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Chapter 10- Messed Up

"Wow, you don't want to work for me in the back, but you're willing to swap spit with some random dude in the bar," Troy said as he watched Jon and Harley jump apart.

"Hey Troy, I didn't see you there," Harley replied slightly embarrassed as she got off of Jon's lap. "And he is not some random guy. Jon here is my boyfriend."

"Yeah and she isn't going to work for you, so stop asking," Jon said angrily as he stood behind Harley.

As soon as Troy saw him, a disappointed look came over his face, "Oh it's you. I thought I told you to stay the hell out of my bar. You're not welcome here."

"Troy cmon, I told you that I was bringing someone with me and you okayed it. Jon isn't doing anything wrong, so please leave him alone," Harley pleaded with him.

"No Harley, that scumbag made me look back last time and I will not let that happen again. I thought you were going to listen to me when I told you to get rid of him. You don't need someone like him in your life. Don't be stupid Harley. Listen to me because I know what is best for you," Troy was once again trying his best to show her that he had her best interest at heart.

Jon though knew that Troy was trying to mess with Harley's mind and he wasn't going to let that happen. So gently pushing Harley behind him, Jon got into Troy's face with anger flowing through his veins, "Like hell you do. You don't give a shit about her and everyone knows it. You only want her because you know that she'll make you money. As for me being the scumbag, I think that you need to take a look into a mirror, because the only scumbag that I see here is you. I'm not the one selling women against their will and I'm not the one that is running illegal activities here. If anything, I might be the only decent guy here in this room."

Troy just shook his head and laughed, "Who do you think you are? Just because you're some Hollywood big shot, doesn't mean that you can come in my bar and throw your weight around. What I do here is my business and my business only. Not only that, but since this is my business and Harley works here, that makes her my property and I can do what I want with her and the other women that work here. With that being said, I suggest that you be careful what you say next because it could reflect back on Harley and I would hate to see her be brought down by someone like you. Now again, leave my bar before I…"

Unfortunately, Troy wasn't able to finish his sentence because Jon silenced him with his fist. "Oh my god!" Harley gasped as she watched Troy fall the ground with his nose spilling out blood.

Jon then crouched down next to the injured man and lifted him up the neck of his shirt, "Don't you ever threat me or Harley ever again you piece of shit. You do not own her in any way and I am to make sure that you get what's coming to you. You are never going to take advantage of women again do you understand me?"

"Fuck you!" Troy spat at him. "You can't tell me what I can and cannot do. You know what kind of power that I have here and one phone call to the police, and you'll be in jail for the rest of life. You would be able to help Harley then, would you?"

Jon just laughed and stood up before he kicked Troy in the ribs as hard as he could not caring who was watching them, "What did I tell you about threating me?! It's not going to work Troy and believe me when I say I have more power in my corner then you do. To prove that, I am going to take Harley as far from her as I possibly can. I'm going to help her become someone unlike you. I will see to it that she gets whatever she wants and I am going to be there to support her every step of the way and there is nothing you can do to stop me!"

"That's fine by me asshole. Take that bitch. She is more trouble than she's worth," Troy struggled to say. He then looked at Harley in a sympathetic way and said, "I hope you know what you are getting into Harley. I certainly wouldn't want to be anywhere near this psycho and I know that you shouldn't either. I can already see it in your eyes that you are terrified of him. If he gets violent this fast, I'm afraid what he can do to you when you get him angry."

Jon listened to what Troy was telling her and for the first time through the whole ordeal, he looked at Harley and he could see fear in her eyes. He then looked down at his blooded hands and knew that he was the cause of her fear. He went too far and let his bad temper get the best of him yet again. Jon didn't mean for it to happen, but Troy pushed him into it when he threatened Harley. Taking another look at his terrified girlfriend, Jon couldn't stay there any longer, so he ran as fast as he could out of the bar. He didn't know where else to go, so he just ran. He needed to cool down and think about what he had done before Harley could find him and break up with him.

He ran for a while following the familiar streets that led to Harley's apartment until he felt his lungs screaming for air. Needing to stop, he spotted a bus stop bench and he walked over to it to sit down. As he sat there, he reflected on what he had done. This was why he didn't ever want a girlfriend. As soon as he found someone who actually wanted to be with him, he found a way to lose her in the same day. He was an idiot and he could stand himself at the moment.

Meanwhile, as he sat there hating himself, he didn't hear a car pull up. It wasn't just any car, it was Harley's and she was worried to death. After she came out of state of shock, she ran outside to find him, but he was long gone. She didn't know where he would go, so she hopped into her car and drove around until she saw him sitting on the bench. Quickly getting out of her car and running over to him, she saw him sitting there shaking and breathing heavily.

"Jon, Jon are you okay?" she asked him as she took a seat next to him. "Jon talk to me."

"I-I-I messed up. I messed up real bad," he muttered. "It's my fault. It's all my fault."

Harley just shook her head and took his already bruising hand into hers, "No, no it's not Jon. You did nothing wrong. Troy pushed you until you snapped. He has a knack for messing with people's minds. You only did what you needed to because you were defending yourself and me."

He finally looked at her with regret filling his blue eyes, "No Harley, there are no excuses. I missed up in there. I lost my cool and it cost you your job. I didn't mean to hit him I swear. I mean I could get into a lot of trouble for this and that's why you don't deserve a man like. I tend to think first and ask questions later. I'm a danger to everyone and maybe even to you. Troy even said it. I can potentially take my anger out on you and I would never forgive myself for it."

Harley shaking her head, looked at him in a sympathetic manner, "Will you stop degrading yourself. I hate hearing you put yourself down. What you did in there was what any protective, caring boyfriend would do. You came to my defense again and showed me and everyone else just how much you care about me. So what if I lost my job. I really don't care. I used it as a crutch for too long. I always used it as an excuse to never get out do something better with my life. I may need to budget things now until I get another job and if need be, I can move in with my grandparents, but it's not that big of a deal. If anything Jon, you helped set me free."

"I still feel bad, though. I'm your boyfriend and whatever I do reflects back at you. People might bad mouth you now and be worried about you, because you are with a crazy lunatic like me," Jon sighed in frustration.

"Let them say whatever they want about me. I don't care. Only I know the truth about you and that's all that matters. It's me and you in this relationship and no one else. The only bad thing is that I don't think I can go on the road with you now. I need to find another job quickly and I just can't afford it. I need to save up for rent as much as I can now. It's going to be tight, but I think I can do it," Harley said confidently as she did the math in her head.

Jon however had other plans, "You don't need to do that. You don't have to move and you don't have to budget. I'm going to take care of you from now on. And before you interject, I'm doing this because I want to do it. There is something about you Harley that makes me what to provide for you and take care of you. You have been stressed out for too long and now it's time for you to relax and be carefree. Not only that, but you can come on the road with me as much as you want. It's going to be great!"

"Hey who says that I want to go on the road with a lunatic like you?" she teased him. "But just as long as you are sure. I don't want you getting yourself into anything that you don't want to do. You don't have to take care of me. I can figure it out on my own."

Jon just wrapped his arm around her and smiled, "Hell yeah I'm sure. I want to do this Harley. I want to be the best boyfriend that I can be to you. Besides, this will give you all the time that you need to write your book. It's perfect really."

"Yeah you're right, but I don't think I'm going to write my book. I'm going to give up on it because it isn't going anywhere. I'm thinking that I should try to do something else with my writing skills. I just don't know what yet," Harley told him. She was still going to be a writer, just not a novelist.

"Well whatever you decide, I'm here to support you. Just don't give up on writing. You're really good and I would hate to see your talent go to waste," Jon said giving her a tender kiss. "Now let's go home. You got packing to do."

Man that was a scary moment. I'm glad that Jon was sort of able to control himself and get himself out of that bar when he did. If not. I don't know what he would have done to Troy further. Troy did deserve the beating that he got and I'm glad that Harley finally got away from him. Now she gets to go on the road with Jon. I wonder how that's going to turn out. What do you think?

Until next time,

MyLunaticFringe