black Dahlia|| Craig Cody

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popes pov
something's off with her. but i don't know what. i'll find out...i always will and do. i ask smurf "what are we going to do about it?" she says "as of right now...nothing" i glare "you're fucking kidding right?! he raped her!" she says "i know" "then we should rid of him" i snap. "not yet. he'll get what's coming to him. neither one of you will do anything but hit him for now" she orders. "and what? she's supposed to just live life with the guy who raped her until you decide to do something?!" craig snaps. she replies "protect her"

she says "craig she came to you about this first...keep that trust going. i can pull her back into the fold"

craig's pov
"no. not with baz here. she's definitely not coming back now" i say. i hear the front door and sigh watching her go. i say "ill go after her" going upstairs and grabbing my keys. i pause realizing a bunch of pills are missing from the stash along with a bit of coke. fuck!

i head out and drive to find her. she went in her truck that's here. i drive until i find her truck at the beach. her board is missing. son of a bitch! i search the water for her to see her crash in the waves. she's not surfing how she usually does....shes fucking high! i wait and see if she emerges and she doesn't. fuck. i run and shout "LIA?!" my heart stopping in my chest. i dive in the water and swim out to her board. i dive down and see her there unconscious. i grab her and put her on the board and bring us to shore.

i lay her down and tap her face as her head rolls to the side. fuck! i check her pulse. nothing. i start cpr ignoring how her lips on mine feel. she spits up water and i thank god she's okay. she sits up "fuck" "what the fuck were you thinking Dahlia?!" i snap. my heart beating faster than its ever done.

even being shot didn't make it race like this. "just wanted to surf man" she excuses. i snap "we all know one rule to this shit! we don't go in the fucking ocean while high!" she shrugs "i'm alive and well. thanks craig." patting my shoulder going to walk away. i stop her "you can't just walk away after i just saved your fucking life lia!" she rolls her eyes "do you want me to thank you?" what? i huff "i want you to give a shit about the fact that you were dead!"

she tells me "why do you care craig?" i go to speak my feelings...but realize words would only come up short coming from me. so i kiss her. deeply too. my hands on her hips keeping her close. she kisses me back with just as much ferocity. i pull away stroking her cheeks and then her wet hair "that's why it matters and i care. i can't lose you lia" she tells me "im already gone craig" and walks away to her truck and drives off. fuck