"Umm.. Hi, Jason." I smiled weakly,"C-come on in." I waved my hand shakily.

"I brought chocolate cake, your favorite." He smiled. I glanced over at Troy to see him clenching his jaw. I lay my hand on his shoulder to calm him down.

"Oh! Um.. thanks, I guess." I looked down at the floor.

"Where are your parents, Troy?" Jason looked over at Troy with hate in his eyes. He must have felt the connection between Troy and I.

"Out getting dinner. They'll be back in about five minutes." He spoke through clenched teeth. I patted his shoulder. He didn't have to protect me like this. I wasn't weak. He didn't love me, did he?

"Mommy!!" Oh, no! I forgot about Jacob! What if Jason hurts him? Never. He will never touch my son. I'll kill myself before that happens..... I ran quickly into the room where Jacob was and picked him.

"Shh.. sweetie you have to be quiet, and don't talk to Jason,okay?" I whispered in a rush.

"He's bad. If he comes near you, you scream for me okay?" I had to say it in words for a 4 year old to understand.

"Okay." I walked back into the living room, to find that the air was as tense as ever. Troy and Jason sat on the couch watching football. Troy was as far from Jason as he could get, in fact he was clear on the other side of the couch. Not one muscle moved on Troy. I could tell he was ready to pounce and beat the living daylight out of this guy any moment. Either because the fact that he did love me, or that he just didn't like the fact that he goes around raping 15 year old girls, or it may have been both reasons.

"Umm.. Troy." I said in a weak voice.

He sprang up off the couch and looked at me,"Yeah?"

"Can you come here for a sec and help me with something?" I questioned.

"Sure." He was by my side in five long strides. We walked into the kitchen.

"Are you okay?" We both asked at the same time. I giggled.

"I'm fine, and you??" I smiled.

"Fine." He replied blankly.

"Troy, if you don't feel comfortable just go out and go somewhere."

"And leave you and Jacob here alone with him?? Yeah right, Gabriella." He said sarcastically.

"Right. Bad Idea. Umm.. Jack and Izzy should be here now. Did he try to touch you at all?"

"No. He isn't that stupid to try anything if he thinks my parents are gonna be here any sec."

"Yeah, I guess. Troy?"

"What?"

"I-I love you!" I whispered.

"I love you, too." He smiled at me,"I would kiss you right now, but you have a kid in your arms."

"What a bummer!" I laughed sarcastically. My gaze was torn from away from Troy when I heard a familiar voice.

"Yeah, I remember when you looked at me that way." Jason sneered.

"I NEVER looked at you that way!" I clenched my teeth together.

"Really? Gee. I think you did, everynight that I came into your room."

"Well, you're imagining things. I never wanted you! You are my step-father for christ's sake!!"

"You know that you wanted it!!" He shouted.

"I wanted nothing from you!!!" I screamed letting the tears fall. I clenched onto Troy's arm feeling dizzy.

"Well, you got him." He pointed towards Jacob.

"He is the only good thing that ever came from you!!! In my mind he isn't yours!!"

"Then who's is he??" He asked sarcastically.

"He's mine!" I screamed,"You will never touch him!!" As I screamed the last words I heard Isabella's voice.

"I'm home!!" I quickly wiped away my tears and balanced Jacob on my hip. He was shaking from all the yelling.

"In here Isabella!" I yelled from the doorway.

"Hey Gabrie----, Oh! Hi there, Jason. How are you?" She nodded her head since her hands were full of grocery bags.

"I'm fine, thank here was telling how much she loves it here."

"Oh! Well, I'm sure she misses you a lot." Isabella smiled as she placed a jug of milk in the fridge.

"Ha! Yeah right!" I scoffed under my breath,so only Troy and I could here. I looked up at him, losing myself in his blue eyes, that looked back at me. I wish I knew what he was thinking. Did he love me? Was he playing me like Sharpay had said? I wanted to know so many things, but right now I had worse things to think about..

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By now, we were having desert.

"Ugh. I'm stuffed!" Jason yawned, rubbing his belly," That was great." I cringed at his choice of words. How many times had I heard them as he crept out of my room??

"Thank you." Isabella replied,"You should just stay the night here, instead of heading to a motel. We have a spare bedroom."

Omg. Could this just get any worse??Troy tensed up beside me.

"Mom, shut up!!!" He hissed.

"Troy, you do not speak to me that way!!!" Isabella glared at her son.

"Mom. He cannot stay here with us!! Gabriella doesn't want him to."

"I don't care what Gabriella wants. She needs to learn to grow up then doesn't she." Isabella glanced over at me.

"Troy, really, it's okay." I whispered, grabbing his hand under the table," I'll be fine. I can protect myself."

"What if he tries something??"

"As I said I am fine. Just, I think Jacob better stay with you tonight." We whispered back and forth, so no one could hear. Jason glared at our communication. He knew how close we were, I could feel it, and I also could feel the hate he held towards Troy. Not because he knew we were holding hands or in love, but because he thought Troy was the one fucking me when he couldn't. Troy and I never ever spoke of being intimate, but Jason didn't know that.

"May I be excused??" I asked Jack politely.

"Of course." Jack replied.

"Isabella, I thought about it and I think I will stay tonight." Jason smiled evilly at me. Oh God!!! Troy jumped up and followed behind me up the stairs.

"What the hell?? Did you see the way he just looked at you??" Troy jumped in front of me.

"I don't even want to think of it." I said sadly.

"I'm sleeping with you tonight." Troy stated matter of factly.

"Umm... let me think about......hmmm... nope..." I said sarcastically," Sorry, Troy but no one is getting in my pants tonight."

"Dammit! Gabriella I'm serious!!" He shouted now.

"Shhh... Damn Troy. Let the whole world know....and I'm serious,too. I'll just scream if I need you. Now go back downstairs and get Jacob." I smiled.

"Ugh." He turned around and made his way down the stairs.

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I couldn't sleep. There was no way I would sleep, and give him a chance. I would fill my lungs with air every 5 seconds, preparing for a good scream if I needed it. Suddenly, I froze in my spot. The door creaked.

"W-who's there?" I whimpered. I could make out a male figure...

"Troy?? I told you, you are not sleeping in here tonight, now go stay with Jacob, this instance." I pointed towards the door.

"What if I wanna stay with you??" A voice asked. It wasn't Troy's voice. No where close to Troy's voice. Jason.

"You better go, now, Jason!!" I whispered harshly. I sat up in my bed.

"Why?? You used to like this.." He was at the end of my bed now..

"In your dreams, now go, before I get Troy to kick your ass." Before I knew it he pounced on top of me, covering my mouth. All I could make was muffled sounds underneath the palm of his hand. His hand slid up under my loose t-shirt rubbing my breasts.

"Umph!" I screamed under his hand. The sound was suppose to be 'Troy', but I couldn't even manage to make it sound anywhere near his name. Jason ripped off my shirt,literally. I could hear the sound of ripping cloth. He began to kiss my stomach and make his way up to my 'chest'.

He began to pull my pants down. This was going to hurt, I knew. I could bear it though. I had before. No sense in crying.

Thwack!!! I felt the pressure fly off my body and I opened my eyes. I jumped up quickly flipping on the light. Troy was standing at the end of my bed with a baseball bat in his hand, and Jason motionless, covered in blood on the floor.