Star Light

Chapter 27

October 19

"Run!" Someone yells behind me. We are outside in a familiar looking run down neighborhood. I turn around to see a girl, around her late twenties early thirties, running toward me. I squint my eyes at her and see blood running down her face and bruises all around her body. Her features look familiar, especially the little cut in her eye brow. I don't hesitate and let my legs run next to her.

"What is it?" I ask hearing the growling behind me. I turn to look but don't see anything.

"Its Dale." She says and I stop in my tracks and look at her. She stops next to me, pulling on my arm. "We have to go..!"

"Mom?" I ask looking at her. She nods her head then looks behind me. I see the man himself coming to stop by us. He looks at my mother first and when he gets close enough, smacks her to the ground. I try to go down to help her but he grabs my arm and throws me away from her.

"What did I tell you?" He screams at me. I look up at him, tears filling my eyes. "Keep your bitch ass in your room! Do you want to end up like your whore of a mother over here?"

"Mom..." I say looking at her and get a kick to the stomach. I grunt then hear something click. I look up right at a gun. Before I can react I hear it go off.

I shoot up straight trying to catch my breath I look around the room and see that I am at home in my bed. I whip the sweat off my forehead then look next to me and see someone sitting next to me, holding my arm. He looks like he has just seen someone get a exorcism.

"What?" I ask. Last thing I remember was watching a movie with him and Steven downstairs then falling asleep. I look at the ground and see his wallet, keys, and shirt. He stayed here over night to make sure I was safe and to comfort me.

"You were shaking and screaming in your sleep." Jacob says and I put my head on his chest then take a deep breath as he raps his arms around me.

"I'm okay. Sorry just a bed dream." I say. Steven and Jacob know about everything that happened back then. Jacob know because when we started to date, before he turned into a asshole, I told him. Steven knows about it because we were friends...best friends.  He would try to help me and he did his best to comfort me through the years. I would go to school everyday with new cuts and bruises and a new excuse of how it got there. The school never once dared to call my parents because my dad would always tell them whatever I said was true because I was a 'clumsy kid'. The moment that my dad raised a gun to my head when I was in tenth grade was the day my mother went running with me to Jacobs house. His mother and my mother were friends as me and Jacob were so she let us stay there, good thing that my father was never in my life. We were right under his nose and he was too lazy to find us. We moved houses when my mother had enough money and bought the house by them because she felt safer close by them.

"Are the dreams back again?" Jacob asked and I nod looking down.

"You didn't have to sleep here you know." I say.

"I thought it would be best if I stayed, you know, in case the guys came back." Jacob says and I nod.

"What happened to Steven?" I ask.

"He went somewhere with your mom this morning." He says and I nod.

"I'll call him later." I go over to Jacob and hug him. He hugged back immediately and I didn't want to leave, so I didn't. We held our hug for a while until I decided to pull back and he looked sad. "I love you." I say out of the blue.

"I love you too." He says. "So, what would you like to do today?" Jacob asks and I turn to him, holding my coffee again. I take a sip then smile.

"Call Steven, then watch the news." I say noticing it was only eight in the morning. We slowly make our way to the couch and sit down next to each other. I grab my phone that was still on the table from last night and call him. Within seconds he answers.

"Hello?" He asks.

"Hey Steven." I say.

"Oh, hey Laura. How are you doing?"

"I'm okay, is it a bad time?" I ask.

"No, its perfect. Have you seen the news yet?" he asks and I look at Jacob.

"No not yet. Why what's on the news?" I ask and he turns the TV on flipping to the station.

"Just watch. I will be over in a couple minutes." he says then hang sup.

"What did he say?" Jacob asks and I don't look away.

"He said to watch the news." I say and he nods. We watch for a couple minutes then the front door opens and my mom walks in with Steven behind her.

"Hey." I say and they sit next to me. "Where were you two?"

"She drove me home from the Police station." Steven said.

"Why were you at the Police station...?"

"Shhh its on."' my mother says and I look at the TV to see a familiar picture on the screen. Devon.

"...his body was found early this morning by a man driving down I43. Police were able to identify the body as Devon Brogan, a local gang leader who has been on the radar for many years for murders, assaults, and rapes...." The TV goes off.

"Who killed him?" I ask looking a that table.

"Nobody knows but us." Seven says. "I saw him walking toward your house this morning s I shot him with my dads rifle. His gang members were asking where he was and blowing up his phone. I put a silencer on my gun and he dropped like a fly. Your mother helped me bring his body to the police where we say we found him on the road. "Jacob hugs me happily.

"This is great news!" He says hugging me but I push him off.

"How is that great news?" I ask and they look confused. "Who do you think his gang members are going to come after?"

"No, don't worry." Jacob says. "They automatically are going to think a different gang did it. I know, I was with them for a while. They believe nobody outside of a gang can hurt them. We are nobody to them." I nod.

"So we are good then?" My mother asks and Jacob nods. I look at Steven and he comes up, hugging me. I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding in. We are finally safe.

"Its over." He says into my neck. Jacob and my mother join the hug.

"Its all over." My mother says, saying the same words she did when we moved into this house. When everyone pulls away Jacob walks up to me and kisses me.

"I love you." He says.

"I love you too." I say.

"Okay, I say this is meant to be celebrated by a happy dinner." My mother says. "Where would you guys like to go tonight?"

"Olive Garden." I say as Jacob raps his arm around my waist. I look at him and smile as he smiles back. My heart flutters at his smile. God, I am love sick over this boy.

He is going to be the death of me one day.

AUTHORS NOTE: Sorry I didn't know how to end the story without it going on forever. I hope you enjoyed the story and hop there aren't too many errors. Please, message me on what you think I should write my next story about. Love you all!