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What To Do?

Chapter 3

I would love to thank Candy-Dazefor all the help with this thank you so much and thank you to all your kind reviews.

Disclaimer-Still don't own anything still wishing I did.

It seemed like a typical evening in Beverley Hills; the moon was shining brighter than Annie had ever seen before. She watched as the moonlight poured in through the windows of the dark offices surrounding conference room of the hospital and stretched across the white tile floor. The smell of handsanitizer and medicine filled her nose, causing her to falter from the steady pace she once was walking. She was surprised that the hospital's cleaning crew weren't ordered to get the smell out for the large fundraiser. Annie didn't want to admit this, but she felt uneasy walking into that place. The amount of people was endless inside the hospital, and they all seemed to have the same expression plastered onto their faces. Everyone except Liam that is. He was the only one with a sense of life beyond California. She was frozen for a brief moment, but to her, it seemed like a lifetime. Her mind raced in circles as she forced herself to take another step to keep up with Liam who had continued to walk ahead.

As they made their way to through the sea of people, Liam noticed his mother and step-father talking to a man that Liam could not recognized. He never paid attention to his step-father or his dealings before, but he kept an eye on them as he moved through the elegantly decorated waiting room towards the buffet. He was not sure why he was so interested in the conversation between the three adults but regardless his focus remained on them. He quickly shifted his gaze briefly to Annie, the whole reason he was there at all. Liam knew he wasn't going to come to his step-father's event that evening, but he felt like Annie needed something to keep her mind off of what happened, what she told him before. He reached for her hand and interlaced his fingers. He needed to touch her, to have her warm skin against his, to feel that she was there, and close to him. He wanted to keep her safe.

"Do you see that man over there, the one with the dirty blonde hair standing beside the woman with the long dark hair?" He asked alternating his glance between Annie and his mother. Annie nodded in response. She was thankful Liam didn't notice how nervous she actually was, and how her cheeks flushed once his hand grasped hers. "Well that is my step-dad and my mom." Liam managed to finish his sentence just as his mother began making her way over to them. Liam straightened up and gave his full attention to his mom as she reached them.

"Liam," Her voice was full of curiosity, "what are you doing here? I thought you weren't coming tonight." She asked quietly as she noticed Annie's hand was intertwined with her son's.

"Mom," Liam ignored his mother's question, "this is Annie Wilson."

His gaze met hers and he could see she had realized she was being impolite. Liam continued, "Annie, this is my mother, Colleen Sarkossian."

"Hi Mrs. Sarkossian, it's nice to meet you," Annie said sticking her left hand out to shake her hand as her right hand was securely tangled with Liam's left hand, "I've heard a lot about you." She added.

"Hello Annie it's nice to meet you too. My husband tells me that you are the school principal's daughter?" Colleen replied gently shaking Annie's hand. Their presence at the hospital was still a mystery, but Colleen didn't seem to care. Her son seemed genuinely happy. She didn't want to ruin that.

"Yes I am. My dad used to go to the school in fact." Annie replied, her voice was a bit shaky. The nerves of the being in a hospital and now the nerves of meeting one of the most important people in Liam's life were starting to show through. Liam whispered something in Annie's ear, and she just nodded. Liam turned to his attention back to his mom,

"Annie and I are going to grab something to eat." He smiled, and began leading Annie away to the buffet table. Colleen watched as they began to leave, when she spoke again,

"Annie. That is a lovely dress you are wearing by the way."

"Thank you." Annie replied turning back around to smile at Colleen. "Thank you very much." It was so nice to hear a compliment directed at her. It had been so long since she had gotten one from anyone. It made Annie's eyes get a little watery Or is that just the pregnancy hormones? Annie thought to herself.

"You know," Liam began when they were out of ear shot from his mother, "that dress you wearing is not like the one I pictured you in." He smiled to her as they got to the buffet.

"What you thought I would be wearing a tight dress?" Annie responded, cocking an eyebrow. "It's not like I want to show the baby bump that I have. I have been doing a good job with hiding it from everyone. I don't want to ruin all that work just by wearing a dress." Annie added picking up a couple of sandwiches and placing them on her plate. Liam did the same.

"Annie, you look amazing." He spoke softly, his gaze never leaving her eyes. "Even if you were to be wearing sweats tonight," He smiled, brushing a strand of hair out of her face, and lingering his thumb against the warmth of her cheek. "You would still look amazing." She bit her lower lip, trying to stop herself from blushing.

After being at the fundraiser for around two hours, Liam walked up to Annie who had left him to talk to his mother.

"Hey, what are you two gossiping about?" He asked both women, as he smiled, and laughed slightly.

"Oh, Annie was just telling me that she was planning on auditioning for Cabaret at school." His mother replied with a wide smile. Annie laughed and turned to Liam and said.

"I am not sure if Adriana will be auditioning, but I know I sure will."

"You will blow them all away. Do you know what song you have to sing?" Liam asked.

"Yeah, it's 'Don't Tell Mama'by ." Annie replied. Her nerves had finally settled over the course of the evening. "Now, what did you want Liam?" She asked playfully. Liam could only laugh to himself as he noticed that his mother had gone to speak with his step-dad. Liam knew his mother given them some alone time. He moved in closer to Annie, leaning in towards her ear,

"You want to go for a walk in the court yard." He asked softly trying to ensure that she was the only one that would hear him speak.

"Sure why not." She shrugged and took Liam's hand, following him through the large hospital. Liam maneuvered himself and Annie easily through the people mingling in the 'ballroom' the hospital seemed to become.

Annie and Liam made their way out through the patio doors which lead to the court yard. Annie was speechless; the courtyard was huge. She knew she could get lost in here if she really tried. The large hedges on the outskirts of the courtyard paths made it seem almost like a maze but Annie felt safe with Liam's hand grasping hers. She couldn't understand how he made her feel that way.

There wasn't a cloud in the night sky, allowing the stars to be visible over the usually busy hospital. The moonlight blanketed the concrete tiles of the patio outside the ballroom as well as the steps that led down to the stone path. Liam guided Annie through the court yard. His pace was a little quick as they walked down the stone path that was also kissed by the moonlight. They had passed several fountains and flowerbeds as they finally arrived at a small sitting area. There were two benches which curved into two semicircles; a small fountain was in the center of them. Liam led Annie to one of the benches, and they both stared up at the stars for a brief moment.

It seemed that they were alone for miles, the hedges around them cut off any light or noise coming from the large gathering not so far away. Liam drew in a breath, and glanced over to Annie, who seemed to look even more beautiful in the moonlight. He had so many questions for her about what she had told him not so long ago. He could remember every detail about what happened at the school theatre. The curtains that were blocking the light from the windows, her hair blowing gently in the cold conditioned air, her voice having so much hurt in it when she sang, her tears flowing as she admitted how she had been assaulted. Everything was so fresh and vivid, including her pain. He was slowing filling with rage and a need to cause pain on those who wronged her.

"Annie," He began trying to continue on. His throat was dry, and he could feel her wince at the tightness of his grip. "Why did you tell me about your rape?" He could only mutter out as he loosened his grip on her hand and looked to her. The last thing he wanted was for her to think that he was mad at her for telling him. He was happy she could open up to someone about it; happier when he realized he was the person she opened up to.

"I was waiting on that." She looked down at her feet, dreading to continue this conversation. She could never stop thinking about what happened, what that monster did to her. She couldn't see who it was, but she could smell his cologne, and the vodka he had consumed earlier. She could feel him, destroying everything she held as pure. She could feel his arms holding her down, and hard ground scraping her. All she could do was cry. Liam reached for her and held her close. She steadied her breath as she realized she had be crying on the bench next to Liam the whole time, and pressed her head deeper into Liam's chest. His rhythmic heartbeat drummed against her pulse, and it soothed her. "I told you because you were the only one to notice that there was something else wrong." She continued, breathing in again.

It was true, no one did notice anything. No one noticed her as anything except the whore at Naomi's party. She was the one that called the cops, and ruined summer vacation for everyone. Liam was the only one who could see her as something more; the only one that could see her as innocent, because she was innocent. "It had nothing to do with Naomi, and her party," She squeezed out swallowing another set of tears, "and what happened, and all I needed was to tell someone." She continued, her words were still frantic just as her thinking was. "I tried telling Dixon, he wouldn't listen. No one was willing to be there and you were the only one who could see what something was wrong." She sighed, but this time in relief. Relief that she managed to actually finish everything she wanted to say; to trust someone again, even if it was just enough trust to speak.

"Well I am glad you told me." Liam whispered to her as he pulled her closer.

After a couple more hours spent at the fundraiser Liam took Annie home. As they pulled up to the front of the Annie's house, Liam could see that Annie had been fidgeting with the hem of her dress. He reached for her hand as Annie turned to him,

"Thank you for a lovely evening." She smiled softly and glanced down briefly before letting out a breath and reaching for the door handle.

"Annie," Liam spoke causing Annie to pause for a moment. "Thank you for coming with me and saving me from my step dad." Liam embraced her for a moment before letting her out of the car.

"I will see you in the morning?" Annie asked looking back at Liam through the open car door; her eyes met his. Liam nodded.

"Yeah, I'll see you in the morning Annie." Liam voice was almost as loud as a whisper, but Annie could hear it, and that is exactly what he wanted. Annie shut the car door and made her way back to her house. She turned back to wave to Liam who was waiting for her to get in safely. She smiled to herself as she entered her house.

Liam watched as Annie got into her house. He finally let out the breath he never knew he was holding in. A smile crept across his lips as he began to drive away from Annie's house.

The next morning Annie stood in her bedroom looking at herself in the mirror trying to find the right outfit that would hide her little baby bump forming.

Later in school around lunch break Annie walked into the theatre and noticed that Liam was sitting on the stage with an acoustic guitar he looked up smiled when she walked in.

As Annie got closer he put the guitar down on the stage and got off the stage as she reached him and said,

"You play."

"Yeah I have been able to play since I was eight and you never asked." Liam replied as Annie reached up and wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him. Liam put his arms around her waist he could feel the baby bump on his stomach.

"Thank You for everything Liam." Annie said looking at him.

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