Calm before the storm

Sorry this one is kind of a filler 😅 after that long wait. I'm really trying to get back into it, but working 48 hours a week isn't helping

I knew a nap would screw me over, considering it was only one o'clock, but I didn't think it would be a " wake up at 8pm" kind of nap. I groaned as soon as I realized what time it was. I had an essay to work on, a test to study for, and a court case to prepare for,

" You alright babe?" Chase rolled over and threw an arm across my torso.

"It's 8 p.m.,"

He shot up out of bed with a curse, searching for his clothes " I forgot to set an alarm I have practice tonight. I already missed dry land this morning,"

I got out of bed and found his shirt while he slipped into his jeans. He ran a hand through his dark hair before sitting down to put his socks on at the end of the bed. I held the shirt out so he could slip it on, almost giggling at the oddity. I never helped him get dressed usually I was trying to convince him to get undressed.

"Something funny?" He said cocking a brow

"I'll tell you when you aren't late," I used the collar of his shirt to pull him in for a quick kiss. This time instead of pulling away he surprised me by pulling me in closer,sliding a hand down to grab my ass firmly while the other went to the back of my neck. I gasped and he took it as an invitation, holding me tightly while he deepened the kiss. I wrapped my arms around his neck and moaned into his mouth.

"Chase youre-"

he dipped his head to press a kiss to my neck "going to be late I know," he gave me a lopsided grin before giving me the quick peck I initially went in for and gave my ass one last squeeze. " see you after?"

I nodded "I'll be here,". With that chase raced out of my room and down the stairs, nearly knocking Cass over on his way out.

"I was just about to come and make sure you two were alive,". Her lips tilted up into a smug smile. "How did it go today?"

I sighed and walked back into my room with her trailing behind me so I could fill her in. She was just as shocked as we were to hear Will's allegations. She was even more surprised to hear that they were being taken seriously and we had to provude evidence and statements.

"His brother had something to do with this. I'm sure he did,". she said angrily. "I didn't see or hear from Robin today, which is odd since she wasn't with shithead. She probably knew he would pull this, and that on the slim chance they were actually going to do the hearing today his bullshit would have delayed it,".

"Yup,". I flopped back on to my pillows, staring up at the ceiling. "So now we have to have our evidence gathered, and have a copy of everything sent to his lawyer, and another copy to give to the judge to look over as well and we will meet again in a week. At least he kept the restraining order in tact. Minus the arenas because he's such a 'promising young man'. " I couldn't help mocking the term. It was beginning to be my number one hated phrase.

"So what do i have to write? I'll have it done and printed by tonight,".

"Just anything you've witnessed between him and I, Robin showing up with the shirt, how I was after he jumped me, and I guess how I was with Chase afterwards to try and prove he wasn't the one who did it,".

We spent a few minutes going over everything, and Cass said she would text Olivia to let her know what's going on since she wasn't home yet. I thanked her before she left and I headed to the bathroom for a nice hot shower.

for half an hour i turned the situation over and over in my head. What a mess. At this point I would settle for no charges and just a restaining orderif it got the job done faster, and kept Chase's reputation clean. If i had any tears left they would have been flowing, but the more I thought about it, the more numbing dread i felt. Since 'girl's night' I had been cheated on, lost my boyfriend, lost two friends, been jumped, been threatened, and had being abused and sexually assaulted thrown in my face from Will, Robin, and even John, and my new boyfriend thrown under the bus for something he didn't do. Not to mention all the classes I missed. With Christmas only a few weeks away this is not what I wanted to be dealing with right now.

The only real consolation I had right now was knowing that Kirsten and Robin were never really my friends, that Will was always and would always be an abusive prick, and that I had real friends now who had my back when I needed them. It didn't feel like much right now though.

With a final sigh, I turned the water off. Knowing I wasn't going to be getting back to sleep for a while I decided to dive back into my school work to try and get caught up on my classes. Thankfully the student hub had the basics of the lectures posted so I wasn't going into some things completely blind.

With my hair freshly blow dried, my comfortable plaid pajama bottoms, my headphones and a frsg cup of hot coffee, I was seated at my desk, buried in my work. I hadn't missed a ridiculous amount, but I degfinitely had some catching up to do. The numbing dread was actually doing me a favour here. You can't break down over something you can't bring yourself to feel right now, which made it a million times easier to focus because I was grateful for the distraction.

Around 11 P.M, Chase strolled in through my open door. I gave him a smile, removing my headphones.

"How was practice?" I asked. He leaned down to give me a kiss before flopping down on my bed.

"It was good. I told the guys and coach Carter about what's going on. Miles, Owen, and Callum are all writing statements and said to give their info to John so they can be witnesses. The other guys weren't too impressed to hear about Saunders. They're all expecting dirty plays from him tomorrow. Coach wanted to make me second line instead of first to limit our interactions but I promised to be on my best behavior. Besides his shit, I don't need agents wondering why I was dropped down,".

I nodded. "Yeah I can't see that going well. It's going to be an interesting game,".

"That's one way to put it,". He gave me his lopsided grin and flicked on the T.V. "I'm assuming you're going to be up for a while too?"

"Unfortuneatly,".

It was almost three A.M before I felt like I could try sleeping again, now that I was pretty close to being caught up on the lectures and just over halfway through the new assignments, having finished the ones from last week before everything went to shit. I crawled into bed beside Chase who was already half dozing. He lifted his arm to let me curl up beside him, then pulled the blankets up over us. He pressed a kiss to my head and was lightly snoring within minutes.

"RISE AND SHINE LOVEBIRDS!"

I jolted, knocking he head against Chase's. We groaned in unison, my eyes going to the door frame to see Olivia grinning. "No alarms today?" She asked, grinning.

"Don't need an alarm with you around,". Chase said in a semi-sour tone

"Nope!,". She smiled cheekily once more before bounding out of the room.

Chase's head lolled to the side to meet my eyes. "My place next time?" I laughed and agreed with him, throwing back the covers. i ran a hand through my hair, going to my closet. Olivia was right, we had forgotten to set alarms, which was not a great start to my day. Since I didn't have time to do my makeup, I opted for a maroon coloured turtle neck pull over and a pair of black jeans. Nice, and bruise covering. Although they were fading, I didn't want anyone to be able to see what remained.

I had managed to get into a cute pair of grey panties and a matching bra before I felt Chase's eyes burning a hole into me while he stood behind me. I turned to see that he was much closer than i thought, making me jump. he reached out to steady me and I grabbed his arms. He was shirtless, his unbuttoned jeans sitting low on his hips. The view had heat rising to my face, making me pull my bottom lip between my teeth. I raisewd my gaze to his slowly, feeling my nervousness and my arousal battle it out.

His arms trailed up mine, then down to my hips, he pulled me closer, one hand going up to hold the side of my face gently. His dark eyes roamed down my body and back up. I splayed my hands across his chest and felt him tense beneath my finger tips. I was suddenly aware how starved for touch i was, how long it had been since he touched me the way i wanted him to right now. He leaned forward until his lips touched mine gently. I wound my arms around his neck, pushing my chest into his. He groaned softly, running one hand down until he cupped my butt firmly. i moved my lips against his, vividly remembering the shower we had together at his place, his mouth on my clit, fingers moving me expertly to orgasm. The way he held me against the shower wall, kneeling down with my leg thrown over his shoulder. I shuddered, pulling him tighter against me. I nipped his bottom lip, and suddenly I was being lifted. My legs wrapped around him thoughtlessly I arched my back, locking one hand into a fistful of his hair.

"Willow, ". He murmerred, pressing a kiss to my neck.

"Chase,". I whispered back

"Are we staying home tod--"

"Are you guys ready or not?" Olivia's voice rang out from behind the closed door. I gasped, startled, and my legs involuntarily tightened around Chase's torso. He groaned softly, using his grip to grind against me. "Fucking cock block,"

"Be down in a minute!" I called back. I sighed, pressing my lips against his as he set me down. The nerves came creeping back over my skin in full force. I wanted nothing more than to avoid going back out in public today and spending the whole day With Chase'svery talented mouth, but that option brought out it's own nerves. I was desperate for a release, but I had also backed out of sex- real sex- with him on more than one other occaision, not to mention recent events. Would I be able to keep my cool? Would I freak out at him like I did a few days ago?

I mentally shook myself while I finished dressing and I turned to see Chase was also dressed in blue jeans and his black hoodie. " ready?"

He nodded "unfortunately," he leaned in for another quick kiss and grabbed our bags. We passed Olivia leaning on the door frame to the kitchen on our way out with a smug smile on her face.

"Bye Ollie,"

" Bye cock block!"

I smacked Chase's arm and heard Olivia giggle.

He walked me to my car, set my bag on the passenger seat and pulled me in for another kiss. "Meet me at my place after school?"

" Yeah," I kissed him again, trying to force my nerves back to normal. " I'll stop here and pack a bag first,"

He wiggled his eyelids at me and I smacked his arm again

He laughed and gave me a quick peck on the cheek before jogging to his truck. I watched him pull away before putting my own vehicle in gear, dreading the day the whole way there.

I made a last minute stop at the Tim Horton's by campus, which left me with just enough time to get to my economics class and get sat down, again a few rows away from my usual seat, making this one my new norm for the foreseeable future. I sat my coffee down at the edge of my desk and busied myself with pulling out my laptop and my notebook, rifling through until I found the right page. My anxiety had calmed some, I made sure to walk with my eyes down so that even if anyone was star;I wouldn't notice  and I made it into my seat without any trying to start a conversation with me. The class started filling up as I opened Microsoft to a the notes I copied last night.

Class was just about to begin when I felt a bump at the table and my coffee tipped over the edge and onto the floor

"Oops, sorry!" A sweet voice chirped

"Oh! That's ok- oh it's you," my nice tone faltered into a dead pan at the end as my eyes met Robin's face. Kirsten stood beside her, looking a little less smug, but still bitchy none the less. I bent awkwardly out of the side of my seat to grab the cup, but Robin kicked it so it spilled over the ledge towards the next row, what was left of the cup spilling to the floor. I felt my face start to heat up.

" Oops. You should get that," she sneered

" why would I do that? I thought you enjoy licking my left overs off the floor."I stated in the same sickeningly sweet tone she was using. Her facial expression dropped as the guys in the back row snickered " I'm sure Kirsten here would help you, she's so well trained she doesn't even need the leash anymore,"

I heard murmurs coming from behind me and noticed a few people turning around to watch the scene unfold. So much for going in noticed

" Are you going to accuse the coffee of rape now too?"

I froze, whether it was more shamed or anger I wasn't sure. She really could go lower than I ever though. I had no idea how many people knew about it, but they would all know now. I felt like there was ice in my veins and I poured as much as I could into my tone while I stood to look her in the eye. She l nothing more than feeling like she was looking down on people and I wasn't about to give her that kind of satisfaction.

With slow and deliberate movements I pulled my hair back and the front of my sweater down, exposing my yellowing

green bruises. " sexual assault and rape aren't synonymous you dumb fuck, but if a coffee managed to do this," I leaned my head back, giving her a clear view of my neck " I would have something to say about that too,yeah."

Kirsten's eyes widened slightly but Robin just  looked angry. "Maybe you should worry about why your boyfriend doesn't fucking want you, though I could give you a hundred reasons why, you salty bitch. And don't worry, I'll leave the coffee for you to lap up later," she turned on her heel and stormed away, her vibrato replaced by watery eyes and red cheeks. Kirsten faltered, staring at me.

"Willow-"

" Get the fuck away from me,"

The room was now silent round us and I could feel the eyes on me, their curiosity burning a hole through me , I couldn't feel more naked and angry if I had actually showed up naked. Kirsten gave me a wavering look before turning to follow Robin. I sat down, my face burning and humiliation spreading through me. That was probably the most anyone in this class had heard me say and half of it was my sailor's mouth. I trained my eyes to the front, grateful to see the professor stroll in.

"Good morning ladies and gentlemen, let's get started," she turned on the projector and jumped into the lesson without hesitation.

I put my head down and got to work, trying to ignore that my ears were on fire and my eyes burned with unshed tears. I was not going to cry over this anymore. Now, I was going to get angry and get even.