Main Plot Part 6: He was pissed, who the hell pounds on a door at this hour. It was midnight and Jack was not happy to be opening the door to his apartment in his navy blue boxers. Who buzzed this person in the building in the first place?

"Jack, open the door! Please! Please, Jack!"

He opened the door to find Rapunzel, still in her pink shirt, lavender skirt and tights, but this time with her lavender hoodie as well.

"Hey, babe, what's up? What are you doing here?" Jack hugged her to his chest, taking off her hood revealing a black eye. Her clothes seemed very out of place as well, with the neckline of her shirt down farther on one side, and her skirt on a tilt. The sleeves on her hoodie were even twisted. "What happened? Rapunzel, are you okay?!"

"I just want to be with you. Right now. I just need you," she said into his bare chest.

"Ya, sure, let me get some clothes on first." He began to talk to his room, holding Rapunzel's wrist, guiding her.

Rapunzel had only been in his room once before when she was grabbing a sweater to wear after spilling water all over her shirt. She laid down on his bed, laying on one side looking blank and staring off into space.

Jack paused for a moment from putting on his pants. "Rapunzel, what's wrong?"

"I can't tell you," she replied, her emotion not changing.

Jack set down his clothes and walked over to her, sitting on the bed next to her. "Look, I will always be here for you, but you can't just come to my house in the middle of the night and expect me to not find out what happened."

Rapunzel sat up, staring at Jack with those big green eyes of hers. Rapunzel took a deep breath, as she always did before she let out something big. Grabbing Jack's hands, she told him what had happened.

After listening to her story, Jack had no idea what to say. His face was raw with fear and sadness. How could something like this go on in such an innocent girl's life, and no one ever know about it?

Rapunzel grabbed Jack's neck and cried into his chest softly.

"Hey, it's okay, I'll keep you safe, I promise. Everything is going to be okay," Jack comforted softly.

Rapunzel looked up at him with heavy eyes and kissed him. Jack's lips were exactly what she needed right now. They were soft, warm, and sweet. Most of all, she knew that this was something that only she had. Something that she had control over.

Before stopping herself, Rapunzel passionately grabbed handfuls of Jack's hair, pulling him closer. Jack did the same with her long hair zigzagged across the queen sided bed. She dragged Jack down next to her on the bed, Jack rolled around until he was on top. She knew that Jack would always be a top. He liked to be in control, and that was fine with her. She needed someone to tell her what to do.

Jack took off her hoodie and shirt, Rapunzel only lifting her arms for him. Jack had quite a hard time trying to get her shirt out from her hair, but actually did quite quickly. She giggled at how frantic Jack was being, trying to get her clothes off.

"Damn hair, Rapunzel," Jack scoffed.

"I thought you thought it was cute," she smiled back.

"It's sexy," he added before going back to kissing her.

Jack rubbed up the outside of one of Rapunzel's legs trying to find the top of her tights. Her long legs felt soft under the thin fabric. Rapunzel had never let Jack touch her like this and it felt good for Jack to finally get familiar with his girlfriend's body. He loved her and wished that he could find all her imperfections and make them perfect to him.

Rapunzel was lost in thought. She felt slightly bad because Jack was so good at stuff like this and she knew nothing. All she did was kiss Jack and pull him closer, which in the end made it harder for him to take off her clothes.

"I don't know what to do," she breathed between kisses.

"You're fine," he breathed back. After picking, and picking at the top of her tights, Jack eventually got them off. "And you're damn tights." Jack also ripped off her skirt, leaving her only in the pink bra, and black underwear.

Jack put his forehead to hers. "You're sure?"

Rapunzel nodded back, undoing her bra. Jack peeled back her underwear, and he slipped off his.

"Rapunzel, you're beautiful." Jack couldn't stop kissing her. There were bruises of all different sizes and color up and down her body. Probably from what happened earlier. How could this have gone on without him knowing? He wishes that he could have seen it earlier.

Her warm breasts fit perfectly in Jack's palms, as Rapunzel's harms were the perfect size for pulling Jack's stomach closer.

She grabbed both his sides, pressing his body against her. Jack could feel every curve and bump like this.

"PROTECTION!" Rapunzel screamed, her eyes shooting open.

Jack did what he was told, and came back pausing only to admire Rapunzel's pure, raw beauty. As he stated before, Jack had never felt anything real with other girls, yet with Rapunzel he was in totally new territory.

"Jack," Rapunzel spoke softly, "I love you. There's no thinking anymore. I'm done thinking. I know now. I know that I love you and that you'll always be the one here for me. Never running away."

He came back on the bed, drawing circles on her stomach, "I'm going to marry you one day, Rapunzel. Even if you don't agree with me now. I'm going to. Even if you kick and scream on your way to the wedding."

"I won't do that," she stated smiling at him.

"So you'll marry me?"

"Depends on how well you kiss me."

Jack rolled back on top of her, starting where they last left off, using all parts of his body to turn his emotions into physical form.

Rapunzel almost forgot all about what had happened just hours before.

Flash Back Part 5: Rapunzel opened the door to her house. "Mom, I'm home."

Mother appeared around the corner, peaking her head out of the kitchen doorway. "Wash up for dinner, I had to keep it warm since you're a tad late."

Rapunzel got ready, washed her hands, and grabbed a sweater for the table. She was very surprised that Mother did not freak out about how late she was. She sat in her usual spot at the table, waiting to be served.

As her mom sat down across from her, she started to ask about the elephant in the room. "Where were you, Rapunzel?"

"Oh, I was at Merida's house," she lied, looking down at her bowl of soup.

"Really? Because Merida's mother called asking if she was here," her mother replied briskly, as if she expected Rapunzel to lie. "Also, don't even get me started on how you skipped school."

Rapunzel's eyes shot up, leaving her spoon in the bowl. "How do you-"

"Ahh, see, Mother has a few tricks up her sleeve. Though I'm not very sure where you and Merida went." Mother picked up her bowl and put it in the sink.

"Aren't you going to eat," Rapunzel asked quietly.

"I ate at dinner time. Four thirty, Rapunzel. You're very lucky I was even nice enough to save you a bit left. Do the dishes when you're done." Gothel stood up, clenching the back of a chair, then knocking it over as she left.

Rapunzel sat there alone, feeling small.

She finished the dishes by 8:30, then cleaned the kitchen till 10. Mother purposefully trashed the place so Rapunzel would be cleaning for a while. When she was almost done, Mother came back.

"I don't like lies, Rapunzel," she said coldly, with a slap to the eye.

"I don't like people who are lazy, Rapunzel," she said strictly, with a hit to the legs.

"I don't like people who forget to check the time, Rapunzel," she said harshly, with a strike to the gut.

"I don't like eating alone, Rapunzel," she said hard, with a whack to the arms.

This could go on for hours, and today it did. Today this went on until eleven thrifty, then Gothel went to bed, leaving Rapunzel silently crying on the kitchen floor. She got up, packing a bag of clothes, then running to Jack's house.