The next day, I awoke in an empty bed. I looked around and saw a curtain to my left. There was a nightstand, before the curtain, with a lamp on it. I wouldn't have recognized this as my basement without the water-heater a few feet from the head of the bed. I heard the shower turning off as I heard Beth coming down the stairs again. I closed the curtain, hid under the covers, and hoped she wouldn't find me.
I could hear her talking to Jason, though it was muffled through the curtain and blankets. I poked my head out to hear.
"Why wasn't my dress done by the time I had to leave? I had to wear a different one that made look fat. You let me down again, how could you? I thought you would get it through your head by now with how bad the consequences were last time." then I heard a noise that sounded like she slapped him, "This is just the beginning of your punishment soon to come, fail my one more time and you won't live to ever leave this basement again."
I then heard her walk back up the stairs and slam the door behind her. I slowly opened the curtain and looked out to see his face down with his red cheek. I walked out and held my hand to the part of his face that wasn't slapped and made him look me in the eyes, "I'm sorry, it was my fault, I shouldn't have-"
"Don't, it wasn't your fault, I'm glad that you came down here and that we met."
I looked up into his eyes as a small smile crept across my lips. He smiled back and leaned down to kiss me one last time before I had to go back upstairs.
It was hard to hide from my, supposed, family as I made my way to my room. I was almost discovered when my father walked in front of me in the hallway, luckily his face was practically glued to his phone as he passed. When I got to my room I locked the door and lay on my bed. I spent the next two hours replaying what had happened in my head. I couldn't get over the fact that; Beth was threatening to kill someone and that he was the first guy to kissed me ever. I was still a little shocked from when I found out he was trapped down there. I wanted to do everything I could to help him. Even though I barely knew his name, I still felt a very strong connection to him. It felt like it was destined to happen.
I heard someone trying to open my door; I started to get scared since my so called parents never went to my room. After a while of jiggling the doorknob, I heard someone start to whisper something through the door, "Scarlett. Please open the door; I need to talk to you about what happened, hurry before she catches me."
I ran to unlock the door when I did he came running in and quickly closed the door after him. After he shut the door, he pulled me in and wrapped his arms around me like he hadn't seen my in weeks, like...he loved me.
"You can't be up here, she will find you," I said hearing my own voice tremble as I said the last part.
"I don't care. I needed to see you again," he said as his grip on me tightened.
"What if they find you? I don't want her to hurt you." I said as I started to run my fingers through his shaggy brown hair.
"She can't hurt me anymore; I won't let her get to me. I need you. I don't know why but I feel like I need you in my life. Without you, my life has no meaning. Scarlett, I love you Don't tell me you don't feel the same because I can see it in your eyes... you feel the same." He was right, I did feel the same. He became everything to me overnight and I've only known him for two days. How do things like this happen? I always thought they only happened in fairytales but I guess I was wrong.
"I do feel the same. Why do we feel like we need one another in our lives, I barely know anything about you?"
He leaned closer to me now. I immediately felt the urge to kiss him. Nothing but his kiss would satisfy my new found hunger for him. I started to lean closer to him. His lips grazed mine, making me want him more. I pulled him closer to me. I couldn't help but notice him slowly pulling me to my bed. He sat down and pulled me so that I sat on his lap. Then he pulled us all the way on the bed. He was on top of me with one hand on my thigh and the other by my hair for support. The hand that was on my thigh slowly ran up my side and under my shirt, as he went straight to my bra. He started to undo it when he stopped himself.
"I'm sorry, I know you aren't ready for that." he said as he rolled off me, staying on his side, "Can I just sleep in here with you?" I liked that he respected me enough to let me wait, but if he didn't stop himself, I probably wouldn't have either.
"Yes, I would love that."
He then put his arm around me and we stayed like that for about an hour. When Beth knocked on my door to see how I was. Jason darted to my closet and closed the door.
"What," I said like she was an inconvenience to me.
She opened the door and in her hand, I noticed she had an iPad. " I want to show you something."
"No, get out."
"But it would be in your best interest to watch this video I have of you and Jason."
I look at her with fear. "Okay, I will watch it."
She shows me the video and of me and Jason making out after she left the basement. As the video dragged on I just feel like I was so dead. but as the video when on I noticed that it got obstructed when we made our way to the bed. so you never saw that part and what happened but by the way, things were going you could tell what happened next. then the camera looked like it fell. She covered it up quickly but I caught it glimpse of it and it seems like she didn't notice it saw it.
"Now, I want you to never see him again or I take matters into my own hands and you'll regret it then," Beth said with an obvious intent to use any means to make my life a living hell or worst.
"Okay ,just don't hurt him," I pleaded as I went along with it.
she heads for the door when I say, " did that camera brake?"
She responds on impulse, "ye-." But she caught herself
She just leaves without another word. After she leaves Jason gets out of the closet and act if he could stay until they got to bed. I agreed with him beside it would make it easier for him to get to the basement without being seen.
