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The Stalker

Chapter 8: The First Attempt

"No please don't leave me, I love you. I'm nothing without you by my side." Marley looked up at Lorenzo with misty eyes. Clinging to his arm, she begged him with her eyes to keep from walking out that door.

"I love you too Marley, but we can't go on like this. You know that baby isn't mine. It belongs to your best friend's ex boyfriend's sister's lover. I could never seen him as my own. It's better this way." Lorenzo looked torn as he saw tears falling from his beloved's eyes.

"Before you go, tell me one thing." Marley pleaded, dabbing a tissue under her eyes. "Would you love the baby if it belonged to my sister's friend who is the pool boy of her ex lover's mother in law?"

Turning his head toward Marley slowly, he dragged in a deep breath and looked at her with an expression of pain. "Yes Marley, I would. That is not so however, so I must go. I'll be staying at my neighbor's place, given to him by his ex girlfriend's cousin who got it from his dead mother's aunt who was twice removed. Please don't follow me."

Sad music started up and Lorenzo grabbed his bag and left the house. Marley collapsed on the floor with gentle sobs racking her body.

"What the hell are you watching?" Reid asked, leaning on the back of the couch. His face was scrunched up in both confusion as he tried to follow the storyline, and disgust that he was actually trying to follow the storyline.

"It's a soap opera. I think it's called The Love Child. Did you and the guys set up the security system yet?" The "Security System" that Jules was referring to was a charm that Caleb had gotten from a book in the basement of the Colony House. Of course they couldn't tell her that, since she'd probably flip out. Reid and the boys just finished charming his home.

"Yeah we finished. Best thing about it is you don't need a code. Just set it up and, bam, you're safe against people who try to kill you. You can look impressed now." Reid joked, laughing when she rolled her eyes at his antics.

"My hero. So I was wondering something." Jules said, examining her nails and looking up at Reid through her lashes.

"What about Jules?" Reid moved from behind the couch, to sitting next to her and propping his feet up on the glass coffee table.

"Do you think we could change the date night to tonight? It's still early, and there's a movie that's playing in half an hour. Please Reid, pretty please with me on top?" She begged, her hands clasped together and her lower lip stuck out.

"I don't think the security system could protect you on the other side of Ipswich, but maybe it could, if we lengthened the wires." Reid mumbled, trying to hold back a smile at the look of frustration she sent him.

"Shut up, I'm being serious. Please Reid, please!" Jules smacked Reid's arm when he joked, but went back to pouting.

"Begging for sex Jules? Not a good thing, he'll lose respect for you in the morning." Pogue said loudly enough for the other two remaining brothers in the kitchen to hear. Smiling at the dark looks being sent his way, he walked up to the couple on the couch and plopped down between them. "Oh hey The Love Child is on. Why are you guys giving me that look?" Pogue asked when he felt two pairs of eyes burning holes into his head.

Reid's POV

So as it turned out I couldn't resist Jules, big surprise there. As she and I walked up to the ticket booth for our tickets, yes they had ticket booths in this theater, she grabbed my hand and started swinging our clasped hands. "Are you bored Miss. Carson?" I raised an eyebrow and looked pointedly to our still swinging hands.

"No, well sort of, we've been in this line for ages." I shook my head as Juliet tipped her head backwards, staring at the people behind her and creeping them out.

"Stop scaring everyone, and it's been five minutes. Look we're just two people away." Jules brought her head back up, and narrowed her eyes at them. I looked at her once again with a raised eyebrow.

"I'm trying to will them to go faster with my mind, duh." She said, as if it should have been obvious.

"Of course you are. Hey maybe you should try- watch where you're going jackass!" I turned from Jules to a guy who obviously had no regard for personal space. Not only that he was wearing a heavy trench coat and a hat that was covering his face so it was hidden. It wouldn't have been odd if it was cold and windy outside, but it was warming up since spring was arriving.

"Reid don't be mean! It's ok sir, no one was hurt." Jules glared at me and then turned to the man, who lifted his head to smile at her.

"Thank you miss, very kind of you." Jules turned to me and shook her head, giving me a look that clearly said I shouldn't jump down people's throats.

It was our turn to get the tickets, so as Jules stated which movie she wanted to see, I turned to look at the man who had walked into me. I narrowed my eyes as he straightened up and took off the hat, throwing it on the ground before he turned the corner to the theater's back alleyway. I didn't know who he was, but I knew one thing for sure; Jules wasn't leaving my side. I suddenly had a very bad feeling about tonight.

"Come on Reid, I got the tickets. Ooh I want popcorn and some chocolate. I wonder if they have chocolate pretzels?" Jules rambled on, practically dragging me to the candy counter. After we got our junk, we headed to theater 12.

"What movie are seeing?" I hadn't paid attention to what she told the woman behind the booth, so I dreaded what she picked.

"Return of the Zombie Cheerleader. It's supposed to be a slasher film, but it sounds like a comedy."

When we got to our seats we sat down our food in the holders in the armrests and I turned to Jules. Taking her hands, I looked her in the eye. "Thank you for choosing a movie where there are no babies, weddings, or boy-meets-girl of any kind. In fact I think I love you." I told her, which might have actually been true.

"Awe Reid, I love you too. Will you marry me?" I narrowed my eyes at her and she giggled.

"That's it, my love for you disappeared when you said that word. I can't look at you right now." Mock sniffling, I put my hand up to my face so I couldn't see her.

"Oh well, that's fine. There are other fish in the sea." Growling at her, I grabbed her waist and pulled her onto my lap.

"I don't think so missy. If I can't have you, no one can." I put my hands around her neck and pretended to strangle her.

"Do you two mind? There are people here who actually want to see the movie." I stopped strangling her long enough to see who was stupid enough to butt in.

"It's a commercial of dancing food, and by the way mind your own fucking business." I glowered. What made him so special?

"Reid seriously, control your temper." I stuck my tongue out at Jules, and she laughed, leaning down to kiss my cheek. "I'll be right back; you messed up my hair when you tried to kill me."

"It's not good to be that vain you know." She waved at me as she headed down the aisle to leave the theater. The movie came on and I sat there for a few minutes. I kept an eye on my cell phone clock, and eventually I noticed she had been gone a lot longer then It took to fix your hair.

Getting up I walked out of the theater and looked around the lobby. Checking the women's bathroom (grinning at the women who were in there at the sinks) I called out to Jules, but didn't receive an answer. Going outside of the theater I heard some movement in the alley beside the theater.

Normal POV- A few minutes earlier

A man sat just inside the front doors of the theater at a table, fiddling with a cell phone. Looking up he called out to a girl who walked out of theater 12.

"Miss, can I borrow your cell phone? Mine seems to have died." The girl glanced back at the theater door, and then around the lobby. It was pretty deserted as the employees seemed to be on break and everyone was enjoying their movie choices.

"Um yeah, no problem." Fishing out her phone, she frowned when "no signal" flashed on her screen. "I'm not getting a signal, it should work outside." Smiling, the girl headed outside of the theater and walked around to try and find a strong signal. "Oh hey It worked! Yay for us! Here you go sir."

There was only a handful of people walking around outside, and none of them were in the area of the theater. Smiling to himself, he chuckled. "No that's alright, the phone call can wait." Walking up to the girl he smiled and took a white cloth from his pocket. "Hello Juliet, I've been waiting a long time to be alone with you." Grabbing Juliet by the arm, he dragged her into the alleyway and tried to position the cloth over her nose and mouth.

Biting his hand, the man swore, dropped the cloth to the ground, and gripped her arm hard enough to leave a hand shaped bruise. "Be nice little girl, and I may just let you live." He smiled when she whimpered at the thought of dying outside in alleyway. What he do with her body? Revulsion bubbled in her stomach and she swallowed a few times to keep from throwing up. Deciding to forego the chloroform covered cloth, he used his bare hand this time to muffle any noise she'd make.

"Juliet, where are you?! This isn't funny you know." The man holding Juliet dragged her deeper into the shadows of the alleyway, and grinned when the guy he had bumped into earlier walked passed the entrance. Taking a chance, Juliet bit his hand once again and screamed as loud as she could when he uncovered her mouth.

The man took Juliet by the hair and slammed her head into the wall, knocking her unconscious. Letting her drop to the ground, he smiled as Reid ran into the alley and glared at him standing above Juliet's body.

"I knew there was something wrong with you the first time I saw you. Oh and by the way, going after young girls isn't anyway to prove you're a man." Reid smirked as the man snarled at him.

"Shut the hell up you little shit." He reached into his pocket and withdrew a pistol, aiming it at Reid's head.

Reid's eyes flashed to black and the gun flew from the man's hand. Reid smiled as the man turned from smug to scared in seconds flat.

"Don't you know guns can kill?" Snickering, Reid Used to pick up a full garbage can and flung it towards the man stupid enough to mess with him. He then raised his hand and waved it towards the wall. The man flew against the wall and groaned as he slid down to the ground.

Too weak to get up, he winced as he moved a large rock out from under his shoulder. He sucked in a breath and gripped the rock in one hand. Bringing up the hand with the rock in it, he aimed it at Juliet's head.

Reid narrowed his eyes and closed his hand into a fist. Rotating his hand just a little, he smiled in satisfaction as the man screamed in pain as the sound of bones breaking echoed in the alleyway. As the man clutched his now broken wrist, Reid casually walked over to the man and crouched in front of him. The man's eyes widened as he saw just how black Reid's eyes were.

"Stay the fuck away from my girl you worthless piece of shit, or next time I'll kill you so slowly you'll beg me to just let you die." Reid waved his hand one more time towards the wall, and the man's head hit the wall with a sickening crack. Going over to Juliet, Reid bent down over her and patted her cheek a few times. When she started to wake up, Reid picked her up in his arms and carried her away from the man who tried to take her from him.

"Reid, what happened? Oh god my head hurts." Juliet groaned, clutching her head with a shaky hand. Reid's eyes were still black, so he moved Juliet's head until it lay against his shoulder, and he Used to ease her headache. Reid changed his eyes back to their beautiful blue when she opened her eyes to look at him.

"You'll have a bit of a bump, but you'll live. If you don't I'm taking my beanie back." Reid smiled as she chuckled. "Let's go home alright? I'll drug you out on painkillers, then take advantage of you."

"Sounds like a plan. Help me up would you?" Reid gripped her hands and hoisted her into a standing position, then wrapped his arm around her waist. Juliet's head lolled until it rested comfortably on his shoulder. "That beanie is mine, and I'll being buried with it."

"We'll see about that Bookworm." Turning his head, Reid kissed her forehead and walked her towards Tyler's hummer. He had jacked it for the date Juliet had begged him to change to tonight.

When they arrived back at the Garwin estate, the three boys came out the front door and over to the hummer, Reid had called them to let them know he was coming back with a hurt Juliet. "Reid what the hell happened?" Caleb walked over to the passenger side and carried Juliet from the vehicle.

Snickering, Juliet opened her eyes long enough to look over Caleb's shoulder at Reid. "Uh oh, Reid's in trouble." Then her eyes closed and she fell into a painless sleep, sighing in contentment in the safety of Caleb's arms.

Author's Note: I just want to point out that this is a Jules and Reid story only, and the only reason she feels safe in Caleb's arms is because she knows Reid trusts Caleb. Kind of corny but oh well.