Eddie POV

"Ugh, I'm so hungry!" I whine.

"And?" My oh-so-caring redheaded girlfriend asks, not even looking up from the magazine she was reading.

"I want food!" I whine again.

"I have an idea, why don't you go to the kitchen and get some food then?" Patricia suggests while rolling her eyes as she flips a page in her magazine.

"Because I'm lazy and I have a beautiful girlfriend who will get up and get the food for me." I try.

"Fine, but only because I'm sick of your whining." She says as she closes the magazine, gets up from my bed and heads for the kitchen.

Third Person POV

Patricia heads to the kitchen to get Eddie a snack when Rufus Zeno hides behind the door as he hears someone coming. Patricia mutters something about her lazy idiotic boyfriend when she feels a hand cover her mouth.

"Hello Patricia, remember me?" He smiles.

Patricia gasps and attempts to kick back at Rufus to get free.

"No no no, none of that." He attempts to get a better hold on her when he hears a teenaged boy yell, "Yacker what's taking so long!"

"Eddie!" Patricia yells instinctively.

Rufus widens his eyes as he hears someone scramble to get into the kitchen.

"Yacker! What's going on? Are you okay? Why did you yell my name?" The American interrogates his girlfriend as he runs into the kitchen. When he finally comes into the kitchen he sees his girlfriend and an unfamiliar man standing on the other side of the counter.

"Who are you?" Eddie nearly growls protectively at the suspicious looking man who currently has a very tight grip on his girlfriend's arm.

"Why hello. I'm Patricia's uncle, Renee Zeldman." The man responds while holding one hand out to Eddie to shake his hand, but keeping his other hand firmly on Patricia's arm.

"Uh huh, so what're you doing here?" Eddie asks, still suspicious of the man.

"Well Patricia's aunt just died and they were just so close when Patricia was young so I wanted to take her up to where we live so that she can attend the funeral." He explains.

"That's weird Patricia, you told me that you didn't have any aunts. Just a few uncles." Eddie says not buying Rufus' story at all.

Patricia just looks at Eddie with wide, pleading eyes.

"Well you know Patricia, always trying to keep secrets." Rufus laughs nervously. "I think it's about time we go though, don't you Patricia?"

"No. No, I'm not going." Patricia begins to panic, not wanting to be kidnapped again.

"Would it make you a little more comfortable if we brought Eddie along with us?" Rufus asked.

"No, leave him out of this." The redhead responds through gritted teeth.

"No, I'm not letting you go. She's staying here with me." Eddie takes Patricia's other hand and begins to pull her towards him.

"Fine." Rufus surrenders, knowing that he won't get what he wants while Eddie's around. "I'll see you soon Patricia." Rufus offers the young couple a folksy smile as he releases Patricia's arm and slowly walks out the door.

Eddie POV

"What just happened?" I ask as I pull Patricia closer, giving her a tight hug.

"He tried to do it again. He was gonna take me. And he's coming back for me. Didn't you hear him? He said he's coming back for me! I don't want to go back!" Patricia panic as tears well up in her eyes.

"Hey, slow down. You're safe. You're with me. I'm not going to let anyone take you. But you need to explain to me what that was all about! Who was that guy? Why did he want you?" I rub circles on her back, trying to calm her while trying to control my anger at the stranger. How could anyone want to hurt my Yacker?

"It's kind of a long story." She sniffs.

"I got time." I smile reassuringly as I sit us down on the couch.

Then she explains everything. About how Joy was missing, how she first thought Rufus was a ghost, how she had nightmares everytime she went to sleep for months, how she began to trust him, then how he finally kidnapped her, how she escaped, and how she found his obituary during the summer.

"Oh my god." I mutter in shock at the end of her long story.

"Yeah well..." She trails off not knowing what to say.

"I'm gonna kill him." I nod my head definitely.

"No you're not, don't be stupid." She rolls her eyes at me.

"Yes I am, then you'll really know that he's dead. I'm not letting him ever touch you again. God he was in the house. He was touching you! If I hadn't known that he was lying he would've taken you and it would've been all my fault!" I ramble anxiously.

"You're such a doofus!" She chuckles, "Do you even hear yourself right now? I would've been taken, it would've been all your fault. It didn't happen so stop fretting over it! I'm fine for now."

"Yeah and you're staying that way! You can't leave me Yacker, I care too much about you." I take her hands in mine.

"You're such a sap." She rolls her eyes at me as she smiles at me.

"I'm being serious! You'e mine, no one is going to take you away from me." I insist.

"Ever?" She questions as she rests her head on my chest.

I kiss her forehead lovingly, "Ever."

Whaddya think? I might turn this into a series of one-shots but I'm not sure so review and tell me what you think I should do! If you want me to do a series of one-shots then leave me some prompts! I've seen this done so many times, but I'd love to give it a try! Thanks for reading!