Past Lovers (REWRITTEN)

My Rock

Allison's POV

After we got home, I quickly made my way up to Demi's room, as I ran my fingers through my long hair. Feeling extremely overwhelmed by everything, sitting on the edge of the bed, holding my face in my hands. What am I to do here?

I mean the correct answer is to report the man to the board and then file a police report against him, but yet I wanted to just ignore it all.  I love my job, I love my career but for me to give it all up right when I started it. It seems like I'm nothing but a failure, how I let myself come to this.

   I looked over to the door, waiting for her to come walking through to make sure I'm okay.

But she never came, which part of me was thankful, and part of me was hurt because I wanted the comfort. I could hear them talking slightly downstairs, hearing Priest's deep voice. Sighing, pushing myself off the bed.

I opened the door to see Barry waiting for me as his eyes light up and his tail wagging. I made my way quietly downstairs as I heard her voice raising over talking about what was happening.

    Priest saw me first as I stood back, standing at the end of the stairs looking between them both. Demi looked over her shoulder as her eyes and face dropped looking at me.

" Ally." She called me softly as I walked over to her, her arm wrapping around my waist pulling me into her. I placed my chin on top of her head as she was still sitting on the stool. I looked over at Priest who gave me a small smile.

" Thank you for coming to my side tonight. I don't really know you well yet but thank you for doing that." Looking at him as he nodded his head.

" Of course, your family now. I will always look out for you and Rhea."

I smiled, rubbing my hands up and down her back as she held me tightly. I pulled away from her slowly, as her eyes looked up to mine. I could see the worriedness, the fear and the anger in them, cracking my heart slightly that she was feeling like this.

" I'll give you guys some time alone." I watched as Priest stood up, walking out of the room and up the stairs. Looking back down at her, I let out the breath I've been holding, as I cupped her cheek with my hand. Rubbing my thumb softly over her skin, seeing her eyes close for a moment as she let out a breath of her own.

" I love you, you know that right." She spoke so softly, as I nodded my head, pushing back her hair. " I know you do Demi, I've never once questioned you."

Pushing me away gently, she jumped off the stool before standing in front of me. Her hands took mine, rubbing her thumbs over my knuckles.

   " Ally, I want you to know that I would never ask you to leave your career. A job that you have worked so hard and dedicated so much of your time and effort in. I just hate seeing you working in a place where you are getting treated in such a manner. Tonight, seeing you act like that, so terrified. I was about to lose my mind, I wanted to kill him."

I looked at her, listening to what she wanted to say first before I'd respond back to her.

"I know that you love surgery, I know that I can't control your life but this isn't good for you baby. I can't sit here and watch you go through this everyday you go to work. It will kill you, It will kill me, and more importantly it will be the end of us. I don't want to lose you, rather I CAN'T lose you." seeing her eyes water as she emphasized the last sentence.

    " Dems, I know you are worried about me, I know that you aren't happy with me working there. I know baby, I know. I just don't know what I should do anymore, like I know what I need to do legally. Yet, when he comes at me the way he did tonight. I can't help but freeze up because of everything that happened all those years ago." Her hands squeezed mine tighter.