A/N: thanks for the replies so far. The story ain't over just yet so keep reading and keep reviewing because I indeed appreciate it.

Kayla ran. She ran as fast as she could even though it was hard to know where she was going due to her eyes being flooded with tears. She was also missing one of her shoes making it was harder to run, but it didn't stop her. She never thought a second about taking it off. Through the trees, she finally spotted a glimmer of streetlights. She was fast approaching a sidewalk and upon seeing it, she ran even faster to reach it. She had adopted tunnel vision, being oblivious to everything except what was directly in front of her, until she saw a familiar house. Riley's house. She sprinted up the steps and banged on the door. Riley in her robe came to open it and wore a look of absolute horror when she saw Kayla.

"WHAT HAPPENED?!?!?! ARE YOU OKAY?!" She asked Kayla with her eyes wide with terror for what she was seeing. "Come, sit down!" A very distraught Kayla heeded her words and sat on the sofa as Riley got a blanket and some water for Kayla. She tried calming her down as best she could. It worked somewhat. Kayla started to explain what happened.

"How did you get away, Kay?"

"I…I dunno! I…I just…just…did. I know that I lost my shoe as I tried to get out of his car. I fell to the ground. Do you know how lucky I am? It could have been a LOT worse if he did everything he wanted to do. It was so close, Riley. I thought he was different than that. He seemed SO great. He was smart, sweet, just an all around great guy!" Tears streamed as she was still in disbelief. "You should have seen his eyes. They almost didn't look human. They really DID look like those of an animal or something."

"Well, some guys are like that in order to get one thing."

"Yeah, well he's definitely one of them. Worse actually because of what he tried to do after he knew I wasn't going to do anything with him. I was so scared…" she started as she broke down again and couldn't finish talking about it.

"Don't worry Kay. You don't have to say anymore. We just know that you're physically alright, right?" she said. Kayla nodded. The water calmed her down a bit, but she was still horribly upset. Kayla then went to the bathroom where she got a rag and washed off the running mascara and smeared lipstick. She stared at herself in the mirror for a minute, and then headed back to the living room to join Riley on the couch.

"What am I going to do, Riley?"

"You need sleep. Then you have to tell your parents and the police."

"That's going to be hard. My parents are never going to trust me again! They're never going to let me go out to do anything again. Do I even WANT to do anything again?"

"Kayla, they trust you, they just can't trust Jason. This is hard, I know, but you can't let him win thinking he's got the best of you by having you walk around scared in your HOME like that."

"Word is GOING to get out about this, Riley. How am I going to handle all this? HOW?!"

"Look, you are not alone. We are going to help you, Kay." Kayla was listening but she was obviously still tense and uneasy.

Back at Jett's house…

Jett was in his room and remembered he wanted to take a look at a prop that Riley took home from the set. He wanted to spend the next couple of days familiarizing himself with it so he'd be ready to use it on set. He decided to drive over.

He knocked on the door which Kayla. "THAT'S HIM! HE KNOWS I'M HERE!" she said in a loud and fearful whisper. "WHO ELSE WOULD KNOCK AT YORU DOOR THIS LATE AT NIGHT?!"

"I dunno! But, he can't do anything to you right now. Not if he values his life." She assured her friend. "WHO IS IT?" Riley yelled.

"IT'S ME, JETT. I NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEW PROP WE'RE USING ON THE SHOW." Riley got up from the couch where she was sitting with Kayla. Kayla didn't know what to feel knowing Jett was at the door. "Sorry I'm here so late, but it just crossed my mi-" He stopped mid sentence when he came in and spotted Kayla on the couch, obviously distraught. "What happened?" he asked curiously. Kayla and Riley were both hesitant to say anything. "Tell me!" he demanded in a raised voice.

"Me and Jason…me and…he tried…" Kayla couldn't get the words out as she started to cry again. Jett rushed to her side on the couch and put his arm around her shoulder as she rested her head on his where she continued to sob. Jett noted how dirty her dress was and how one of her bare shoulders was without a strap. Through deductive reasoning, he thought the worst. "He didn't..." he said to himself shaking his head in denial. Kay stayed silent. "Kay, I'm going to go tell my dad right now. I promise you, we will make him pay. We are going to get that SOB. Come on, I'll take you to my house…"

"NO!" Kayla interrupted.

Jett then got off the couch and kneeled in front of her looking into her eyes with great concern. "Kay, you can't keep this a secret. And you can trust me. You know that don't you? We can't have guys like that on the prowl. He could do this again to someone."

"Jett, I don't know what I want to do right now. He didn't do what you're thinking. He just tried to and most likely would have done it if I didn't get away in enough time. And to tell you the truth, I guess, I just want to go home right now, but my parents aren't there, and he knows they aren't there. What if he's there now? Waiting for me? Oh my god!" she continued to sob.

Jett wrapped his arms completely around her and the blanket. "Kay, just know, I'm here and I'm not going anywhere." Those words, and having Jett encompassing her the way he was gave her some relief. "Kay, what do you want to do right now?"

"I want to go home, but what if he's there?"

"I'm going to take you home ok? And I'll stay there all night to make sure he doesn't come within a hundred yards of you." Kayla sniffed as he was talking to her. She thought about it and decided to take Jett up on the offer. "Alright. I just can't be there alone tonight."

"Alright. Then we will deal with all this in the morning once you've had some rest ok?"

"I don't know how I am going to get any rest or sleep tonight…"

"Well, first thing is first. Let's get you home." He helped Kayla up and they headed towards the door. Kayla just looked down the whole time. Riley opened the door for them. "You want me to come too, Kay? I'm sure my parents wouldn't mind? I just have to wake them up and ask." Kayla sighed. "No. Thanks though Riley…for everything."

"No need to thank me, Kay." She gave her friend a big hug before she left and as she watched Jett and Kayla ride away, Riley put her hand to her mouth and teared up herself.