Chapter 5

As Jack was holding Kennedy they heard a soft tap on the door. Evelyn walked in with her soft smile. "Hey sweetheart." She replied

"Ms Evelyn, what are you doing here?"

"I called her." Jack replied. Kennedy let go of him and just glared at him. "She doesn't know anything. I just told her I was at the hospital because you hurt yourself."

"If you don't want me to know anything, then you don't have to talk to me. But I do want you to know that I here for you if you need someone." Evelyn responded "I've seen this too many times and I will not judge you at all."

Kennedy felt tears form in her eyes. "I'm just really tired right now."

"We will let you get some rest." Evelyn told her "Come on Jack, let's get home. Let's let Kennedy gets some rest."

"Kennedy if you need me, call me. Don't hesitate ok." Jack whispered before being pulled away by his mother.

"Sleep good sweetheart." Evelyn replied before shutting the door. Kennedy curled up into a ball and cried herself to sleep. She must have slept for a long time. When she opened her eyes, it was dark outside. She turned around and nearly jumped out of the bed when she saw her father sitting in the chair next to the bed. "Daddy!" She had look of fear in her eyes

"Sweetheart, you're awake." He responded kissing her on the cheek

"What are you doing here?"

"The nurse called me and told me you fell and hurt your side."

"But I didn't fall daddy."

"I know, that was an accident and I am truly sorry."

Kennedy started crying "Daddy you really hurt me."

"I am so sorry sweetheart. Can you ever forgive me?" He leaned over and grabbed her hand. He was good at making her feel sorry for him and he always knew she would forgive him. Why should this time be any different? "I love you so much."

"I love you too." She cried. He leaned up and embraced her in his arms just as the nurse walked in.

"Should I come back?" she asked

"No its ok. We were just having a father/daughter moment." Her father replied

"Well Mr. Wilson, her ribs are bruised pretty badly. She must have had a very nasty fall. We cleaned up her cuts on her face and the back of her head but we would like to keep her overnight to make sure she doesn't start bleeding internally."

"Please call me Scott, and that would be good to keep her here. Wouldn't want her to hurt herself anymore than she already has." He replied with a smile. Kennedy smiled a little before laying back down. She closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep until her father left the room. She picked up her phone and dialed Jenna's number. "Jen, its Kennedy. Sorry to call you so late but can you give me Jacks number please?...ok thanks." She hung up the phone and dialed Jack's number. "Jack!" she replied as he answered the phone

"Kennedy are you ok?"

"My father is here. The nurses called my father. What if they say something to him? Jack what am I going to do?" She could feel her heart beating so fast in her chest.

"Calm down, everything is going to be ok."

"No it's not Jack. He will kill me if he finds out that you brought me here and have been with me."

"Listen, you need to get some rest and stop getting yourself so worked up. Nothing is going to happen. You are going to be fine. I am going to come up there tomorrow and see you ok. We will talk then. But right now you need to sleep and calm down."

"Jack, you can't come. He will know."

"Kennedy, I am coming. He has to work doesn't he? I will come during the day. Ma already said I can miss school."

"Jack, will you stay on the phone with me until I fall asleep?"

"Yes, but you need to lay down now and try to go to sleep. I won't get off the phone until I know you are asleep. I promise." He could hear her crying but remained silent. He looked beside him and saw his guitar and decided to play her something. He softly started strumming the keys and remained silent until he knew she was asleep. He hung up the phone and sighed. He made his way downstairs and saw his mother sitting at the table. "Ma, you still awake?" he asked sitting down beside her

"Yeah, I was just thinking."

"About what?"

"When you were a little boy."

"Ma, come on that was so long ago."

"So what, you were precious. Oh how I miss those days."

Jack starts laughing "Yeah, we were all messes."

"But I loved you more than anything." Jack smiled "Jack, tell me about Kennedy."

"What do you want to know?" he asked not wanting to answer any questions. He couldn't lie to his mother and he knew it.

"Did she really fall?"

"What do you think?"

"That's what I thought." His mother replied. "What are you going to do?"

"I am going to be there for her ma. I won't let her get hurt again."

"You really like this girl don't you?"

"Yes I do. She finally gave in last night and I actually could see her without this mask that she always has on. She is beautiful in so many ways."

"Don't get involved Jack."

"I am already involved ma."

His mother sighed before getting up from the table. "I am going to go to bed. I suggest you do the same." She kissed the top of his head before heading for the stairs. Jack remained at the table thinking about Kennedy and wondering what was going to happen to her. Her father was a lawyer, so they couldn't take her from him. Everything could get complicated if he got involved, but he was already involved. He couldn't see her like he saw her today again. He sighed before running his hands through his hair.

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The next morning, Jack got up early and headed for the hospital. He asked the nurse if anyone was in her room, when she told him no he headed for her room. He slowly opened the door and saw her asleep. He smiled before sitting down in the chair. She stirred and turned over and saw Jack's gorgeous smile. "Hey!" she replied

"How do you feel?" he asked

"Much better, now that I have gotten some sleep."

"Kennedy, what do you want to do?"

"What do you mean?"

"You can't be with him anymore. He will keep hurting you."

"He told me he was sorry and that he didn't mean it."

"You believed him? This has been going on for 6 months. He's not going to stop Kennedy. He might stop for a little while but he will keep doing it until you stop him"

"I can't leave him Jack. He is a lawyer, he knows people. Then where would we be? When he got me back then he would definitely kill me."

"You can't stay with him!" Jack yelled.

"I have no other choice!" she yelled back. "Jack, he's not going to let me go."

Jack shakes his head "What do you want to do Kennedy? Tell me what you want?"

"I don't know what I want anymore."

"How's your side?"

"It's better. I can actually sit up. I think they might let me leave."

"You can come stay with me for a while."

"Jack, first I hardly know you and second my father would not let me do that in a million years. I will be fine. I'll just stay away from him and try not to piss him off."

"You can't….."

"Jack, I have no other choice but to go back to him." She interrupted

"How can I change your mind?"

"You can't."

Jack sighed and sat back down in the chair. "What did you tell your mother?" Kennedy finally asked

"I didn't have to tell her anything. She already knew the moment she looked at you. She has been in this business a long time. She knows when there is abuse in the family."

Kennedy flinched at the word 'abuse' "Kennedy you do know you are being abused right?"

"Yes I know that Jack!" she spat. While they were arguing the doctor comes in.

"Mr. Wilson, its good to see you up." He replied with a smile

"Hello Dr. Stevens. This is my friend Jack. He's the one who brought me here."

"Hello Jack." Dr. Stevens extended his hand. Jack shook his hand before walking over to the window "Now, let me look at your side." He lifted her gown and revealed her side. The swelling had went down over night and the bruise finally seemed to disappear a little. "Well it looks like everything is good. You might be able to go home today."

"That's great news. I am so ready to sleep in my own bed again." She replied with a smile.

"I bet you are. Just be sure to watch where you are going when walking. I don't want to see you again under these circumstances. That was a pretty bad bruise and I am glad that you came when you did because it could have gotten worse."

Kennedy looked over at Jack but he just turned his head from her and stared out the window. "I will, I promise no more bruises. I'll watch where I am going especially in the dark."

"That's good to hear." The doctor said his goodbyes and shut the door.

"Well I think I should be going too. Ma wants me home for dinner." Jack replied. Kennedy could hear the annoyance his voice

"Jack, thank you." She replied

"Your welcome." He closed the door behind him and sighed. Just as he was walking out of the hospital door he saw her father walking in. He turned away and made sure he didn't see him. Scott walked into Kennedy's room and smiled when he saw that she was awake. "The doctor said I go home today." She replied with a smile

"That's great to hear. Are you feeling better?"

"Yes sir. The swelling has went down and the bruise is starting to go away. So he thought it would be ok to let me go home."

"Yeah you need to get back to school so you don't miss too much work."

"Yeah I hope I can catch up from yesterday and today."

"You missed school yesterday?"

"Part of it. I passed out in the hall and someone took me to the hospital. It was during lunch so I only missed 2 classes."

"Who took you to the hospital?"

Kennedy found herself not being able to talk "The nurse I think. I'm not sure, I passed out. All I remember is being lifted off the ground and then I woke up in the hospital."

"Oh, well you might want to thank that person for helping you."

"Yeah I should." She replied with a smile.

"Well let's get you dressed so we can go home. I had Sara make your favorite. Spaghetti."

Kennedy smiled. She leaned up but felt her fathers hand on her back to help her. His touch was so soft that she had almost forgotten about what he did. He helped her out of the bed and helped her get dressed. As she was putting her shoes on, the nurse walked in with the release form. Kennedy watched as her father signed the forms before getting off the bed. Her side was still hurting a bit so she took things slowly. The nurse handed her a bottle "Here is your medicine. Take it whenever you feel pain. It helps you sleep as well so you shouldn't have any problems with that. Take things easy for the next couple of days. Don't over work yourself and don't carry too much weight at school. Do you have a locker?" she asked. Kennedy nodded "Good, put most of your books in there and I will give you a note saying you have to go get books ever so often so you don't hurt youself. But I think that is everything. You are good to go."

"Thank you." Kennedy replied. Her father grabbed hold of her arm and gently walked her over to the wheelchair. He wheeled her out to the car and gently helped her inside. She laid her head on the window until they finally made it home. Jenna was waiting for her on her steps !" Kennedy replied

"Hey Kennedy. How are you feeling?"

"Much better."

"Jack told me what happened."

Kennedy looked over at her father who was just staring at her. "Yeah well, I guess I haven't gotten use to these steps yet."

"Yeah he said you took a nasty fall."

"Um…well thanks for coming over. I should be getting some rest. I am very exhausted."

"Can I come over tomorrow and check on you?"

"I'll be at school."

"Oh…ok."

"Thanks for coming over." Kennedy replied. She hugged her friend before shutting the door. She turned around and looked her father. "I am going to go lay down. Goodnight daddy." She kissed him on the cheek before going up the stairs. She got into her room and decided it was ok to breathe. She could feel her chest become heavy but she couldn't stop breathing fast. She put her hand on her chest to calm her down. She slide down her door and just sat there trying to calm her breathing. She felt her phone start vibrating in her pocket. "Hello." She tried to hide that she wasn't ok but she lost.

"Kennedy its Jack, is everything ok?"

"Yeah, I just got home. Jenna came over and was talking about you and my father heard."

"Did he touch you?"

"No, he was just staring at me so I went to my room."

"Can I ask you something?"

"Yeah sure, but Jack please don't ask if I am ok."

"Will you sit with me at lunch when you come back to school?" Kennedy could feel her cheeks getting red and she felt a smile forming on her face.

"Yeah sure."

"Ok great. By the way when are you coming back to school?"

"Tomorrow, my father doesn't want me to be behind."

"Are you ok with that?"

"Cant argue, so I guess I have to be. Jack I think I hear him coming. I'll see you tomorrow ok."

"Alright, if you need me call me." Jack replied before hearing a click on the other line. Kennedy got up from her spot on the floor and walked over to her bed and collapsed. She heard a soft tap on the door before her father opened it. He was smiling. "I brought you some food. I thought maybe you might be hungry."

"Thanks." She replied. She leaned up and smiled before grabbing her fork.

"Is everything ok?"

"Yes sir, I'm just tired."

"Well eat up and then get some rest." He kissed her forehead before leaving. She sighed and started eating.

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Kennedy arrived at school the next morning to find Jack and Jenna waiting for her at her locker. "Hey!" Jenna replied hugging her friend.

"Hey you guys."

"How are you feeling?" Jenna asked

"Much better."

"Did you have a good night last night?" Jack asked. Kennedy smiled knowing what he meant

"Yes, I ate something then went back to sleep. I seem to be sleeping a lot." She replied with a laugh

"Well that's good. I'm glad that you are ok."

"Yeah, yesterday you really scared me." Jenna replied "I didn't know what happened. I walked out of the classroom and heard Jack screaming for everyone to stop looking then I saw him pick you up and run out. I was scared out of my mind."

"Aw I'm sorry Jen. I just didn't know how bad it really was." Kennedy replied

"So whats going on with you guys?" Jenna asked

Kennedy could feel her cheeks getting red again

"Nothing we are just friends." Jack replied "Finally."

Kennedy just died out laughing "You just aren't going to let me live down about me being a bitch."

"Nope."

"Well he wouldn't let me live it down either and we were 10." Jenna chimed in. "But we are getting together today to do that movie thing and I think you should come since you ruined it yesterday."

Kennedy couldn't help but laugh at her rude comment "I'll have to ask but I'm sure I can go."

"Why are you so confident?" Jack asked

"Because he's sorry about what happened to me that he would probably let me do anything right now."

"So you got the daddy wrapped around your fingers too." Jenna joked

Jack just looked at Kennedy before speaking "Well I am going to go to class. Are you coming?" he asked turning to Kennedy

"Sure, why not." Kennedy replied. "Jen ill see you in second period."

"Bye Jen, ill see you in second period as well." Jack replied. He winked at her before turning back to Kennedy

"Bye you guys!" Jenna shook her head before going the opposite direction.

Author: Ok so this chapter was just getting through everything. I promise that there will be more drama and more Jack and Kennedy. Please please please review! I BEG YOU! Tell me what you think and if i should keep writing or not!