The Darkness Inside

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I'm pleading for Jake to let go when I see him fly across the room. Jared is walking over to Jake and he's punching Jake over and over. Jake is bleeding. He gets up and Jared pounds his fist into Jake's gut. Jake gets a punch in and Jared's lip is bleeding. This has to stop. I run between them and Jake looks at me with angry eyes and pushes me down. Jared practically drop kicks Jake. Jake gets up and tried to go for a punch, but he's too slow. Jared hits him right in the nose. I hear a crack and Jake puts his hand on his nose and screams in pain.

This is all because of you. You are a terrible monster. Just being the person you are could make anyone want to hurt you.

Drake runs between them and grabs Jake out of the way.

"JAKE YOU BETTER BE THANKFUL HE STEPPED IN! AND DON'T YOU EVER. EVER. LAY A HAND ON HER DO YOU HEAR ME?"

Jared gets right up in Jake's face. At this point I'm sobbing.

"WELL?"

"Sorry dude. I'll leave her alone."

Jared takes my hand and takes me out to the car. He hugs me and squeezes me extra tight before putting me in.

"Jared I'm so sorry... I never meant for anyone to get hurt.."

"Grace, honey, I'd do it all again. I wish I just would've been there. I'm sorry for a crappy birthday.."

"It's not your fault Jared. What do you say we go out to dinner?This time I'll try not to get kidnapped."

He smiles.

"Grace that sounds perfect. I never should've brought you here. These people are stupid anyways. Let's go to the little Café on Main."

He kisses my hand while our fingers are intertwined.

We jam out to Hinder on the way there. Lips of an Angel comes on.

"Grace, I swear they wrote this song about you."

I sing along to the song.

"And I never wanna say goodbye, but girl you make it hard to be faithful..with the lips of an angel.."

I'm sure to roll my voice on the last note, just for him. He pulls the car over.

"What are you doing?"

I look at him and he pulls my lips to his and pulls me into his seat. I'm sitting on top of him now and he's running his hand through my hair. He pulls away and starts from my right arm, kissing all of my scars, all the way up to my neck and back to my lips. I must've let out a little sigh because I could feel his lips curl into a smile.

He pulls away and I quietly gasp for air.

"Grace, do you have any idea how much I love you?"

I climb back over to the passenger seat and turn on the radio.

"Must be a lot."

We pull up to the Café and we get out. We go in.

"Table for two please."

The waitress smiles and I can see her wink at Jared. I forgot I was still wearing my ring. We are seated at a small table and the lights are dim and there's a candle in the middle of our table.

"What can I get you two to drink?"

"I'll have a Coke please."

She looks at me expectantly.

"I'll have an iced tea."

She leaves and then brings out our drinks.

"Are you two ready to order?"

Jared is the social butterfly of the relationship so I told him to order first.

"I'll have a sirloin, grilled medium well, please. I'd like a side of fries and a house salad."

He hands her his menu.

"I'll have the chicken salad on a croissant with baked potato chips please."

Jared and I talk about everything about under the moon. School. Summer. Plans. College. I'm loving every moment. I'm just missing mom and Elizabeth so much. He must be able to tell.

"Grace they're watching you. You have 4 guardian angels now."

He always knows how to make the situation positive.

The waiter brings out our food and Jared chows down. I barely eat anything. A couple bites of my croissant and a handful of chips. Jared notices I'm not eating much. He doesn't say anything though. The waiter comes back over and Jared whispers something to him. The waiter nods and leaves.

"What'd you say?"

"You'll see soon enough."

He gives a smile and as if on queue the waiter comes out with a hot fudge brownie with a sparkler in the top.

"Happy Birthday!"

"Jared this looks amazing!"

He must've known I'd eat because he ate hardly any. I pulled out another spoon and gave it to him.

"Here. Try some! It's so good!"

He smiles and dug in. He was going to let me eat the whole thing.

We finish and we're both stuffed.

"Do you guys need anything?"

"A to-go box please."

The waiter walks to a shelf and brings one. I scoop my food into the box and we head back to my house. I change into a tank top and some pajama shorts and Jared's laying on my bed reading a book. I look a little closer. "Paper Towns." It's a John Green book. The star football player, my boyfriend, is laying on my bed in boxers, reading a John Green book.

I turn my light off and I snuggle next to him. He pulls me closer and I drift off to sleep.

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~Authors Note: wow this is long. Oops. I hope you guys like this. I know some of you want to see more of the dark thoughts and I can assure you there will be plenty soon enough ;) . Love you all! :* -GT