CHAPTER 25
JAX’S POV
I stayed with Skylar after Harry and Lucas stormed out of the house. I knew that Harry had a temper, but I didn’t think he would go off like that about seeing Skylar like this.
I helped her get the shirt on which hung down around her knees and she tried to sit down on the couch, but I had to help her.
She was really hurting with these new bruises and I was still trying to figure out how Madison could live with herself.
I sat on the couch next to Skylar and I was doing everything I could to comfort her. This was just one more trauma she had to try and process.
I knew that she was fragile, but I didn’t know she was this fragile and so close to breaking. I was worried that she wasn’t going to get over this one.
“What’s Harry going to do? That look in his eye…” Skylar said, looking over at me.
“Don’t worry about Harry. He’ll take care of Madison.” I said.
“Is he going to get into trouble? I don’t want him to get in trouble because of me.” She said.
“Harry can take care of himself.” I said.
“Does he always get that look on his face? It scared me.” She admitted.
“He will never look at you like that. Trust me.” I said. And she nodded her head.
She did look like she was calming down a bit. She was more worried about what Harry was going to do now. But I could tell that there was something on her mind. She looked distracted.
“What is it?” I asked.
“He didn’t look like dad. But, dad always got a similar look in his eye when he was really pissed.” She said.
Oh crap. Alright, that was making a little more sense now. He reminded her of her father. So I just put my arm around her.
I didn’t know what to say to that. That’s the way Harry looked when he was really pissed off. But it was different in this situation.
She was the recipient of her dad’s evil look. Harry will only ever show it when he’s going to protect her.
She was finally starting to calm down and she folded her legs on the couch and I couldn’t help but notice her exposed knees and legs that were right in front of me.
I managed to stop staring before she noticed and I started wondering what the hell was wrong with me. She’s my oldest friend and I know I had a crush on her when we were younger but a lot has changed between us. She definitely doesn’t think of me like that anymore, if she ever did.
Maybe I should go and find her some pants to wear or something. We really need to go and buy her some more clothes. She has very little here and she is wearing Harry’s shirt at the moment. I’m just glad that it’s really long on her otherwise it would be driving me crazy.
It’s weird thinking about her while she’s sitting here like this. She was standing in front of us in just her underwear before, but I guess we were more concerned with the bruises that were all over her. We didn’t really pay attention to her wearing practically no clothes.
But it was a little hard now since all I could see were the bruises on her wrists.
But then she leaned over and she rested her head on my shoulder.
Even after her going off at us today, she still seemed to trust me. I know that she wouldn’t be doing this if she didn’t. I know that she would be keeping her distance if she wasn’t planning to stay here.
I really needed to start thinking about something else. I needed to distract myself.
“Hey, do you want to watch a movie?” I asked.
“Sure.” She said.
“Which one? We’ve got heaps.” I said. And she thought about it for a minute before she shrugged her shoulders.
“I don’t care. You can pick.” She said.
So I grabbed the remote and I started looking through the movie apps on the TV when I came across a movie that I thought might be an interesting choice. So I pushed play.
“Paranormal activity?” She asked.
“Yeah. Have you seen it?” I asked.
“No. I heard it’s pretty scary.” She said.
“I guess. I didn’t think it was.” I lied. So she nodded her head and she got comfortable on the couch while the movie started playing.
I know that this was mean of me, but I couldn’t help it. I knew what I was doing when I picked this movie and I was hoping that it would have the effect that I wanted it to.
We were barely even into the movie when Skylar grabbed the blanket from the other end of the couch and she pulled it over herself and tried to hide her face.
It was a little funny to watch because she wasn’t prepared for what this movie like I was.
She’d scream occasionally and hide under the blanket but she’d also get closer to me every time something scary happened. Which was a lot.
I still had my arm resting on the back of the couch and she got closer and closer until she was inevitably sitting on my lap without realizing it. I wrapped my arms around her and she would hide her head in my chest whenever something else scary would happen and after that she was always really cautious before she looked at the TV again.
I wonder what she would be like watching this at night time.
I had to be honest though, I was pretty proud of myself. It had the effect that I was going for. I was practically rejoicing in my head, I just had to make sure that she didn’t see the smile on my face otherwise she’d know that I did it on purpose.
And I knew I wasn’t going to get her to watch another scary movie after this. So I was going to enjoy it as much as I possibly could without us getting interrupted right now.
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