Justin ran out of the kitchen and followed the guys upstairs. Virginia was right behind them. Chris went inside Justin's room and found Lilly huddled up in a ball crying. He rushed to her and sat next to her on the bed.
"Lilly? Honey, are you all right?" He asked moving the hair out of her face. This time she pulled away and looked at him with eyes full of terror. Her dream ran through her mind again.....
~*~Dream~*~
"No....please, stop...." Lilly cried. She looked at the man slapping her. Chris.
"I told you not to get involved with Justin. You didnt listen to me, you little tramp." He yelled and smacked her again. Then he changed and now it was Justin standing in front of her.
"You ACTUALLY think I would have feelings for YOU?!?!" He laughed in her face. "You're nothing but a homeless slut, I'm too good for you." Then he shoved her into the wall behind her.
Now Lance was standing in front of her.
"Like WE would really accept YOU as a friend. You dirty, homeless whore. Get out of this house."
Joey and JC appeared behind him and started yelling similar insults.
~*~End Dream~*~
Lilly started crying harder and moved away from Chris. He saw the fear in her eyes and went back to the door. Chris tried to stop him, but Justin pushed past him and ran to Lilly. He tried to pull her into a hug to calm her down, but she pulled away from him, and he saw the fear in her eyes too. He slowly stood up and felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned to see Virginia standing behind him. She made him leave the room, and closed the door. Then she walked back over to Lilly and sat in the chair by the bed.
"Lilly? Can I talk to you?"
Lilly looked at her confused.
"I'm Virginia, Chris told me about what happened to you when you were ten, and he thought I could help you. My dad beat me when I was younger too."
Lilly looked at her. "Virginia....are you Chris' girlfriend?"
Virginia smiled, "No, I'm Joey's."
"Oh." Lilly paused and looked at the ground. "Has he ever....hit you?" she whispered.
"No. Of course he hasn't. Honey, is that what you're afraid of?"
No answer.
"Trust me, these five guys you're living with are the safest and funnest ones you possibly could." She smiled and moved onto the bed.
"My dream...." Lily started, then looked around.
"Don't worry, we're the only ones here. Tell me about your dream."
Lilly looked at Virginia's hazel eyes and could tell she was sincere. She wanted to help, and she could be trusted.
"It started with Chris hitting me and saying I shouldn't get involved with Justin....then it was Justin....he was....he was yelling at me and saying that he'd never be interested in me. Then he called me....a....homeless slut and shoved me into the wall. Then Joey, JC, and Lance were saying they'd never accept me as a friend....and called me a dirty, homeless, whore." She was crying. "They were all hitting me....just like my dad."
Virginia wrapped her arms around her. "Shhhhh. Don't worry. It was all a dream. They would never hurt you, they all love you." She stopped and moved Lilly's hair so she could see her face. "And guess what." she smiled.
"What?"
"Justin really likes you. He told me so before I came up here to talk to you."
Lilly pulled back and looked at her. "Wha-what?" was all she could say.
Virginia smiled. "Yep. He told me he really cared about you. I'm sensing you care about him too. Am I right?"
Lilly blushed and looked at the ground. She had stopped crying.
"Yeah...."
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