Strings Connect...

Chapter 2

That night Rhiannon fell asleep texting Sawyer. She woke up in the morning and got ready, she took her shower, dried and straitened her hip long brown hair. she got dressed and put on some mascara and mint eos. She checked her phone and saw she got another text from Sawyer.
"Hey :)"
"Hi ^_^"
"How are you?"
"Good, hey do you want to come over to hang out?"
"Sure, be there soon :)"
Rhiannon smiles to herself and quietly laughed. She didn't want to admit it but she was starting to like Sawyer a lot. She quickly straitened up and finished up just as she heard a knock at the door. She opened the door to see Sawyer smiling that goofy grin she love so much. She smiled back at him. "Hey Sawyer" "Hi Rhiannon" she let him in and they went up to her room and sat on her bed. He noticed she had at least 5 guitars hung on her wall. "You play?" He asked her. "Mhmm my dad taught me when I was little" "Can you play me something?" He asked smiling at her laughing a little. She blushed. "I dunno..." She said. "Please?" He said making big puppy eyes and pouting a little. "Okayyy, just stop being so cute" she said the last part under her breath. "What?" He asked "Nothing" she responded. He smiled and said ok. She picked out her dad's black acoustic guitar. She set it in the right key and started playing simple man, a song she knows for sure he knows. He smiled and started to sing, by the time he got to the chorus she started singing with him. She put up the guitar after the song was over and say right next to Sawyer. " So you play guitar, sing, graduated college, speak over 20 languages, and has lived all around the world. What haven't you done?" He asked laughing a little. " Well..I've never had a relationship where I haven't been cheated on..." she said trailing off. "Really?" He asked. "mhm..she said blushing remembering how they ended.

She almost face-palmed when she realized she forgot to cover up her cuts, she was so glad Sawyer hadn't noticed yet. She quickly went to get her black and dark grey, cloth varsity jacket and put it on. "You're cold?" "Yeah" she said trying to keep it cool. "You sure? You look a little upset, why do you keep pulling down the sleeves?" She stood there stammering not being able to give an answer.

He quickly pulled up her selves and saw them, every cut and every scar in her arm. she stood there paralyzed with her head lowered in embarrassment. She jumped a little when he gently traced over them with his fingers. He pulled off her jacket and saw the ones on her upper arms. Then he did something that shocked her, he kissed every single one. He led her to the bed and laid back, and pulled her I between his legs having her head rest on his chest. Sawyer hugged her tightly. "Why?" He whispered. "My mother beat me all my life...she does drugs and drinks a lot...my dad used to protect me but after he died it got worse...." She started to cry. "Shh, it's alright, don't cry, it's alright." he said holding her tighter. She buried her face in him letting herself cry in front of someone. She missed the feeling of being held, the only person that really held her was her dad. Ever since she was born it's always seemed like her mother didn't really want anything to do with her. "Fuck...my mascara ran..." She said after she calmed down a little. "That's fine, you look beautiful with out it, you don't really need makeup" Sawyer said blushing. He took out a tissue and whipped it off her face gently.

He pulled her up a little and she put her head on his shoulder. He gently put his head on-top of hers. 'I want to stay like this forever' she thought to herself. "Has everyone you been with actually cheated on you?" He asked. "Yeah, I don't blame then though....i'm not really anything special. I'm actually pretty worthless, and ugly, and fat...." She said trailing off. "No you're not, you amazing, talented, and beautiful inside and out, who told you all those lies?" He said. "My mother..." " Well your mother dead wrong Rhiannon" He moved his head and gently kissed the top of hers. "You're amazing Rhiannon, don't let anyone tell you different. And don't you dare do that to yourself again. And if you ever feel like you're gonna do it talk to me and I promise I'll be there for you." Rhiannon nodded her head and looked up at him "thank you" she whispered. " No problem, what are friends for?" He smiled back at her. She couldn't understand why but she felt l her heart shatter when she heard him say "friends".

He looked at his phone. " I have to go, it's dinner time.Do you wanna come over for dinner?" "I'm alright, thanks though" she said trying not to show that she felt hurt. "Alright...I'll talk to you later Rhiannon." he gave her a quick squeeze and left. After he left she curled into a ball listened to music. He texted her later but she didn't read them, this made he feel horrible but she felt hurt...she wanted to be in his arms...text on a screen wouldn't make this hurt go away. Sometime around 1 a.m. she drifted into a restless sleep.
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Hey guys! I'm sorry if this seemed a little short but I hoped you still like it!
Ilysm guyyys!