3: Never Let Go (John & Lenny Pearce/Justice Crew Fanfic)

Chapter 14

* John's POV *

Wait what? Did she just talk? Did I just hear her say that she loves me back?

Looking back to her sleeping figure, I wanted to check if by chance she was just pretending to sleep, but her eyes were still closed. Her head was resting on her side pillow.

Was I dreaming? Was that my unconscious side speaking? The fact that I've wanted to hear those words from her, maybe I'm just hearing things, hallucinating even.

Tossing and turning, I contemplated whether I should wake her up to ask, but it seems like she needed a sleep.

"Ants in your pants?" Slade snorted in a low tone, not wanting to wake Bailey up as he moved around the room. "Forgot my phone."

"I think she talked... In her sleep." I shared. However, it was a bit awkward to tell him what I have heard, considering he's Slade. Isn't he supposed to be going out with Bailey or something? I'm not even sure what their relationship is right now.

But do I want to know?

"She's not mine, anymore. She made it clear that night you left us. She loves you." Slade surprised me as if he knew what was going in on my mind. "You're like her, kind of easy to read. Maybe that's why you two are meant for each other." Should I be insulted?

I shook my head. "I doubt that. Whenever we try to get together, something else happens. But I'm willing to fight for it. I'm here, ain't I?"

"No John, I believe you two are meant to be together. It's just that... I hated seeing her with you. Thus, creating schemes to break you apart, feeding her information that was opposite of what you've been doing because I want her to choose me instead of you, and I know she would trust me more than someone she met at a grocery store." He trailed off.

"I was her Jacob in Happy Fostelles." He revealed, coming clean. "I was her only friend then, but I left her when I got adopted. I didn't think I'd see her again, and when I did, I remembered my promise that I'll never leave her."

"She's all I ever had that I know would look at me like I'm someone worthy. Though the jealousy came in when I found out about you. Especially when I fell for someone who I thought would give me another life." I'm confused.

"I met Jaq when she ran away because of her insecurities with Jill. I felt like she was like me. We got closer, but in the end, she used me to acquire some money she could use to change and get back with you."

"Since then, I was raised to believe that in order to get what I wanted, I need to step on people, or else they would try to use me. It's the circle of life." He uttered. Pulling one of the available chairs, he sat down as his eyes shifted to Bailey watching her the whole time while I continued to watch him and hear everything he had to say.

"My mum used me to get Xander. To be completely honest with you, I knew about Jacob Hughes existence, but I didn't expect it to be Xander. Never." He bowed down, perhaps remembering all the things they fought before. I knew how he was, even when he was still Xavier and he wasn't at all nice to Xander.

It's one of the reasons I hated him. So whenever I heard his name, or even knew he got Bailey, all I could think about was trouble. He'll do nothing good to her.

"When I found out you were dating Bailey, I tried to help Jaq to break you two apart, threatening her to pay her debts. And the only thing she could make it up to me would be if she brought Bailey."

He sighed as I kept quiet the whole time. My fingers were running in Bailey's hair because I knew she liked that. Calming her down and pulling her deeper in sleep.