Riley's POV

The door to my room slung open to reveal a panting Johnson. He raced over to me and yanked me to my feet. His eyes where full of panic.

"what's wrong. Johnson what' wrong?"

He looked at me, his eyes brimming with tears

"riley you have to help me please. Its Jason he … he.. He heard us talking the other day and now he knows you love him and he hates himself for not giving you a chance to explain and now he's gone to kill himself."

His words came out in one long jumbled sentence that made my heart drop to my feet.

"wha.. Wh.. What? Where has he gone?"

"to the cliffs. Alex use to take him there about the time."

I raced towards the door

"how far are they"

"twenty minutes by foot…

I would never get there on time.

Johnson tossed me something and I caught them. They were keys.

"but about five minutes for a world champ drag racer who has access to a dodge charger."

I smiled

"thank you"

I turned and raced out to the charger slinging myself inside and revving the engine.

I smiled as power raced through the car.

I'm coming Jason.

I wont loose you.

Jason's POV

I stood at the edge of the cliff. The cold wind blew against my face making me shiver. I thought about all the memories that had taken place on this cliff. All the laughs with Alex. The time I came here when my first crush, Susan Baker, broke my heart. The morning after I lost my virginity to nineteen year old Megan Stewart. After my parents funeral.

This place was a huge part of my life. It seemed like the right place to end it.

Tires squealed in the distant but I ignored them.

I was only thinking about one thing.

Riley.

I could almost hear her screaming my name. telling me to stop.

I smiled slightly

"I'm sorry Riley. I love you"

I took a step forward, the toe of my sneakers edging out over the side of the rock. Pebbles tumbled over the side, falling freely into the cold black waters below. The water lapped against the rock face like hungry black tongues waiting to swallow me whole.

It would be quick, painless. That was much more than I deserved.

I could still hear riley screaming my name. it kept getting louder and louder.

I couldn't take it anymore. I closed my eyes and took one final breath.

"see you soon Alex"

I took a step forward but before I could fall a force rammed into me knocking me to the ground.

All the breath whooshed out of my lungs as my body slammed into the dirt.

Arms wrapped around me and I felt a warm body on top of me.

The figure shook with sobs.

I opened my eyes to see riley clinging to me and sobbing into my shirt.

Well fuck maybe I did end up in heaven.

I smiled and pulled her close kissing her with everything I had.

There was no way this was hell

Riley's POV

I clung to hin and sobbed into his shirt. The image of him standing at the edge of the cliff was still fresh in my mind.

Thank god I had stopped him.

I pulled away from the kiss and started into his eyes. He smiled at me and stroked my hair.

"this is impossible. I didn't even feel a thing then I open my eyes and you're here. I don't deserve this" he kissed across my cheeks and lips, smiling the whole time.

Did he think he was dead?

"Jason what are you talking about"

He laughed "nothing its just I don't know I expected fire and brimstone and all that jizz. This… this is crazy."

I sat up and tried to stand but he pulled my back down so I was straddling his waist.

"wait don't leave yet please just stay here for a second"

He was smiling up at me and I had to stop myself from laughing.

Was he serious

"Jason you're not dead" not being able to stop myself i reached down to brush hair out of his eyes. He caught my hand and held it against his cheek

"im not so sure your right. If I was alive you wouldn't be here. There's no way you would still care after…" he trailed off and I sighed. He wasn't going to believe me. There was only one thing I could think might work.

I slapped him roughly across the cheek "Jason you idiot you aren't dead! Who the hell do you think you are Edward Cullen. You're alive. I'm here. I love you. Okay"

He shook his head and I grabbed the front of his shirt, hauling his lips to mine. I kissed him long and hard and once we were both out of breath I pulled away

"you better believe me I don't want to have to slap you again"

He shook his head and I grabbed the hair at the back of his neck to stop him.

"no there's no way I…"

I sighed and got up, pulling away when he tried to stop me. I turned around so my back was to him and pulled up my shirt.

I waited till I heard him gasp to lower my shirt.

I knew what he had seen.

I knew there were scars

I turned around and looked down at him.

"do you believe me not"

He looked at the ground

"did Johnson threaten you? Huh? Did he pay you to come stop me?"

My jaw dropped open

"Jason no he didn't pay me. What the hell is wrong with you?"

Jason got to his feet and started to pace "he must have threatened you then. Theres no way you would stop me on your own you must hate me."

I walked over to him and stood in front of him. Taking his face in my hands I forced him to look at me

"Jason I did stop you own my won because I LOVE YOU! Jason McCann I love you and theres nothing you can do to stop that love"

He looked at me for a second before pushing me away from him

"what the fuck is wrong with YOU! Are you fucking mental? I kidnapped you, beat you, kept you from your family, tortured you multiple times and you LOVE ME? You're a fucking nut case."

He stalked over to where I had parked the car and sat on the hood.

I could feel tears starting down my cheeks but I forced them away. This was not the time.

I walked over and sat beside him, flinching when he scooted away from me just the slightest bit.

"Jason there's something I need to tell you about me"

Jason snorted "Johnson already told me everything about you. Except maybe the part about you being certifiably mental."

I laughed bitterly "evidently he left some things out. Maybe your right maybe I am mental but I have damn good reason to be. Who says you're the only one that's hurting Jason?"

He finally looked over at me "what do you mean"

I smiled a little "did Johnson ever mention that I had a brother?"

Jason looked over at me confused "no he didn't"

I smirked "that's because he didn't know about my brother no one does my dad made sure of that." I sighed and looked down "Jason I've never told anyone about this never talked about it with anyone. But I love you more than I've ever loved anyone before and I want you to know that I can love you because I understand" I took a deep breath.

Jason reached over and took my hand in his intertwining our fingers "riley you may think you understand but you don't. I've done horrible things I've killed people. I'm a criminal"

I smiled over at him "you wanna know something I know about criminals Jason? They're not monsters they're normal people who make very bad decisions. They just need someone to understand"

"how do you know that" I smiled as he began drawing hearts into the side of my hand with his thumb.

"I had a brother. His name was Michael, or Mike to me. He made so very bad decisions and joined a gang. Well my dad was police chief at the time and he found the blueprints for a bank robbery in mike's room. He had the whole police force waiting for them when hey arrived. Well things got nasty and mike… my dad shot him. His own son. But my dad didn't care he was to ashamed to care. He spent the next year making sure no one ever knew mike even existed. He lost his job but he succeeded. I've hated him ever since. Mike may have been a criminal but he was my brother and a better person than most people. I love him no matter what he did. Just like I love you no matter what."

Jason reached up and wiped away my tears "riley I'm so sorry. For everything."

Before he could say another thing I flung my arms around him and attacked him with kisses.

After a few glorious seconds he pulled away

"riley wait I wasn't finished. You cant stay with me. The things I do put me in danger there are more people who want to kill me than you can count."

I shook my head and gripped him tighter "no Jason I don't care. There's always time to change you can stop bombing. You can be the good guy. Please Jason I cant loose you"

He let me go and got off the car to stand in front of me.

He sighed and looked down before looking me In the eyes.

The ice was back

"im sorry riley but… I don't love you"

The world seemed to freeze and then it all went black.