Blackheart Forever (Cody Culp)

Chapter 12

Jess's POV

Try as I might, I could'nt get to sleep for nothing.
Angel left a little while ago, cause he had to go to the Blackhearts hangout for some kind of meeting, I don't know, and I didn't ask.
I had my eyes closed, but I was fully awake when I heard someone walk up into the room and set some things on the floor.
"Angel, that you?",I mumbled, but they didn't answer."Angel?"
Then someone sat at the end of bed, making it dip and I shot up.

"Heyy, its ok, its just me",Cody whispered holdin his hand up, then I sighed and sat up fully, looking around the room, and then I noticed bags of my shit by the door.
"That my stuff?'', I asked as I grabbed my beer and took a sip.
He sighed and put his head in his hands as he leaned over the side of the bed.
"I can't let you go back there...not after what he did",he said and looked at me, sniffling.
I scooted to the end of the bed where he was and sat criss crossed next to him then I rested my forehead on his shoulder.
"Please don't cry, ok?...I'm ok", I said.
"No!Your not!",he said as he jumped up and stood in front of me."Jess, he beat the shit out of you!!...And I always say "no one touches my girl" and I wasn't there, and he beat the shit outta you-"

Finally he stopped crying and sobs took over, so I jumped up and pulled him into a hug, crying with him.
"Shh, its ok, its ok",I whispered to him as I rubbed his back.
"I failed you Jess, I'm so sorry!!!",he choked out as he cried into my shoulder.
"Shh, come here", I whispered as I pulled him to the bed with me.
I laid down, then held my arms out to him, then he rolled over and buried his face in my neck as he sniffled.
I brushed his hair away from his forehead and face, then kissed his forehead and continued messing with his hair.
"You didn't fail me", I shook my head and he sniffed again.

"I should've never dropped you off",he said.
"You were just doing what I wanted you to do...I don't blame you for what happened for a second", I shook my head as I sat u, throwing my shoes off the bed, then looked back at him.
He looked up at me and ran his thumb across one of the probably many bruises on my face, and I sighed.
"It doesn't matter anymore, ok?", I said as I laid down again, facing him this time."Your here, I'm here, I know you would'nt let anything happen to me...ok?"
"Alright...get some rest ok?",he said and I nodded, then sighed and closed my eyes.
A few seconds later, I felt him running his hand through my hair, and then he'd play with the ends of it, and then pretty soon he'd go back to what he originally doing, and it all made me even more tired than I already was.

I sighed again, then turned over, but scooted back some to where I was right next to him like I was before, then he put his arm around me, and we both dozed off.
It amazes me how well he knows me, because that shit put me right to sleep.
As cheesy as it may sound, I feel more safe when Cody's around me, or has his arm around me, or is just near me in some sort of way.
I just feel safe when I'm with him.
A while later, maybe around midnight or so, I woke up and Cody wasn't there, so I got up and walked into the bathroom, then scoffed at my reflection.
I looked pretty bad, but not as bad as I thought I did.

I had some bruises here and there on my face, then of course my lip was busted.
When I turned around, I looked over my shoulder and pulled my shirt up to see all the bruises I showed Cody, and my back was just covered in them.
"Jesus Christ", I sighed to myself as I walked out, then grabbed my beer I had beside the bed before and walked downstairs to find Cody sitting on the counter drinking a beer as well.
"Great minds think alike huh?", I said as I held it up to show him and sat on the counter across from him.
"There you are, I was starting to think you slipped into a damn coma",he said and took a swig and I shrugged.
"So uhh, about all my stuff upstairs...what,you want me movin in with you?", I laughed and took a sip of mine.

"I just don't want you goin back to your dads", he shrugged back, then got off the counter and walked over to me."Why you don't wanna be here?"
"This place is basically my second home...your my first home...so of course I wanna be here", I shrugged and he nodded.
"Alright, cool",he smiled back and we held a stare for a few seconds before he looked into the living room."Where's Angel?"
"He went to the hideout",I answered and took another sip while he nodded."You wanna go?"
Cody raised an eyebrow at me from his beer and then set it down.
"Where?To the hangout?",he asked and I nodded.

"Yea, I mean, I may have gotten the shit beat outta me a few hours ago, but that don't mean I ain't up to party", I smirked as I shrugged.
He shook his head and laughed at the floor, but looked back up at me and sighed.
"Alright, yea, lets go", he waved his hand around then he took one more sip of his beer before setting it on the counter.
"I'm gunna go grab our jackets", I said as I ran upstairs and grabbed them off the foot of my bed, then before I left I looked around the room and smiled a little.
This is gunna be my new room.

I turned around then ran downstairs, where Cody was, then we walked outside and down the ramp to his back.
Then I got on the back with him and we rode off to the hideout.