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When Jillian was released to go home, her mother and brothers followed her and Murphy to their house. Murphy had made sure she was comfortable in the car before they left the hospital. Connor was at the house, waiting for them. He wanted to give Murphy and Jillian some time along. They held hands as soon as he started the car. He kissed the top of her fingers as he pulled away.

" I ah, I moved everything from your room into mine." He said. Jillian laughed as she looked at him.

" You did? What if I don't want it in your room?" She asked. He smiled as he rubbed her fingers with his.

" Well, I have other bedrooms so we could pick another one I guess." He said as he shrugged his shoulders. She squeezed his hand and looked out the window.

" I'm glad they aren't staying with us." She said.

" They didn't even ask. I think they understand that you need some space and time." Murphy said. "They are coming over right now to drop off pictures for you to go through but they are leaving right away for their hotel. They will be back over tomorrow."

" Did you see any of the pictures?" She asked as she looked at him.

" Yeah I did. I saw some pictures of you when you were little. They are who they say they are but you don't have to go anywhere with them. I told you before you could stay as long as you wanted and I'm serious." He said. She smiled.

" You just want me to stay so I can be your sex slave." He laughed and grinned.

" Am I that transparent?" he asked. Jillian laughed.

" I cant laugh!" She said as she held onto her stomach. "It hurts. Where actually was I shot?"

" He hit you on your side. Luckily the bullet didn't hit anything major. You lost so much blood though. I was so scared I wouldn't get you to help fast enough." The rest of the ride, neither one spoke.

Her family stayed true to their word. They dropped off a few things from her house then hugged her and left. Jared seemed to have the worst time leaving her there. He stayed back with his hands in his pockets while she said goodbye to her mother and Jordan. He came to her slowly but didn't hug her. He just nodded his head to her and the boys then turned without a word. They had decided to get together the next day.

Jillian and Murphy sat on the floor of the living room with pictures spread out around them. Connor had decided to stay at Ariel's house again. Murphy had made them dinner and they had been looking at the pictures for a half an hour. Some of the pictures they laughed at, some made them smile.

" Seems like I go out a lot with my brothers." Jillian commented. There was a bunch of pictures of her and the boys at bars or at cook outs. There were some of them of her with other girls, their arms wrapped around each other.

" I guess its a good thing Jared told me you haven't had a boyfriend in a year." Murphy said as he held a picture. She looked at him.

" Why?" Jillian asked. Murphy handed her the picture. She had standing on a beach in a swim suit with a guy standing behind her. He had his arms wrapped around her shoulders and was kissing her cheek. She was smiling.

" What's wrong, Murphy? Feeling jealous?" She teased him as she took the picture from him.

" Is that so hard to believe?" He asked. She looked at him.

" Are you serious?" She asked. Murphy shrugged as he picked up another picture.

" So I don't like the idea of you with another guy. I don't think any guy would like to think of their girlfriend like that." He said. When she didn't say anything he looked at her. " What?" Jillian shook her head and looked back at the picture.

" Nothing." She said with a smile. Murphy laughed and put one hand on the back of his neck.

" Okay, so I never actually asked you to be my girlfriend. I kind of thought after everything that has happen, I didn't need to." Jillian looked at him.

" You don't think I'm not much trouble? After almost getting you killed, you still want to be with me?" Murphy put down the pictures and turned towards her.

" Yeah, are you kidding? Of course I do. I don't think I have even been so scared in my life as I was when you got shot." he said.

" Tell me what happen."

" Before we get into that," He stood up and took her hand. He pulled her up and against him. " I think we need to make good of something we planned on doing." She wrapped her arms around his shoulders and pressed herself tightly against him. Murphy looked down at her.

" And what's that?" She asked. He tilted his head slightly.

" I think it would be better if I showed you." He said before he kissed her.

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Jillian leaned down and ran her tongue up his neck as he held onto her hips. His eyes were closed as he just enjoyed the feeling of her on top of him. He put his hands on either side of her face and kissed her hard. Jillian sat up straight on him then and Murphy ran his hands up her stomach. He covered her breasts his hands. She placed her hands flat against his bed frame as she closed her eyes and bit her lower lip. Murphy opened his eyes and groaned at the sight of her above him.

Afterwards, Jillian lay on her back while he laid on his side, facing her. Her fingertips were tracing a circle around the stitches at her gunshot site. She was staring at the ceiling. Murphy sighed and ran his hand through her hair. She seemed distracted. Her eyebrows were drawn together and she was frowning slightly.

" Tell me what happen." She said as she looked at him. Murphy gathered her up to him and laid on his back. Jillian laid on his chest and he started playing with her hair.

" It happen so fast, I wasn't sure it was real. You pushed me away from you and shot him at the same time he shot you. You both fell backwards and weren't moving. When I got up and got to you, you were bleeding real bad and hard. I picked you help and just took off for the cabin. Luckily, Gage had left the keys in so I laid you down in the back seat. You looked at me for a few seconds before you passed out. Connor had gotten back to the house and called Duffy so the police were already on their way." Jillian closed her eyes and listened to his voice.

" I remember you telling me to hold your shirt to my stomach." She said.

" I wasn't sure where you were shot." He placed one hand behind his head why he continued to play with her hair. " I kept talking to you, telling you to stay with me, just to hang on while I drove. I called 911 as soon as I got back to the house. I got you out of the backseat and just kept pressure to it but you where bleeding so bad. I just didn't think you were going to make it." He said softly. Jillian look up at him.

" But I did." She said with a smile. He smiled at her.

" Yeah you did. So Duffy brought your mom and brothers to the hospital while you were in surgery. It only took the doctors about an hour to remove the bullet, clean up whatever they needed too in you and close you up. But when I saw you, man," He hugged her tightly and kissed her head. " You were so pale and had an oxygen mask on. Apart of me was scared you won't remember me when you woke up." Jillian snuggled into him. " The police checked the cabin and they believe he kept you there the whole time you were missing from your family. I guess you and Gage dated for a few months but you broke it off. Jared said he didn't take it well and they had to file a couple of police reports against him."

" And to think, I was only a mile and a half from your house the whole time." She said. " Thank goodness you moved in when you did." Murphy jumped when she started stroking his inner thigh.

" The day you went missing, Gage never showed up to work. No one heard from him in the five months you were gone, so they knew he had taken you. He kept notes of what happen while he had you, just notebooks full of what happen everyday." Murphy said.

" I don't ever want to see them." She said softly.

" No, you don't." He said as he hugged her closer. " Anyway, your mom and brothers went through some of the pictures with me, I won't let them see you until I was sure they were for real." he said.