Flaws (Mark Owen Fanfic)

Chapter 33

Our time in the Police station was torture as I told them over and over again about the attack, and Mark told them over and over again of how he found me.

The only thing that I was thankful of was that I didn't need to have an internal examination as he hadn't actually raped me.

Even though it took practically all day, when we were allowed to leave Mark and I both felt confident that my attacker would be charged as CCTV footage from the hotel had clearly shown him dragging me down the hall and me trying to get away.

I twas difficult to understand the translator with his Dutch accent, and even more difficult to watch the CCTV footage.

But finally we finished and were able to leave and go straight to Hamburg. There would be a court case at a later date, which I was terrified of but I needed to go through it to punish my attacker.

'Are you okay Cora?', Mark asked as I relaxed back into my seat on the plane.

'Yeah', I sighed, closing my eyes, 'I'm glad it's over.'

Mark couldn't have been better to me during the night getting me a neck cushion, drinks, snacks, everything to make it better.

By the time that we arrived in Germany I was excited to be back with the others. I had missed them even though we had only been apart with a few hours.

Unlike in Denmark, there was no fans waiting for us at the airport. They thought we had already arrived with the others so they weren't expecting us.

Before I knew it we at arrived at the hotel and my room was again adjoined to Mark's.

We spent the evening with Gary and Howard after they came back from sound-check in the arena, and I managed to put the previous 74 hours out of my mind.

That night, just before I went to bed, Mark came into my room.

'Are you sure you're okay tonight Cora?', he asked, as he sat down on the side of my bed.

'I'm better than last night anyway', I giggled quietly looking up at him as I lay under the sheets.

'I'm glad', Mark smiled gently, 'Now, try to rest and get some sleep. Tomorrow is another big day for you.'

Nodding, I pulled the sheets up around me tighter.

Mark had just reached the door when I called him again.

'You alright?', he asked, turning around.

'Um, could you, could you sleep with me again tonight?', I asked, 'I still don't feel comfortable being alone.'

'Oh', Mark said, clearly surprised, 'Of course Cora. Of course.'

'Thanks', I sighed happily as he made his way back to the other side of my bed before getting in.

With that we both lay down and were asleep within minutes.

The next day I almost forgot about all my stress as the band and I did several interviews before going to the arena to get ready for the show.

Thankfully, my performance went really well and it wasn't long before I was backstage waiting for the boys to finish.

The rest of the night flew by as we made our way back to the hotel and Mark and I settled in and watched some movies.

As I sat there with his arm around me I knew that I was falling more and more in love with him every minute that we were together. My attack had had brought us together, and even though I knew I should be resisting my feelings as much as possible, it was becoming nearly impossible to hide them anymore.

The day after the tour moved to Cologne and spent the evening doing more interviews. Honestly, I was getting kind of sickened because they asked me the same questions in nearly every single one. But I realized that it was a good thing I was in such demand for interviews, so I grinned and bared it as I was asked what was my favorite ice-cream flavor for the one hundredth time.

Thankfully, the show went great in Cologne. I honestly couldn't believe how much support I was getting in Europe. It was crazy!

When we arrived in Munich the day after, it was more of the same craziness. The good thing though, we weren't going to be doing any interviews that day, and we would be having a full day off the day after.

Even though I was having the time of my life touring, days off were heaven when we could relax.

'Cora', I heard Mark whisper as I woke from my slumber that very day, 'Rise and shine.'

I was surprised to hear his voice of course because he was still sleeping in my bed with me every night since the attack. He didn't even ask if I wanted him when we moved to Munich, he just brought his things into my room automatically. None of the others knew this of course.

Not that I was complaining of course.

'What's wrong?', I asked, slowly opening my eyes, 'Do we have to go somewhere?'

'Well to the arena tonight for the show of course', Mark laughed as I pulled myself up in the bed, 'But nowhere until then.'

'So why wake me?', I asked, smoothing down my hair as I saw that he was already dressed and washed.

'Well I thought I'd surprise you with an outing today', he replied, 'So come on, up and at 'em.'

Groaning, I slowly got out of bed and into the bathroom where I had a shower before getting dressed.

'Okay I'm ready', I said, walking into the living room of my suite where Mark was waiting, 'Let's go.'

Grinning, Mark helped me put on my jacket before leading me out of the room.

We spent the day exploring Munich, which was a really beautiful city. I had never seen something so beautiful as the Nymhenburg Palace.

Besides the tourist attractions, it felt wonderful to be wondering around the city with Mark.

When we eventually had to head back to the hotel to go to the arena for the show I was disappointed.

'I hope you enjoyed today Cora', Mark said, as he held my hand in the back of the taxi, 'I sure did.'

'It was perfect', I smiled, as we turned to look at each other, 'Perfect.'

I watched as he looked down at my lips, waiting for him to finally make a move, but just as he began to move closer, we arrived at the hotel.

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Hey guys, 

I'm sorry for the long wait for the update.

I've finally planned out this story. The next chapter will be the last and I will begin writing the sequal to this then. I hope to start uploading it next March around the time that ''Wonderland'' will be released.

Thank you for all the votes.

Love, 

Lauren

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