If Heaven were on Earth

Andy's POV:

I held her in my arms, running my hands absentmindedly up and down her back, calming her.

She had finally confessed what had happened after I left on Saturday, but stayed silent about Sunday. I was fuming, that hr parents dare hurt her, and that she felt that she couldn't trust me. I knew we had a difficult past, mostly about me being a dick to her, but i truly cared for her, a lot. I only ever acted that way to protect her from Oli and the rest of the guy's at our demented school.

*flashback*

It was the first day back to school. For the new niners, their first day of high school. And damn, were they terrified.

I almost felt bad for some of them, I knew how intimidating the older grades could be, hell, I was there only a two years ago. But that didn't matter anymore, since I was almost at the top of the school, not that I cared, majority of the student body already feared me.

Vic, Oli, Alex and I watched as the niners hesitantly made their way through the crowded halls, avoiding eye contact. They were so shy and scared, it was almost funny.

Oli's gaze flitted across the smallest students that walked past us, licking his lips in a predatory way. I just rolled my eyes at him, it was really getting sad, him hooking up with a freshman because he felt he could. He would make a game out of it sometimes, trying to involve our other friends as well. Sick, twisted bastard.

He stilled all of a sudden, his gaze narrowing on a rather tiny girl, glancing around the complex halls with uncertainty. When she spun around in our direction, our eyes locked briefly, but long enough to get a clear view of her golden irises. And that's when i realized that Oli had chosen his target, this small, innocent girl. She was so tiny I was afraid that she would get stampeded in the halls, but I saw something in her golden eyes: strength, courage, determination not to mention stubbornness. She would give Oli a run for his money, that was for sure, but he would win, he always did.

Days after our first sighting of her, Oli announced his plan. I found myself cringing whenever the topic of her came into conversation. She was just too young, too delicate for Oliver's wrath, and she didn't even know it. She was too beautiful to be ruined by him, my best friend.

From that moment on, i tried to distract and avert Oli's attention from her, that was before he began his 'target practice'. He wanted to crush her, rid her of any self-esteem, and then go in for the kill. So I agreed to help him, only to see her again, I'll admit, and to hopefully stop him eventually.

I later found myself falling for her, this tiny fourteen year old girl. My feelings intensified after every threat he would throw at her. I loved her, and she was already doomed.

*End of flashback

I shuddered at the memory of how Oli had ben very descriptive of the things he wanted to do to her. I couldn't protect her if she was alone, but maybe if Oliver knew that we were dating...

"Andy?" Her small voice knocked me out of my thoughts.

"Andy, I should be going back to class. I've already missed half of it," she slowly began to pry my arms away from her body, but i only held on tighter, clutching her to my chest.

"Then you might as well miss it, you've already missed half the lesson," I smirked, kissing down her neck, making her stifle a moan.

She squirmed in my grip, "stop, I need to go to class! I'll see you..." She trailed off at that.

I tightened my hold on her, glancing down at her. "You aren't going back to class today, Im taking you somewhere!" '\

She actually groaned at that, shaking her head, "I can't, I have a test in science last period. I'm sorry, but-"

"be my girlfriend?" I asked suddenly, my fingers winding in her soft, chestnut hair.

Her jaw dropped, making my chuckle, "what?"

"'Be my girlfriend'", I repeated, smiling smugly at her.

"uh," her eyes widened.

I bent my head to hers and pressed our lips together softly, before pulling away, "I love you Nicole, I want to protect you and be there for you as much as I can. I've spent too much time making you cry, I want to make you smile and laugh more instead. So, will you be my girlfriend?"

She opened and closed he mouth a couple times, before finally responding. She chewed her lip and then rose on her toes to press our lips together, nodding her head with a small smile. I smiled into the kiss, wrapping her even tighter in my arms.

*flashback*

I thought about Nicole all weekend after she made me leave, and she didn't waver from my mind during first period class on Monday morning. I barely payed attention to the board, my mind travelling to her and hoping she was okay. I shouldn't of left her alone on Saturday, but I might've just made the situation worse.

Her parents left her for majority of the weekend, stumbling home in the afternoon on Saturday, still drunk and hungover. Nicole was utterly petrified when their car rolled up into the previously empty driveway, and she practically shoved me out her window. The look in her eyes, that was fear.

She shouldn't have to be scared of her own parents, which made me wonder about the kind of household she was living in. She made it no big deal that she was alone until I showed up,. and while she was obviously afraid when her parents came home, that fear almost seemed rehearsed, like she went through it all the time.

She didn't contact me, making me remember that i didn't give her my number. Shit.

That was when Alex came into second period class, the bell having rung minute ago. Alex collapsed into the chair beside me and fiddled with his phone, a nervous habit.

"Alex? What's up?" I asked, not entirely caring, my thoughts back onto Nicole.

He sighed, running a hand through his messy hair, "it's Nicole," i shot up at that, "she's got this bruise on the side of her face, and she seemed overly shy and scared today, but she wouldn't talk to me.." He didn't get a chance to finish becuase I was alreay out of my seat.

Notes

A chapter in Andy's POV, focussing on the things that Nikki doesn't know yet. Andy actually loves her, and Oli is being a bit of a prick? Alex seems to like Nikki, but Andy is too oblivious to notice. They're dating now, which I think was a tad bit rushed, but love is love, right?

welp, I've got homework to do now. anyone else have a half day?

qotd: song you're currently obsessed with?

Sleepwalking by Bring Me the Horizon