Protecting Daniel

Protecting Daniel: Chapter 4

Ross' POV

Jeny wasn't talking to me it had been almost two weeks.... sure we were headed home now, but still... a short break wasn't gonna just fix everything, i wanted to know why she was avoiding me... what I'd done to upset her. I stared out the window I had to get answers from her at home. Once we got close to the house, it looked, quiet, really quiet, and i didn't like it. Once we parked, I got my stuff and went to the door. It was locked so i grabbed my keys and went in. Something was different... a couple pictures were missing off the wall, ones of Jeny and I. i raced up to our room and it all hit me at once, her blankets and pillows were missing, then i noticed it, her closet was empty, her dresser was empty. the necklace i got her for her birthday and the ring i got her for our first anniversary, were sitting on my dresser. She was gone. I sank down onto the floor.

"Ross? Ross whats....." Minnie began but when she came in, she saw it too, "Oh no...."

"She's gone..." i choked out, 'She left me, and i have no idea why... when she didn't answer my texts and then a few days ago her phone saying it had been disconnected.... what'd i do? what'd i do??"

"You didn't do anything wrong," Minnie said gently.

"Then why?? Why did she leave? she said she loved me.. oh god, her message, she loved me, but she was sorry.... she left me then.. shes been gone this whole time...." i sobbed, "why min? why?" I was transferred from her arms to Riker's in seconds, my brother holding me close as i sobbed into his arms.

"I don't know why," Minnie said sadly. Riker held me and let me cry.

"I love her so much, i was gonna... i was gonna," i choked out, before i pulled that damn ring out of my pocket and flung it against the wall. It connected with a heavy slam and fell to the ground, opened.

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"You were going to propose," Riker said gently.

"Yes," i whispered, "Finally, after all this time..." I just let out a frustrated scream and chucked a pillow at my dresser, knocking that photo of us we had on the ground.

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We'd been together so long...... I didn't understand this.. why was she doing this?

"I wanna be alone," i said to Minnie and Riker.

"Okay," Minnie said.

Riker took her hand and left my room.

I just crawled into bed and sobbed into my pillow.

"Why J? What have done? we were.. so.. so in love.. i don't understand... was it all fake? a game?" I wondered, crying aloud. I didn't know, but that day changed my life, forever, i wasn't the same after that. my hope that love existed, for me, was gone... i gave up that day... the bottle and our many groupies became my way to forget everything.....

~~~~One Year Later~~~~

Jen's POV

"Who's a handsome boy???" i cooed, playing peek a boo with my son. Daniel Shor Lynch, my beautiful little boy, he was 4 months old now... so cute and so loving. I couldn't believe he was here. And how much he looked like his dad.... Leaving Ross was the hardest thing i ever had to do, but I was protecting Daniel. That was my concern. He would have understood im sure, but i couldn't risk it....

Daniel gurgled and squealed in delight at the game.

I giggled and finished buckling him up. I'd returned to LA only recently, the past week, and I was always concerned I'd bump into someone, but i was on the other side of LA, and this place was huge, and today i had to go out, we needed groceries... I got him loaded into the car and then headed to the nearest Costco.

He held a small toy in his hands on the entire ride to the store.

When we got there, i parked, got a cart from the carousel next to us and got him loaded into it. He was big enough to at least lay in the front of the cart. it was beautiful out today , but i grabbed his blankie anyways. We headed in and i went straight for the fresh produce.

Daniel was quiet the whole time. I looked for the produce I needed.

"Jeny??" i heard. I glanced up to see Rydel.

"Rydel," i choked out.

"Oh my gosh it really is you!" She said," where have you been this whole time????" She came and gave me a hug.

"Um, busy," I said, scooting back close to Daniel, "Working and little man here."

Rydel glanced at the cart," oh my god! He's so cute!" She said.

"Thanks," i said nervously.

"Gosh, can i hold him?" she asked.

"Ummm, sure," i said, softly. She picked him up and just coddled him. She must have just smiled at him for like ten minutes before she finally spoke up.

"Gosh, he looks... just like Ross' baby pictures," she whispered.

I didn't say anything for a few minutes but knew I couldn't lie.

"He is Ross'," I finally said.

Rydel's mouth fell open.

"You... you knew this the whole time and you still ran?" she asked.

'It's WHY i ran..... i didn't want him to have to be tied down with a baby... and most importantly, he's not safe... Daniel isn't safe i mean, the fans are INSANE and the thought of him being hurt because of them, terrified me, so i ran..." I said.

"We would never let anyone get hurt. We'd have hired more security....anything. But you leaving broke Ross, he's not the same."

"I know, I've seen the reports..." i said, softly, there were so many times i wanted to come back, but.. i didn't think he'd accept me... or Daniel..." i said, softly. She just smiled at her nephew and then set him back down.

"There's always space," she said," it was nice running into you."

"Yeah," I said simply.