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Chapter 21 – War

"What…in hell, are you doing here?!" the anger decided to take precedence over the other emotions and her voice rose with every word.

"I…I came to apologize," Jeff said quickly. He had another bouquet of lilies in his hands. She looked down at them in disgust.

"Do…do you think you can just come down here?" Her voice was rising higher and higher and the other people sitting in the lobby were looking over at them. Sara saw them and let out a huffy breath, grabbing Jeff by the arm and leading him outside. They stayed by the side of the building so they didn't get wet and Sara started yelling at him.

"How DARE you come down here!" she was so angry she could barely get her words out.

"I know…I know Sara. I am so, so sorry. I completely lost my temper…"

"You can say that again!" she huffed, putting her hands on her hips and staring at him. If looks could kill, Jeff would probably be dead a few times by now.

"I…" Jeff tried to get out what he was trying to say which was difficult, seeing how mad Sara was getting. "Sara. You have to understand my position…"

"Pinning me against the wall," she said with feigned understanding.

"No, Sara. I thought you were cheating on me," he tried again.

"And what made you think that, Jeff? You had absolutely NO reason whatsoever to think I was cheating on you!"

"Yes, I did Sara!" Jeff voice was rising now, "You talk about that man like he is the heaven and the earth! What was I supposed to think?"

"You were supposed to trust me Jeff," Sara took a step closer to him. "And to know that you can't trust me…that is the worst feeling in the world! No…No, wait a second. Maybe it beats out by being slapped by your boyfriend, but I guess you will never know that!" Sara said sarcastically.

Jeff closed his eyes. "I am so, so, so sorry, Sara," he said quietly. He held out the lilies to her and gave her a cautious little smile.

Sara looked at the flowers. She ripped them out of his hands and threw them on the ground. "You don't get it! You hurt me. There is nothing you can do Jeff! You hear me?! Nothing!" Sara turned around and tried to leave but Jeff grabbed her arm, spinning her around again.

"Let go of me," Sara said calmly, not moving at all, looking down at the hand squeezing her arm.

"Sara. I can't let you go like that."

"You couldn't seem to be able to let go of me yesterday either. We're having a replay here, Jeff. I really don't think that's the best way to say you're sorry." She gave him a sarcastic smile and tried to leave again, but he held on.

"Sara. I am trying my best. I need you to forgive me," Jeff begged.

"Let. Go. Of me. Jeff. Let go, right now" Sara's voice was rising, getting shakier as she went. She used all her strength to keep the tears from coming down again. She didn't want to cry in front of him.

"Sara. I made a mistake!" he yelled suddenly. "I'm apologizing for it! Why can't you forgive me?!" he grabbed onto her other shoulder with his other hand.

"I could never, ever forgive you. You scared the shit out of me AND my daughter." Sara spat at him in disgust.

"Yes, Sara! I know! I get it! You're mad! But so am I!" he shouted. "Wow he has temper problems," Sara thought.

Sara looked at him and squinted her eyes, shaking her head. "You don't get it at all. If you understood you wouldn't be getting mad at me now. You would let go of my arm! You would never ever come near me. Ever. You don't have any idea," she finished quietly.

"Sara!" Jeff yelled, shaking her once, "What is wrong with yo-" he stopped short as he felt the impact on his face.

Sara was taken a step forward before Jeff let go of her, but Nick caught her. He had suddenly appeared beside her and was holding her up to stop her from falling with the man on the ground. He was on all fours, trying to steady himself to stand up straight again.

"She said, let go," Nick said in a dangerously quiet voice. Jeff touched his mouth where it had split. He looked over at Nick while he stood.

"I heard her, Nick," he said once he steadied himself.

"It didn't look like you could hear her," Nick spat back, getting in Jeff's face.

"Nick, I'm ok," Sara said, putting a hand on his arm. As much as she did appreciate him punching Jeff, she didn't want him to get hurt either. She didn't want to see what happened when two big guys fought.

Nick looked down at Sara but before he cold talk, Jeff spoke up.

"I could hear her just fine. I needed to tell her something, which you, by the way, interrupted." Jeff's voice was dangerously quiet, almost matching Nick's and he too, went up into Nick's face.

"Step back, Jeff. I don't like guys getting in my space," he said pushing Jeff in the chest. He stepped back but went back with his own push. Nick pushed again before Sara went in to break them up. Before she could Jeff pushed Nick full in the face but it barely shook him. Sara pushed on Jeff's chest and pulled on Nick's arm, trying to get them both to stop. Out of nowhere someone else came up behind them all.

Warrick pushed past Sara and helped her pull the two men apart. He made a lot more progress then she did and managed to get them both apart, her holding onto Nick and Warrick pushing Jeff back saying, "Hey, hey! That's enough!"

"Go back where you came from!" Nick shouted at Jeff. Warrick almost lost him when Jeff tried to get at Nick but it didn't work. He pulled Jeff back.

"That's enough!" he shouted at both of them. "Dude, I think you should get out of here. Walk it off," Warrick said, walking off with Jeff.

Nick wiped away some blood that was coming out of his lip while Sara led him into the lab without any words. She sat him down in the break room and let him take a breather before she took some ice out of the little mini fridge, wrapping it in a cloth and walking over to Nick's chair. She pulled up one of her own and held the cloth to his swelling lip.

He looked down at her as she dabbed his lip with the cold cloth. "Thanks," she said after a minute or two.

"No problem," he said with a little bit of a lisp.

"No, Nick. It was a problem." She looked up at him, close to tears again. "You punched someone. For me." She shook her head and went back to dabbing his lip. "I don't know what I would have done if he hit me again," she whispered, feeling the tears come down. Nick put a hand on the cloth and lowered it down. Sara closed her eyes, trying desperately not to cry again. Nick raised his arms and wrapped her in a hug, resting his chin on the top of her head.