My Protector

chapter twelve

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Jake wrapped a blanket around me as the workers from the ambulance checked over my stitches for any problems that might have occurred from Stephen's violent attack. Their hands were cold on my raw flesh but the blanket and Jake kept me warm on the inside and out. I  noticed clouds dotting the sky as i awaited to be finished with this exam and watched as the police followed Stephen's ambulance down my neighborhood street and turn the corner. A icy relief dripped over my body at the knowledge that this was finally the end of all the fear, harrassment, and pain. But it was the beginning of something else. 

The police verified Jake's and my statement one last time before all of the people were gone and it just just Jake holding me in my blanket outside of my house. Warmth filled my whole body and their was a content aura around us as I remembered the last words he had said to me while we were still in my room, talking over Stephen's still body. He had said that he loved me and in my heart I knew that he meant that with every fiber of his being and I couldn't help but smile into his chest at the thought of what that meant. 

"I love you too," I whispered, barely audible but I know he heard it for he pulled away and grabbed my face with both hands, staring into my eyes with the most meaning I've ever seen. He struggled for words before he leaned in, kissing me soflty and wonderfully because he, too, knew that I meant that just as much as he did. 

Eventually we began to walk away from my house, holding hands down the sidewalk as we talked about the future, our future. I couldn't imagine life without him now and hoped that this feeling would always hold. Never in my life had I met anyone like Jake and I knew that he would always protect me. 

We stopped into a small cafe and ordered coffees and muffins as we laughed and talked about unimportant things, because sometimes those are the best and only conversations you want to have. And I knew in that moment that Jake was and always would be, my protector. 

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