The Plans (2)

*Jessica's pov*

Plan B, Dinner date- Success

Plan B, Movie date- Ongoing

I made him watch emotional movies with me. I used my big brain and thought I could just cry and hug him.

He looks like more hurt than those main leads. He is literally crying. I gave him a hug to comfort him.

"Did you have any bad relationship experiences in the past?"

"No I never went into any relationship."

"Then why do you look more hurt than those main leads."

"I'm just emotional."

"You're cute"

"Can I ask you a question?"

"Go ahead"

"What were those scars on your back? I saw them but didn't have the courage to ask you back then."

*James's pov*

I wish she didn't ask that question. I hate even remembering it.

"If you don't want to say it's fine and I am sorry if that made you uncomfortable."

"Ca-"

"But I want to let you know that I don't want to just be there in your happiness. I want to be there in your sadness, trauma, depression, happiness, everywhere. And trauma is not something you can escape it's something you have to face and beat. I'll always root for you. You can do it. And take help when you can't."

Those sentences hit me hard. I want to tell her and at the same time I don't.

Choking my neck;

"I wish you were never born."

"Die you brat!"

"Why are you alive"

"I don't have money for your education"

"James"

"This was my fourth time calling you."

"What were you thinking?"

"Can I trust you? Can you really help me?"

"You can trust me dear and I don't know if I'll be able to help you but I'll surely try."

"My mom and dad divorced when I was young. My dad got custody of me and my mom of my brother's. My dad tried to kill me several times. Those scars you saw are cigarette scars and scars left after he hit me. He never even gave money for my education or even for my basic needs. I started singing in the streets for money. I had to hide that money from him or he just used everything up. Then I went viral and you can see where I am today. He also took a lot of loans and now I am the one in debt. No one knows where he is. So I was just saving as much money as I could to pay that off. Which was why I didn't get you a hotel room or anything."