(Thanks for reading and reviewing the last chapter. I hope everyone enjoys this chapter. This chapter contains sensitive material.)

Between Enemy Lines

Chapter Thirty Six

Eliza had just started working, she looked over at Noah and smiled as she thought of Bray. She wouldn't have Noah if it wasn't for Bray, he had done so much for her and Noah. Bray went to go get ready for his match, now that Bray was gone, Dean planned on finding out what was going on. He wasn't happy seeing Eliza was still with Bray, and he was surprised to see that Noah was back. Eliza was so happy with Bray and so happy to have Noah back that Dean was the last person on her mind. She hadn't been working long and was so caught up in her thoughts that she hadn't noticed Dean come up to her and she jumped when she heard his voice.

"Eliza!"

"Dean?"

"I haven't seen you since Social Services took Noah... and you're still with Bray... after everything that's happened?"

"Bray got him back... there is more to Bray's story than you know. I don't blame him at all for what he did, and I don't fear him because of it either."

"I would rethink that if I were you... as crazy as he is, I would worry about your safety and Noah's. He already hit you once."

"That hit was accidental and you know it. The only reason why I was hit was because you and Bray were fighting. Bray has been so good to me and Noah. He makes me happy. Why can't you understand that?"

"I understand, but I can't stand seeing the two of you together. You belong with me... not someone like Bray. You were happy with me... how did this happen? How did you end up with Bray?"

"You know why Dean... things were going good between us until you tried to pressure me into having sex. Not only that, but you and Noah just never seemed to like each other. Noah might have got used to you eventually, but you always seemed mad when I had to take care of Noah."

"Because he would always ruin our moment... I could never be alone with you because of Noah. You were always struggling with him, you're better without him..."

Eliza thought about something for a moment.

"Everything was going fine with Noah... things were turning around for us. Then something like this happens... you and Bray get into a fight, and Social Services was there... did you call them?"

Dean was quiet, it all made sense now... this was all part of Dean's plan. He wanted Eliza to see Bray as a monster, and get rid of Noah, he thought she would be so upset that she could come back to him. She asked him again.

"Did you call them?!"

Dean didn't answer the question, he just snapped and grabbed Eliza and threw her against the wall. She was scared and tried to push him away, but he grabbed her by her neck and held her against the wall and forced a kiss on her. She tried to fight him, but the grip he had on her neck made it hard to breathe. Dean leaned in and whispered in her ear.

"I called them... and I'll do it again as long as you're with Bray. They'll take Noah away again and this time there will be nothing you can do about it. If you get back with me... you can keep Noah. I'll let go of your neck, but if you scream or struggle, there will be consequences... Do you understand?"

Eliza only nodded her head. Dean let go of her neck. She couldn't believe there was no one around to stop what was going on. Dean started kissing her and she felt completely helpless. All she could do was beg for him to stop.

"Dean... stop please...you're hurting me... and scaring me... Just let me go. I'm pregnant."

Eliza hoped that since she said this that Dean would back off, but this only seemed to upset Dean even more.

"So... you wouldn't have sex with me... but you had sex with Bray, and now you're having his baby... that's fine... you can have my baby too."

Dean's hands started roaming her body. She slapped him, but all that did was make Dean mad and he slapped her back harder. Tears started rolling down her face. She couldn't believe this was happening.

"Come on Eliza... stop crying. We can do this the hard way, or the easy way."

"Don't do this... please."

Dean ignored her cries and ripped off her shirt, he didn't need to take off his pants, just undo the button and zipper. He was getting excited now and thought he was finally going to get some from Eliza. This is almost exactly what happened with Dillion when he showed up again, but Dean was there to save her, only now in this situation, Dean was no better than Dillion. She wished she never met Dean. She could have been with Bray sooner if she knew what kind of guy Dean was. She tried to fight him, but felt helpless and cried as Dean held her still. Dean was going to remove her pants when he felt himself ripped off of her. He turned around just for a second to catch a glimpse of Bray's face before everything went black. Bray hit him as hard as he could and knocked him out. Bray was furious and felt like ripping Dean apart with his bare hands for touching Eliza and for what he tried to do, but had to control himself. He wanted to beat the hell out of Dean, but he knew he needed to be there for Eliza and his expression changed when he saw Eliza crying and took her into his arms.

"I got you... Shh... it's ok now."

Bray took a look at her and knew she must have felt embarrassed so he took the shirt off of his back and handed it to her.

"Here... you need this more than I do."

She slipped his shirt on and instantly felt more comfortable. She hadn't said a word or stopped crying. Bray had stopped what happened, but still wished he could have been there sooner. He knew he would get in troube for leaving and was still scheduled to have a match, but decided to hell with it. Some things were just more important. He had Eliza sit down and calm down as he quickly packed up all of their stuff and carried it in one hand. He walked over to Eliza. She stood up and he wrapped an arm around her.

"Come on... let's get out of here."

He looked around for Noah and saw him sitting in a chair playing with one of his cars. Bray called out to him.

"Come on Noah... We're leaving."

Noah quickly ran to catch up with them. He wanted to know if his Momma was ok.

"Momma ok?"

Eliza was still in shock and still hadn't said a word, Bray answered for her.

"Your mom needs some time to think."

Noah was really concerned about his Momma, he had seen Dean choke her. He was afraid to face Dean, so the only thing he could think of to do was look for Bray. At that time, Bray had gotten ready for his match, but wanted to check up on Eliza and Noah one more time. Noah had spotted him and Bray wanted to know why Noah was alone. All Noah had to say was Momma in trouble and that was enough to send Bray running to the scene. Eliza wasn't completely aware of what was going, but knew Bray had pulled Dean off of her and knocked him out, but everything after that seemed like a blur. Bray drove them to a hotel and the next thing she knew, she was in a bed. Noah was in his own bed and was asleep, Bray must have helped her change clothes because she was in pajamas. Bray knew to just leave her alone and that talking right now wasn't going to do much good. Eliza seemed to snap out of it, Noah was sleeping peacefully in the bed beside them and her breathing finally seemed to calm down. Bray had taken care of everything. Somehow at that moment, she knew everything was going to be ok. She had been laying on her back but finally turned over to face Bray. His eyes were full of concern. He couldn't sleep, he felt like he had to watch over her. He moved the hair out of her face and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead. Finally he seemed to get a response out of her, she gave him a small smile and moved her hand to his face and felt at his beard. She smiled and leaned in to kiss his lips and finally said something to him.

"Thank you Bray."

Bray smiled at her and knew she had snapped out of it and had calmed down. They would talk about this in the morning. Eliza was tired from fighting Dean and fell asleep in Bray's arms. She knew she would be safe as long as she was in Bray's arms. This was another close call for Bray too. He had lost someone he loved once, then he almost lost Eliza to suicide, now this with Dean. He was there to stop Dean, but still blamed himself for not being there to stop him when he first showed up. They both knew something had to be done about Dean.

(To be continued. Sorry if this chapter seemed a bit short. I try to make my chapters about 2000 words or so. But then again, there's quality over quantity. Hopefully even though this chapter was a bit shorter, it was still an interesting chapter. Something definitely needs to be done about Dean, and I would say Eliza has been through enough. I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. Thanks for reading. Let me know what you think. Review.)