ey guys im back with another chapter, this chapter is really a nonsense chapter, but its just a go between before the real action begins. A quick question, I am heading this story in to a Jeff Max and a Randy Trish story, but one person has said that they are torn on having Max be with Randy, now im just wondering how many people prefer that option.

Run Away

Jeff shifted in his seat his eyes fixed on the TV in front of him, although he was having increasing difficulty keeping his attention on the film, in fact he really couldn't remember what the film was about, he shifted again, trying to put all his concentration onto the film, something to do with Zombies, Land of the Dead perhaps?

He shifted his gaze to the left slightly his eyes roaming of the women that was sat at the side of him, her body awfully close to his, so close in fact he could smell the faint smell of chocolate and vanilla floating of her in waves, it was intoxicating. He turned his head slightly so he could fully take in her appearance, she looked stunning, not that she didn't before, but now, now she was carefree more of the person, she used to be was showing through, and he liked it, sure he had been taken by the timid and afraid women, and yes she still was that, but it seems that the makeover had done a good job on her mind, and she seemed more relaxed.

"Jeff you ok?" Jeff turned his head fully to look at her, startled that she had spoken to him, he had been so focused on her that he hadn't realized that she had taken her attention of the film and was busy looking at him.

"Humm" Max laughed slightly a small feminine laugh, a laugh that sounded so natural coming from her.

"I asked if you were ok, you've been staring at me for like the past five minuets, I mean have I got something on my face or something" Any other time Jeff would have laughed, but as he looked at her, he realized that she really didn't have a clue of how beautiful she really was, and not just in appearances either, she was a fighter and a winner.

"No I was just, never mind" Jeff turned his head towards the telly, wondering if time had been altered and he was a nervous school kid with his first crush.

Max shifted in her chair folding her legs under her body, she pulled a cushion onto her lap, and held it to her body, wondering what Jeff had been staring at so intently, and why she was feeling like a kid all over again.

"Its just your beautiful" The statement caught Max of guard and she did a double take, her body turning so she was fully facing Jeff, she raised her brow like he had totally lost his mind.

"And you have know idea how beautiful you are" Max laughed nervously, and her heart started beating even faster when he turned to face, his hand coming out to take her smaller one into a soft hold.

"Your scared" It wasn't a question and Max knew it, knew by the way he was looking at her that he already knew the answer, but she felt compelled to answer, felt compelled to say something in her defense, felt like she had to make him understand, but she knew he could never understand what she had gone through at the hands of Mike, knew he could never understand the hours she lay awake afraid to fall asleep in case he followed through with the numerous threats on her life. Or the times she would look at herself in the mirror and she the bruises and see the broken women she had become, a shell of the women she used to be.

"Yea" Her voice was strong, but Jeff could hear the faint tremor in her voice, the way it dipped slightly.

"You know you don't have to be afraid any more, you got away, you beat him, you got out for your self and for Eliza, you're a fighter, and you have to look to the future, not at the past, because if you do that then he has won and you will never be free of him, now I cant even begin to imagine what he did to you, or what you went through, but I can guarantee you will never be a lone, Randy is always going to be there, and so will I"

Max looked over at Jeff, at his purple and green and blue hair pulled back into braids, to the perfectly shaped beard, everything about him screamed fun, excitement, but under all that, she could see the person that wouldn't let any harm come to those he loved, sure he was a high flying kid, but he was a kid with a huge heart, she could see the kindness in his eyes, kindness that draw her in.

"You know I knew this girl once, she was bubbly, didn't give a rats ass what any one thought about her, she wore what she wanted said and did what she wanted, she put others first, she had friends a job, and more importantly she loved herself, and one day she meets this guy, he's sweet, caring and did everything for her, dotted on her every need, she falls in love, a year later there living together and everyone's telling her that he's a bad guy, but she wouldn't listen because she's so in love with him, and one day out of the blue she says something that he doesn't like and he hits her, and after that it becomes regular, but know matter how much she wanted to leave she never did, she never left him. No matter how bad the beaters were, or how many times he told her she was nothing or that he was going to kill her, she never left, never.

Max lowered her head and took a deep breath her arms coming round to hold her body, a hand coming to hold onto her arm as she desperately fought to keep her emotions in check.

Jeff watched as she tried to keep her emotions under wraps', had listened as she spoke about her past in an almost mono tone, only her eyes gave her away, only her eyes told him how scared and vulnerable she was.

"This girl what happened to her, why did she finally leave" Max looked up at Jeff and smiled, one of those rare smiles, a smile that she hardly ever used any more.

"She had a beautiful baby girl, and she knew she couldn't let her grow up around, if she couldn't leave for her, then she could leave for her, so she did, she packed her bags while he was asleep and she went to a friend, he took her in and her whole world changed"

Jeff held out his hand, knowing that any false movement any movement that she classed as a threat would send her back into her shell, and he didn't want that, he wanted to know everything about her, wanted to know about her life, wanted to know the women under all that shell.

Max stared down at the hand and then up to the face that went with it and she nodded her head, not just to let him know she was going to take it, but to let her know she was finally putting her old life behind her, she knew if she took his hand now that he would never let go, that he would never intentionally let harm come to her, Randy was right Jeff truly was a good guy he had proved that to her only hours after she had met him.

She brought out her arm slowly and Jeff smiled his fingers entwining with hers, she smiled and allowed her to be pulled over to him, her head came to rest on his chest, his hand fitting around her tiny waist perfectly, Max smiled to herself and for the first time in nearly god she could even remember how long it had been since she had allowed a man to touch her.

"And how does your friend end up" Max looked down at her fingers entwined with Jeff's and inhaled his scent, a nice masculine smell, mixed with something like pine.

"She lets go of her past and lets her heart guide her, and hopefully the guy she likes wont hurt it, that he will guard it with his life" Jeff smiled and nodded his head placing a small kiss to her head.

"Always" Max smiled and settled down further into his embrace, never had she felt as safe as did in that moment, and that nagging little voice at the back of her head that told her to back away, hide under her covers for ever, well she told it to screw itself.

"Max"

"Humm"

"What are we watching?"

"Land of the dead why?"

"Never mind"