Forbidden Love

v ~Oh Jessie~ v

I checked my phone to see what time it was. The party was starting to get slow so Jason's friends and I decided it would be a good idea to call an Uber and to head back to campus. We all pile into the black Sudan and it drives off, heading towards the school. Jason and I walked into our building and to the elevator. Jason takes me to my floor and as we walk towards my room, we hear a crash. I race down the hall, Jason right behind me,  I bust in the door to find books scattered and a giggling Jessie on the floor. 

You have got to be kidding me, I mumble under my breath, causing Jason to bust out laughing. 

Jason and I go into the room and address the situation. He picks her up and carries her to the second bedroom while I start picking up the bunch of books and papers scattered across the floor. 

I reach for a book that is in the center of the room and Jason's hands meet mine as we both try to grab it. I jump back slightly, not being aware that he had come out of the room. 

"Did I startle you?" He said chuckling. 

"Yea, a little bit," I say looking down and rubbing the back of my neck. 

Jason grabs half of the books I piled up and started putting them back on the coffee table and on the bookshelf. I join him as I pick up the other half and put them on the other side of the shelf. I thanked him for helping me with, whatever we just walked into. After finally finishing up, I  grabbed the remote off the coffee table and sat in the corner of the couch. Jason sat on the opposite corner as I turned on the television. 

"What do you wanna watch?" I ask scrolling through the channels.

"How about we watch Annabelle," He said smirking at me.

"You sure?" I say shifting in the chair.

He notices this and reassures me by saying that he will be there the whole time and if it gets too much, we can turn it off. I nod my head in agreement and suggest that I go get snacks. I give him the remote and make my way to the kitchen. While we were out I bought some caramel m&ms and he insisted that I got Cadburry chocolate, I didn't see why because it's just chocolate but he told me that once I had it I wouldn't want Hershey's ever again. That was good enough persuasion to make me buy a bar and a few cream eggs aswell. I make my way back over to the couch and place all the items on the coffee table. Jason starts the movie as I turn off the lights. 

In the beginning, I thought 'hey this isn't so bad' I was a fool to think that because right after, there was a series of intense jump scares. Somehow I managed to make my way over to Jason and I would grab his arm as a reflex. As a really tense and quiet scene going on, someone bangs on the door, hard. This time both Jason and I jumped, surprised we didn't hit the ceiling. The knocking continued so I got up and made my way over to the door. Before Jason could say anything, I opened the door a tad just to see who it was, the man behind the door stuck his hand inside and forced the door open. I was too weak to keep the door closed so I ended up falling on the floor. Jason ran over and asked if I was okay before addressing the asshole that just busted in. He reeked of beer and his words were almost no English at all and just complete jibberish.

"Where is she?!"  The man yelled trying to get further in our apartment, but luckily Jason stopped him.

"Where is who?" I ask getting up off the floor.

"HER!" He yelled, trying to lunge for the corridor but failing miserably.

I look over to find Jessie with tattered hair and her clothes not fully on her body.

"I'm going to call the cops if you don't leave," Jessie said timidly. 

"You know why I'm here, so I suggest you finish what you started." He said, making an attempt to push past Jason for the third time.

She walked further into the room and picked up the landline. She called the apartment security and they came shortly to assess the situation. Two men came upstairs pretty quickly and escorted him out.

Jason told me that he should probably get back to his room and let us talk. He assured me that if I needed anything I can always call or go down to his room. I thanked him for today and for being here when everything took a turn and he left. I locked and deadbolted the door and made my way over to the couch where Jessie was. 

"What was that about? Who was that guy?" I started off.

"That would be my ex, Tyler. Things ended pretty badly and he isn't the nicest guy. He's possessive and did really bad things to me and anyone around me. I'm sorry I had to bring you into that." She said with her head down, hair covering her face.

"It's okay, as long as your safe that's all that matters," I said hugging her.

"I went out clubbing with some people and to my surprise, he was there. I left once as I saw him, but I had a few drinks.....more than a few drinks and he caught up with me. He didn't do much but I was still shaken up. When I came back I went to my friend's room and I drank more to try to forget the experience. I didn't think he was following me." By the time she was done, she was in tears crying. I just hugged her and comforted her the best that I could. I didn't know what to do or say. I lived in a small town so I never got to see any of these types of things thank god. It was still really scary nonetheless.

Jessie eventually fell asleep and since I wasn't Jason or the hulk, I rested her head on one of the throw pillows and gave her a blanket before going into my room.