Chapter 10

I'll Protect You

TONY'S POV.

I woke up first. Once again with Rebecca in my arms, glowing from last night. Luckily, Alex and Tony hadn't heard anything. I looked down at her sweet face and smiled. She looked so beautiful. I lightly stroked her cheek and she snuggled into me. I held her tighter in response.

I felt her stir and looked down at her. She smiled at me lovingly and kissed me lightly.

"Good morning." She said sleepily.

"Morning." I said, hugging her.

It was a great, but then I remembered yesterday and let out a sigh. She looked at me with a small smile, then spoke.

"Everything will be okay, Tony. I'm sure of it." She said reassuringly.

I smiled, and kissed her softly.

"Thanks, Bex." I stated.

I continued to kiss down her jaw and to her neck, enjoying her light moans. I kissed the bass of her neck and smirked as I earned a breathy accented gasp. I continued to kiss down until I was at the swell of her breast. Then I felt her bring my face up and kiss me again.

"As much as I would like to stay in bed with you like this, we need to get up." she said, getting out of bed.

She sniffed around and spoke.

"We need to shower." She said.

"Lead the way, babe." I purred as we headed to her personal bathroom, which, I will point out was conveniently big enough for two…

After out shower, we headed downstairs to see Alex helping Anna with her homework. They looked like they were really siblings.

"Good morning." Anna said cheerily.

"Hey guys." Alex said casually.

"Morning, you two." Rebecca stated.

"So, ay plans for today?" I asked Rebecca.

"No. why?" she asked.

"We could go out. It would be something to take our minds of recent events." I replied.

"I have homework to do Mr. Tony. Sorry." Anna said.

"Yeah, I think I'll just stay in today and help Anna." Alex stated.

I turned to Bex, waiting for her answer. She smiled at me.

"Why not?" she said.

I smiled and kissed her lightly, hearing Anna go, "aww", at the moment. We laughed and went back to breakfast.

Although I looked calm on the outside, I was completely worried on the inside. Worried for, Alex, Anna and Bex's wellbeing's. I needed to find out who was after me. If they wanted me, then I could only assume they would come after the others if they found out about them.

I, along with the rest of the gang suspected it was a rival gang from the north side of the city. I had done an inside job a few weeks ago and once everything was said and done, the leader vowed revenge. I hadn't thought anything would really happen, but I was terribly wrong, and now I had brought Bex, Anna and Alex into this. I just hope that I can keep them safe…

After breakfast, Rebecca and I decided to take a walk around town to clear our heads. We went to a few shops here and there. We headed to the farmers market in the park as well. Everyone seemed to know her there. We grabbed some kettle corn. The good kind like what you would get from the state fair, as well as a few other foods. We headed to the Starbucks nearby for a bit. We decided to just grab some hot chocolate and sit inside, choosing to escape the winter cold.

Bex stared at me for a minute, then spoke.

"Stop worrying Tony. We're going to be okay." she stated, putting her hand on mine.

"I hope so, Bex. I really hope so. I don't want for anything to happen to you or our kids." I replied.

After that we headed back to our home. Our home…I could get used to that once this whole thing blew over… that and being able to call Bex, Mrs. Hedgecat. But that would have to wait, especially until we saw how far our relationship would get. Personally, I hoped it would go far…

"Hey, how about we go out dancing tonight?" she asked.

I looked at her and spoke.

"Why? I mean, it sounds like fun, but why tonight?" I asked.

"Well why not?" she asked, "We haven't had a date night in a few weeks."

I thought it over. It sounded like a good idea.

"Alright, how about we leave at seven?" I asked.

"Sounds good to me." She said smiling at me.

Just then I saw something out of the corner of my eye.

BEX'S POV.

Just as he was about to turn around and start walking again, some guy in black with a black cap and black shades came up with a blade in his hand. Since Tony was still turned towards me, he didn't see the person behind him. Suddenly, my body was moving all on it's own. And things seemed to go as fast as the speed of light, but it also seemed to go in slow motion. The man drew his arm back and got ready to strike. I pushed Tony aside and yelled,

"Watch out!"

As I pushed him aside, the next thing I knew was that I heard a scream.

My scream.

The blade that the man was going to use on Tony, instead landed in my stomach. I shrieked. Tears then filled my eyes immediately. I glanced at Tony who had a surprised and slightly dazed look. Then he quickly, though hesitantly pulled the blade out of my stomach and I shrieked once more. The feeling of it coming out was almost worse than it coming in.

Then I felt my legs seem to give out and I could see that the guy who stabbed me was already down the street and soon out of sight. I clutched my stomach. I could feel the blood spilling on to my hands. I could feel Tony take my hand and hear him talk to me. But I couldn't tell what he was saying. But he looked worried and scared. That was the first time had ever seen him like that.

I could hear other people talk and call 911 around us. It suddenly felt much harder to keep my eyes open, and I felt a strange numbness start to take over my body. Things were getting very blurred and so were the voices around me.

I looked at Tony with terrified eyes.

"Tony…I'm scared." I said, tears falling from my eyes. I could feel him apply more pressure to the wound.

"Don't talk, Bex. Save your energy." He stated.

The last thing I heard was ambulance sirens, before I blacked out completely…

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