Die for You

17| Jade

I tried getting out of the grasp I was being held in as Caleb dragged me into a room.

"Lâche-moi, espèce de salaud sans bite!" I yelled in French at him. The frustration, anger, worry and fear could be heard in my voice.

He chuckled as he threw me inside the room. He threw me so hard I went straight to the far wall as I hit the ground with a loud grunt from the pain I felt.

My hand went to my head which was now bleeding a bit as I pulled my hand off my messy hair and looked at the blood on my middle and index finger. Shit.

I groaned in pain and glared at him as I tried getting up, but I failed. I was dizzy from the brutal force that I could barely see or think straight.

I gave it two more attempts but they both failed. I fell on the floor again. Squinting my eyes shut as I fought back the tears, I was trembling. And I have a feeling it was visible of how much I am trembling right now.

I heard Caleb laugh and the door slammed shut. The lock clicked when the door was entirely closed, locking me in this room.

The room was a very small, black bricked wall, square room. The floors were plain white -- what I'm assuming is marble -- flat surface. There was nothing in here. Only a toilet. Not even a bed, toilet paper. Just a fricken toilet. And when I thought things couldn't get any worse, it was a urinal with nothing to flush it with. It smelled so bad I actually gagged and threw up in my mouth. Back to the point. I am lucky to see a window. I know a thing or two on breaking windows.

Not going on the backstory of how, that's not important. What's important is I get out of here, kick Caleb's and those other douchebags asses, get out of here and get back home- er- the base. Back to the others. Back to Joseph. I have no idea what the fuck they did to Melody but I am hoping she's alive at the least.

I took a deep breath and used another attempt to get the hell up and actually try standing on my two feet. And this time. I actually could stand. Kind of. I don't know what I'm doing but I am making progress.

I exhaled deeply before backing up until I felt my back touch the surface of a wall and broke into a full on run. More like full on sprinting. About three feet away from the window I jumped and put my feet in front of me and towards the window and they slammed into that glass, shattering it everywhere.

Idiots should've used a stronger glass. Well even if they did I would've managed to break it. I slid through the window and landed on my feet on the broken glass that was, and I mean, everywhere beneath my feet. Thank God they didn't take my shoes or I would kill them right now with the glass that would be in my feet. Moving on.

I looked around and immediately recognized where I was. Rehab. He threw me in this hell again that mother fucker I will kill him but I have to get out of here.

I looked down the abandoned hallways and ran through them until I found the stairs. I got on the railing and slid down the railings. There were so many stories of stairs because I slid down ten railings before I found the first goddamn floor.

I burst through the door leading me to the main lobby of the mental building and I let out a sigh of relief when I see Joseph barge in through the two front doors with Melody, Henry, and Astrid. I swear I was tearing up because I felt the cold drips of water rolling down my cheek.

He looked around the room and when his eyes found mine, I could see the concern, the relief, the fear that he was feeling in them. He broke out into a run towards me and when he reached me he hugged me tightly.

His arms went around my ribs and hips as he picked me up and held me so close to him I could hear his heart beating fast and pumping so much blood at once.

My arms went around his neck, holding him close to me as he did. My face goes in the soft messy hair I love so much as I cried into it. I ruined his gorgeous hair but I don't care. The man I love is right here with me.

"I'm so sorry I wasn't there with you. I'm so happy you're okay. You're okay right? You weren't hurt or they didn't touch you right?" He bombarded me with questions as his shaky voice spoke to me.

I removed my face from his hair and placed my forehead on his, the salty drops of water still flowing from my eyes. "I'm okay.. I love you so much..." I whispered.

This was the first time I said I love you to him. And now, I want to say a thousand more.

"I love you, I love you, I love you, Joseph, I love you with all my heart..."

The next words he whispered to me, made everything certain. "I love you too Jade... Always and forever..."

He whispers to me before placing his lips on mine, kissing me softly and gently but with so much emotion. I could taste tears coming from me and him but I didn't care. I kissed him back as my hands went to his cheeks and held his face between my palms as we kissed.

We broke our kiss slightly, our lips still close to touching.

"I want to be your forever... nothing else.. everything else can fuck off. I want you... because you are my everything."

I know for a fact that love is beautiful. I know it is because I am sharing it with the man I love so much.

He may not have put a ring on my finger but that doesn't define if we know we are meant for each other. I just know I want to call him my husband and for him to call me his wife one day. I know one day, the day will come when I'm no longer Jade Veronica Valer. I know that when it comes, for the rest of my life I'll be Jade Veronica Loff. I love Joseph. Joseph loves me. And I don't need a diamond ring to determine that. I just need him. And that's all I'll ever need...