help me do this - Aaron Carpenter FF

Chapter 8 - that's what friends do

"His girlfriend?" Lisa asks me.

"Yeah." I reply.

"You told me she doesn't like you and Parker, but why?" she questions.

"Well," I chuckle, "we pranked her when she and Nash were together for about two days and she's not that humorous, I guess."

She grins and puts her feet where Nash sat before and her head on my chest. I place my hand on her shoulder carefully.

"Where are your parents actually?" she asks me.

"They're on a anniversary trip in the Rocky Mountains. They'll return on Thursday." I tell her.

"You're all alone here?" she continues asking me.

"Uh yeah, my sister and my brother don't live here anymore, sometimes they come visit but that's all.." I say.

"You don't get lonely?" Lisa turns her head, looking up at me.

"That's okay." I shrug, looking towards the tv again.

She turns her head back to the original position.

"What about your family? I mean I've only seen your father now."

"Well, I don't have a big family... My mom and my dad got divorced when I was 3 and my dad took care of me, because my mom is a journalist, she travels constantly." she says.

"Wow, you got any siblings?" I question.

"No, I also don't wish to have any to be honest. I think being an only child is quite unique." She laughs.

I hear a ring.

Quickly she pulls out her phone and gets a worried look on her face, she sits up.

"Aaron" she says with a shaky voice showing me her phone.

Somebody has texted her:

Don't worry, I'm gonna get ya when your shitty boyfriend is not able to save you. I'll see you tonight :)

I look up from her phone straight into her tear-filled eyes.

She falls into my arms and I hug her, while she's beginning to cry.

"Don't cry. I'm here, you're safe." I say softly.

"He'll come tonight and-" she sniffs, "he's going to hurt me and he will hurt you too."

"Nobody will hurt you Lisa." I try to comfort her the best I can.

"I'm scared Aaron." she cries.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of that. You trust me?" I look into her red eyes.

"I do." she answers.

I continue hugging her and run my fingers through her hair until she pulls away.

"Could I have your phone for a second?" I ask her.

She hands it to me and I walk out of my room with it.

"What are you doing?" she sobs.

"Taking care of you." I say and close the door behind me.

I go to her contacts and call her dad.

"Hey Lisa!" he picks up.

"This isn't Lisa, I'm Aaron, a friend of hers." I say.

"Did something happen to her?" he asks worried.

"No, she's alright." I answer calm.

"I wanted to know if she could stay the night at mine."

"Um, you aren't her boyfriend or something." he asks suspicious.

"I am not, sir."

"Okay, just don't do anything you'll regret." he sighs.

"We will not. Thanks." I chuckle.

"Bye." he says and hangs up.

Smiling I return to my room, finding Lisa sitting on my couch, her hands holding her head, tears streaming down her face.

"Everything's alright." I say shoving her head on my chest softly.

"What have you done?" she asks, her tears still wettening my shirt.

"Looks like I AM able to save you tonight." I tell her with a smile on my face.

She sighs in relief.

"You phoned my dad?" she looks up at me.

"Yeah, you can stay here for the night. I'm not letting him hurt you. " I wipe her tears.

She wraps her arms around me. "You're the best Aaron."

"I will do all I can to keep you happy." I say.

She takes her arms off my waist.

"But why?" she asks me.

I think and reply:" Because we're friends and that's what friends do."

She nods. "You're a good friend."

Lisa gets up and goes to my closet.

"And you are up to what exactly?" I ask her laughing a bit.

"Getting you a new shirt." she shrugs.

"And why?"

"Yours is drowned in tears." she says and throws a black shirt at me.

I quickly change shirts and throw the wet one on a pile behind my door.

While I do so, she closes my wardrobe and joins me on the couch again.

"What about pizza for dinner?" I suggest.

"Pizza is bae." she nods and I laugh at her comment.

I call the pizza delivery service and tell them my usual order, before I hand my phone to Lisa to order.

Her phone rings again and before she can take it, I read the message:

I'll find you.

"No, you won't." I grin.

"What?" she asks me, trying to rip her phone from my hands.

"It's not important." I smile. "You're here and it doesn't matter what he says, I'll protect you."

She exhales and makes herself more comfortable on the couch.

Soon there's a ring on the front door and I go downstairs to pay and get the pizza.

"Again?" she laughs at me when I come back.

She pulled her hair up in a messy bun and relaxes on my couch, I smile and sit next to her and sit her pizza on her lap.

"I'm making you poor one day." she laughs.

"So what?" I shrug laughing an we begin eating.

We watch some other movies and just enjoy the time.

"What are you planning to do tomorrow?" I ask her.

"I should go home and grab some fresh clothes..."Lisa says.

"Yeah, of course." I mumble.

"We could do something after the 10 minutes I'll need hat home." she chuckles.

"Sure."

Lisa falls asleep on my chest and I do shortly after her, my arms wrapped around her waist, without me noticing.