G O L D E N | why don't we |

|T H I R T Y - F O U R|

"i wake up feeling like you won't play right, i used to know but now that shit don't feel right" -  childish gambino

"Officer look this guy was harassing me! My boyfriend was only protecting me please, don't arrest him, he was only defending me." Jessie pleaded as two police officers, one had Jack pinned to the hood of his car, the other had Benny and Jessie was handling the situation so calmly though inside it was chaos.

"Fighting in public Ma'am is not allowed, it's against the law." The officer holding Jack stated, glaring down at the boy whose face was mushed against the hood.

Jessie made eye contact with him and swallowed hard. She was not letting him go to jail, he couldn't, especially not this early in his career.

"Officer please, just check his name, he's never done anything like this before and his rap sheet is clean. Just please." Jessie stood her ground, her fists clenched at her sides and her breathing slow but shaky.

The officer looked at her for a moment, she could see the wheels in his head turning he then looked at the third officer who had just arrived and nodded his head to him. Jessie didn't breathe as all the people standing around, her friends included, waited for the third officer to come back.

A few minutes later he did, walking pretty slow and steady. "They're clean."

Jessie still didn't breathe easy until the officers let the boys go and Jack made his way into her arms.

"You're a good girlfriend, ma'am, a smooth talker definitely." The second officer said before getting in his car, Jessie nodded to him barely able to smile and then turned her attention to Jack.

"Are you okay?" She asked him as she touched the cheek that was basically smashed against the cop car and he nodded glumly.

"Are you?" He asked, his right eye was beginning to bruise and his lip was busted. She really wanted to turn around and beat the shit out of the Benny kid but Jack had broken the kid's nose and she couldn't help but smile at the sight of it and the fact her boyfriend that was actually hurt asking her if she was okay.

"Really? Are you asking me? Come on let's get some ice on that eye and lip before they swell."

"Jack, I didn't know you could fight like that! You literally almost defaced that guy!" Daniel shrieked turning around to face Jack in the van, Jack chuckled and shrugged.

"When it comes to protecting my girl, I definitely should've defaced him." He stated gripping Jessie's hand and the brown-haired girl pressed her face on his shoulder hiding the broad smile on her face.

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Jessie got a bucket of ice and set it between her legs and then picked up a handful in a hand towel and then wrapped it up before handing it to Jack to press against his eye. She got the first-aid kit and cleaned up his lip and then she got another hand towel with ice wrapped in it and made him press that one against his lip.

"The swelling should go down by tomorrow at least." she rose from the bed and placed the bucket on the night stand and the first aid kid back into her duffel.

"Thank you, even though I could protect myself fine, thank you for today," Jessie said as she crawled back onto the bed to lay beside him, Jack placed the makeshift ice packs on the nightstand then he scooted down so he could lay his head on her chest.

"If you haven't noticed already, I'd risk anything for you."

"Even your career? Your reputation? If you got arrested tonight Jack, that would've ruined it all."