Save Me

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My body shakes violently, my tears are heavy and I feel them staining my cheeks. I am so afraid, who are these people? I thought Lin was going to help me. My body is in so much pain from being beaten not too long ago.

I hear a knock on the door which breaks me from my thoughts. I then hear an unfamiliar voice say, "Olivia, can I please come in? I just want to talk."

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Who is that? I could tell that it wasn't Lin or Daveed. It was definitely male though.

"Y-ya, you can come in." I say through sniffles. I think about wiping the tears from my eyes but I know that whoever it is that is coming in will know I have been crying from my red eyes and cheeks and all the tear streaks on my face.

A man opens the door and steps inside. He is the one who asked if I was ok when I first came into the theater. He had a cluster of freckles on his face and curly dark hair.

"Hey, my name is Anthony. Are you ok?" He says. he closes the door behind him and slowly walks to the back of the small room where I was hiding in. He sits down next to me in the same position I was in, our knees touching. He wraps his arms around his knees like I did to mine.

"Of course I'm not ok.." I begin to say, wiping the tears of my cheeks, it doesn't do much because more keep falling from my eyes. "Lin said he was going to help me but I know that all that means is he is going to drop me off at the police and they will just put me in yet another foster home. Everyone knows my biggest secret. I am in pain and I'm embarrassed."

I am sobbing now, I look down at my shoes avoiding Anthony's eyes. He lifts my head up with his finger and turns it slightly so I am looking at him.

"I know that it's hard, and I know that you're scared. But you don't need to worry anymore. Lin would never just leave you anywhere. You are safe. We will help you. No one is going to hurt you anymore." He whispers to me. He wipes tears from my face with his thumb, placing my hair behind my ear.

I normally would never do this but I felt so vulnerable, I leaned into him and wrapped my arms around his waist. I continued to cry, I am sure I am making tear marks on his shirt. He didn't seem to mind though, he held me close to him and ran his fingers through my hair and whispered soft words to me in attempt to get me to calm down.

I gradually calm down and stop crying. My eyes become heavy, my body relaxes, and I feel myself slowly falling asleep.

[Anthony's POV]

She was so small, so thin. Her bruises were dark and there was dried blood on her face. She eventually fell asleep in my arms, I continued to running my fingers through her hair so that she wouldn't wake up.

How could anyone do this to her. It makes me sick thinking about what her foster parents did.

I hear the door turn slowly and Lin walks in with concern in his eyes.

"Is she ok?" He asks.

"She cried herself to sleep in my arms. Could you get a wet cloth? I want to wipe some of this blood off of her face." I say. He nods and runs to get me what I asked for. He comes back a minute later and hands me the cloth.

I run the warm cloth over her face, wiping the blood from her face. She had bruising on her right cheek and all down her jaw and neck and a long cut on her jaw.

"Thank you for taking care of her, Anthony." Lin says, sitting next to me. I don't say anything, just nod slightly, trying not to wake Olivia up.

Hello everyone! This chapter gives me feels aw. I love Anthony so much and I feel like he is never represented enough in fan fictions so I made sure to give him a big part in mine.

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Guys, Lin is leaving Hamilton July 9th. I'm so upset. But on a better note he confirmed a future film. Also wicked is making a film! I'm so excited ahh!

I have been so upset lately over the Orlando shooting. I have never been so affected by something before. I have cried everyday since it happened ):

- aibhlinn