Chapter 4

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"That sounds like him." Olivia nodded in agreement. "He is great to have around when you need help."

"Oh yeah. I remember this one time…"

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Ever since Sara's father died John would call her every week to talk and make sure she was doing okay. He knew how hard it was to loose someone, especially after his own father died years before. So the same time each week the phone in Sara's dorm would ring and they would talk about anything that was going on.

"Hey, what's wrong you sound kinda upset?" John said when Sara answered the phone.

"Oh this jerk keeps bothering me." Sara said, trying not to worry John.

"Bothering you how?"

"He's followed me back to the dorms a few times and wouldn't leave me alone in the library. Would you let me borrow your class ring?"

"My class ring?"

"Yeah, I told him that I had a boyfriend so that he would back off, but he won't believe me."

"Tell you what, I'll send you the ring and if that doesn't work I'll come out and have some words with him." A week later the ring showed up and Sara wrapped thread around the band so that it would fit. Still the guy was giving her trouble.

"You honestly expect me to believe that you have a long distance boyfriend?"

"Yeah, I don't wear this just for decoration." She said, waving her hand in front of his face.

"How do I know that you didn't just get that from your brother or something?"

"Because I don't have a brother." She tried walking away when he grabbed her by the arm and jerked her back. "What do you think you're doing?"

"I just want to talk to you."

"Well that isn't going to happen… let go of me." She tried pulling her arm, still he didn't let go. "You are making a big mistake."

"Oh yeah, what are you going to do?"

"I'm not going to do anything… my boyfriend however is at the police academy, I'm sure he could do something."

"Police academy? Sure… you can just run along and call him." He let her go and continued to smirk doubtingly at her.

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"John?"

"Hey Sara, what's up?" John asked, answering his phone.

"When do you want to visit?"

"Was that guy bothering you again?"

"Yeah… he grabbed me today."

"Grabbed you? Grabbed you how?"

"I tried walking away and he grabbed me by my upper arm then jerked me back."

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I just want him to leave me alone."

"Okay, I'll be over there tomorrow."

"Thanks John."

"No problem."

The next day John showed up as he promised. He had Sara point out the guy to him and John had a little talk with him. Needless to say that Sara never had problems with this guy again.

"My hero." Sara said in a joking tone as she and John made their way towards a nearby pizza place.

"Oh don't flatter me."

"I won't… seriously thanks for helping me out today."

"Hey no problem, glad to help you out." He said passively, putting an arm around her shoulders. "Gotta keep up appearances."

"Uh huh." She smiled, "Oh, do you want this back?" She asked pulling his class ring off her finger.

"Nah, you can hold on to it for a while. Just to keep that guy off your case."

"Thanks. I live to help college girls in need."

"I see a very lucrative business in your future then."

"Oh there's that wit I love." It was after that day that Sara realized that she had a crush on John… two weeks later she received a wedding invitation in the mail.

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Sara hadn't realized right away that she had started to cry again. She quietly excused herself to the restroom and held back her sobs until she got there. There was part of her story that she had left out.

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"Well, thanks for dinner." John said as they walked back to her dorms.

"Sure thing, you could stand to put a little more weight on." Sara laughed, poking him jokingly in the stomach.

"Hey knock that off kid." He swatted her hand away; somehow he managed to end up holding her hand. They both stopped walking and just looked at each other for a moment.

"Who… who are you calling kid?" She said with an awkward laugh.

"You." He smiled, moving closer to her.

"I'm not a kid anymore."

"I've noticed." He smirked at her, looking her up and down. "You're all grown up." His free hand found it's way to her lower back, sending chills up and down her spine.

"You noticed?" She asked suddenly feeling dizzy… or was that excited?

"Kinda hard to miss." He shrugged, pulling her closer. Soon their lips were mere inches apart.

"Always with the sweet talk." Sara smiled right before she felt herself being pulled into a kiss. Her arms automatically went around his neck as his tightened around her waist. He tried to pull away but Sara wouldn't let him, she continued the kiss until the need for air became necessary.

"Uh… sorry about that…" He said when they pulled away.

"No… no it's okay… I uh… it's okay." She tried to form a sentence. It was hard for her to grasp why he was apologizing.

"No, I shouldn't have… I've got a girlfriend… well she's my fiancé now…"

"Hey don't worry about." Sara said, finally catching her breath. "Uh, I've got an early class tomorrow morning so… I'll um… I'll see you later. Thanks again."

"No problem. I'll call you later."

"Alright." Sara was trying to walk away. She was a little upset that the first person she ever kissed felt the need to apologize for it.

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"Hey Sara are you okay?" Olivia asked coming into the bathroom as she was drying her eyes.

"Yeah… I'm just worried about him… why aren't they telling us anything else." She began to cry again, her eyes were beginning to turn red.

"Come on." Olivia said, putting an arm around Sara to help keep her balance. "Lets go sit down." Sara just nodded and walked out. Just as they returned to the waiting area a nurse was approaching the group of detectives still sitting there.

"Are you here with Detective Munch?"

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