Break Me

I wake up groggy. I'm in the bathtub with hot water surrounding me. There's a wash cloth on my forehead and lavender scented bath beads on the ledge of the bath. I turn to see Andy sitting on the toilet. His eyes light up when he see's that I'm awake. Everything that had happened before seems distant. Like a bad dream.
"How are you feeling?" He asks me.
"I feel okay, I think. My face hurts, but other than that I'm alright. Thank you for doing this." He smiles and unscrews the lid on the bath beads. He dumps in a heafty amount and swishes them around with his hands. The aroma is pleasent, and relaxes me further. I reach out and grab Andy's hand. He curls his fingers through mine. I lean my head back and close my eyes. "So, what were you doing? When you left, I mean."
"I sold some things. I'm getting you out of here." He states like it's no big deal. My eyes snap open and I look at him. I'm sure the shock is plain on my face.
"What do you mean you sold some things? Like what?"
"Just some old band equipment I had in storage. Some old furniture. A few cd's and old records. Things like that. It'll give us something to live off of for a while."
Us. He sold his personal belongings....for me? Why would he do that? I've just met him. How can someone I barely know, care so much for me to do this? I'm completely dumbfounded, but I'm grateful. I grip his hand tighter.
"Why?" I whisper up at him.
"Why? I told you Bailey, I'm in this with you. Yesterday was the best day of my life, even with all the casualties. I'm going with you, and we're going to get out of here together. There's nothing for me here. Nothing leading me to a good future anyway. I know it's soon, but I feel things for you that I haven't felt for anyone. You make me want to be a better person. You make me want to be the man I know I can be. I've always hid myself away from the world. I just kept my head down, never stopping. Never really looking at the things around me. You've changed that in me. I can't just leave you now. Not when you've made me into someone I want to be."
His words warm my heart. I feel myself melting into the beauty that he see's in me. So much has changed in just twenty four hours. He's given me hope when I had none. He's given me a reason to keep living this life. And everything he's done and continues to do for me has shown me that maybe there are good things in this world. I just had to open my heart up. He's given me the best gift, and I know I can never repay him.
"Bailey, I uh. Damn. I don't really know how to say this, so I'm just going to put it in the best way I can. I think I'm falling in love with you. And if that scares you, don't worry. Because it scares me too. It scares me in the best way possible."
I look up into his eyes, and for a moment, time stands still. I see into his soul, and I know his words are true. Jace said he loved me out of selfishness. He didn't truely love who I was, he loved the control I gave him. Andy loves me, and all my flaws. He see's behind the walls. He see's the ruin and decay, and he loves me despite it.
"I love you, too." I say.
He kisses me, and I never want him to stop. My heart is filled with passion, dying to be poured into him. I kiss him again and again. I kiss him until all the pain in me fades, and nothing is left behind but love and content.
He helps me out of the bathtub and carries me to the bedroom. He lays me softly on the bed and begins to undress himself. He climbs on top of me, supporting himself up with his arms. I kiss his neck and his chest. He leans in and kisses me gently. I feel his need for me on my skin.
"Make me feel something." I say. And he does.

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