Reach For The Stars (Dallas Liu & Ian Ousley)

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Dallas' POV

I sat in the car with Ian as we prepared to head to the airport. Considering how poorly the last time it went, we told Star not to accompany us. I requested that we stop somewhere on our way to the airport.

When we got at our destination, Ian was confused.

"Who's house is this?" He asks.

I tell him as I ring the door, "You'll see."

Jacob answers the door and looks surprised to see us.

"Oh great." Ian expresses irritation.

"Oh hi, is Star here?" He queries.

"No, can we talk?"

"Uh, sure. But I'm running short of time." 

"Won't take long." As I say, he allows us in.

"Dallas, what are we doing here?"

"We need to talk." Says I. "If we're all going to be apart of Star's life we need to make sure we protect her."

"What are you talking about?" Jacob asks.

Upon examining his knuckles, I see that they were bruised. "About that." I gesture to his hands.

"Star, told us what happened." I inform him.

"Oh, I thought you guys knew already."

"No, she wasn't planning on telling us." Ian says, irritated.

"I figured you guys were aware. She shares everything with you guys."

"Not lately." I say. "I think there's more she's hiding."

"What else do you know?" Ian asks.

"I think this is a question you should be asking her." Jacob answers back.

"She won't tell us." says Ian. "According to her she's all sunshine and daisies."

"Why is that hard to believe?"

"Because the way she cried last night, everything was not okay." I inform him.

"She cried?"

"A lot." Ian continues.

Jacob, she has another bruise. It's pretty nasty." I inform him. "Do you know what happened?"

"Wait what?" He gives a headshake. ""She does? I haven't seen it."

"Did you know that she went to that fucker and apologized? For your career to be saved, he insisted on an apology." Ian loses it.

"Hold on. What?" Jacob is shocked. "I didn't know that."

"Yeah, it's bullshit." I talk. "You should try to found out how she got that bruise."

"Did she say anything?" He wonders.

"She say's she fell in rehearsals, but I'm not sure if that's so true."

"I appreciate you guys telling me this. Look, I believe we get off to a bad start but-."

"Don't do that, please. I don't fucking trust you, and neither do he." Ian informs him.

"I really hope you're not toying with her." I inform him.

"You can stand here and act like you're so innocent but trust me I don't buy it for a fucking second." Ian goes on. "And for a second I don't believe that you had no involvement in this happening to her."

He then grabs me and we head out.

"I thought you said you trusted Star about her bruise?" When we get back in the car, Ian asks.