Chapter Nine: Safe

Brandon P.O.V.

I let out a breath of relief as the thugs, LoveJoy and Cal were taken away. I went to check on Christina and Rose with Jack and Aaron right behind me. The paramedics arrived and checked their vital signs and disinfected and wrapped bandages around their arms and legs.

Luckily, no broken bones and their injuries were minor. In short they both checked out okay.

"Rose! Thank goodness you're alright!" Jack said as he hugged her tight. He was careful not to hurt her.

"I thought we were going to die." Rose sobbed and she returned Jack's hug. A smile appeared on her face. "But I finally did something I never thought I would."

"What was that?" Jack asked.

"When Cal had us up at his hotel, he was pretty angry, he threw Christina against the wall. I ran out from the other room and punched him right in the face." Everyone laughed.

"He surely deserved it. Nice." Jack complimented. "Let's get back to Christina's place."

We walked back with Christina and Rose telling us everything that happened. When they were finished we told them our story.

"Well this night sucked, but at least we'll all alive." Christina said with a yawn. After all we've been up since yesterday, it was now five am.

Jack and Rose walked hand in hand in the front. Christina and Aaron walked side by side casually. I was in the back.

"You all be careful. I have to get going now."

"But Brandon you-"I cut Christina off.

"See ya sis." I smiled as I took off toward my apartment. I felt I needed to form a plan of some kind to keep us all safe. After all, Ruth was still out here somewhere.

Christina P.O.V.

"Thanks for coming to help us. I'm glad you all are safe." I said looking at how cute Jack and Rose looked. I wish Aaron and I could be all lovey-dovey like that.

Even thought its was early in the a.m. The State Certification test was at 12pm. It was supposed to be two hours long.

"Anytime. Are you really alright? You've never been in situation like that before." He stopped walking and turned me around to look me in the eyes to see how I would react.

His eyes were so beautiful in the moonlight. I was standing there like an idiot and quickly responded, "I'm good to go." I gave him my best smile.

He could see that I was telling the truth, partway. Rose and I would def need some pain pills.

Soon we made it home. I gave Rose 2 Advil and she went to take a nice hot shower. Afterwards she and Jack said goodnight and went off to bed.

I popped two in as well and went to change. Aaron and I were in the living room sitting on the couch.

"We should get some sleep too." Aaron said grabbing a comforter from the closet and a few pillows.

"Yeah." I said lamely. I didn't want to talk anymore about what happened earlier.

I still lay on the couch and he was all nice and comfy under the blanket. His phone went off and he answered. I could here Shelby's voice through the phone.

"I'm fine, now goodnight." In the middle of her sentence he hung up on her and put the phone on vibrate. He let out a frustrating sigh.

"Is everything alright?" I asked with concern.

"We can talk about it later. Shelby gets on my nerves. Bedtime, now." He said poking me gently on my nose. I lightly blushed and went to get into my other bed. We had a long day ahead of us.

Jack P.O.V.

I held Rose in my arms as we cuddled together in bed. I was really glad she wasn't seriously injured.

She was lightly snoring and dug her head deeper into my chest. I blushed and covered us up with the blanket. We had to be even more careful. At least Cal and Lovejoy are out of the picture for now, but how long would that last?