LWP 13

Chapter 2

When Johnny came in, I stood up off the bed and opened my mouth to speak but he slammed the door. "Sit." I did as I was told. "How could you do this to me?" he scolded, keeping his voice as low as he could so he didn't send me into shock.

I felt like crying. "A-Ah'm sorry! A-Ah swear Ah din't go there on purpose! Ah jus' woke up! At first, Ah e'en thought it was you!" I slapped my hands in front of my mouth as soon as I'd said it.

"You thought that...that...hoodlum was me?"

"Johnny, please! Ah swear ta the lord almighty Ah wouldn't do that ta ya! Ya know how out of it Ah am when Ah wake up! An' Ah din't have ma glasses! Please forgive 'im! Forgive me!"

"Why should I? I can believe you didn't do it but what about him? He's got a bad past and you said you dated him before! He's got a bloody police record!"

"J-Johnny..."

"And he's been all over you since he got here! What am I suppose to think about that?"

I blinked a few times to hold back some tears. "J-Johnny... Y-Yer scarin' me..."

At those words, his eyes got wide and he slid over on his knees to be eye level. He held my face with one hand and my hand with the other. "I'm so sorry, my love."

"A-Ah din't mean it..."

"No no no, sweetie, you're okay. I didn't mean it. I shouldn't have yelled at you." I found myself sniff and he gently held my head to his chest, kissing the top. "I'm so sorry. I just love you too much to see you with someone else."

I squeaked. He was so mad. What if he hurt me? Of course, deep down, I knew he would never do that. But when you're paranoid of things like that, that's where your mind goes to. Johnny held me in his lap, rocking a bit. I looked up at him. "C-can ya f-fogive us?"

By the sympathy in his eyes, I could tell he saw the fear in mine. "You, at least. If you forgive me for getting mad like that."

I nodded and leaned into him. What were we going to do?