Cincinnati Boy

Chapter 15

JON'S POV

I was sitting on the couch with Caro, who was crying. "This is my fault.." I said with a blank expression on my face. I felt Caro's movement, but I didn't look up from the broken necklace on the ground under my feet. "You're damn right it is." She said under her tears. "You fucking bastard, YOU kissed ME!" She stood in front of me but I still didn't look up. "I know.." I said quietly. "Do you realize what you just caused me? I just lost my best friend, you jerkbag!" I finally looked at her. "If anyone needed to get slapped, it's you." She tightened her fists. "This ones from me," She slapped the left side of my face; hard, "And this one's from Erica." She slapped my right cheek harder. I kept my face turned and clenched my teeth. "You KNOW about Cameron and you KNOW how much she loved that boy. She trusted YOU WITH HER HEART." Her voice cracked. "Fuck you, Jon. Get near my best friend again and I'll fucking kill you." I watched her leave. A few minutes passed, I finally decided to get up and leave, too.

ERICA'S POV

I had no idea where I was going, but I went anyways. I was now in the middle of nowhere. I looked at the rearview mirror and noticed a car behind me. That was strange, considering I was in the middle of nowhere. This person has been following me for a while now. I gripped the steering wheel. I was scared for my life. Once I got up to the stop sign, I turned right. I looked in the mirror and the car turned left. I let out a breath. Finally. I could hardly breathe since I left the house. My hand still stung from the slap. I bit my lip and held in my tears. This hurt me more than anything. I was lost so I pulled the car over and parked in front of this alley. I got out and leaned against the dumpster, getting a hit of fresh air. "Who are you?" I heard a voice near say. I jumped in fear and looked. Some grown man was standing there with a cigarette in between his lips. He was bald and had a goatee. His appearance creeped me out. "E-Erica.." I admitted. "Why are you hear, Erica?" He asked. He walked closer to me, tossing his cigarette to the ground. "I got lost.." I slowly stepped back but then ran into the brick wall. "Where you headed?" He asked me, running his finger down my cheek. I shivered and pinched my eyes shut. "I don't k-know." He gripped my shoulder tightly. I yelped in pain, but I couldn't go anywhere. I was stranded. Suddenly I heard tires skid across the pavement. The car looked just like the one who was following me. "Please don't hurt m-me." I shook as he walked over to me and the man. He grabbed the man's shoulder, aggressively turning him around. He lifted him up by his shirt and practically carried down the alley. He roughly shoved him against the brick wall. I had no idea who this was. He was wearing a black hoodie, covering his face. "Let me go, you fucking bitch, before I kill you." The man with the goatee yelled. The mysterious man slammed his head hard against the wall, then dropped him after. He sat on his chest and started decking him right in the nose a few times, but just after one punch, he was pouring blood. I covered my mouth with my hands and stepped back against my car. The mysterious man got up off of the other guy and walked over to me. I stepped back into my car quickly and tried to shut the door before he stopped me by putting his arms between the door. "Wait!" He shouted. I stopped and looked at him. That voice was super familiar. He took the hoodie off of his head, revealing his face. It was Jon. "Get the fuck away!" I kicked him in the throat. He held his throat and then tried to stop me from shutting the door again. "Give me five minutes!" He yanked the car door open so hard that it broke off. I had no other choice now but to let him speak. I got out of the car and leaned against the side of my car. "Erica.." He began, "It was my fault. I forced Caro to kiss me. But I didn't do it to piss you off, I did it to piss Joe off. " I looked at him with anger in my eyes, "Joe had nothing to do with this." I barely spoke. He told me that Joe was staying at his place again and he went to the store, but left his phone while he went. Caro texted Joe saying to come over and Jon read it and figured it would've been sweet revenge if he tasted his best friend's mouth. He thought this would've gotten Joe back for making him lose his girl. He wanted Joe to lose his. I closed my eyes and let it all sink in. "Don't be mad at Caro, please. This was my fault.. If you wanna hit someone, hit me." He stood back, wanting me to hit him. I don't know if he thought I wasn't going to or not, but I kicked him as hard as I could in the nuts. "Dammit!" He nearly fell to the ground, but I caught him and pulled him against me, roughly kissing him. He kissed me back with such aggression. I pulled away and rested my forehead against his chest. "I'm so fucking sorry, babygirl.." I heard his voice change; He was crying. He was actually crying. I started crying aswell into his shirt. He pulled my head away from his chest with his hands on the side of my face and kissed me again, longer this time. We cried during the kiss together. I cried my fucking heart out. I was in such pain, but I loved this man... I was IN LOVE with Jonathan Good. "Jon, I'm tired.." He nodded and we got in the backseat of my car, cuddling up against each other. We tried getting closer and closer to each other, but we were already as close as we could be. He finally just let me lie on top of him. He rubbed my back with his fingertips and I fell asleep.