriend younger than me, I always looked for someone more mature. Even if it was Rebekah, which meant someone extremely complicated, it was still a breath of fresh air! And I loved her for that.. Well, for a lot of thing, but for that too!

I finally released her and we walked to Sammi and Jinxx, in search for food. But when we arrived both Sammi and Jinxx suddenly sat straight from their towels. They were looking at Rebie and gasped. She tensed up next to me, as they quickly stoop up.
“Rebekah... What?.. What's that? Where did that happen?” asked Sammi, shocked, pointing at Rebie's belly. There were marks, a lot of them, more like scars. But once again Rebie just shook her head, knowing how stubborn she was I knew she wouldn't say a word. She dropped my hand.
“Rebekah... Please tell me. Who did that to you?” she looked down, still silent. I confirm: she won't say a single word, she just got back to her shell..

“Rebekah you have to tell us!” said Jinxx visibly worried, he raised his voice more than usual. “Tell me!”
“Show me the damn law that force me to tell you first!” she growled before walking away. There were tears in her eyes, but of course she didn't let them fall. I ran after her, hearing Jinxx yelling at her to come back and Sammi trying to calm him. I knew he was just worried, and I knew Rebekah knew it too. But yelling wasn't a good option when it came to Rebie! She would just close herself even more.
I finally achieved to grab her arm, we where pretty far from our group. She turned around, her fist in a punch ready to hit me. Why? But then she recognized me and I pulled her into a hug.

“Here Rebie, I'm here.” she stopped sobbing and looked up at me, I hated to see her crying! I wiped her tears away with my thumb and smiled.
“You don't hate me?” she asked, her voice barely above a whisper. Hate her? Never!
“No baby, I'll never hate you. Why do you think that?” she looked down. No! Please tell me! I sweetly lifted her chin, making her look in my eyes.
“Because of... Of this.” she said, pointing at her belly and thighs. I smiled warmly.
“As I told you already, love is not only about your flaws. And I knew it already.” she gave me a puzzled look and I just returned her a mysterious smile.
“You forgot I like to visit you?” she giggled softly, that was way better!

“You haven't done it yourself right?” she looked down at her body and shook her head.
“I knew it, this doesn't look like cutting scars. And I guess you don't want to talk about it?” she looked up and bit her lip before shaking head again.
“Then why? Why don't you want to talk about it? Tell me?” she seemed to think for a short while.
“It's the first time someone ever asked me why I didn't want to talk about my past. At best they just leave me alone with that, that's kinda good. But most of the time there are the 'What happened?' and 'Who did it?'.” she smiled before continuing:
“I don't just refuse to talk about it, I also try my best not to think about it. Every time something remind me about my past, or someone ask me to talk about it: I think about it. And each time it hurt... Each time it... It make me remember everything..”

I hugged her again, letting her sob silently against my chest.
“And I remember every single details. It hurt.. So bad. But it always seems like nobody really cared, they just wanted to know. They told me talking about it would help, but what if I can't think about it and stay totally sane?” I felt my heart broke at her words. What kind of hell did she pass trough?
“Thanks Andy. You're the first person who ever asked this why. The first person who cared enough to try to understand. I won't judge the one who left me alone, thanks to them now I can live almost normally, and they didn't persecute me to know.” she wrapped her arms around me.
“I love you Andy. Even if it scares me to death.” my heart skipped a beat..

Notes

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Anyway, I just realized how long this story was! We're at chap 35 and it's not really close to the end! My last story was in 40 chapter... Hope you'll like this until the end! :)