*ADOPTED*

*ADOPTED*~Sixteen~

Having Criss and Klayton around me and my son all the time after that first incident was definitely a dream because everytime my ex-called they answered the phone for me, then one time when Kristoffer actually tried confronting me while AJ and I were walking down Freemont Street he thought I was alone and vulnerable, but he was wrong especially when he heard AJ scream out daddy very loudly as I sat him down and he scampered over to Criss that was checking out some sunglasses at one of the sidewalk sale booths. Kristoffer was overly jealous at what he heard his son call that rich bastard, but he was a coward deep down and knew he didn't have a chance against him so he backed away into the shadows but kept his eyes on us until we all left and headed back to the house...he followed us at a safe distance where no one would know he was even there.

But I didn't have just one angel protecting me that day, I had two, and just when Kristoffer thought he found out where I lived so he could harass me some more...Klayton walked up right behind him and grabbed him by the back of the neck and rammed his head thru his driver's side window, then drug his sneaky ass right up to the driveway and asked me if this piece of shit was my ex-husband. I looked at his now very bloody face and told him it was, then I asked him what did he do to him, Klayton looked right into Kristoffer's eyes and said nothing, that the poor bastard tripped and fell, and it was just by luck that he was there to help him up. Then Klayton drug him around the block and told him if he valued his life, he would leave me and AJ alone and go back to the drugs, alcohol and the sluts, for they were a much safer bet then I was anymore. Then he hurled his ass a good 8 feet away then asked him very violently to leave me and AJ alone.

Klayton came back to the house as he said comically that my ex was a  real wuss, and that he didn't think I would have any more problems with him. I thanked him for being my other watching eye, but just because he caught him and put the smackdown on him, I didn't believe at all that it was going to be enough to make him stop, not because he loved me and AJ and wanted us back, but because he no longer had control over us, and it was eating him alive knowing that I was moving on without him. Then I added that after seeing me with both of them, he was also going to add personal jealousy to the pot thinking that I had two boyfriends now to replace his ass.

Klayton kissed my forehead and said, for the most part, my ex should be jealous because thats exactly what he and Criss were to me now. I smiled at that thought and told them both that I really felt a lot safer knowing they were there for me and AJ...but on the turn side, I was really afraid that Kristoffer was going to try something again later on tonight after he finds out that Criss and Klayton are gone, and no one was at the house but AJ and myself beens Chloe went on a short vacation with her newest boyfriend, Chase. Klayton already left being very confident that my ex wouldn't try anything again for a long time and because he had to leave on his music tour first thing in the morning and would be gone for a month, but Criss stayed there and said he and Johnny would stick around if I was afraid he would try something again, but after the run-in, with Klayton he didn't think he would have the strength or the mental stability to handle another assault on me for a few days at least.

I gave him a hug as my thanks, then he followed me into the house and said he would lock up the house as he handed Johnny to me so I could put him in with AJ for bed. When I came back down the stairs he was sitting on the couch clicking thru the channels on the tv seeing that there was nothing on worth watching...after he turned off the tv, he said he would stay up and keep an eye on things if I wanted to get some sleep, then he would either crash on the couch, or go to the spare bedroom down the hall...but either way he would be in the house and AJ and I both would be safe. I thanked him again for being there then I slowly went up to my room, turned off my light, and tried to relax, but for some reason, every noise that was made in the house seemed to amplify and I would jump out of my skin scared to death.

Criss did several house checks and perimeter searches around the house clear until it was around 1:00 in the morning. Then he came into the bedroom to check on me, and I was up in a panic shortly after he came in because there was a very loud banging just outside the back door. Criss told me to stay there as he went to the kids' room and checked on them, then he told them to go to me, as he checked the house and slowly went to the back door...he looked out the window first, then when he didn't see anything he slowly opened the door and noticed all the trash cans were tipped over and the back gate was wide open that was usually locked. So Criss being fearless like he was walked out of the house, shut and locked the gate again, then went back inside and locked down the house and turned on all the outdoor lights. After the lights went on he heard someone running around the house, Criss ran thru the house and burst out the front door to see the shadow of my ex running down the street like the chicken shit he was...and Criss hollered at him and told him he better run his punk ass away! 

Criss came back into the bedroom and said it was all ok now, and it was ok for the two boys to go back to their bed. After they left he sat down on the edge of the bed next to me and said it would be a good thing for me to call the Vegas P.D. tomorrow and have a restraining order put out on my ex, so that way if he broke the order, the cops would haul his ass to jail. Because even though he was a coward, he was a potentially dangerous coward to me and my son when we were alone, and he was very persistent about it. Criss was about to leave when I reached out for his hand...I didn't know why I was feeling the way I was for him at that moment, but I didn't want him to leave me in the room alone at all. Criss very willingly crawled in bed with me and slowly touched my face with his fingertips, as he slowly moved in for that first kiss.