In The Name Of True Love

Chapter 17 I'm Here To Rescue You

I sighed as I looked at myself in the mirror my face all bruised up then I lifted my shirt seeing my bruised sides where I was kicked in the ribs " Jack lets go!" I sighed looking at myself one more time before putting my shirt back down and turned around leaving the bathroom " Jack you look fine" she turned around to look at me " My face is all sorts of bruised up and my side!" I rambled and she rolled her eyes walking over to me putting her hands on my face " You are perfect the way you are" " It still hurts though " I looked away watching the front door and looked over at the hall reliving the fight with Cal and Lovejoy, sitting there in the corner getting kicked and punched " They're in jail now" " Cal's father probably bailed him out " I rolled my eyes going to walk away " Actually no at the hearing his Dad refused to pay bail" she grabbed my hand pulling me back" Oh well I wouldn't know that because I was in the hospital " I sighed " I'm going to go visit Adrien and Ellie " I put my shoes on and grabbed my keys" Are you coming?" I asked her and she nodded" Yeah " she followed me out the door I looked at the car and sighed " Could we walk?" I asked " Yeah sure why?" She asked " I just want to walk" I grabbed her hand and we started to walk down into town walking to Ellie's little shop Adrien was staying at Ellie's for a little bit because of what happened I just stared down as we walked " Are you sure you're okay Jack?" She stopped me and grabbed my face making me look at her " Yea, yeah I'm fine" I didn't want Adrien to see me like this but I can't just not see my son because I'm bruised up" Listen to me Jack, you should be proud of those bruises, you got them from protecting your family" " I don't want him to see me like this, but I can't not see him!" I yelled and saw Ellie outside the shop looking at the window " Let's go Ellie's right there" I started to walk towards Ellie but Rose grabbed my hand " No, I'm not letting you go in there all depressed" "I-" " Shh! We will either talk about it here or at home I won't let Adrien see you like this" " You're a mess Jack, and I don't think Adrien would want that" I sighed" I just wish life was as easy as it was on Titanic " I sighed " Expect Cal trying to kill us and the ship sinking " " Me too, but if Titanic didn't sink we wouldn't have Adrien " " We would " " No, we would have a child but it wouldn't be Adrien" I nodded" Can we just talk about this in Ellie's shop?" She nodded and we walked her holding my arm and leaning her head against my shoulder " Hey guys" Ellie walked over " I reorganized the shop what do you think" we turned to look inside the store " Looks nice" I nodded " Hey Ells, could we talk in the back room?" She nodded " Yeah, do you want me to tell Adrien you're here?" We shook our head no " Alright I'll just go upstairs come up whenever you're ready" she said walking upstairs, while me and Rose walked to the back and sat down at a table