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"Hey mom! What do you want from the store?" Amelia asked, grabbing her moms keys from the hook.
"Uhm, I don't know hun, get a carton of eggs, a can of beef broth, oh and some french onion soup for au jou. Oh, grab me a coke while your out too please hun?" Her mom asked from up stairs.
"Okay! Sounds great!" She slipped into her coat and boots, heading out the door.
"HEADS UP!" Amelia looked over to the Mercers house only to get a snowball to the face. "OH SHIT!"
"What the hell?" Amelia laughed, holding back a tinge of anger in her voice.
"Sorry about that.." Bobby smirked, "I've just got deadly aim." He sighed, wiping some snow away from her coat. "So, where you going?"
"I... am going to the store." She jingled her keys in his face.
"Oh no, don't think you're going anywhere alone, yep, Jack told us all about everything."
"Ah."
"Yep, Hey! Jerry, take over for a bit, I'm going to the store with Melia here, kay?" He turned his head over his shoulder.
"Have fun!" Jerry waved before launching a snowball in Angels direction.
"C'mon." Bobby swiped her keys from her hand and walked nonchalantly to her car.
"Oh! Don't think so buddy!" Amelia giggled, but got a reply of the drivers side door slamming.
"You comin or what?" Bobby laughed, starting the car. Amelia grumbled, making her way to the passenger side.
"So, where we goin again?"
"To the store, you know, the place with the groceries..."
"Yeah, yeah, hush up. So what have you been up to lately? Well, besides everything else."
"Well, not a whole lot, just sitting around the house, watching TV." She shrugged.
"Ah, yeah, that's basically what Jackie-poo did yesterday besides sleeping."
"Oh, he needs his beauty sleep."
"Honey, if sleep made people cute, well, then Jack ain't gettin enough."
"Oh, I don't know.." Amelia joked.
"Okay, okay, I get it." Bobby tried to wave her off, then silence fell over them, just the sound of the snow crunching under the tires.
"What's going on here?" Bobby asked, being forced to stop behind a couple of cars, nothing seemed too out of the ordinary until the man in the first car got out and approached the second car, a handle of a pistol visible in his waistband.
"Oh shit..." Amelia sighed, feeling herself begin to shake.
"Just calm down, you're fine..." Bobby tried to stall her, turning his head for a way out, then two loud pops rang out, the man was holding a pistol in the air.
"FUCK!" Bobby shouted, throwing the car into reverse and skidding out. "We'll just have to find a different way to the store..." He mumbled.
"You knew that guy didn't you?" Amelia looked over to him, eyes wide.
"Maybe, I recognize the guy. You should too considering I saw Randy hanging with him once, he probably just got ripped off on a drug deal."
"In the middle of the fucking street?"
"Yeah, shit happens all the time."
After arriving at the store, the pair remained quiet, just a small tension between them. Truth was, that Amelia's head was reeling, trying to picture Randy hanging with the man in the street.
"I'll drive ya home." Bobby once again swiped her keys from her, and they made their way home. "I'm sorry to drive you into what happened earlier.."
"Bobby, it's fine, you couldn't have known what was going to happen..." Amelia shook her head.
"Yeah, but still, Jack will have my hide once he finds out. He really cares about you."
"Yeah?"
"Yeah, like really. I mean, fairy has liked girls before, but he's always found a million flaws in every one of them. But not you." He looked over to her.
"Ah." Amelia couldn't hide the fiery red fluch that came upon her face.
"Yeah-"
Just then, Amelia's phone began to ring, she pressed the green button, placing the speaker to her ear.
"Hello?" She asked, her voice quivering a bit.
"Amelia, how are you?" The sound of his deep voice sent her heart to the pit of her stomach.
"What do you want from me?" She shouted.
"Amelia, is it him?" Bobby whispered a bit harshly, answering himself by seeing how paper white she'd become. He grabbed her phone, ripping it from her hand.
"Listen up, you sick bastard, leave Amelia alone. You have absolutely no idea who you're up against. You don't stand a chance, you're never going to get close to her you sick fuck, so stop trying, I never want to hear about you calling her, again." Bobby pressed the end button before the man on the other line could say another word.
"Oh my god..." Amelia's voice shook, then finally gave way to torrents of tears, "Why? Why does he have to come after me? After all these years, can't he just get off on what he's done to me before? Does he have to come and destroy my life when I finally thought I could be happy? God, just why?" She finally choked, burying her face in her hands.
"Amelia, Amelia..." Bobby spoke firmly, pulling the car over. "Listen to me, okay? He's never going to get anywhere NEAR you. That sick prick won't get a chance, he'll have to come through me, Angel, Jerry, and Jack, hell even my ma and yours. You have to believe us, but I have an idea, maybe it'd be safer for you to stay with us, we can't protect you in your house, I mean we can, but not as well. He's after you, not your ma, and not your brother. My mom knows the whole situation, she'd understand, and Jack would feel so relieved. Amelia, how does that sound?"
Amelia could only move her head, slightly, between sobs.
"That's it. You're coming with me, I'll pick up your clothes and everything, you're living with us until this is all over. You're comin home." He stated, starting up the car and tearing off towards the Mercer residence.
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Hey all! Sorry it's been a while. But I hope you enjoyed this chapter, I'm gonna be writing more over this Christmas break, no worries! Reviews are always appreciated! Love you all! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 3
-Carlene
