Fearless

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I was bundled up on the couch in our room as Sam brought me a cup of hot chocolate. Colby was talking to the police downstairs, even though the party was still going on.

"How did you know to come up here?" I mumbled to Sam as he sat next to me. "I saw how Colby ignored you a little when you said you wanted to go upstairs, so I came up to check on you. I wasn't expecting to see Colby basically killing someone with his bare hands though." He said and rubbed my back.

"I'm glad you did..Sam he really scared me there. I didn't think he would stop." I admitted quietly and looked down at the hot chocolate I was holding. "I have never seen him like that before, but I also know he would do anything to protect you." He said as Colby came back into the room, "the police want to talk to you." He said to me and grabbed the mug from my hands, placing it on the table in front of him.

He helped me up and looked at me cautiously, almost as if he was afraid to touch me. "okay." I whispered and wrapped my arms around him, he sighed with relief as he kissed my head. I pulled away and placed my hand on his cheek, "it's okay." I whispered and nodded before turning and leaving the room. The music blared causing my head to hurt even more, luckily the cops were outside so I could escape the noise a little bit.

"Are you Cora?" The officer said and waved to me,
"Yes, that's me." I said and smiled weakly, "how are you feeling?" He asked and I shook my head, "I've been better." I admitted as he offered me a seat in his car, "okay so please explain to me what happened." I sniffled, "um, a couple months ago Jason assaulted me, I think they sent him to jail so I didn't need to file a report." I sighed and bundled my sleeves in my hands, "I'm pregnant, so I got tired during the party tonight and went up to my room, he followed me, he wasn't even supposed to be here, security was supposed to bounce him at the door but he snuck in and came to my room to talk to me, I got upset because I have to protect myself and my kid and he got angry...he attacked me, throwing me against the wall." I said and wiped my eyes, "I ran to the closet and that's when my fiancée came in, obviously seeing red. Jason kept looking at me and he's obviously a threat so Colby started to hit him....he was just protecting me please don't charge him or arrest him..I need him."

I was sobbing by the time I finished, but the officer just shook his head, "we aren't charging or arresting him, but did you want to file a report against your attacker?" He asked and I nodded, wiping my face. "Alright, let me get some paperwork together and we can do it okay?" The officer said and I nodded.

I spent the next hour or so filing the report, if he continued to bother me I would have to file a restraining order. By the time I was done I was exhausted. It was difficult getting up the stairs, but I was greeted by Sam and Colby when I made it up there.

"Baby girl, I'm so so sorry..I should have walked you up here I should ha-" I shook my head and just wrapped my arms around Colby, burying my face into his chest, "it's okay." I whispered as he brought his hand to the back of my head, smoothing my hair down. We stood like that for a while, just holding eachother, "did he hurt you? I swear to god Cora if he hurt you..." he mumbled and pulled away to examine my body, "no, he slammed me into the wall but I'm okay, I didn't hit my head hard enough to really cause any problems I don't think." I said as he frowned. "I'm so sorry...I don't even know how he got in here." He breathed out and pushed my hair behind my ear. "It's okay, it's over now." I said softly and wiped the tears that were streaming down his cheeks.

I turned to Sam and gave him a hug, "thank you." I whispered as he rubbed my back, "you're welcome Cora, I'm gonna give you guys some time, but call me if you need me."  He said then hugged Colby before leaving the room.

I walked away to finish washing my face, since I never got to. "Babe.." Colby asked as I let out a breath. I turned to him, biting my lip, "I...just...I'm sorry for scaring you. I just couldn't deal with the fact that he could have hurt you or our baby..I just..I saw red." He breathed out, running his hand through his hair. "I know...I just didn't think you were going to stop." I said and closed my eyes, forcing the tears back. "Hey, it's okay. It's over now. I stopped. I stopped." He whispered and pulled me into him.

I just sobbed into his chest, feeling all of the frustration and fear leaving my body. "I'm here baby, I'm here. I'm sorry I didn't walk you upstairs, I'm sorry I wasn't there for you in time. I'm so so sorry." He said and pulled me closer into him, "it's okay, I'm...im not mad. I love you so much, I'm sorry for ruining your good time." I said and I felt him shaking his head vigorously, "no. You didn't ruin anything, don't you dare say that you did." He said and pulled away to look at me. "I was having fun at the party, absolutely, but when I ignored you I didn't even realize I was doing it. Sam yelled at me, and told me I messed up. He knew you wouldn't say anything or try to start a fight with me." He took a deep breath, "When he told me about the look on your face it broke my heart, I didn't want to be downstairs anymore, I wanted to be up here with you. I wanted to apologize and just watch a movie with you. I was done with the party before I even knew Jason was here. I just wanted to be with you." He said and wiped my cheeks. "I love you so much." I sniffled and he smiled gently, "I love you too baby girl, so much more than you'll ever know." He said and kissed me.

As soon as he kissed me the baby kicked, and she kicked HARD. I pulled away gasping, "what is it?" Colby asked as I smiled, placing his hand on the spot where she was kicking, "she doesn't like when we are upset." I said and he smiled, "well we can't have that now can we." He said and rubbed the spot his hand was in,

"let's watch a movie to wind down, okay?" He asked and I smiled, nodding. He smirked and picked me up with ease, jogging me out into the main area of the bedroom, before plopping me into the bed. "Need a snack? Maybe some pickles?" He asked as he stripped his shirt off and put his sweatpants on. "I'm okay, thank you baby." I said and pulled the blankets onto my legs. Once he got in the bed he pulled me into him, he held his hand on my stomach as the baby rolled around inside.

It was in this moment that I realized we really could get through anything together, we were unstoppable.