ABC Owns them


Chapter 12

"He...he...he...grabbed me" Natalie told John as she her shook just remembering last night

Natalie continued to sit behind the bathroom door and tell John what had happened to her, the facts that she resisted Izzy when he put his hands on her as she was trying to get her uniform on, the fact that he got pissed and hit her because she was fighting him, not allowing him to touch her, she also told John of how she was waiting the whole time for her back up that never seemed to come, how finally she had gotten out of his grip and started to run when he grabbed her by her hair from behind and yanked her back towards him. Then Natalie went on to tell him that when he hit her that last time, the time after she ran and almost got away from him that he knocked her out, she couldn't remember anything else but waking up and not knowing how long she was out for. She didn't see him when she woke, she grabbed the remainder of her clothes that were thrown around the room and she ran out the back door quickly not hanging any longer to look for Izzy, and that was when Danny saw her.

Natalie turned the knob of the bathroom door and she opened it slowly, John heard it opening and he looked into her teary blue eyes as she walked out.

"See, I just don't know, I don't know where he went and if he...if he.. Well I just don't know" Natalie told him looking strength into his eyes. He reached for her hand and interlocked their fingers

"We need to find out Natalie, we...you need to know" John told her, she looked down briefly at the floor and then back up again into his eye's.

"Will you come with me?" she asked him and he gave her a small smile

"Of course I will, I'm not letting you go thru this alone" John told her and he saw her smile weakly

"Why? Why would you say something like that, why would you do all these things and say all these things to me last night, this morning, I mean... I .. don't understand, we don't know each other that well, I think we've only known each other a little over two weeks. Why?" she asked him, John brought her hand up to his lips and kissed it gently.

"Because" John said and then moved closer to her as he spoke, he pressed his hand to her cheek and caressed it.

"Because my heart doesn't lie, it doesn't lie Natalie and it's telling me that there's something between us, that we can have something amazing together, so amazing that I hope it'll help to erase all the pain for you, all the pain of your past and from last night." John said and he contemplated whether he should kiss her or not, he wanted to so bad but he didn't want to make her feel uncomfortable. Natalie looked into his beautiful blue eye's and she was starting to feel some of her straight come back as if he was giving her some of his, some of his strength, he was strong and when he said he would help her thru this she believed him, he was already helping by just being here with her and letting her talk. She tried to ignore it but she couldn't, she wanted to feel his lips on hers, she leaned in and softly kissed his lips. John softly and slowly kissed her back, as they finished their kiss they let their lips linger on each other's for a few seconds until he pulled out of it.

"Are you ready?" he asked and she shook her head yes, she threw the flannel shirt she found in the dresser over her torn blouse and they left the cabin and headed towards the hospital.

John and Natalie arrived at the hospital almost an hour later, they walked into the emergency room to look for Michael, when they saw him they approached him. Natalie herself told Michael that she was ready, that she needed to know the truth, Michael asked Nat if she wanted a female Dr or nurse knowing that this was a sensitive subject and knowing that this might he awkward for her. Natalie thought about it for a few minutes and decided no, she knew Michael yes, but she trusted him. Michael told her what room they would be going into for the exam but before Nat walked away with Michael she turned to John, she looked into his eyes as he spoke to her.

"I'll be right here when you done, I'm not going anywhere," John told her as he grabbed her hand gently and kissed the back of it.

"Thank you" Natalie told him as she slowly pulled her hand away. Natalie started to walk towards the exam room with Michael following behind her when John stopped Michael briefly as he followed Natalie.

"Mikey" John told Mike as mike turned back to look at him

"I Know John, I know, I'll take care of her, I'll take good care of her, don't worry" Michael told John as he left John waiting for them in the hall.

John paced the hall waiting, waiting and praying that things were better than he thought, better than they thought, although she would still be scared from the beating that Izzy gave her if she was raped it would be so much worse, so much worse. He closed his eye's for a few minutes as he stopped pacing and stood up against the wall in the corner, when he opened his eye's he saw her standing as quiet as a mouse in front of him. He looked into her eyes and he couldn't tell, he just couldn't tell, then he saw what seemed to be a bit of a smile but not a full-blown smile but not a frown, and she wasn't crying. He watched as her smile got a little bigger. It was good news, he knew it by her smile, he pulled her into his chest and hugged her tightly, and he swayed them back and forth in his arms.

"I can't believe I'm all beat up and I look like shit, I've been thru some sort of hell and I can't help but smile, smile and be grateful, almost happy it wasn't anything more, it wasn't anything like that" Natalie said as John continued to sway them back and forth.

"Thank you, it would have been so much worse if I never knew" Natalie told him as she broke out of his hold on her.

"Can you take me home to my apartment so I can shower and maybe get some more sleep, I'm pretty tired again and I know I still have to give Bo my statement some time soon." Natalie asked and John nodded his head yes, they went to walk out but stopped briefly when they saw Michael come out of the exam room.

"Thanks, Mikey, thanks for everything" John told him as he looked at his little brother.

"You're welcome Johnny, you're very welcomed. Make sure she takes it easy and gets some sleep" Michael told him and they nodded and left the hospital.

John and Nat arrived at her apartment, they went up the three flights of stairs and when they walked to her door John was the first to notice the FBI agents, his colleagues waiting for them at her door. He knew what they were there for; they were there to interrogate her on what happened with Izzy and where he was. He shook his head knowing this wasn't going to go well, knowing that he hadn't even gotten a chance to tell her the FBI was now involved in this investigation.

"Agent Hower, Agent smith, Ms. Buchanan won't be talking to you until she gets some sleep, you can meet her at the police station in a few hours." John told them before they opened up their mouths.

"John, the chief says he wants information from her now, it can't wait till later" John's colleague and friend Kenny told him. Natalie looked between the men and she was confused to what was going on.

"What's going on John?" Natalie asked him when before he could talk agent Hower jumped in to.

"Ms. Buchanan, I'm agent Hower and this is Agent Smith, the two of us along with Agent Mcbain are handling the Foley case and we need you to answer some questions and right now." Agent Hower told Natalie and then she looked away from him and directed her attention to John.

"Where you ever going to tell me?"

"I was trying to at Rodi's but then you had to leave and then with everything, I didn't want to put more on your plate." John told her as he then took her aside.

"You don't have to talk to them now, wait till later when you're rested, lets go in and we can talk" he whispered to Natalie as she took her key out and started to open her lock

"Ms Buchanan, you really need to talk to us now, we need information" agent Hower told her as he saw her start to go in her apartment. Agent Hower approached Natalie a little to quickly and she jumped back a bit when he did. Something that John couldn't ignore.

"Back off Hower, we'll meet you at the station later" John told him as he pushed him away from her.

"We're just doing our job John and you know how important this info is to our case, so maybe you should do your part and get your little girlfriend to cooperate, maybe your career might be on the line if you don't" Agent Hower told John and Agent smith, walked in between the two as he saw John move closer to the other agent, John wasn't one to take threats lightly.

"I said back off and leave her alone, she'll give you a statement later" John told him and he turned towards the open door of Nat's apartment as he walked in to see she had already gone in the shower, he closed the door behind him and took a seat on the couch. A few minutes later he heard the water shut off and she came out in a bathrobe.

"Hey, feel a little bit better?" John asked as he saw her drying her hair with the towel. She didn't say a word and walked over to him.

"You didn't come back here because of me, because of your family, you came back here for work. Am I wrong John, tell me I'm wrong" Natalie said as she looked into his eye's

"I can't you're right." John told her back not wanting to lie again to her

"And let me guess when you left you didn't really have to go back to work did you?"

"No, I didn't" John said as Natalie turned and walked away from him towards the window

"So why did you lie again? And did you just say all those things to me in the cabin to make me feel better cause I was in a bad place. What was all that crap about your heart not lying cause maybe your heart doesn't but your brain and your mouth sure do"