Too All The Boys Ived Loved Before: Part 4

Chapter 23(The Intruder)

                                            It's about 2am when I hear a loud crash downstairs. I jump up out of bed and immediately grab my phone and turn on the flashlight. Seconds later I hear another loud crash and this time I know someone is in this house. I come out of my room and don't see anyone so I think whoever this is is downstairs. At this point of shaking and very scared but first I need to get my children safe. I go across the hallway and grab Thea and head to Novas room. As I walk into to Novas room I'm shaking with fear. I lay Thea down and she falls back asleep. Then I hear footsteps, loud footsteps down stairs. I lock the bedroom door and grab Thea and Nova and go to the closet and turn all the lights off and lock the closet door. Thankfully it locks from the inside. As I reach to get my phoneI hear another loud crash. At this point of freaking out with anxiety. I can hear myself breathing. Tears are running down my eyes. I try too call 911 but my phone is freezing up and I have no idea what to do. As I try again my phone keeps freezing up and re-dialing numbers so I call Peter and for once in his life he doesn't answer my call. I quickly text him and say "Peter answer NOW!" and I'm hoping he'll wake up. I hear more footsteps and this time their coming upstairs. I'm staying as quiet as possible and hoping neither of the girls start crying but I'm realizing if something goes wrong I have to protect my children no matter what it takes. I'm sitting in the closet and I hear loud footsteps going down the hall. I try dialing 911 again and then my whole phone just shuts off. Im really in trouble now and then I hear it someone trying to open Noras bedroom door. They keep shaking the door and trying to open it the best they can. I'm silently crying and praying to god that everything will be okay. Then my worst fears come true the person kicks the door in and comes to the closet and kicks it down too. Nova and Thea are behind me and I'm standing face to face with this person not ready for whatever happens next. "PLEASE TAKE WHATEVER YOH WANT BUT PLEASE DON'T HURT MY CHILDREN! PLEASE IM BEGGING YOU!" At this point I can tell it's a man and he has a gun pointed at me. I'm taking in whatever I can he's y'all looks to be in his early 30's and is wearing all black with a grey jacket. He then lunges over at me and starts to punch me and I can feel my lip bust. I'm screaming and kicking at him but he continues too punch me over and over. I manage too scoot over to the other side so he doesn't get too close to Thea or Nova. He then drag me out of the closet and out Of Novas room to the hallway. I try to stop him and punch him back but he manages to punch me even harder and lift me up by my hair. At this point I know I have to do something my face is bleeding I can feel my nose running with blood and bruises starting to form. If I don't act fast and do something he'll hurt my kids. As he's punching me I manage to grab a vase on a table in the hallway and smash it over his had but that was a bad decision because he kicks me in my leg and I feel it pop. I scream in pain it hurts so bad but then I realize he doesn't have his gun. Maybe he dropped it close by and I can grab it to try and take him down but I don't see it. "NOW YOURE GOING TO SHUT UP OR YOULL NEVER SEE YOUR KIDS AGAIN" Tears start pouring down my face at the words that just came out of his mouth. I'm not going to let that happen I'm going to fight back. Then my adrenaline kicks in I take all the power I have and punch him in his face then kick him in his groin and I mean hard. He goes flying down to the floor he tries to get back up and grab me but I manage to take a part of the broken vase and slam his head into it and now I know he's knocked out. I run into Novas room as fast as I can head toward the closet grab Thea and Nova and my phone. I grab their blankets run past the unconscious intruder that just hurt me too the point were I'm limping on one leg. I run down the stairs grab my keys and jump in my car and speed daddy's. My phone is still not working and I mean it won't even turn on. I bang on the door still paranoid that man somehow got up and followed me here. I panicked Daddy and Trina open the door and as soon as they see how beat up I am with tears they rush me and the girls in and the first thing daddy says is what happened? I'm crying so much I can barely get the words out of my mouth. Daddy and Trina looked shocked and angry at the same time. Daddy calls 911 and tell them everything I just told him. The police are going by my house too see if the intruder is still there and how everything looks and the ambulance and detectives are coming to Daddy's to question and check me. I'm pretty sure I sprained my ankle and I know for a fact my face looks horrible. I'm still a nervous wreck one little noise triggers me and I start to hyperventilate. Daddy comforts me while Trina takes care of the girls. I can't even call Peter because my phone is not working and I'm too in shock to ask daddy to borrow his phone right now and Pete's gonna flip when he finds out anyways. Daddy sits down beside me and says "Honey you were very brave you protected you're children and that's what a good mother does. Everything is going to be okay and I'm going to call Peter soon okay because I know you're a still in shock but for now relax baby you're okay you're safe. You're children are safe." He kisses my on my forehead then someone knocks and I jump but it's just the ambulance and detectives. I don't even know if their detectives or police at this point I can't even think straight. I get loaded into the ambulance and Daddy rides with me Trina has offered to take care of the girls which I'm very grateful for. Daddy calls Margot and I can here her yelling over the line then Daddy hands me the phone and tears start pouring down my face as soon as she says "are you okay LJ?" and the truth is I'm not. I'm still terrified. He could've hurt me even more then he already did and he could've hurt my children and I still don't even know who it was or why they broke in. When we arrive at the hospital the doctors confirm I broke my leg in two different place. I don't have to get surgery if I stay in bed rest and crutches in a boot for a month with therapy. I also have a concussion because of when I hit the floor. I have cuts and bruises but the doctor said it should heal properly. I'm going to be discharged tonight but as soon as I get home I have to be in bed rest and can't get up unless I'm on crutches for a week and since I also have a concussion she told me to lay down for the rest of the day when I get home. While the nurses went to get my discharge papers Daddy brought by the phone to me and told me it was Peter and by the look on Daddy's face I'm guessing he just told Peter what happened. I take the phone and before I know it tears start pouring down my face as soon as I hear Peters worried voice comes through the line." "Lara Jean are you okay? and before he can answer he's talking so fast with a million sentences " I'm so sorry I wasn't their. I'm on my way now I'll be their in about 3 hours." And I respond "what Peter no you have a game and-." before I can finish my sentence he says. "Covey my family was attacked and I wasn't there to protect y'all I'm coming home now. I love you and I'll be there soon." I can hear the pain and regret in his voice and now I feel horrible I told him not to worry and looked what happened. So I say "Okay, I love you too." and with that we hang up the phone.
(Peters POV)
I was walking off the field when I hear my phone ringing. It's Lara Jeans dad I wonder what he's calling me for? "Hey Dr.Covey" and just by the tone of his voice I know something bad has happened. "Lara Jeans was attacked. Someone broke in the girls are fine but she broke her leg and has a mild concussion." I drop my phone and I feel like I can't breath. I'm not even sure if this is real at this point. I quickly get myself together and pick up my phone tears are streaming down my face. "Are they okay?"I ask with a shaky voice. "Peter I don't want you too stress okay. She is in shock and little noises frighten her and she's had about 3 panic attacks but the doctors said that's normal for what she just went through. The girls are fine and all we know is a man broke into the house and Lara Jean fought back to protect the girls." at this point I'm freaking out and whoever done this I'm going to kick their ass. She had to protect are kids because I wasn't there too protect them and her and now she's having panic attacks. All I manage too say is "I'm on my way please keep them safe." and I hang up. I run off the field and head to the parking lot. All I know is there is this app where you can rent a car and they'll bring the car too you. So I quickly rent one and as soon as it gets here I get in and speed all the way to Coveys dads house. All through the drive I'm thinking how I wasn't there to protect my family. I didn't protect Lara Jean. I didn't protect Thea. I didn't protect Nova. I didn't protect the most important people in my life. I mean Lara Jean is small she is not tall and I know she can defend her self but the man was probably half her size and she had to fight him. Why,why would someone even hit her. I'm burning with rage why would he even touch her. Why would he even break in. All I know is I'm not leaving them three alone ever again. I'm not even sure what completely happened. As I'm pulling in the driveway I calm down a little bit but I know as soon as I see her I'm going to break. As I walk in she looks broken and she has Bruises all over her face and she has a boot on her leg. I run into her arms and just break how could I let this happen how could I of not been here to protect them. She cry's into my arms and just holds me and I hold her tighter. "Hey hey I'm here now and I'm so so sorry I wasn't there to protect y'all." I say with tears rolling down my face. "Peter it's not you're fault okay please don't blame yourself for this." she says tears streaming down her face. "Covey but it is my fault I knew I shouldn't of left y'all alone and I did anyways." and then she pulls me closer and I really don't want to ask but I need to know what really happened. "Covey I know you're tired and stressed out but can you please tell me everything that happened when he broke in." she hesitates but nods her head and starts telling me everything. "It was about 2am and I woke up to a loud crash downstairs. I could here his footsteps and I knew something was wrong but before I could do anything I needed to make sure Thea and Nova were safe. I could here he was still down stairs and doing something because I kept hearing glass breaking so I ran down the hallway to grab Thea and then went to Novas room and locked her door grabbed both of them and went into her closet since she has a door that locks on the inside. I laid them behind me just incase he might come in and I was right because he did. Anyways I could here him making his way upstairs but I knew I needed to call 911 and I kept trying but my phone wouldn't stop freezing up and then I decided to text you and Peter do not blame yourself for not answering. Please don't because it's not you're fault you had no idea what was even happening." How could I she needed me she even texted me and I didn't even answer. She was terrified and I didn't even answer. So after I tried to call you I could hear him checking every door then he walked up to Novas door and started shaking the door knob. That's when he realized someone was in the room. He ki-kicked the door down and kicked Novas closet for down and next thing I know I was face to face with him." She says crying recalling last night and I feel horrible because I couldn't do anything about it. "He lunges at me and started punching me and grabbing me and then he pulled me by my hair back into the hallway. He kept punching me too the point were I could feel blood dripping off my face so I grabbed the vase in the table and threw it in him but that didn't stop him he still continued to punch me and this time even harder. I was on the ground and he kept screaming at me saying if I don't shut up I will never get to see my kids again. Then I realized I need to fight back so I took all the strength I had and punched him as hard as I could. I got up to pick up a broken piece of the vase and as I did he stepped in my leg or something and I could feel it snap. It hurt but I knew I needed to do something. I grabbed a piece of the broken vase and slammed his head into it and he fell on the ground and I knew he was knocked out. I walked as fast as I could to get Thea and Nova and my phone. I hurried downstairs with them grabbed my keys and went to the car and drove to daddy's. I tried to call 911 again but this time my phone just completely shut off and that's really it." I'm in shock by the time she finishes the story. I'm full of anger.regret.sadness. and anxiety. I just hug her tighter and think how brave she is she protected our children and she went through so much and can't even imagine how terrified she was. I just pull her closer and hold her. After we've both finished crying and holding each other Lara Jeans ask if we're going back to the house since the police cleaned everything and cleaned up the place and apparently the man had escaped before they got there but their sending security to watch over the house if we choose to stay their. "Covey we don't have to go back if you don't want to but I promise you if you choose to go back I'm going to protect y'all, I promise." and then she nods and says "I want to go back I'm not gonna feel complete unless I face what scares me" Then we say goodbye to her dad and make are way back home.
               (Lara Jeans POV)- I could tell something was still bothering Peter. I could tell he felt guilty after he seen me and I told him what happened but it's not his fault. He didn't have any control over what that man did so he needs to stop blaming himself. I decide I want to go back to the house,I need to face what scares me the most and being in that house reminding me of what could've happened and would've if I didn't fight back. I'm on crutches for a month with physical therapy. Peter said he's not leaving my side,he even said he's taking a week or 2 off of work or more so he can make sure me and the girls are okay. I'm going to try and convince him to go but I really don't know how he already has his mind set on it. We pull up to the house and feel chills going through my body as we Peter parks the car in the driveway. He helps me out and holds onto me close I already see 2 cop cars parked close to the house and I know I should feel safe because their their but I just feel weird and I also have Peter but I just feel terrified. Trina a took the girls while I was in the hospital so she's gonna bring them by later because she took them out to the park. The whole family knows and Margot,Ashley and the guys freaked out but I told them to visit me later because I didn't want them driving all this way tonight. We walk in and Peter notice me shudder at the though of what happened earlier today. He comes over and holds me and promises everything's gonna be okay and I believe him. He carries me upstairs since I can't really go up their by myself and then to the bedroom. The covers are still pulled down from when I jumped out of bed. I lay down and he lays down with me and before I know it I drift off asleep knowing Peter will protect me.

Hey Guys. Hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Please excuse any typos or sentences that might not go together, I have not checked over and edited yet so yeah. The next Chapter will be up tomorrow, This chapter is not as good as I wanted it to be but hopefully the future chapters to come will be better. Hope you enjoyed and stay safe💕😊