He Saved Her Life

Caved

After the show Jasey and I went out to the signing tent along with the others. Jasey sat in my lap while the fans pass their CDs, posters, and such along the table for us to sign. "You two are so adorable. Jasey, that's you're name right? You're so beautiful!" A girl said as I signed her poster. "Yes, that's my name. And thank you so much." Jasey said, a smile on her face. The girl smiled and went on to Ricky who sat next to me.

"I gotta go back to my bus for a bit so Tony doesn't freak out." Jasey said as we walked back. "No! You're not allowed! I'm taking you hostage." I said, pulling her close to me so she's against my chest. "You can come with me? I just gotta grab my stuff if you guys insist on me staying with you guys for awhile." She said. "Okay, then that's fine. As long as you come back with me." I said, spinning her a few times.

We got to the PTV bus and went inside. Tony is drunk off his ass. "Why is he drunk? He never gets drunk. Ever." Jasey asked to everyone on the bus. "Ronnie Radke and him went out drinking. I had to go pick him up." Jaime said. "You! You blonde bitch! One minute you're all over Luke, now look at you? All over Joshua Balz! You're a slut!" Tony slurred drunkly. The look on Jasey's face melting from worry to complete depression. I slipped my arm around her waist and held her, knowing if this goes on she's gonna break. "Tony! What the fuck?!" Everyone else in the room said. He just laughed and sloppily slapped Jasey across the face. "I didn't raise you to be a slut." He said. Tears rolled from her cheeks. I pulled her into my chest and held her tightly. "I'll put her things in a bag and send it over with Michael or someone other than Tony. I'm so sorry, Jass. I'm so sorry. We still love you." Ashton said from the back of the bus. Luke behind him with a look that could kill Tony if he saw it. Not many people could talk due to the shock of what Tony had just said.

We left the bus and went back to mine. The second we got inside, she collapsed to the ground. Chris running in to see what happened. I kneeled down and sat beside her. "Dude, what happened?" Chris asked. "Tony's drunk. He said some things that he should've never said. Because I'm near positive he just lost Jasey forever. Someone is gonna bring her bag over soon. She's gonna stay with us from now on." I said. Not asking for permission. "I agree. If anyone is gonna take her in after something that's made her like this, it's gotta be someone or some people that she can trust. And she trusts us." Chris said, kneeling down and rubbing her back.

Us guys gave her the space she probably needed. She got up a few times to use the bathroom, although I know she went in there and cried. I could hear the quiet screams. I feel so bad for her. I just want to hold her and tell her he didn't mean it. But I can't. Because I don't know if he did.

I saw her come out of the bathroom, one of my hoodies on and a tear stained face. She came over to me and sat on my lap, letting her head rest on my shoulder while her arms rested on her legs. I wrapped an arm around her lower back for support so she didn't fall back.

"You okay?" I whispered in her ear. She shook her head no. I knew about her past. All the white lines on her arms. I know about them. Never seen them until just now. The sleeve of my hoodie on her just slightly pulled up to reveal her wrist. Underneath the numerous bracelets, I could see a few. The other guys paying attention to the movie on the tv, I pulled her bracelets up a bit so I could see them. What I hadn't noticed until now was the highly fresh, still slightly bleeding mark underneath her PTV bracelet. I pulled the sleeve all the way down so no one else could see it and I hugged her. Knowing it's not easy to just stop. But I'm gonna help her. I'm not gonna make her stop, I'm only going to help her stop. I can't lose her. Not like I thought I did that night a few years back. I could hear her soft sniffles by my ear as she cried a little into my shoulder. No one else can hear but me. I held her tighter to me, giving her the comfort she needs right now.

"Is she sleeping?" Ricky asked, turning his attention to Jasey who was indeed sleeping on my shoulder. "Yeah. I'm gonna take her to my bunk. Let her sleep somewhere comfortable. I'll be back." I said. I forgot we had gone to the back lounge after the first movie before Jasey fell asleep.

I picked Jasey up carefully so I didn't wake her up and walked into the front lounge. Stepping up easily on the ladder leading to my bunk and laid her down. I made sure to cover her up before leaving to go back to the guys.

"You love her, don't you?" Chris asked when I walked back. I sat down and nodded my head. I do. And I can't help it. "I do." I said, a small smile on my face as I just admitted it out loud. "We already knew. Everytime she's around, your eyes light up like the Fourth of July. And the whole Tony thing, I'm pretty sure it took every bone, tendon, and ligament in you to not rip him to pieces." He said. "It did. I wanted to kill him for saying such things to her..." I went on to explain all of what happened at the PTV bus just hours before. I could see the look of hatred towards Tony that appeared on everyone's faces, especially Chris.

I barely heard the faint cry of my name from the front lounge. "Go on lover boy." Ricky teased as I walked out to go check on Jasey. It's dark in the front lounge so I can't really see anything other than her. The moonlight shining perfectly on her blonde hair and perfectly soft skin. She stood only a few feet away from me. "Hey, you okay?" I asked, pulling her body to mine in a hug. She shook her head no. "I'm so sorry about what happened. But if it means anything to you, I don't think you're a slut. You're an angel that was sent for me. And you did. You found me, while I had been searching for you for years." I said, her head rested on my chest. "I did. I did find you. And you're the only reason I'm still here." She managed to say. "I'm so glad you are." I said, kissing her head.

"You should have come to me, by the way." I said, pulling her arm in front of me while we sat on the couch in the front lounge. "I know... I... I wasn't thinking." She said, allowing me to pull the sleeve up. I pushed her bracelets up so I could see the fresh marks. I grabbed a tissue from the counter in front of me and gently wiped the small amount of blood that had still been oozing from the cuts. "I'm always here for you. No matter what. I promise." I said, putting an oversized bandaid over her cuts and then wrapped her wrist in an ace bandage type of thing. "I know you are. I couldn't be more thankful to have you here beside me to help me fight through this." She said, moving her body so she's sitting in my lap.

We sat there, staring into each other's eyes for who knows how long. The moonlight making her eyes sparkle more than usual. She's so beautiful. I'm so lucky to be this girl's guardian angel, so to speak. I could tell she's incredibly tired. "Go back to sleep, you look super tired. What woke you up anyways?" I said when she rested her forehead on my shoulder. "Bad dream I guess. I closed my eyes, but all I could see was Tony and he just kept repeated those things... It hurts so much. I never knew a heart could break into so many pieces." She said, I could feel tears seep into my shirt. I rubbed her back and soothed her as best I could. "I'm gonna make it better. Somehow. I promise." I said.