Kiea slept that night with no dreams, waking up and feeling more refreshed than she had in days.She woke up, stretched and then made her way through the obstacle course of guys on the floor to go to the bathroom, and get ready for the day.

When she made her way back from the shower the others were just waking up, and Jennifer was already gone.

"Morning guys." Kiea said as she grabbed her bag and started gathering her books.

Dave sat up and rubbed his head " I think Rey kicked me in the head sometime this morning. Don't you have class?"

" Yeah I'm on my way there now. I only have 2 classes today and then I have the rest of the day off." Kiea pulled her long blonde hair up into a messy bun, and threw her bag on her shoulder. " I'll see you all later."

" Hey Kiea can I talk to you?" John asked as he got up and changed his shirt. " I'll walk you to class."

"Okay." Kiea waited for him to slip on his tennis shoes and then they walked out together.

Lita smiled as she watched them go, and then she looked at Dave " I think John made the first move."

Dave shrugged " I like Kiea a lot, but John has feelings for her more so then just a crush. I respect that. I'll still be here to kick Watcher's butt when he shows to cause trouble for her."

Kiea, and John walked down the campass not really speaking to each other at first. When they were almost to the Pshycology building John grabbed Kiea's hand to get her to stop walking.

" I was wondering something. I know you've been through a lot in the past year, and that dating is probably the last thing on your mind but..."

" John are you asking me out?"

John took a deep breath " Yeah."

Kiea looked down " That's real sweet John, but you barely know me."

" I know that, and I also know my feelings.I wanna get to know you, I wanna protect you."He held her hand tight in his own. "Let me in. Let me know you."

Kiea looked up at him. " If you wanna know me then I want you to know everything, and if after that you can still say..."

" I'll still say."

Kiea smiled " We'll see. I better get to class and then afterwards I'll meet you in the courtyard so we can talk."

John nodded, he leaned down kissed her cheek and left her to go to class.

Neither of them saw the person watching them from the trees.

John sat on a bench in the courtyard waiting patiently for Kiea to arrive.He looked up when he heard footsteps. Kiea sat down beside him, and just looked forward.

John decided to look ahead also " How was class?"

"Studius. Lots of learning."

John nodded.

"I'm just gonna go ahead, and tell you everything, and then when I'm done you can tell me to go away."Kiea said.

"Never. Also I want you to know that whatever you tell me will just be between us. No matter what."

Kiea nodded. She took a couple breaths before getting the courage to start her story. "I was a normal happy person before last year. My mom and dad were great all through growing up, even after the divorce.I was in cheerleading,and I use to figure skate.After the letters started coming I sorta just blew them off as a joke." Kiea took a breath as she started to tear up a bit " I was stupid. When I ignored the letters I started gettig photo texts, and e-mails with pictures of me in them at practice or with my friends."

"When did he...?"

" Take me?"

John nodded.

" I was walking home from the library and I was ambushed. He drugged me, and next thing I know I'm in a room with dirt floors tied to a pipe in the wall. He was there , and he used a knife to slice me up a bit. Not enough to kill, but enough to hurt... A lot.After I guess a week of that and randomly beating me up he let me go from the pipe because I was to weak to actually do anything." She paused for a minute before continuing " He never got the chance to rape me. I heard him kill a girl, and when he came for me I had dug a brick loose from the wall, I think, anyways I hit him in the head with it and ran as fast as I could. I got out of the celler or whatever it was and ran through a bunch of trees till I came to a cliff. He cornered me, and I decided that if I was gonna die it wasn't going to be by him. I jumpped, woke up in the hospital with a lot of damages, and then came to college after the police told me they couldn't find him."

John looked at her for the first time " I'm sorry that happened to you. I'm sorry you went through it alone."

" I've never told anyone the whole story. It kinda takes the chip off your shoulder. Thanks for listening."

John smiled " Well I figured if we date I should know something deep so if you have a bad day I can help you through it."

Kiea looked over at him shocked " You still wanna date me?"

John put a hand on her face "I do. I really do."

Kiea smiled " Okay, but you asked for it."

"Just don't hit me with a brick."

Kiea laughed " I'll try my best. Just don't try to kill me and we'll get along fine."

"Promise."

John grabbed her hand and they walked to the dinning hall to eat some lunch.