Chapter 16

                                    

                                          
*Christine's pov*
                          
When I finished jogging I decided to just walk home.
                          
As I was walking my house started to come into view. I sighed heavily and just kept walking. 
                          
Soon I finally approached my house. I took a deep breath and walked in. I walked further into the house to see the guys on the couch with their head in their hands. Even Taylor. 
                          
"Uh hey babe?" I said 
Taylor looked up along with the guys. Once they saw me they all looked so relieved. 
                          
Taylor wrapped his arms around me and hugged me tightly. 
"Oh my god you're safe! Thank god! Babe don't scare us like that please" he said 
"Sorry.." I said 
"Why didn't you answer our calls or texts?" He asked
"I needed time alone...I guess I got carried away with the time." I said 
                          
They just looked at me not knowing what to say. Sam eventually spoke up. 
                          
"Chris..." He started 
I interrupted him. 
"If you're going to apologize about what happened last night , don't. Just don't." I said 
"Bu-" he started 
"No. Just stop. You guys were drunk and ya'll uhm I guess ya'll didn't know what you were doing....but whatever it's fine. It's done , I got over it." I said 
"You started cutting cause of us...we told you we'd never hurt you ever again..." Kian said 
I looked down at my feet. 
                          
"Y'know i told you guys it's fine. It's a normal thing for me so I don't really care. Like i said before I'm used to it so there's no point in crying about it anymore." I said shrugging. 
They just stood their still not knowing what to say. 
                          
"C-Can we see what we did to you?" Nash asked nervously 
I hesitated for a moment. 
I took a step back and lifted up my tank top. I showed them my arms and my thighs. 
                          
I was covered in bruises and it was a horrible sight. 
                          
The guys gasped , some with tears brimming their eyes. Carter walked over to me and gently placed his fingers on my bruises. Even though it was a gentle touch i still flinched back. 
                          
"D-don't touch it. I-it hurts." I said tearing up 
I pulled my tank top down and quickly wiped my tears away. 
                          
"We're so sorry....we didn't know we did that much damage to you..." Jc said crying
"Guys. Just stop worrying about it." I said 
"How can we stop when we hurt you again?! We hurt you real bad that up to now your body still hurts!" Sam yelled
I sighed. 
                          
"Can you guys just let it go? It's not like it hasn't happened before. I don't fucking care anymore okay?! Just don't touch me." I said sternly 
                          
Before they could say something else I ran up to my room and sat down on my bed. 
A few mins later someone walked into my room. 
                          
I looked up to see Cameron , Carter , Nash and Matt.
"May I help you guys?" I asked
"We're sorry about what we did last night. We're sorry about what we said to you. You're not ugly. You're not weak. We love you so much." Carter said sitting next to me. 
                          
"Didn't I tell you guys to let it go?" I asked
"Yeah but we just can't get over the fact that we hurt you..." Matt said 
"I found you all broken and we fixed you but we ended up breaking you again.." Carter said 
"I don't think we would ever be able to forgive ourselves for hurting you" Cameron said 
"Hey you guys were drunk. You didn't know what you were doing. It's okay." I said
"No it's no-" Nash started 
"Stop. At least im not dead." I said 
                          
They just looked down and sighed. 
"Just get over it. I did. Pretend it didn't happen. C'mon later on let's all go out." I said trying to lighten the mood 
"How could you let it go so easily?" Matt asked 
"I don't know. Like i said before I'm used to it." I said
"You're a strong girl Ms.Pottorff" Nash said 
"Thanks I know I been working out lately" I said flexing 
                          
The guys just chuckled. 
"So we good?" I asked
"Yeah we're good." They said smiling 
I hugged each of them separately and when I got to Carter he kissed my cheek. Uhh..? 
                          
When I got to Cameron he hugged me tightly. 
"Im so sorry...I really don't think I can ever forgive myself for what I've done to you" he whispered 
"It's fine. Just get over it." I said patting his back. 
                          
"Now get out I need to clean myself up." I said pushing them out the door. 
When they left I went to my closet and got out fresh clean clothes. 
                          
I grabbed a towel then headed to the bathroom to take a shower. 
                          
When I finished I changed into denim shorts , a black tank top and a red and black plaid flannel. I went back to my room and put a black belt through the loops of my shorts. 
                          
I went back to my bathroom to do my makeup. I decided to just tie my hair up today. 
                          
After , I went downstairs to see the guys sitting on the couch. They all looked up at me. 
                          
Sam walked up to me and gave me a hug. 
"Im sorry sis. I can't believe I hurt you again. I love you so much" he said 
I hugged back. 
"It's okay. Just leave it alone. I love ya too bro" I said 
                          
Next , Kian walked up to me and gave me a hug.
"Im sorry...I love you baby girl" he said 
"Love ya too Ki" I said 
                          
The rest of the guys came up to me and hugged basically saying the same things. After all that cheesy stuff I walked over to Taylor and sat on his lap. 
                          
"Hii" I said poking his cheek 
"Hey babe" he said kissing my cheek 
I smiled and leaned onto his chest resting my head on his shoulder. 
                          
I closed my eyes for a little bit since I was in comfortable position. I guess I somehow ended up falling asleep cause the last thing I heard was , "Thank you for taking care of her"