Broken

Chapter 27

Key for this chapter: {𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙛𝙤𝙣𝙩} also {this font is used as her thoughts}= this is for Athena btw!

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Athena's pov:
𝙄 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣. 𝙄 𝙮𝙖𝙬𝙣 𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙨 𝙞 𝙖𝙙𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙞 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙞𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙙 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙢 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙡...? "𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙤?!" 𝙞 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙣𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧.

"𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚??" 𝙞 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙜𝗮𝗶𝗻. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻. "𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲" 𝗶 𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻. 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝗶 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝘀.

"𝗮𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀" 𝗶 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗿 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘆. "𝗺-𝗺𝗼𝗺??" 𝗶 𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗽 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁. "𝗼𝗵 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻" 𝗶 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗺𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝘀 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲. "𝗻𝗼 𝗻𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗷𝗮𝗶𝗹!" 𝗶 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝘆.

"𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗲?" 𝙞 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧. "𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩!" 𝙞 𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙥 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮.

"𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙚'𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠" 𝙞 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙢 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙙𝙖𝙙𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙞 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙩 𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙨𝙝 𝙩𝙪𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙧.
"𝙬𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙚 𝙪𝙨" 𝙞 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙢𝙮 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙚𝙖𝙧.

"𝙉𝙊 𝙉𝙊 𝙇𝙀𝙏 𝙈𝙀 𝙂𝙊 𝙉𝙊" 𝙞 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙞 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙥 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙧. "𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙖!" 𝙞 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙖 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙟𝙖𝙮𝙡𝙚𝙣. "𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙢𝙚 𝙟𝙖𝙮𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚!!" 𝙞 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙖𝙨 𝙞 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙝.

"𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙚" 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙢 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙮 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙚. "𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙖 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨!" 𝙟𝙖𝙮𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣. 𝙄 𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙢 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙨 𝙞 𝙛𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙞 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙮 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨.

End of dream

My eyes snapped open and I instantly started to scream as I felt hands gripping my wrist . "Calm down Athena it's me" I hear jaylen's calming voice say. "No no their back Jaylen please you have to help me!" I say as tears pooled out my eyes.

"Athena it's just me I promise no one is going to get you" Jaylen says before pulling me into a hug. I wrap my arms around his waist and I cry into his chest. He rubs my back as he tells me everything is going to be alright.

As I calm down and small tears are just falling out my eyes I pull away from the hug and look at Jaylen. "Are you ok? You were pulling your hair in your sleep screaming and yelling" jaylen says as I sniff and wipe my face.

"I- I'm fine" I lie not wanting to admit my dream. "Athena you can tell me I promise I won't tell anyone I just need to know what happened" he says softly.

I can't tell him... I mean he seems to really care and he said he wouldn't tell right..? Fuck it I need to tell someone eventually right.

"I- u-uh it w-was a d-dreams a-about my p-parents" I rasp out due to a lump forming in my throat. Jaylen rubs my back making me calm down into his touch.

"What we're they doing to you?" He asks "I- they were trying to get m-me u-uh they said t-that I couldn't escape t-them" I say in a shaky breath. "I promise they can't get you anymore" he says softly as he gives me a sad smile.

"I- I'm s-sorry" I apologize as tears form in my eyes "Shh it's not your fault ok you never deserved what they did to you and we won't let them ever get you again" he coos.

If this was coming from anyone else I wouldn't believe them but I weirdly trust jaylen's words.
"Can I ask something?" He asks me. I give him a nod indicating him to ask.

"Is this the first dream you've had about your parents?" He asks. I swallow the lump in my throat before shaking my head no. "It's ok I understand" he says lowly.

This sparks my attention. "H-how do you understand?" I ask Curiously "I- uh I had those types of dreams after my dad died" he states sadly.
"I'm sorry for you lose" I say to him genuinely.

"It's fine" he says smiling sadly. "You don't have to answer but how did your dad pass?" I ask him "uh no you're fine um he was killed" he states
"Oh sorry.." I say feeling bad for him.

"It's fine I can't do anything about it but that's the way it is" he states "it's ok to show you're hurting Jaylen I know we aren't exactly best friends or anything but I can tell you hold in a lot" I state truthfully

"When you take your own advice then I'll consider it" he says making both of us laugh. "Thank you" I say to him. "No need to be I'm here for you now try to get some more rest ok?" He says

But I'm scared to go back to sleep. "C-can you stay in here please?" I ask nervously. "Of course." He says smiling. I move the covers on the other side of me patting that spot telling him to get in.

As he settles down he pulls me into his arms making me rest my head on his chest with his head resting on mine. I felt safe like I actually had a true brother..

My eyes begin to flutter shut for the second time but this time I sleep peacefully.