[Comprehensive British and American] Safe Neighborhood

The two stood at the door and looked at each other. Everything in front of the airport was covered with snow. Lucas stared at her quietly, watching her tears bursting, and the big teardrops fell from the eye sockets one after another. Her pale lips were slightly closed, and the tip of her nose was red.

With long legs, he walked towards her slowly, and gently hugged her in his arms, thinking that he would be ecstatic, but there was no wave in his heart, and he was even a little unhappy.

Feeling Lucas's cold but gentle embrace, Sally didn't refuse him this time, buried her face in his shoulder, and closed her eyes.

The confusion about this world, the accumulated pressure and the unwillingness to face the facts, at this second, I finally got a moment of release.

Just like this, the two hugged each other for a long time, Lucas didn't say anything, and didn't ask anything.

...as if he knew everything.

After crying for a long time, Sally, whose tears were all dried up, slowly raised her head and looked at the dim scenery behind him with a blank stare.

In the silent night, the sky is covered with dark clouds, and the moon hides in it, giving off a dim light.

Large chunks of snow piled up on the streets and roofs, and even the texture of the road was completely covered by the snow, making it impossible to see the texture.

In a very ordinary apartment, the pale white walls make the whole room look cold, near the sink near the entrance, there is an arched faucet dripping water.

In the small living room, the LCD TV hanging on the wall is playing a variety show. The famous actress Keira Knightley, who has performed "Pirates of the Caribbean" and became famous in the show, is being interviewed by the host.

...

There was a white wool rug on the floor, and empty beer cans in cans were scattered here and there, scattered here and there.

The blond-haired girl was sitting on the carpet, leaning casually against the sofa, her eyes were blurred, her cheeks flushed, her eyes were always looking in the direction of the TV, her mouth was tightly pursed.

I don't know which sentence in the show touched her nerves. When Knightley and the host laughed on TV, her tears that had stopped falling down again.

Tears slid down her eye sockets to her chin, and finally dripped on her light blue jeans, forming two small water spots.

After getting off the plane, she hadn't started to change clothes yet, she just took off her heavy coat.

Lucas was sitting next to her, staring at her without blinking.

He watched her sobbing in a low voice, as if she had been wronged a lot, but even so, she didn't reveal a little bit of her heart to him.

"Can not go back……"

I saw the blond girl muttering to herself like a dream, her eyes were swollen like walnuts, and she cried even more fiercely with the help of strong alcohol.

"..." Seeing the tears she finally stopped flowing like a faucet that couldn't be turned off, the color of Lucas' eyes was dim.

In the end, he stretched out his hand, touched her cheek with his palm, then tightened it slightly, and wiped away the tears on her face with his thumb...

The blond girl looked at him blankly, neither pushing him away nor rejecting his ambiguous behavior. There was no usual defense and perfunctory in those blue eyes, but only a kind of doubt and vulnerability.

...she seemed very drunk.

...

...isn't this a great opportunity?

Seeing her defenseless appearance, a voice reminded him.

Keep her, entangle her, bind her, imprison her...

...to make it impossible for her to leave his side.

The voice next to his ear gradually became arrogant and paranoid, and a thought of chaining her up in his heart was born in vain, and he could hardly suppress this impulse almost instantly.

but…

...Looking at the blurred and defenseless dependent light in her eyes...

It was something she had never had with him.

…he hesitated.

...

The brown-haired boy was silent for a long time, his beautiful lips were slightly closed, his green pupils were watching the person in front of him in the dark like a snake stalking its prey, next to his ears were two women on TV mixed with the special effects of the show. There was a lot of noisy noise, but even though it was so loud, the slight sound of water dripping from the faucet on the sink still touched his heartstrings...

tick.

Tick ​​-

drop-da--

Suddenly, he reached out and pressed her shoulders on the sofa, leaned forward, and kissed her forcefully.

The next day, Sally was awakened by the alarm set by her mobile phone in a sweet sleep.

In a daze, the sound of music that seemed to never stop in her ears was getting louder and more disturbing. She wanted to open her eyes, but they seemed to be stuck with glue, and she couldn't open them no matter what. Open, so she had no choice but to reach out and feel for the place of the sound.

After touching it for a long time, I didn't feel the phone, but I felt a warm touch...

Hmm...it feels so much like human skin...

As she touched and thought about it, she felt more and more something was wrong, and finally opened her eyes suddenly.

As soon as she opened her eyes, the scene in front of her completely shocked her.

I saw Lucas's face close at hand, a fair face with distinct features, deep eyebrows, well-defined closed eyelashes, short brown curly hair fluffy and thick, a beautiful mandible line more like a A perfectly artistic sculpture...

He was sleeping next to her, and he hadn't woken up yet, his pale pink lips were slightly closed, and his breath fluctuated slightly.

Sally was taken aback, her first reaction was subconsciously wanting to turn off the ringing cell phone immediately, so as not to wake him up.

She searched anxiously with her eyes for a few seconds, and finally found the mobile phone with a flashing screen on the sofa not far away, tiptoed out of bed, and turned off the ringer tremblingly.

The room fell silent for an instant.

Through the large piece of light penetrating from the outside through the gap in the curtains, Sally saw a messy room, and...

He lowered his head, and found that he was completely naked, with no clothes on. There were red and purple marks on his chest, and he felt a slight pain between his legs.

...what happened yesterday?

Her headache was severe, and she began to search for yesterday's events in her mind, but she didn't remember anything after Lucas brought her to this room after she and Lucas had a drink. up...

She is definitely drunk, she knows how much she can drink, she was too impulsive yesterday...

...so, she and Lucas...drunk and had sex?

Turning her eyes to the brown-haired boy who was still on the bed, the obvious finger scratches under his collarbone made Sally's heart skip a beat.

Sally's brain went blank for a moment, she was not prepared for this unexpected incident, and her beating in the center of confusion began to become very fast.

...have to get out of here first.

Sally thought weakly, found the scattered clothes and quickly put them on.

In just over a minute, she hurriedly put on all her clothes, put her mobile phone in her pocket, and dragged her suitcase out the door.

...the door was closed.

The room was quiet and there was only the sound of water dripping from the faucet on the sink. In the dim room, the brown-haired boy who had fallen asleep and hadn't woken up suddenly opened his eyes after a few seconds.

A good-looking face is expressionless.

Pulling back the quilt, he got out of bed slowly, picked up a pair of jeans and put them on casually, and walked towards the window while fastening the belt.

He slowly opened a gap in the curtains, saw the back of the blond girl who just came out downstairs dragging the suitcase and fleeing, and slowly blinked his eyes.

Sally didn't know how to get back to the dormitory. She was in a state of disarray along the way. When she thought about the scene she saw this morning, her heart jumped with fear and her head hurt.

...how did she go with Lucas?

And drink together!

She wants to smash herself right now.

The failure to go home hadn't calmed her down yet, and with the addition of Lucas, she really felt like her brain was about to explode.

She always knew that Lucas had plans for her, but she just neglected it yesterday, and she didn't expect that it would lead to a big mistake just this once.

...She shouldn't be inexplicably moved. Now that I think about it, no one has mentioned her going to China. Why did Lucas come to pick her up when she left the airport yesterday?What's more, the tickets she bought when she went home were all bought later, and they were not booked in advance.

...how did he know about her itinerary?

Sally couldn't figure it out, but felt terrified thinking about it.

As soon as she got back to the dormitory, she took off her coat, rushed into the bathroom and locked the door, stripped herself naked and stood in front of the mirror, carefully examining her body.

It was too dark at Lucas's place just now, and she only saw the bruises on her chest, but now that she was completely exposed to the light without any cover, she could see her whole body.

...Not only the patch on the chest, but also the scar on the neck, marks on the waist, legs and feet...

...with no face to look at.

Sally wanted to cry but raised her hands to cover her face, and slowly squatted down.

... She really doesn't know what to do now.

Although I know very well in my heart, there is a 90.00% chance that she must be that bastard Lucas after she gets drunk...

...Thinking of the fragrant spring dream that became reality last night, Sally, who was single for 27 years, suddenly became unsure...

...But it happened.

In a country where sex is so open, can she...

But who is wrong with her, but Lucas!

... Leaving aside the age issue that she is afraid of, that guy Lucas will definitely pester her to death because of this matter!

Her behavior last night was simply equivalent to a sheep entering the tiger's mouth...

Sally felt hopeless again.

She stayed in the bathroom for more than three hours. After washing her whole body, she deliberately took out a turtleneck sweater from the closet and put it on her body. She made sure that the hickey marks on her neck were well covered before putting it down a little. for refreshments.

She checked the woman's ovulation period online. Although yesterday's date was far away, she still bought a contraceptive pill at the pharmacy below to be on the safe side.

At night, she was lying alone in the dormitory, staring at the phone screen in a daze.

Now she is the only one left in the dormitory. Flynn moved out of the dormitory after graduating last semester because she was enrolled earlier than her, and shared a room with Chen Siyu outside, while Sheila completely gave up her studies at the university to concentrate on playing a band and retired. dormitory.

She still has one semester to graduate. She originally enrolled because she wanted to use the former heroine's studies to fulfill her dream of going home, but now, she also hit the south wall.

...she never imagined living forever as Ashley in this world, so now she feels more frustrated than ever after all hope was dashed.

What could she do, she knew nothing.

Not knowing what the future holds or how to move on with life.

Just like when the original heroine disappeared, Ashley told her that she didn't know why she existed, and now she also feels that kind of hesitation.

Why did she time travel?

... She just watched a movie. She used to live in the world without pain, but she was a little regretful. She didn't die, she just fell asleep, but why can't she wake up from this dream? ?

If she had to choose again...she wouldn't order this movie on Christmas Eve.

Certainly not.

Pulling her thoughts back, Sally began to think about how to deal with Lucas.

She opened Lucas' account and found that since she left today for a whole day, Lucas hasn't sent her a message or called her...

According to Lucas' character, this is a bit abnormal, right?

...Is Lucas a scumbag?If you can't get it, you keep chasing after it, and finally fall asleep, so there's nothing new about it?

If that's the case, things would be better resolved...

After all, you love me and I wish, and there will be nothing to do in the future, and each lives the best.

But why did she feel a little angry?

With tightness in her chest, she turned off her phone and put it beside her pillow. Sally looked at the ceiling and took a deep breath, emptying her whole body.

...go to bed first.

...When she regained her energy, think about how she should face her future life.

Just when she closed her eyes and gradually relaxed her body and wanted to fall asleep, the sound of receiving a text message on the mobile phone next to her pillow came to her ears.

"..."

Sally picked up the phone and saw that Lucas had sent her a message. She unlocked the screen in the dark and clicked on it. The three-point drowsiness disappeared in an instant.

Lucas didn't say anything, just sent a picture, just a picture made Sally terrified.

In that picture, she saw an arm with a five-centimeter cut on the wrist. Vivid and eye-catching blood was bubbling out of the wound, dripping down the white skin along the five slender fingers. tiled floor.

"!" Sally was frightened.

She recognized that it was Lucas's hand. He had never harmed himself in so long with him.

Seeing the chilling photo of cutting her wrist, she quickly sent him a sentence: Lucas!what are you doing! ?Don't do something stupid?

Messages just sent are shown as read.

She waited anxiously for more than two minutes, but Lucas didn't call her back, and she called him one after another, but was quickly hung up.

As a last resort, she got up and rushed out of the dormitory with a coat before she even had time to change into her slippers.

...wrist cutting is fatal.

Even though she has always been afraid of Lucas, she never thought of letting him die.

Sally quickly called a TAXI at the school gate, rushed to Lucas' residence, and called 911 on the way.

The ambulance hadn't arrived when she arrived, and she rushed to the apartment on the second floor. The door of Lucas's house was unlocked and opened a crack. After pushing the door, she rushed straight into the bathroom.

Pushing open the bathroom door in a second, the sight in front of her took her breath away.

I saw the brown-haired boy sitting quietly in the bathtub, the water in the bathtub reached his waist, his white T-shirt was wet and stained with blood stains sticking to his body, and one of his arms was casually resting on the edge of the bathtub The other arm rested on his curled right knee. The blood on his wrist seemed to have solidified a bit, but it still fell drop by drop into the bathtub, staining the water under him pink...

Feeling angry and sad at that moment, Sally stepped forward to grab him with both hands, trying to pull him up from the bathtub, and shouted tremblingly almost in a crying voice.

"Lucas!...You stupid X! Do you think you won't die if you cut your wrist? You want your arm to be completely destroyed, don't you?!"

She had seen his dazzling appearance when he played music and piano on stage, he shouldn't be like this.

Made her feel heartache for no reason.

Lucas let her pull him, his gradually pale face showed no expression, and the corners of his eyes were slightly red. Hearing what she said, his face flashed with pain, and he turned his gaze to her, his blue-green pupils were moist stand up.

"... None of that matters if it's not with you."

He said slowly, the tears accumulated in his eyes slid down his cheeks and dripped into the pale pink water under him, sparking a little ripple and then disappearing with the subtle water waves.

…This was the first time he had shed tears in front of Lucas since he came to this world and met Lucas.

...

Sally froze.

For some reason, seeing him say such words with such concentration and sincerity...

At that moment, her heart was suddenly deeply shaken.