Chapter 5

Gia walked back to her car, but didn't get in.  She was still furious at her brother.  She knew she wouldn't be able to spend the night at his place now.  Since her mother was out of town, she had no place to go.

"I need to take a walk and think," she said.  She walked slowly along the docks again hoping to find Jason in the same spot as she saw him earlier, but the area was deserted.  She couldn't understand why she couldn't get him out of her mind.  "I barely know him," she said to herself.

Gia saw a bench nearby and sat down.  Her mind kept going back to the kiss she gave him.  She had only kissed Jason's cheek, but it was his lips that she had wanted to kiss.

She sat there lost in thought as a man approached her.  Gia saw him out of the corner of her eye, but didn't pay too much attention.  He sat down on the bench next to her.

Meanwhile Jason was still sitting on his motorcycle outside of Kelly's.  He knew that he shouldn't be thinking of getting involved with anyone else.  Especially with a girl as sweet as Gia.  "I can't ask her to accept the kind of life I lead," he said to himself.

He couldn't stop thinking about the kiss that she had given him.  Had she know that he wanted to kiss her or was it possible that she felt the same way about him?  Jason shook his head.  He didn't think that he had a chance that it was true.

"I need to take a walk," he said to himself.  He got off the motorcycle and started walking towards his favorite spot on the docks.  He saw Gia sitting on the bench.  A strange man was sitting next to her.   Jason stood back in the shadows and watched.

"Do you have the time?" the man asked Gia.

As Gia looked down at her watch, the man pulled out a gun and held it on her.  He held out a bag with his other hand.  "Ok, hold it!  Put all your valuables in the bag."

Gia looked up at him with fear in her eyes.  She emptied her purse into the bag.  Jason crept closer waiting for the right moment to make his move.

"Come on.  The jewelry too," the man said.

Gia began taking her earrings off and saw Jason.  He motioned for her to me quiet.  She pretended to struggle with the clasp on her necklace to keep the man's attention.  Jason crept up behind the man while pulling his gun out of the back waistband of his pants.  He raised his hand and hit the man over the head with the handle of the gun.

He grabbed the bag and Gia's hand.  "Let's go!" he told her.  They ran back to his motorcycle.  "What were you doing down on the docks alone at this time of night?"

"I had some thinking to do."

Jason nodded.  "Do you want me to take you home?"

"No.  I don't have anywhere to stay.  I moved out of Wyndamere this morning.  I was supposed to stay with my brother, but we had a fight over…"

"Over you being with me, right?"

"Yeah.  He needs to learn that who I fall in love with is my business and not his," Gia said.  She gasped as she realized what she had said.

Jason stared at her for a moment.  Had he heard her right?  Was she saying that she was in love with him.  He decided to take a chance.  "Get on," he said quietly as he got on the bike.

"Where are we going?" she asked climbing on behind him.

"I'm taking you back to the Penthouse with me.  You can stay there tonight," he said looking back at her.  He saw the nervous look on her face.  "You can stay in the guest bedroom," he added.

Gia exhaled sharply and smiled at him.  "Ok, let's go."

Jason started the bike and drove off.