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Peppermint Princess: Noooo don't fall apart! JBL is leaving but for a good reason! lol. This is a whole other chapter of him :-P have fun!
He found her crouched down on the floor against the wall with her head on her knees. "Austin…" she lifted her head up and his heart broke when he seen her face stained with tears and running mascara. "What are you doing here?" she asks. "You know why." He says kneeling down beside her. "It's over John didn't you hear me? Go away." He looks into her eyes and tries to figure out why. "Why Austin? Why does it have to end?" She wipes the tears from her eyes and just looks at him. It would probably break her to even tell him.
"Because you deserve so much better John." "I deserve better?" he says, a twinge of anger in his voice. "You deserve someone who will always be there for you and to be close to you. John I just can't…" "Just can't what?" he asked slightly impatiently. "I can't be close to you John." He reaches out to brush a tear from her eyes and she pushes him away. "Why not?" he asks still confused. "I'm tainted I'm dirty…I don't want to get close again. I love you John but I just can't trust people anymore." She says starting to sob even harder.
He's getting tired of her talking in riddles and damn tired of her acting like she can't trust him. He grabs her and she starts fighting him but never the less he pulls her onto his lap and hugs her to him tight. "Austin I don't know who has done what to you in your past but I would NEVER hurt you. I gave up my one love for you don't you know that? Before you came along it was me and my mistress which was alcohol. But then this angel Austin came along and I fell in love with her…and my love for her was stronger than my love for alcohol. I give up one because I was scared I'd hurt the other. And you see I'm sitting here with you right now, not Jack Daniels so do you see who I love? I'll never hurt you Austin."
At this point he's cradling her against him, her face buried in his t-shirt. She's quieted now and he leans his head against hers as he begins to rock her back and forth. "Baby why don't you talk to me about this? I'm here to listen and no matter what I'm not going to leave you. There's nothing bad enough to make me leave you. I love you and we're going to sort this out together." He tells her softly as he strokes her hair. She looks up at him and it breaks his heart to see all the hurt in her eyes. "Ok I'll tell you." She says, a sense of defeat showing in her voice.