* Please review! Let me know what you think of the interactions between Jillian and Connor.*
Jillian and Murphy were getting dressed in the morning after they had taken a shower together. He glanced at her as she pulled her shirt over her head. She hadn't spoken much and seemed distracted from the moment they woke up. It was Saturday and Jared was taking the girls to the zoo for the day then to a hotel for the night. They weren't sure when and if Antonio was going to show up and no one wanted the girls around for it.
" You okay, Lass?" Murphy asked as he picked up his shirt. She nodded but won't meet his eyes.
Her door flew open and Connor rushed in, making Jillian jump and Murphy tense. Connor rushed Jillian, wrapping his arms around her waist and pushing her onto the bed. Murphy started to smile as Connor sat on her chest, pinning her arms to her sides. He put his hands on her shoulders and started pushing her up and down into the bed.
" How do you like it!" He yelled down to her.
" Get off me, fat ass!" She yelled.
" Fuck you! I'm not fat!" He yelled as he bounced her harder.
" You going to break her neck." Murphy said. Jillian started to laugh as she turned her arm under him. She could move it just enough that she was able to pinch him hard on his leg.
" What the fuck!" Connor yelled as he jumped. " That little bitch pinched me." He said as he got off her. She smiled as she sat up.
" I couldn't breath from your fat crushing me." She snapped.
" I bet I get a bruise." He said. She sat up and smiled at him.
" Good." She said. He grabbed her shoulders and pulled her up to him. He hugged her tightly.
" Feel better now?" Connor asked as she slipped her arms around his waist. She closed her eyes as she sighed. He smelled just like his brother, smoke and spice. It was a scent that gave her comfort.
" How did you know I needed that?" She asked.
" The house is filled with your tension." He started rubbing her back. " And there's no need for that. You have your own personal Saints to have your back." He pulled away and smiled at her. He kissed her right cheek and then her left one. " He knows where you are but he doesn't know who you're with." She nodded and wiped her eyes as she tried hard not to cry. " When you start dating one MacManus you get both MacManus so don't cry. Nothing is going to happen to you, you have my word." She nodded again as she bit her lip. He kissed her forehead then patted her arms. He pulled away and flicked his brother off without looking at him. Then he walked out of her room and shut the door. Murphy sighed and went over to her. He took her arm and pulled her to him. They hugged tightly.
" He's right, nothing is going to happen to you. We aren't going to let it, I'm not going to let it." He said. He had his arms around her shoulders and hers were around his waist.
" You don't know what he's capable of doing." She said into his neck.
" Like Connor said, he doesn't know you have us. He's expecting to find you alone, he doesn't know what we are capable of doing." Murphy said. She sighed again before she pulled away enough to look at him.
" Are you with me because I need help? I mean, are you going to want me after you save me?" She asked quietly. He tucked strands of her hair back and smiled.
" I wanted you before I knew you needed help, before you needed me to save you." He said.
" You never acted like it." She said.
" I did, you just didn't pay attention to what I was doing. I watched you all the time, I even took some guys aside at the bar and threatened to beat their ass because of the way they looked at you or talked to you." He said.
" You did not!" She said quickly. She thought for a second back to the times she had seen Murphy with guys who had hit on her. She hadn't been able to hear what he had said but she did know he had been mad when he talked to them.
" Aye, I did. I was going to ask you out after we beat your ex's ass. But then I saw you naked and had to have you now." Jillian laughed.
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Jillian was supposed to work that night and they decided to not change their schedule. They went to the bar together, all three of them on edge. Connor and Murphy nursed their beer the entire night, looking over their shoulders every time the door opened. Jillian was to signal them if she saw her ex or any of his friends come into the bar but by the time the bar closed, they didn't see anything. They helped her clean up then headed home in silence, all three wondering what was going to greet them once they got there.
Connor went into the house first, his gun up and ready, Murphy was next and Jillian last. Connor sucked in his breath quickly as a light from the living room was clicked on. Murphy reached behind him with his free hand and took a hold of Jillian. Sitting on the couch in front of them was Jared, Layla, and Lillian. Antonio was leaning against the couch with a gun out. There were two other guys behind the couch and two guys on either side of Jared, all with their guns out pointed at the girls. The girls were clutching Jared and crying.
" Hi, Honey." Antonio said. " You didn't think I'd just let you go, did you?"
" Let my brother and his girls go." Jillian said quickly. She moved to come to them but Antonio held his gun up to her.
" No. But I will make a trade." He said. He motioned around the room quickly with his gun. " You for the lives of your brother, these children and these other men. You come with me quietly and quickly and they all live." Jillian tensed up and bit her lip. Connor and Murphy glanced at each other.
" Do you promise they will be safe?" She asked quietly. Antonio smiled.
" You have my word. See, when I found out you were gone I started tracking you through your phone. I sent some of my men to find out where you were and who you were with. We watched you for a while, leaning yours and their schedules, figured out where everyone worked and went to school and let me say, I am impressed. You went from dating a mobster to dating a Saint, what a turn-around. Now, I had my men pack your bags and we are ready to go. I parked the car behind the house so they wouldn't see it when we pulled up. I'd like to give you some time to say goodbye but I know the history of the Boondock Saints and I'm not giving them time to come up with anything." Antonio said. Jillian and Jared locked eyes. He had an arm around each of his girls who were crying hard.
" I'm sorry, Jared." Jillian said softly. He nodded.
" It's okay. It's not your fault. I love you." He said. Jillian nodded as she started cry.
" I love you." She said. Antonio stood up and sighed.
" Yeah yeah, everyone loves everyone. Let's go." He motioned with his gun for the two guys behind the couch to come forward. They came to Jillian and each took one of her arms. The guy sitting beside Lillian ripped her up and away from Jared. She started kicking and screaming.
" Let her go!" Jillian and Jared both yelled.
" I'm going with you, you don't need her!" Jillian cried as she reached for her niece. Both Connor and Murphy were tensed and ready for action.
" Oh I'm not taking her with us. We are taking her outside with us and to the car. Once we are safely inside the bullet proof car, I will let her go." Antonio said.
The man sitting by Layla followed behind Antonio as they started outside the house. He had his gun up and pointed at Connor and Murphy who was following them outside the house. They both had their guns up and pointed at him with hard frowns set on their faces. In front of Antonio was two men holding Jillian in between them. Beside them was the man holding on to Lillian who was crying loudly.
Antonio was true to his word, once he, Jillian and his men were inside the car, they pushed Lillian away from them and slammed the door shut. They peeled out of the MacManus's yard and onto the road. Murphy yelled and put his hands on his head, Connor crouched down, resting his elbows on his knees, Jared flew outside, holding Layla in his arms. He swept Lillian up as both girls were screaming and crying. Connor got out phone and called the only person they knew could help them.
The end. Don't worry, I'm working on part 2.