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Chapter Nineteen; I'm Sorry

*Jason's POV*

As soon as I noticed Scarlett fall asleep, I got out of bed and walked downstairs. I was honestly a little upset that Scarlett kept that from me. If I knew sooner, I would've killed Luke when I had the chance. I would've shot a bullet through his skull, that's what I would have done. I walked downstairs into the kitchen and grabbed a drink. All I needed to do was calm down.

I heard Zak's presence walk into the room. "What was all that yelling about?" He said raising a brow at me, me realizing I was still not wearing a shirt. "I-It was nothing." I said shaking my head, leaning on the fridge door while talking to him. He scoffed. "Sure didn't sound like nothing to me." I kept quiet. "I really don't think Scar would want me to say anything." I said quietly. He nodded understanding.

"Is she okay?" Zak wondered. "She's sleeping now. Let's just say she had a flashback about Luke and his crew about....that night, and she looked at me as if I was one of them and kept screaming 'Stop, stop.'" I said. He nodded. "She'll be fine. It's only temporary trauma. She won't be like that forever." He said, placing a hand on my shoulder. I nodded and he walked away back into another room. "Hope not." I said under my breath. I scratched the back of my neck and walked back upstairs.

As soon as I reached my closed bedroom door, I stopped thinking for a moment, but a sniffling noise interrupted my thoughts. I listened again and heard small whimpers coming from inside. I slowly opened the door and saw Scarlett hiding her face with the covers. I walked towards her and bent down to her eye level. "Baby?" I placed my hand on her blanket covered body. "Scar look at me." She pulled the cover down so I only saw her bright blue eyes becoming red and puffy from crying.

"Why are you crying babe?" I asked quietly and calmly. "You h-hate me." She sobbed. "Don't say that. I could never hate you." "But you do!" She shouted. I sighed and looked into her eyes. "I don't hate you. I was just mad that you never told me sooner. But that's not a reason to hate you." I said. She looked at me with confused eyes. "Really?" "Yes, really." She looked down for a moment. "I feel like an idiot now." She giggled. I smiled knowing at least she was giggling at the situation.

"I'm sorry. I didn't know." I said looking at her. She smiled at me. She leaned towards me and pecked my lips. "It's okay." She pulled my arm. "Now come into bed with meee!" She begged holding out the 'e' sound. I chuckled. "Okay, okay. I'm coming." I walked around the bed and slid into bed with her, pulling her close to me. She repositioned herself and rested on my chest while my right arm was around her. I turned on the tv and left it on the channel it was when it turned on. My fingers found their way to the ends of her long brown hair and twirled it around my fingers, it falling slowly from my fingertips, bouncing slowly.

"Jason?" She said absentmindedly. "Hmm?" "Would it be okay if you met my parents soon? Like I know you met my mom at the hospital but who wants to meet the parents in a hospital room?" She said. I smiled at how much she really cared. "Whenever is alright with me. They probably won't like me though." I said. "Jason. Why wouldn't they like you?" She asked raising an eyebrow. "Just because of who I am. Who wants their daughter dating someone like me?" I said feeling guilty. "Hey if I like you, they'll like you too." She said placing her soft lips on my nose. "You better hope so." She rolled her eyes. "They will so shut up." I gasped.

"Rude." I shook my head. She giggled and threw her head back from laughing. We continued watching tv and I felt her fingertips tracing the skin of my stomach, tracing the outlines of my abs. "You having a fun time there?" I asked sarcastically. She nodded her head against my chest. "Yes I am." She said in a cocky tone.

"You're crazy." "Says you." She smirked. "What's that supposed to mean Reed?" "Oh nothing, McCann." She smiled leaning up to kiss my cheek. "You are something else." I shook my head kissing the top of her head.