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  Danielle was shocked that he found every place on her body that made her giggle. She hadn’t had anyone do that to her since she was a kid. Their eyes met when he paused for a few seconds. Instantly, she moistened even further. She stared as he straddled her hips. Then he started again, and she squealed.

  Her shirt rode up more with every move she made. When Alex looked down, her breasts were exposed, her nipples hardened tips. He grinned, and then leaned down and kissed her, dying to fuck her. She didn’t resist, so he lay on top of her. He kissed her repeatedly and struggled to hold back. His knees opened her legs, instinctively. When he pressed his erection to her hot core, his eyes rolled back. She wants me just as bad.

  She unconsciously reacted. Her arms went around his neck, and she slid her tongue past his lips. The kiss deepened. Both of them groaned. He ground against her pussy, which made her gasp. The heat between her legs grew. She became desperate for him, something she didn’t understand. Her hands wove in his hair which urged him closer. Unsure of herself, she pressed her hips up.

  Alex squeezed her right breast and fingered her stiff nipple. “I need you… Please,” he begged.

  “Having fun are we?” Marie asked from within the room.

  Alex jumped, and Danielle’s eyes widened. He looked back. Logan stared at Danielle with his mouth agape. Alex quickly pulled her top down, and then pretended he didn’t see the long scars on her chest, ribs, and abdomen.

  “Uh, we were, uh, just joking around,” Alex stammered. It sounded very guilty. He sat next to Danielle and turned to her. “You OK?”

  She nodded, and then her face heated up.

  “So, there’s two beds, and you slept together,” Marie said with a smile. “Did you guys fuck, too?”

  “No!” Danielle cried out.

  Alex pulled the blanket over her. “We had clothes on all night.”

  “I see, but not much.” Marie’s eyebrows rose. “I like. Yum.” She couldn’t take her eyes off his noticeable erection.

  “Hey!” Danielle shouted. She threw the blanket over Alex’s crotch. “Stop looking at him like that.”

  Logan handed Alex his pants. He got under the blanket and put them on. Then he slid out and headed to the bathroom. He leaned against the door and banged his head against it. It felt like he would die if he didn’t fuck her. For a moment, he thought about asking her to join him in the bathroom, but that would be too obvious. She would never go for it, anyway.

  Marie noticed Danielle’s phone flash and vibrate. She lifted it off the night stand. “You have a lot of messages.” She met Logan’s eyes and relayed with a look that they had to be from Brian.

  Danielle had forgotten to call him when they arrived. Alex had been the only thing on her mind. She glanced at the screen. There were 30 messages and several missed calls. She stared at the phone, her hands shaking. He must be furious.

  “Is it him?” Marie knew the answer from the expression on her face, fear.

  Danielle nodded, and then read the first text, which had come at about 1 am:

  Did you get there yet?

  The next:

  Dani, are you OK?

  There was a delay of an hour until the third one.

  Where the fuck are you? I know you got there. I traced your fucking phone. The hotel checked you in hours ago

  Then: If you’re with Alex, I’ll hunt him down and kill him. Then you’re finished.

  Tears stung Danielle’s eyes, but she had to read them all, or she wouldn’t know what she faced when she called him.

  Marie sat with her and put an arm around her shoulders. “We’re all here for you,” she whispered.

  Danielle read another: I swear I’ll catch a flight tonight if you don’t call soon.

  There was another delay, this time half an hour.

  Do you want me to whip your ass?

  Meanwhile, in the bathroom, Alex had himself in his hand. Eyes closed, he thought about almost finally doing her. He was definitely an ass man. He grabbed the edge of the vanity, which he leaned on.

  His hand moved faster. He couldn’t get through the day without an orgasm. She had gotten him so worked up that a cold shower wouldn’t be good enough. He groaned quietly, and his head went back. With the sudden sound of Danielle’s voice, he went over the edge.

  Taken off guard, he came. When the spasms ceased, he relaxed and exhaled loudly. If he didn’t get to fuck her soon, he thought, he would develop carpal tunnel syndrome.

  Danielle read the final message.

  If you don’t call soon, I’m sending my brother up there. Remember him?

  She gasped and started to sob.

  Marie snatched the phone away and read the message. She shouted, “Alex! He’s threatening her!”

  Alex quickly closed his pants and flew into the room. “What the fuck did he say?” He took the offered phone. His anger built quickly as he read the messages. After the last one, he shouted, “That asshole. I’m calling him!” He couldn’t believe Brian threatened to send his brother to rape her again.

  “No. Please. Don’t.” Danielle became frantic in an instant. He was not supposed to be there too. “You can’t.”

  Then her phone rang. Alex looked at it. Fire flashed in his eyes. He met Danielle’s terror filled eyes. Instead of doing what he wanted to, he handed her the phone.

  “H—hel—lo?” She tried not to portray her fear.

  Brian fumed. He had tried her number since he woke up, with no response. “Where the hell have you been? You better be in the hospital.”

  “N—no,” she stammered. Guilt filled her over the intimacy she shared with Alex. “I put my phone on vibrate for the drive up here. I’m sorry. I forgot to switch it. I fell asleep as soon as I lay on the bed. I didn’t mean—”

  Brian exhaled loudly. “You fucking bitch. You’re too stupid to remember to fucking call me?”

  “It’s not like that.” She started to cry again. The tone of voice he used was so familiar to her. “Please. I didn’t mean to forget.”

  “If I was there, you’d be over my knee. I’d spank you right in front of your friends before giving you what you deserve.”

  Danielle hugged her legs with her free arm. “Brian, we got here at like midnight.”

  “No, you didn’t!” Brian growled. “You checked in at like noon!”

  Then she understood. Alex had checked them in. “Marie’s friend checked us in. So she could get the card keys for us. She had to. Please, believe me.”

  Brian took a deep breath. He thought about her response. Hotel check-in at midnight was unusual. That was true. His promise came to him, to give her the benefit of the doubt.

  Alex carefully climbed on the bed. He cringed at every creak. He moved on the bed, until he was behind Danielle, and then pulled her to lean on him. She settled on his chest slowly, while she shook and cried.

  “I’m sorry,” Brian finally said after he thought for a few minutes. “I was worried about you. No one knew where you were.” None of his friends had gone up to see the game as instructed, which also annoyed him.

  Alex heard Brian’s voice again, but he didn’t scream. Danielle’s body visibly relaxed. He stroked her hair which soothed her even more.

  “I was so tired. It was a long trip. I’m so sorry.”

  Brian sighed. “Don’t do it again, or you’re not watching another game.” He still seethed but slowly calmed himself. He hated her fear lately. If he knew how to control her without fear, he would. “Why do you wanna watch a football game anyway? You don’t know jackshit about football.”

  “Um… It’s fun… Uh, the whole school goes.” She couldn’t think of anything else to say.

  With a loud exhalation, Brian looked up at his computer screen. He had put aside most of his work that day to track her down. “I have to get back to work. Text me when the game is over, and then when you leave.”

  “We’re staying another night.” Danielle cringed. She expected him to yell.

  He just scowled. “Why?�
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  “Because…” She looked to Marie and tried to think of an excuse other than the party that night.

  Marie had no clue what Brian had asked, but obviously it was a loaded question.

  “Because the trip back is so long.” Danielle told a half-truth. “The game may be over pretty late.”

  Brian quelled the anger that built back up, but his voice portrayed it anyway. “If the game starts late, why the fuck did you go up there yesterday?” He imagined she partied with her friends and wound up in some guy’s arms. He’d kill anyone who tried to take her from him. “You cheating on me?”

  “No!” she quickly cried out, terrified again.

  Alex felt it and held her closer. He wanted to grab the phone and give him a piece of his mind. However, he knew it would upset her even more. He hated that she was too scared to get out from under Brian’s thumb. What he had done to break her, Alex couldn’t imagine. Well, actually he could, just wasn’t sure which scenario was the truth. He had an idea it had to do with sex or her scars, but he didn’t want to jump to conclusions. He planned to find out, though. She meant more to him than anyone in the world.

  Danielle put her phone on the bed, and then turned around and sobbed into Alex’s chest. She needed his strength to let the fear go. He held her close and stroked her hair. The fun morning they had was spoiled by her insane boyfriend’s rants. Tell me what to do, she begged internally. Terror seized her yet again.

  “I won’t let his brother touch you again, beautiful.” He kissed the top of her head when she shuddered. “I’ll keep them all away.”

  A chill went up her spine as she thought about what would happen if Brian knew she was in Alex’s arms as they spoke. “You can’t protect me all the time.” It was so soft, no one but Alex heard her.

  “I’m gonna try.”

  Then Logan shouted, “What the fuck, Alex?” Everyone turned to Logan as he came out of the bathroom. “You have a little situation in the bathroom.”

  “Shit!” Alex moved Danielle and jumped off the bed. He totally forgot he hadn’t cleaned up. When he was next to Logan, he whispered, “Marie kinda interrupted me.”

  Logan smirked. “I get to cum in her. Guess you still got just your hand, huh?” he teased quietly.

  “Fuck you.” Alex rolled his eyes. He was jealous, though. Danielle would probably refuse him if he tried to come on to her that day, after what Brian put her through. Any time he saw her after she and Brian had talked, she was nervous and distant. He hated that.

  Danielle watched Alex disappear into the bathroom. She didn’t want to know what Logan meant. Truthfully, it didn’t matter to her at all. Brian had reverted to the old him. He swung back and forth through moods and threatened her. She was sure that if he had been home, he would have traveled up there, and then punished her in front of as many people as he could.

  Then she realized, unlike their families and his friends, someone from school might stop him or call the police. He had tortured her in plain view of their parents before; both fathers had smirked as she screamed. They were a disgusting, sadistic bunch. She had expected one of them to help her, but they just sat there and watched as he forced his way in, her bent over the dining room table.

  Marie saw the look in Danielle’s eyes change. She quickly got on the bed and hugged her. “Hey. It’s OK. He can’t hurt you from Russia.”

  “But…” Danielle shook and sniffled before she whispered, “…but his friends can.”

  She looked to Logan. He had told her he caught a guy in their room, supposedly about to beat her with a belt, or possibly worse. It finally made sense. Crazy Brian kept tabs on her by proxy. Marie mentally tallied all the strange reactions she had seen from Danielle when Alex was around. Danielle had been severely abused, mentally and physically. Marie had hoped the group Alex got her to go to would help her. It didn’t seem to do any good yet.

  Alex’s phone rang again. Logan quickly answered it. “Alex is busy. This is Logan.”

  Gary’s very deep voice boomed, “Where the hell is he? We gotta go.”

  Logan sighed. “We had a small emergency with Danielle.” He realized he should have made something up instead.

  “Is he fucking her?” Gary laughed. “That fucking hornball.”

  Logan smirked at Danielle. He was almost sure he would be sometime soon after what he saw that morning. When he and Marie had walked in, he thought they were fucking. It looked like they were.

  “No,” Logan replied when he shook the image of her half-naked. “It’s not a good thing. I’ll tell him to move his ass.”

  Gary exhaled into the phone. “OK. We’ll be at the bus.”

  Logan knocked on the bathroom door while he ended the call. “Time to go.”

  “I’m almost done,” Alex shouted back. He had found droplets all over the floor. He didn’t want Danielle to know he masturbated so much.

  When Alex came out, Danielle still hid her legs under the covers. He hated that she felt the need to do that, but she probably didn’t want to explain the scars. He hoped she told him how she got them soon. It was either Brian or her father, but he wanted to know who did it. He could just imagine the pain all those welts had caused her.

  He leaned over the bed and kissed her cheek. “I have to go. I’ll see you later.” He leaned down lower and whispered, “I’ll miss you.”

  Danielle smiled and quietly replied, “I’ll miss you, too.” Then she took her cross off and put it around his neck while he grinned. She made sure he had it on for every game. “Please stay safe.”

  He softly kissed her lips. “I will.”

  Chapter 12

  The game was exciting. Danielle had learned more about football by then. She knew enough to follow most of what was going on, although penalties still confused her. Alex played in the second quarter and scored twice. She was very proud of him. The fear from Brian’s call dissipated, thankfully.

  Marie and Logan tried not to grope each other during the game. They had discovered they were on the same level sexually and couldn’t get enough of each other. A few times, Logan’s fingers wandered under her skirt. He fingered her pussy to encourage her to sneak off with him to fuck again.

  By the end of the game, Logan was at the end of his rope. “I gotta do you,” he whispered in Marie’s ear.

  She giggled. “My panties are soaked.”

  Danielle rolled her eyes. She couldn’t believe how open they were about their affair. It wouldn’t surprise her if they had sex right in the stands. “I’m going to meet Alex.”

  “We’ll see you later.” Logan grinned deviously as he pulled Marie away.

  As soon as Alex came out of the locker room, he lifted Danielle up and spun her around. “Did you see that play I made?”

  She closed her eyes as he spun her again. It was something that made her feel his strength, and she enjoyed it. “Yes.” She didn’t know which one he meant. The game seemed to melt together in her mind afterward.

  Alex put her down in front of him but held her tightly. “We’re having a party at the hotel.” Dave had said he would pay for any damages. He had turned 21 the previous month and received his trust fund. That meant a celebration was in order.

  Danielle smiled and looked up at him. She had texted Brian as instructed but didn’t get an answer. That meant he was asleep, and he wouldn’t bother her for a while. “You were amazing today.” Their eyes met. She tried to hide the fact that she felt so much more than friendship toward him.

  “Thanks.”

  He leaned down to kiss her lips, but then a few of his teammates passed them. Her worry rubbed off on him. He didn’t want anyone to tell Brian what they saw, although he didn’t think they would. Once they were alone, he took her hand in his and pulled her toward the exit.

  When they arrived at the hotel, Danielle and Alex followed the crowd to the rear. The pool was there, as were tables with chairs all around it. The weather was in their favor. Normally, a Tennessee October was chilly, but it was warm and be
autiful that night; perfect for an outdoor party.

  Dave had paid for a bartender. Music also played. That night, students almost exclusively filled the hotel, so there were not many guests there who would complain about the noise. Dave was smart and put up a sign that anyone who stayed there was invited. The whole football team was there, as were the cheerleaders.

  When Marie and Logan arrived, Alex and Danielle were close to the entrance, talking to one of Alex’s friends. Alex lifted his beer. “Stay with her. I gotta go mingle; part of the job of being low man on the totem pole.” He kissed Danielle’s cheek and walked away.

  “You guys have any fun yet?” Marie winked.

  Danielle huffed, “I can’t have sex with him.”

  “Brian will never know,” Marie quietly told her. “Just let him have it once. He looks like he’s gonna explode, being faithful to you.”

  Danielle glanced Alex’s way. He was with Dave and Charlie, the team’s kicker and Dave’s roommate. “He doesn’t have to be. We’re not together.”

  “That boy fell for you weeks ago,” Marie declared. “I bet he’d do anything to be your man. How about you let him eat you out? Or give him a blowjob. That’s not sex.” She had a very different outlook on sex than Danielle did.

  Danielle tuned Marie out and watched Alex. Her feelings for him terrified her more than ever. Every moment they had together showed her what she missed because she held back. She wished there was a way to have it all. However, until she could leave Brian, she had to hold back with Alex. The grip Brian had on her was intense and felt impossible to break.

  The hairs on the back of Alex’s neck stood up. He could feel her eyes on him. He turned and smiled at Danielle, who quickly blushed. He knew she wanted more out of their relationship, and he wished he could make her see he would take care of the Brian problem. Bullies need to be put in their place.