Love, hate and everything in between

~Chapter 10~

*****Brooke's POV*****

Once I finally got to the gas station I threw 50 cents in the phone booth and again dialed James' number.

"Hello?" He answered flustered.

"James, it's Brooke. I'm at..Gas city. North." I replied keeping my eye on everything.

"I'll be there in 15. Are you okay?"

"Honestly? No. I'm scared out of my mind. I want you here."

"You'll be okay, I promise. I'll be there soon baby girl."

"Okay. Bye."

I hung up the phone and waited around by the door for James. This was my only ticket home. I had to make this. As the 15 minutes slowly ticked by I saw James' car pull up. I swung open the door and ran outside. James opened his door and stopped looking at me. I couldn't help, but let tears pour down my face. He held his arms out and I could barely feel my feet as they took off running towards him. I jumped in his arms and immediately felt his strong arms wrap around me. I buried my face in his neck and felt his hand stroke my hair.

"Shh. You're okay. I've got you. You're safe now." He whispered slowly in my ear.

"Troy took me. He tried killing me. And mark. He was going to rape me. I was going to die. I'm going to die." I sobbed hard into his shirt keeping my arms tight around him.

"Troy took you?"

I nodded my head and leaned away allowing him to wipe my tears away.

"Let's go home and talk about this. Okay, baby?" He asked tucking my hair behind my ear. I nodded quickly while tears continued to fall. He took my hand and walked me to the car then got in himself. The car started and I felt him grab my arm. I, unintentionally, jumped.

"Hey, hey. It's just me. It's okay." He whispered. I nodded my head. He took my hand and turned me to him. I slowly felt his hand go behind my head. I closed my eyes and took in everything I'd been missing.

"I've missed you." He whispered using his other hand to move his fingers over my lips.

"I've missed you too." I mouthed.

Slowly I felt his lips go on mine. I could feel the kiss get deeper and more meaningful. I couldn't help but feel tears build up again and fall.

"Hey. What's wrong?" He asked leaning away.

"I just miss..everything." I said quietly.

"Let's get you home."

He backed away and drove us home. I laid my head on the window and watched everything pass by. Rain began to fall and thunder clashed above. I jumped at the sounds and felt James' hand wrap around my own.

"I'm fine, really." I said quietly.

"It's cute how you think I'd believe you." He said glancing over at me for only a second. I shrugged and felt his hand squeeze mine. After a drive, which felt like forever, we finally arrived home. I slowly got out of the car and let James hold his jacket over me so I wouldn't get wet. Before we ever reached the porch the door swung open. I was bombarded with hugs and heard a few bickering arguments between James and the guys.

"I found her, didn't I?" I heard James say. I felt him grab my hand and pull me from the hugs.

"You can all talk to her tomorrow. It's been a long week." James said resting his hand on my lower back. He led me upstairs and shut the door. I immediately collapsed on the bed. James came around on the other side of the bed and laid down by me. He wrapped his arms around me and lightly kissed my neck. I finally felt safe. I snuggled up closer against him and closed my eyes. I felt him get up and move the covers from under me. He picked me up and then carefully set me under the blankets.

"We'll talk tomorrow, beautiful." He said quietly as he pulled the blankets up to me.

"Okay." I whispered tiredly.

"I love you, baby girl."

"I love you too, James."

And after that I fell asleep. I was sound asleep. No sounds awoke me and nothing bothered me. Honestly, I could've been thrown into a construction site building a skyscraper and I probably wouldn't have woken up.

•Yeeeaah. That was short and ewww. But he found her and there wasn't any way to make that more interesting unless Troy would've come back...but that would've been WAAAAYYYY too obvious. I'm kind of on total writers block right now...the thing I'm putting in the story is not something I've ever written and I'm hoping it doesn't turn out too bad.....but school has 3 more days!! (Thank god) So hopefully..I'll get more ideas and write and blah blah blah. Oh! And thank you so much for over 800 reads now! I'd love to get to 1K before the end of this month so if y'all could vote and comment and let people know!(: Which, on the last book, you guys were great at doing! So do it again! But thank you guys. Love you. xoxo <3 •