I will always be there to save you

Chapter 13

Jordan's POV:
I heard Mal mumble "I love you" into my neck and I just froze. I never expected this. Don't get me wrong I love her more than anything. She's the shy one out of us and likes to take things slow. I always thought it would be me to say it. Holy shit she loves me as well.

I see her get uneasy and she just turns and runs off to the locker room. Why didn't I say it back straight away. I sprint after her managing to get my foot in the door before she locks it.

"Mal, baby please let me talk"I say pushing the door open.

"Fuck off"she says whilst crying.

I walk up to her and crouch next to where she's sitting. She gets up to I stand too and she starts hitting my chest shouting at me.

"I fucking love you with my whole heart and you don't even fucking care. What the fuck is wrong with you. Why would you lead me on like this. You are tearing me apart here" she keeps on hitting me until she breaks down into me sobbing. I wrap my arms around her and speak.

"Mal I'm so sorry that I gave you that impression. I only froze because I always thought I would say I love you first because you are the more shy one out of us both. Baby I have loved you since I carried you out that hotel room. I knew from that day of you gave me a chance I would do anything for you. Since then it's always been you and it will always be you. I will only go if you want me to and I will stay with you and do my best to make you happy everyday. I had nothing in life before you. I got up and did the same thing everyday until you. You are the light of my life" I say brushing tears off her face.

"I love you so much Mallory Pugh and I always will" I say kissing her forehead.

"I'm sorry Jordan I didn't give you time to answer me"she says jumping and wrapping her legs around my waist and hiding her face in my neck.

"Don't worry it's completely my fault. Anyways let's get back to your team because I bet they are worrying babe"I say rubbing her back. I walk out the locker room with her I'm my arms.

"Can you stay with me at the hotel tonight please babe?"Mal asks me softly.

"Of course baby I just need to get some clothes from mine first. Who are you rooming with?"

"I'm with Alex now, her and JJ swapped when I was with you"

"Is Alex ok with me being there?"

"Babe don't be ridiculous. The whole team love you every is fine with it especially Alex because you get her out first" Mal says laughing.

"Ok let me grab my stuff from mine and I will be back. But now we need to go back to the team ok babe?"

"Yeah that's ok but don't put me down please I want to stay up here forever"she says which makes me laugh.

"Anything for you princess. I love you"

"I love you too Jordie"she says and we walk back to the team where Kelley is still celebrating with Ali. Me and Mal join in with them while the rest of the team records us or rolls their eyes. Ash ends up dragging Ali away to get on the bus and Alex drags Kelley away and Christen tells me and me to get my car and meet them at the hotel.

We get back to mine and I pack my duffle bag with underwear and a pair of sweatpants and basketball shorts and a few shirts and a hoodie. I also pack a photo that I'm going to show Mal tonight so it's easier to explain.

We get back in my car and I'm nervous to talk to her about it because I never have before. We get back to the hotel and she slips her hand in mine and we walk to her room.

Alex is already there and hears us walk in and doesn't really move that much.

"Hey Al"Mal says

"Hey Mal" she says barely looking up from her phone

"Hi Alex"I say and her head snaps up.

"Jordan!"she shouts running over to me and hugging me

"Why are you here? It's not a bad thing obviously but I'm confused"she says.

"I'm staying here with Mal tonight and maybe tomorrow if that's ok with you" I say

"Of course its alright with me but no having sex if I'm here" she says which makes me laugh and Mal gives her a death stare

"Don't worry we won't" I say still laughing.

"I'm gonna go see Kell for a bit to make sure she's behaving I will see you guys later"she says walking out the door.

I put my bag on Mal's bed and tell her I'm going to use the bathroom. When I'm in there I'm trying to get the courage to talk to her and how to explain it.

Mal's POV:
Jordan goes into the bathroom and I open her bag to see if I can steal any of her clothes and I see a picture on the top of a younger Jordan and a little girl on her shoulders laughing. The girl looks about 3 or 4 years old and she is the spitting image of Jordan but with brown eyes.

"Mal..."I hear Jordan say and she's standing in front of me with her eyes fixed on the photo.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to find it. I wanted to see if you had any clothes I could steal"I say immediately feeling bad.

"It's ok. I wanted to talk to you about it" she says sitting on the chair at the desk.

"That photo was taken 2 years ago and it's a photo of me and my baby sister. She was the most important person in my life. She was 3 and a half in that photo and I was 21. There is the big gap between us because my parents had me young and wanted a second"she manages to get out taking a deep breath after.

"She was called Mia. We did everything together"she says with tears forming in her eyes. I just grab her hand and run my thumb over her knuckles.

"I went to get her from school one day and there was about 7 police cars in front of it. I ran in and I couldn't find her anywhere. I went up to her teacher and asked for her and she said 11 of the students were kidnapped that day and my baby sister was one of them. Some fucking asshole took my baby sister from me. She was fucking 3 years old and she's gone. Nobody has seen her for 2 years. We don't know if she's alive or not but I pray every night that she is and I will find her one day"she says with tears streaming down her face. I feel my eyes fill up too.

"Someone too my Mia from me and I couldn't protect her enough to be there"she says sliding off the chair sobbing on the floor.

I sit by her on the floor and pull her into me. She rests her head on my shoulder and calms down a bit. She wraps her arms around my neck and buries her head into my neck. I manage to get her back onto the bed and she calms down.

"Come on Jord we need to shower. Do you want to go first?"I ask her.

"Please can I shower with you please?"she asks sniffling.

"Of course baby come on" I say and lead her to the bathroom.

I turn the shower on and Jordan sits on the sink just looking down at the floor empty. I pulled her shirt off her head and helped her take her sports bra off and she took her shorts and underwear off. I quickly stripped and stepped under the water and took her and and gently pulled her in after me.

I washed her hair for her then I did mine and she just stood behind me with her arms wrapped around my waist and her head on my shoulder. We stood like that until we heard Alex come back in and I told her we were showering. We washed ourselves and got out. I dried us both off and helped Jordan into a pair of sweatpants and she just wanted to wear a sports bra so she put on a clean one. I put a pair of my Spirit shorts on and one of Jordan's shirts.

We walked out the bathroom with me pulling Jordan into bed. Alex knew something was off but didn't say anything which we were thankful for. I got Jordan into bed and she held the photo of her and Mia as she drifted off to sleep. When she was asleep I got up to talk to Alex.

I explained what happened and told her not to tell any of the others cos it's hard for her. Alex was understanding and we both went to bed after. I got back in next to my girlfriend and she shifted closer to me and put her head on my stomach and wrapped her arms around me. I can't imagine losing both of my parents and my sister getting kidnapped.