What Happens In A Small Town

Flashback: Bullet in a Bonfire Part 1

K E L S E Y

This is so not working David is being really fucking weird, I thought maybe it could work but nope I'm ending it when he comes over in five minutes. He's starting to scare me a little bit which means that something is wrong because there isn't much that scares me.

Spiders, Snakes, my mama, and Mama Becky when they're angry that is the list of things that scare me and David is slowly making that list so I gotta get away from him there is no other option here before he does something that is going to land him in jail or the damn hospital because I know three guys that would beat his ass if he hurt me, the latter is the more likely of the two.

A few minutes later David comes in smiling at me "Hey babe" 

I shoot a fake smile at him "Hey David, listen I don't think this is working between us" and with that, it's like his whole demeanor changes as a look I have never seen before slips onto his face.

Then he screams at him "you're not leaving me!" 

I back away from him "David, stop your scaring me... We are over get out" then before I can even react his fist collides with my cheek and he shoves me backward onto the ground and he starts kicking me in the side. "You are mine..... you will not leave me"

I catch him off guard and trip him up he falls, and I kick him the balls just to keep him down. I can feel the tears in my eyes at the aching in my side and my face those are definitely going to be bruised. "You are insane, and you just crossed a line that you are going to wish you never crossed, now it's over we are through, stay the hell away from me."

I grab my keys and run as fast as I can in my current state and down to my Jeep. Tears streaming down my face I start the Jeep and just drive not sure where I'm headed, just away from him.

Before I know it, I'm in front of B's, we haven't spoken in four months but it's where I've always felt safe, so I guess it makes sense that subconsciously it's where I would go when I needed to feel safe.

I try and calm the tears down a bit before I walk up and knock on the door but as soon as the door opens, I lose it again B looks surprised "Kelsey?" then I guess he notices the tears "Kelsey why are you crying? Baby, what's wrong?"

But at the moment I can't even get it out so he just pulls me into the house and into his arms and he just holds me there until I calm down "Kelsey can you tell me what happened now?"

I take a shaky breath "yeah... I didn't even realize this is where I was going until I got here but... It was David he went crazy...... I tried to end it and he attacked me"

B grabs my face gently inspecting what I'm sure is a little visible bruise and I see the anger building in his eyes "he put his hands on you?" I nod, B once again pulls me into him and I can feel the anger radiating off him "has he done it before now?"

I shake my head "no...... this was the first time, I got out of there as fast as I could after I got a good kick to the family jewels in and told him he was insane and to stay the hell away from me"

"Good... Now let's ice that cheek and in the morning I'm taking you to Mama's and I am going take care of this, he won't bother you anymore"

He sits me down on the couch and walked towards the kitchen and comes back a minute later with an ice pack, he hands it to me and takes the seat beside me on the couch

I look up at him as I hold ice in my cheek "I'm sorry B" he nods knowing what I'm talking about and gently caresses my other cheek "I'm sorry to Kels but don't worry about it right now... We will talk about it later... You just rest okay?"

Then he pulls my head over on his shoulder and he starts quietly singing to me knowing that it'll knock me out.

I wake up still laying against B but with an ice pack still on my cheek and one pressed into my side I move the ice from my face and side B chuckles "think I wouldn't notice you favoring that side?"

"You waited till I was out before concocting a way to get it on my side?"

"Damn right... Now come on get changed you still have some clothes here and I'm taking you to Mama's" I wince as I stretch and get up from the couch where apparently we both slept last night.

I walk into the bedroom where I know the clothes that I wasn't aware I left here are. I look through the closet and sure enough, there are a pair of my sweatpants and a couple of old shirts but instead, I opt to steal one of B's shirts.

I slip into the bathroom and I splash cold water on my face before changing and walking back into the living room to see B all ready to go.

B looks up as he hears me walk into the room and chuckles "of course I should have known you'd take one of my shirts" I shrug as if to say what can you do about it.

As we walk out to his truck I grab my sunglasses out of my Jeep before locking it up and climbing into the passenger seat of B's truck.

He dials a number on his phone as we pull out of the driveway "I don't have time to explain right now but meet me at Mamas"

Then he hangs up the phone and speeds down the road towards Mama Becky's. I lean my head against the window watching the scenery blur past until we come to a stop a few minutes later.

B cuts the engine in the truck and gets out opening my door like he usually does and I climb out carefully not to agitate my side more than it already is.

He takes me inside "Mama?"

"In the kitchen son" he leads me into the kitchen "where's Kolby?"

Mama B look at him "Your brother is asleep upstairs" B takes off upstairs to get Kolbs.

Mama looks up "Kelsey Nicole"

I smile sheepishly at her "hey Mama Becky"

She gives me a look "You know better than to wear those glasses in the house" I gently slip them off and she gasps at the dark purple bruise that resides on my right cheek. "oh sweetie what happened?" 

On cue, I hear Kolby whining coming down the stairs "what the hell B? Why are you dragging me out of bed?"

I hear B tellin him in a tight tone "Don't ask questions and just get in the damn truck Kolby"

Kolbs walks past the kitchen"morning Mama apparently B needs me for something so I guess we will be back later" and walks out of the door still whining about being woken up then he backtracks and "Kelsey Nicole is that you?"

I turn towards him "hey Kolb" his eyes widen he looks at my face then at Mama Becky "sorry mama but who in the hell did that to you Little Bit? who put their damn hands on you?"  

I bite my lip "David....." Kolb looks at B with a nod knowing exactly why B woke him up now and storms out of the house to B's truck. 

B looks at me gently rubbing his hand over my cheek before following Kolb out  "you keep that iced and that side too"

I nod "okay... Hey!"

He turns "yeah?" I smirk at him "use the knuckles for me"

He nods with a little glint in his eyes "you got it" then he walks out the door.

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Okay here we go flashback of meeting David, Kelsey's stalker ex part one of two the next part will be from where this left off but from BG'S POV.