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The man just stood there and looked at her. She didn’t move because she knew if she did he would probably catch…She was never good at gym…or any sport at that. The man’s hand moved and Lauren flinch, he rummaged around in his pocket until he pulled out something that scared her even more than the fact that she was being followed. The silver knife reflected the late night stars and even the darkness could not hide the man’s evil white grin. Lauren slid one foot back; the man smiled again and shook his head

“Ah uh little pretty. Move again and this knife might slip from my fingers” He started to move towards her, waving the sharp knife in front of his face. “If you scream, I’m going to cut out your vocal chords. Now your just gonna hand me the bag, and then I MIGHT think about letting you go” He grabbed Lauren by the arm, she tried to break free from his grasp but he threw her to the ground “Big mistake” He whispered in her ear. Lauren took the chance and threw up her arm hitting him square in the nose, but before she knew what was happening his hand made contact with her face “You silly little BITCH” he spat at her “That’s gonna cost ya now” He let out a loud laugh that echoed in her ears. She fell to the ground, hitting her head on the pavement and then…darkness. The last thing she remembered was the piercing scream and strong arms.

The light was so bright when she opened her eyes, but it was dulled out by a face. Lauren let out a scream and threw her arms around and made contact with what ever it was that blocked out the light.

“OWWW!!! What the hell was that for?” The deep voice that she had come to know very well intruded the silence in her head.

“Oh my god. Baby I’m so sorry. Are you alright?” Lauren tried to move to hug Jake but her head pounded, she moaned and lay back down “Whoa easy there, you have a major bump to your head. Would you mind telling me what happened?”

“I…I don’t remem…Wait. There was a man, and a knife. He hit me, then I blacked out…I think. And someone saved me, Jake you saved me?” A smiled filled her face and her pale skin turned red. “Jake, thank you so much” Despite the throbbing pain in her head she jumped up and kissed him “I love you” Jake pushed her away slightly

“Well your welcome…I think. But before you go jumping to conclusions; there was a reason why I came to see you” Jake looked at her and took her shoulders “I don’t want you going near that creep next door okay. I seen him outside before and this afternoon Chris told me he came looking for you at the store to return some stupid book”

“That stupid book happens to be the most important thing in the world to me. It holds all my memories, all my thoughts…Oh my god” She gasped and covered her mouth “That creep. If he so much as opened the first page I’m going to kill him” Lauren jumped off the bed and swayed slightly “Baby, I’ll be back” She kissed him on the cheek and ran out the door. The wind was even worse during the night and considering how much energy she had before she was attacked; she swayed with the wind almost falling over. “That creep” she muttered to herself “I’m going to break those glove covered fingers of his and shove them up his…”

“Hay, you know the path is usually the thing you walk on…Not the grass” The boy next door stood on the porch, he lent up against one of the beams but there was not trace of a smile on his face.

“Now don’t you start. You bought this book into the store today…Did you read it? DID YOU”

“WHOA settle petal. That bump to the head must have caused some brain damage”

“What?”

“The bump on your head where you hit the pavement and the bruise where the asshole slapped you”

“How did you know about that…it only just happened” Realization flew over her “HAVE YOU BEEN WATCHING ME?”

“YOUR GODDAM LUCKY I WAS OTHERWISE THAT ASSHOLE WOULD HAVE THROWN YOU TO THE DOGS. Don’t you know you shouldn’t walk home on your own at night?”

“What? You saved me?” The boy nodded. Lauren’s head fell “Than that mean…” She threw up her head and stared at him “This isn’t over” She stalked down the path and wrenched open the door to her house “JAKE!!”

“Whoa babe what’s wrong”

“Baby, come here for a second” Jake almost tripped down the stairs but not even that could put a smile on her face “What’s up babe”

“Jake, tell me in detail what happened outside…when you SAVED me from the attacker?”

“Well umm…he umm came up behind you and…uhh…well he”

“WELL what did he do?”

“He…attacked you” Before she knew what she was doing Lauren’s hand flew from her side and she slapped him in the same place she hit him before “You lying asshole, you weren’t even there. The boy next door scared him away then somehow broke into my house while my parents weren’t home and put me on my bed where you found me” Jake he dropped, he couldn’t bare to look her in the eyes “Is that true?” she asked him, daring him to lie again.

“Yeah…” he whispered under his breath

“What was that I didn’t hear you” she said raising her voice a little

“YES!!! Okay. I lied to you because I wanted you to think I was the hero” A Tear fell down Lauren’s face, she turned her back on him and opened the door “Get out”

“But baby”

“GET OUT!!” Jake stormed out the door and gave her the finger as he went “You were a fridget BITCH any way”

Lauren slammed the door and fell against the wall. All the tears that had been saved up from all the time she had been hurt and all the time she thought she was never going to find love again, pour out onto the hardwood floor. Why me, she thought to herself, Why me.

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