Run Away J.M.

32

Rose's pov

My eyes peel open and I look around to see I'm in Jack's bedroom. I look out the window, seeing that it is night time, and stand up from the bed. I guess Jack must have moved me up here.

I look over to the clock to see it is only nine twenty at night. Why would he even be home?

I walk to the door, slowly opening it, and peeking my head out. I listen to the mumbling sounds of the television before stepping out.

My feet touch the bottom stair, and I continue into the television room. I see Jack in sweats on the couch.

I tip toe into the room, and I crawl up on the sofa next to him. He looks over at me, and throws me a quick smile.

"We need to talk about something, Rose" he says, clearing his throat and I nod my head.

"If it's because I'm still staying here I will-" I start, before he shakes his head.

"No, that's not it. You're welcome here always" He says, lowering the volume on the television a little.

"I wanted to talk about maybe getting you some- uh-" he cuts himself off, and I furrow my eyebrows a bit.

"L-like maybe a therapist" he says in a quick whisper, and my eyes open looking down at the floor.

"W-why would I need t-that?" I ask, still a bit confused on why he is saying this.

"Well, I feel like- you know, everything going on in your life is alot to handle, maybe? That some professional help might do some good" He says simply

Me? Going to a therapist? I have never even thought about the idea, ever in my life before.

Maybe I do need someone to talk to about my problems, but I don't know if I'm quiet ready yet.

"Do they really even help?" I ask him and he nods his head once.

"I see it work all of the time," he says softly, "To remind you again, I work in a jail" he says, making me laugh a little bit

"Would you help me find a good one?" I ask him, staring to play with my fingers.

"Of course I would" he says, grabing my hand that is closest to him, and rubbing tiny circles on the back of it.

"Rose, I care for you" he smiles, and I look down at our hands together, "I want what's best for you" he says

"But I'm not sure this is what I want" I whisper to him, and I hear a sigh from him.

"Then what do you want?" He asks, and my eyebrows furrow again, just thinking about the question.

"I want to be happy" I say trying to smile, but completly fail at it.

"Then just trust me on this one, okay?" He says, and I nod my head, making him smile.

I cuddle up into his chest and he places a soft kiss on my forehead. I rest my hand on his chest and look up a him for a moment

I can't be getting feelings for Jack. What about Jason? What would Jason do if he found out I was even with another living soul?

Jason is gone, I try and tell myself. He is in jail, and he will probably never be allowed out.

He has cheated on me numerous times with other girls, and I just blew it off with the wind.

He never even really liked me. He tired to make that clear, but there is me being stupid again.

But I still feel like I am betraying him in some, very odd, way. Even though he hurt me, I feel like something was still there.

Did he mean it when he said he loved me? Or was it just spur of the moment?

"Rose" Jack whipser, rubbing his thumb across my cheek, "Are you okay?" His eyebrows furrow looking down at me.

I shake my head no, and he lets out a little sigh, rubbing my back.

"Penny for your thoughts?" He asks and I rest my head on his chest, and put my arm around him.

"When do I start therapy?" I ask and I see him smile from the corner of my eye.

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Jack stops the car and we sit there in silence for a few moments. He slowly looks over at me, and I look down at my hands.

"You ready to go in?" He asks, and I shake my head. He reachs over for my hand, and I let him take it.

"I'm really nervous" I whisper, and he makes circles on my hand with his thumb, "What if they judge me?" I ask him.

"They have heard everything like this before, they won't" he says and I roll my eyes.

"I don't think it's everyday that someone comes in that fell in love with the craziest criminal in the world" I spat and I let go of his hand.

His eyes widen a little bit as he looks away from me, and out the window in silence.

"It won't be that bad" he says, and I shrug my shoulders slowly.

"Yeah, I guess" I say resting my hand on the door handle, "let's go" I say as we both get out.

We walk side by side to the door of the small building. Jack's eyes quickly flick down at my hands, and back foward.

He opens the door for me, I throw a fake smile at him. We walk to the desk, standing infront of a middle aged lady.

"How can I help you?" She says, not taking her eyes off of her computer as she chews her gum.

"Officer Gilinsky" Jack says, pulling out his wallet and showing the lady his badge.

Her eyebrows raise a bit, as he puts it back in his pocket, and she looks through some papers on her desk.

Her eyes quickly shoot up at me, then back down, and I try to rub the goosebumps off of my arms.

"Rose O'Reilly?" She asks, pushing her glasses down a bit, and I nod my head quickly.

"Hm" she hums, as she types something into the computer, "I have down here that your sessions will be on sundays, tuesdays, thursdays, and fridays for an hour each at two in the afternoon" she says.

I nod once again, and she looks back at the screen for a brief second. I take a deep breath, trying to take everything in.

Jack places his hand in the small of my back, rubbing my side up and down slowly.

"Have you been attending school lately?" She asks, and I shake my head no quickly.

"Are you okay with starting sessions in two days?" She says slowly looking up at me, and I nod once again.

"Okay, you guys are all set" she says, continuing to type on her computer quickly.

"Thanks" Jack says, before we both walk out of the office and back to the car.

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