Asking Questions - Chapter 5 - Jess' POV

When I woke up I looked up at the ceiling for a few moments before throwing my legs off the bed and walked into the bathroom, I turned the light on and looked at myself in the mirror. I seen I had a split lip and a small cut next to my eye where Lucas' hand had caught my cheek. What am I doing? I need to tell Becker or Abby or Lester or… somebody! He cannot get away with this but if I tell someone then he'll be right and it'll prove that I can't stick up for myself or sort out my issues on my own. I don't want him to be right. I want him to know that I can look after myself but at the same time I want him to know that he can't get away with treating me or women in general like that.

I got to work 15 minutes early and I planned to have it out with Lucas about what he had done and to let him know he wasn't going to get away with it. I got to the ADD and logged on, I traced his box and seen that he was in the gym and by the looks of it he was alone as well which was good… I didn't need people overhearing the conversation that was about to happen.

I stormed into the gym and as I approached him he stopped and stared at me and when I got to him I slapped him hard across his face and shoved him away from me "You should know that I'm not the little girl you seem to think I am… you are not going to get away with you did to me yesterday. I am going to make your life a living hell here and I promise you are going to regret choosing me to be a victim" I stated angrily at him and slapped him around the face again.

After making my point I turned away from him and began walking away from him but just as I was about to reach the door I heard him running behind him and then his hand was on my arm. He was gripping it tightly and pulled me hard towards him so our faces were an inch apart "Now let's get one thing straight, I am not going to have you walking in here and hitting me and threatening me. Who the hell do you think you are? You can't talk to me like that" He told me.

"You want a bet?" I questioned "Now let go of my arm" I stated and tried tugging my arm out of his grip but he was stronger then me "I mean it Lucas, let go of my arm" I told him again and tugged but his grip was to strong.

He started chuckling "You getting scared? You think I'm going to slap you again? Well obviously a little slap doesn't make you… scared of me enough which is what I want" He told me and I looked down at the ground "Maybe this will help" He said and his fist collided with my stomach. I cried out in pain and fell the floor and tears formed in my eyes, I tried to blink them away but it didn't seem to work they just fell down my cheeks "Now you better do as your told otherwise the next time I am forced to hurt you it's not going to be by my hands" He said and he left the gym.

I managed to drag myself up off the floor and go into the bathroom.

When I got to the bathroom I made sure there was no one else in there and then I lifted my top up a little and seen a bruise forming on my stomach and put my fingers over the bruise, it hurt to touch so I took my fingers off it and took a deep breath which also hurt. Maybe I should go and see the medic and get it checked out, I could come up with some story to cover my tracks but I know I need to see someone. I put my top down as I heard someone walking towards the bathroom and I walked out before anyone could see me and I walked to the medics office.

Whilst I was waiting I sent a text to Connor telling him that I was going to be late and to cover for me for a while and he replied asking if I was OK but I didn't text him back.

"So what happened?" One of the medics asked as I showed her the bruise.

"I went out last night and was elbowed in the stomach whilst at the bar getting a drink" I explained.

"Jess I don't want to pry into your personal life but I can tell that bruise is not as old as last night, that bruise is no more then one hour old. You don't have to tell me what happened if you don't want to but I need you to know that if you need to talk to someone about anything then there are people I can put you in contact with" She told me.

"Honestly I'm fine I just want it checked over" I said.

"Fair enough" She said and studied it a little more "Well I don't think there will be any lasting damage but it's going to be tender for a few days" She explained to me.

When I got to the ADD I seen Connor sitting there, I thanked him for covering and went straight to work and I think Connor got the drift that I didn't want to speak and he walked off, probably to find Abby, I had only been on the ADD a few minutes when Becker appeared "So why did you go and see the medic this morning? Before you come up with some lame excuse I seen you in walking in there" He told me with a proud smirk on his face.

I turned and faced him "Becker I… you don't need to worry yourself about it I'm OK" I said.

He didn't look convinced "See now that makes me more worried because you're being secretive. When someone is being secretive you always have to worry" He told me "C'mon Jess, since when can't you tell me something?" He asked.

"Becker please just leave it alone" I pleaded.

"Why?" He asked.

"Because it's easier that way" I replied.

"Is it Lucas?" He asked.

"Becker…" I started but he cut me off.

"It is Lucas isn't it? Is that how you got that split lip and scratch above your eye? Did he do that to you?" He questioned.

"Leave it alone" I stated.

"Come with me" He said, I got one of the techies to cover for me and me and Becker went into Lester's vacant office "Jessica I'm going to ask you something and I want an honest answer… Did he hit you?" He asked me.

I couldn't tell him what was going on because then he would go after Lucas and I wanted to finish this myself, I wanted to sort this out myself like I knew that I could "Becker just listen to me for a moment… what ever is going on between me and Lucas needs to stay between me and Lucas. I don't need you getting involved and making things worse, please Becker" I pleaded.

"Jess if he's hurt you then you need to tell me so we can fire him, I don't want a man on my team who is hurting his girlfriend… I don't want that man having my back and neither does anyone else on the team, just tell me yes or no" He said.

"It's not that easy" I replied.

"Yes it is! Look how about this… you show me what he's done and me and you can sort this together without anyone else knowing? We don't need to make a big deal of it, just show me what he's done and I'll fix it" He told me.

"That's just it Becker! I don't need you to fix it for me, I need to fix this myself so that he knows I'm not afraid of him and I don't need to come running to you every time I have a problem. I can fix this myself Becker but you have to let me do that" I said.

Becker agreed to give me 24 hours to fix it on my own or he said that he was going to sort it for me. I don't know how I was supposed to fix this mess in 24 hours but I had too because I had to prove that I didn't need Becker doing it for me like he thinks and probably like many other people think. I sounded silly I know because it's quite clear that he can hurt me way more then I could hurt him, I don't want to sink down to his level but it seems like it might be the only way to get rid of him once and for all.

When I got home I seen Lucas was already waiting at my front door for me, we didn't say anything to each other but I opened the door and tried to close it before he came in but it didn't work he used his strength against me and forced his way in and he slammed the door shut behind him, he stood there in front of me and smirked "I seen you speaking to Becker today in Lester's office, did you run to him for help?" He asked me thinking he had me sussed.

"Actually no I didn't go running for help, as a matte of fact he seen the split lip and guessed. He was coming for you but I told him I was OK and I can handle it. He's given me 24 hours to get it sorted otherwise he's coming after you and there's nothing I can do about it" I explained "So leave the ARC and leave London" I added.

"If I go somewhere then you have to come with me" He said.

"I'm not going anywhere with you" I told him sternly.

"Oh yeah?" He questioned and got a small EMD out from behind his back and he shot me.

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