~Holly's POV~
Four days pass without anything happening. I eventually told their parents why I have bruises all over me and walk with crutches, leaving out the part with my parents, but telling them about Nick and Chelsea. Claudia and Jackson (their dad's name) are shocked to hear that and tell me once again that I can stay as long as I want. I'm thankful for their acceptance. They didn't once pressure me to tell them why I'm away from home!
Juli and I get even closer due to us living together now. We always hang out in each other's rooms and watch series together or just are on our phones. I feel like she truly is my sister by heart.
Her twin on the other hand now seems kinda tense all the time. I don't understand what's wrong, he just acts weird. That one time when I was in the kitchen for example: I just cut some veggies to snack on since I couldn't suppress the urge to eat one afternoon. Then he suddenly appeared out of nowhere, asked if I'm alright and disappeared again. Adding to everything I have the feeling he's kinda avoiding me. I asked Juli about it, but she just shrugged, telling me he probably just has something on his mind.
Dylan is a whole other story. The moment since he arrived he never stopped flirting with me. I feel kinda overwhelmed by his outgoing behavior, it makes me uncomfortable most of the time. He always makes cheesy comments or winks at me and I just don't like it, it makes me shiver in disgust when I only think about it.
I never was in his presence so much, we only saw each other shortly before, just greeting each other and being on our way. Now however I'm surprised when he's not hanging out in the living room, instantly asking me if I want to join him, whenever I pass through the hallway. I always try to ignore him and give him more or less subtle hints, that I don't want anything from him. Yet, he never gave up.
Today's a rainy day. It kinda storms too, but nothing to heavy. You'd just get soaked as soon as you left the safe embrace of your house. I'm all cuddled up under my blanket, scrolling through my phone and basically doing nothing. That is until there's a knock on the door.
"Come in", I exclaim and Juli pops her head into the room, giving me a wide smile.
"Let's do a spa day! I just found a lot of face masks in my makeup stand and it's already way to long since we had one!", she energetically declares. "You're up for it?"
I can't help, but smile and nod at her. Her energy practically radiates off of her, showing her excitement to everyone. She happily squeals and instantly starts to bring things over from her room to mine so I won't have to laboriously use my crutches again to get over into hers.
A few minutes later we start with putting some mask in our hair, then scrubbing our faces and afterwards putting on face masks too. Doing so, we watch Vampire Diaries and eat some veggies I cut for us.
It's the only snack I allow myself to eat. Juli always tries to get me to eat more, but I'm stubborn. I just can't get any fatter, I need to lose weight and since they just won't let me starve myself I try to only eat things with low carbs. It makes me want to drown myself in some cheeseburger with a coke, but I just can't let myself give in.
"Hey, you still there?", Juli's voice suddenly pulls me out of my thinking. I nod and look over to her questioningly.
"I asked, if you want to take a bath too. I have a few bath bombs if you'd like one", she smiles. I instantly nod excitedly. I love taking a bath! A few minutes later I'm lying in the hot tub and feel my muscles relaxing. The bath bomb I choose let the air swirl with the thick smell of sweet roses, one of my favorite fragrances.
An eternity later I finally leave the now cold tub, washing out the masks on my hair and face on the way. I put on a bath robe Claudia gave me the other day and slowly hobble back into my room. It's amazing how calming and relaxing some hot water can get you. My whole body seems to function slower than normal, my mind being in a haze, only working at half the speed it normally does.
That's the moment Dylan bursts into my room.
I freeze mid-step, nearly losing my balance because of his sudden entrance. Only my instinctively tightening grip on my crutches safes me from falling to the ground.
"I- Uh... What are you doing here Dylan?", I ask surprised. His face already formed a smirk upon seeing me only wearing the bath robe and it's creeping me out. I just want him to go.
"I just wanted to spend some time with you", he announces and without asking for permission, he plops down on my bed, spreading out his limbs. His eyes rake over my body, but it's nothing like I'd feel with Jayden. It makes me shudder, disgust spreading through my veins.
"Dylan, I need to change, please leave for a moment", I kindly ask, but before I'm even finished he already shakes his head with a grin.
"Don't worry, I don't mind. I like the big ones", he tells me with a boastful gesture to my body. My eyes widen and I suddenly feel kinda helpless. I just don't know what to do and his gaze makes me feel way to exposed to be comfortable.
"Please, Dylan, this isn't funny. Just leave", I answer, trying to sound tough, but my voice wobbles a bit in the end. It reminds me of every other time in my life I got cornered, it never ending well...
"Oh sorry, Holly. I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable. Let me apologize", he surprises me. I try to smile, feeling relief flooding through me. I probably imagined things with my past and all.
However, when he gets up off my bed he stalks over to me instead of the door. I freeze, still standing between the bathroom and my bed, barely holding myself up with my crutches.
"Dylan?", I ask nervously. Yet, he doesn't react, I only see him forming a smirk. He comes all the way up to me and backs me up against the nearest wall with his taller frame, not caring about me struggling to hold myself up with my crutches.
"Dylan, stop it!", I say louder this time, trying to find a way around him, but he just cages me in his arms, grabbing my crutches and therefore controlling if I continue to stand or fall down.
"You know, I always wanted to taste you", he mumbles lowly. "I heard the fat ones are like a fluffy pillow squirming under you."
My eyes widen at his words and my breath gets stuck in my throat. He doesn't really plan to... Right?
"I- Uh, please, Dylan! Let me go", I ask once again, but he only smiles down at me, cornering me even further. Suddenly he grabs the robe I wear and pulls it down, exposing my naked shoulder and the upper part of my boobs for his greedy eyes to see. I shriek under him, but he just chuckles at my misery.
"Don't fight it, you should be grateful I want you", he tells me and starts to touch my naked flesh. I flinch under his hand, trying to squirm away from him, but his grip on my crutches only tightens.
"Please stop", I whimper. Instead he leans down and starts to move his lips against my neck. Bile rises in my throat, I can't help but feel nauseous at his actions. His touch disgusts me, his hands feel like venom on my skin. His cologne makes me want to gag. His whole presence so close in front of me makes my body shiver in revulsion.
The sound of my door opening interrupts us.
My eyes fly over to it, hoping to see Juli to help me out of this misery. Instead I look into Jayden's stone-cold eyes.
I freeze under his hard gaze, my eyes widening while zooming in on the coldness being displayed on his otherwise so handsome face. He rakes his eyes over the scene and I feel like throwing up as he doesn't do anything. My eyes plead with him, my voice stuck in my throat. It feels like I'm getting choked, I just can't speak. My breath is heavy, I started hyperventilating a few seconds earlier.
"Brother", Dylan utters out calmly, seemingly relaxed, although I can feel his hands tightening around my skin. "What can we do for you? You're kinda... interrupting us."
Again I feel bile rise in my throat, but I succeed in swallowing it, my eyes still glued to Jayden's empty looking face. His gaze hardened at his brother's words, he doesn't even look at me, just fixating on Dylan now.
"It's nothing, I'll come back later", he replies with a weird edge to his voice, nearly not noticeable, but I hear. With that he turns and leaves my room, leaves me at the mercy of his sick brother, effectively making me feel like he just rammed a knife in my back.
"Ah, finally alone again. Where were we sweetheart?", Dylan turns around to me again, pushing his face back into my neck.
I can't help it this time. I throw up, partly onto him.
"Shit! What the fuck! You stupid whore, what did you do?!", he starts to yell and pushes me away from him, making me hit the wall behind me and fall to the floor with a thud. One of my crutches falls on top of my broken rib and I cry out in pain, but Dylan doesn't care.
"You little bitch, I swear I'll get you back for this!", he spits out and hurriedly runs out of my room, probably worried about his dirtied shirt.
I just lay there on the ground. What just happened? What made Jayden act so cold? Why did Dylan attack me in the first place? I thought I made it clear over the last few days, that I'm not attracted to him in any form. But one question in particular wouldn't leave my mind.
Why didn't Jayden help me?
I thought he started to care for me.