This is Chapter 2 of my Kelly Clarkson short story. I hope you enjoyed the first chapter. I hope you will consider reviewing so I know what you think of the story so far. Thank you. Thank you to those to have followed/favorite this story. I don't own any rights to the song or the artist, just my own creation & storyline.

Chapter 2

(Elizabeth is off today, so she thought she'd do some cleaning. As she's doing some cleaning in the bathroom, she can't help but look at her face…the spot where Lucky hit her. As she's looking in the mirror, she deeply sighs)

Liz: "Oh, no. You'd think the bruise would've disappeared by now. Damn it. Well, before I go anywhere today, I better hide it so no one sees it."

(Just as she's about to put makeup on, there's a knock at the door. Elizabeth looks confused as she wonders who is at the door. She knew Lucky had a tendency of forgetting his apartment keys, so she figured it was him. As she walks to the door, she speaks)

Liz: (chuckles softly) "Okay, Lucky, did you forget your keys again?"

(When she opens the door, she sees Jason and looks confused to see him)

Liz: "Jason, H-Hi. What are you doing here?"

Jason: (smiles a little) "I hope you don't mind. I was in the neighborhood and I saw your car outside so thought I'd say hi."

Liz: "Hi." (nervously) "Um, come in."

(Jason nods as he goes in. When he turns around to face her, he notices the bruise on her face)

Jason: "Holy shit. Eliz-Elizabeth, what happened to your face?"

(Jason walks towards her to get a better look, but she backs up and shakes her head)

Liz: "It-It's nothing."

Jason: (shakes his head angrily) "It's not nothing, Elizabeth. Who hit you?"

Liz: (shakes her head weirdly) "No one."

Jason: "Elizabeth, I know a bruise when I see one and you definitely didn't get that from running into a door or whatever." (angrily) "Now, I'm gonna ask you again. Who did this?"

Liz: (puts her hands up) "Why? So you can beat the person to death, Jason? I love you because you're one of my best friends, but you don't need to know everything about my personal life."

(Jason looks at her in disbelief)

Jason: "You…You think that's all you are to me, Elizabeth? Friendship?"

(Jason shakes his head in frustration and looks at her sadly)

Jason: "If you only knew how I really felt. I…I…"

(Jason looks down. Elizabeth walks to him and takes his hands in hers and looks at him sadly)

Liz: "I know how you feel about me, Jason. I have feelings for you, too." (shakes her head) "But, I'm with Lucky and I love him. I'm not gonna walk away from him."

Jason: (seriously) "Even though he's hitting you?"

Liz: (shakes her head) "I never said it was Lucky who hit me. I didn't even say I got hit."

(Jason puts his hands on his hips and scoffs)

Jason: "Elizabeth, you know me better than that. You know there' no sense in lying to me. You know the business I'm in. I know when someone is lying. And you know how I know it was Lucky who hit you? I've seen his attitude lately. Take yesterday for example. He didn't seem himself when the three of us were talking. As a matter of fact, he seemed annoyed when he was talking to me. What the hell was his problem, anyway?"

Liz: (sighs deeply) "Nothing. You're seeing things that aren't there, Jason."

(Jason walks up to Elizabeth and takes her hands in his and holds them up to his chest)

Jason: (pleading) "Please, Elizabeth. Talk to me."

(Elizabeth stares into Jason's worried eyes and can tell he's scared for her so she realizes she needs to open up to him. She briefly closes her eyes and sighs before looking at him)

Liz: "Yes, he hit me."

Jason: (nods slowly) "Go on."

Liz: "He wasn't happy with me that I asked you to fix our bathroom door and he yelled at me. When I told him I didn't want to bug him at work unless it was an emergency, he accused me of wanting to be with you instead of him."

Jason: (confused) "But, there isn't anything going on between us. We're only friends."

Liz: (nods) "Yeah, but he feels we feel more for each other than we're admitting."

Jason: (shakes his head) "No matter what I feel for you, Elizabeth, I would never try come between you and Lucky."

Liz: (nods) "I know that." (smiles a little) "You're a true friend." (smile fades) "But, he feels we're doing stuff behind his back."

Jason: (shakes his head angrily) "He's a fucking idiot if he thinks that. You and I have been friends for as long as I can remember."

Liz: (raises her eyebrows) "Yeah, well, in his defense, you and I have been talking a lot."

Jason: (tilts his head) "That's what friends do, Elizabeth."

Liz: (sighs) "Yeah, well, I-I think it's best if we stay away from each other for awhile…at least until he cools off."

Jason: (laughs incredulously) "Elizabeth, he's not gonna cool off." (seriously) "Has he hit you before? I mean, before yesterday?"

(Jason stares at Elizabeth and notices she's nervous about answering his question)

Jason: (angrily) "He has, hasn't he?"

Liz: "He didn't mean it."

(Jason turns bright red in the face)

Jason: (shouts) "Son of a bitch! That's it! That's it, Elizabeth!" (angrily) "Get your stuff. We're leaving."

(Elizabeth stops Jason from leading her to the bedroom to get her suitcase)

Liz: "Jason, I'm not leaving. Like I said, he didn't mean it. I know if you stay away, he won't do it again."

(Jason looks at her with a shocked look)

Jason: "Elizabeth, don't you get it? If he's done it before, he'll do it again. Guys like Lucky, they say they won't do it again, if you stay away from you friends, but if they get mad again, they'll use any reason to go after you. Besides, you shouldn't have to sacrifice your friends for your relationship. That's not how relationships go."

Liz: (defensively) "Who are you, the relationship expert? You know nothing about my relationship with Lucky! Yeah, he can be stubborn, but he's also sweet and loving."

Jason: (shakes his head angrily) "You're defending a guy who hits you. How is he loving when he does that?"

(Elizabeth goes to the door and opens it and stands in front of it, folding her arms)

Liz: (angrily) "I think you should go."

Jason: (sighs sadly) "Elizabeth, please. I'm just trying to help."

(Elizabeth looks at the hallway and then back at Jason, as if signaling for him to leave)

Jason: (sighs sadly) "Just know I'm always here."

(Jason then walks out of the apartment as Elizabeth shuts the door. Jason looks at the apartment door and tears form in his eyes)

Jason: "I love you, Elizabeth."

(Jason leaves the apartment building. Inside the apartment, Elizabeth walks to her kitchen table and breaks down crying. She covers her face with her hands for a few minutes before looking up and shaking her head, sniffling)

Liz: "What have I done? What Jason said was right." (wipes her face) "I need to get out of here. I know I told him to go, but I should have told him to stay."

(Elizabeth walks to her bedroom and gets out her suitcase, opening it up. As she puts clothes in it, she hears the front door open and shut. She hears Lucky's voice)

Lucky: "Elizabeth, are you here?"

(Elizabeth has a worried look on her face as she tries to pack faster. All of a sudden, she hears Lucky come into the bedroom and looks at her confused)

Lucky: "Elizabeth, wh-what are you doing?"

Liz: (nervously) "I'm staying at Emily's for the night. It's been awhile since I've seen her."

(Lucky studies her and then looks at the clothes in her suitcase before looking back at her)

Lucky: "It sure looks like you're going there for more than one night the way you're packing." (glaring at her) "Are you telling me the truth?"

Liz: (chuckles nervously) "Why wouldn't I be? I have no reason to lie to you."

Lucky: (angrily) "Then why are you? I can tell you're lying, Elizabeth. You're acting strangely for someone who's only staying with Emily for one night."

Liz: (nervously shakes her head) "No, I'm not." (chuckles) "Don't worry, babe. I'll be back tomorrow."

Lucky: (shakes his head angrily) "No, you won't. You're not going anywhere."

(Before Elizabeth can say anything, Lucky turns around and walks to the front door and locks it. While he's doing this, Elizabeth frantically gets her cell phone out of her pocket and texts Jason. She tried to text him quickly so Lucky doesn't see her. Just as she presses 'send', Lucky comes back in the bedroom and angrily shuts the door and locks it)

Lucky: (shakes his head) "You think I don't know what you did just now, Elizabeth?"

(Elizabeth tries not to show how worried she looks, but she can't help it)

Liz: (shakes her head) "What do you mean?"

(Lucky walks towards her with his hands shaped into a fist)

Lucky: "You don't think I know you were texting Morgan to come here?"

Liz: (shakes her head worriedly) "No, I wasn't."

Lucky: "Prove it. Give me your phone so I can see."

Liz: "L-Lucky, I wasn't…"

Lucky: (shouting) "Save it!" (shakes his head angrily) "You've been very bad, Elizabeth. You need to be punished so you don't disobey me again."

(As Lucky comes closer to her, she whimpers and whispers to herself)

Liz: "Jason, please hurry. Rescue me."

(At Jason's penthouse, he's just about to unlock his door when his phone beeps. He takes his phone out of his leather jacket and notices it's a text from Elizabeth. He looks at his phone in confusion, wondering why she'd be texting him when she just told him to leave her alone. He decides to read the text to see what she needed)

Jason,

Help me. Please. Liz

(Jason reads the text in horror. He looks up and speaks aloud)

Jason: "Oh, no. Elizabeth."

(Jason tries to call her, but it goes straight to voicemail)

Jason: (worriedly) "Please be okay."

(He puts his phone in his pants pocket and as he rushes in the elevator, he shouts)

Jason: "If you hurt her, Spencer, I will fucking kill you!"

(The elevator closes with a frantic Jason waiting impatiently)

Chapter Two Done

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