New chapter! It's a day early. I was going to make more happen, but it got a little longer than expected so I stopped it. I have a question for you; I am really excited to write the next chapter of this because there are going to be some Jarley moments some cute and sweet and others a little more wild, not too wild though. They'll most likely not be dating when this stuff happens and I wanted to know if you would like another chapter of this before Be Mine Forever? But that will probably push the next chapter of BMF back a couple of days. This weekend is busy for me but there will definitely be some time for writing, unless something else comes up. So if I did write another chapter for Escaping, Be Mine Forever wouldn't be out until Tuesday or Wednesday. Let me know. Reviews, please :)

Marley sat on the couch watching the news looking to see if her missing person case had died down. After the hour news was over she hadn't seen a single report about her and that washed a wave of relief over her. Jake walked into the room after his shower with his hair still damp and a bowl of cereal in his hands. "I didn't see anything today or yesterday so that's a good thing right?" Jake took a bite of cereal and shook his head side to side as if he were say maybe, maybe not. He swallowed his bite before he put the bowl on the table and sat back on the chair he was seated in. "It could mean that he recanted, although I doubt they would take his word for it but it could also mean they don't have any new news to report right now. That could be a good thing to, that means that they're not on your trail." She sighed after he spoke and took a sip from the glass of orange juice she had sitting on the table beside her. "I just wish they would give up. Don't get me wrong, I love spending time with Quinn, Beth, Puck and you, you have all become my family. But, is this how it's going to be forever? Am I going to have to stay in the safety zone of the house and the backyard? I left him to be free and here I just feel stuck. I really appreciate all that you've done for me, you saved my life but... I don't know. I-I think I'm just going to go lie down for a little while." Marley stood up before Jake had time to say anything and went into her room to take a nap, even if sleep wasn't coming when she laid down. Her thoughts were racing and her mind was powering so fast that it couldn't shut down. She knew she wasn't going to fall asleep but getting out of bed meant going to talk to Jake and she didn't want to say anything that might offend him more than she thought she already had. Marley stopped trying to fight her mind and let her thoughts take over. Was this her life now? What about college and her dreams? Was she never going to have the chance to get married or have children? She cared for Jake, more than she should, but at the same time was it worth caring about someone you knew didn't feel the same way back?

Jake couldn't believe what Marley had said. She was tired of the same place, tired of the same routine, tired of being locked away. Sure he knew that it must be pretty damn boring staying around here all day but he never knew just how she felt. He wanted to get her out of the house, but how could he do that when she could be seen and turned in? There wasn't a chance in hell that he was going to let them take her back to Nick, Jake would make sure of it. He thought of some way he could make her feel better, then he got an idea, he ran out the door and into the house to find Puck.

Marley felt terrible for being so rude to Jake, especially after everything he'd done for her. He was so kind to her and even asked his brother and his wife to let a girl in trouble to stay with them and their daughter. She was lucky that she was her and not back in Ohio with him. This was better than that and she shouldn't have been so unappreciative. She got out of bed and walked out of her bedroom. "Jake. Jake are you in here?" When she realized he wasn't there she figured he was pissed or upset, she went to get a shower to keep her mind away from the thoughts of Jake. So much for apologizing.

"Puck? Are you in here?" Jake heard a distant, "In here" and followed it. Puck was in the kitchen with his head in the fridge, when he heard Jake behind him he stood up and closed it, Puck walked over to the counter and leaned back against it. "What's up bro?" Jake stood there silent for a second debating on how to ask Puck for the favor he was about to. "So, look, Marley was telling me about somethings today and I need your help." Puck furrowed his eyebrow. "What was she telling you?" Jake took a deep breath before he spoke again. "She's upset that she's stuck here all of the time and I can't really take her anywhere around here so..." Jake stopped hoping that Puck would get what he meant. "So you want to take her down to the getaway house?" Jake nodded. "I just want her to feel better." Puck smirked. "Are you going to try and work the Puckerman charm on her?"

"No." Jake gave Puck a look that said back off. "Puck, she's different. She's not going to fall for that."

"I don't know little bro, she seems like she's already falling for it."

"We're not talking about this. Can I take her there or not?"

"It's fine with me and I'm sure Quinn won't have a problem with it. You guys should get going soon so you can get there before dark."

"Where is Quinn anyway?"

"She took Beth out for some new clothes." Puck walked across the kitchen and picked up a key, he tossed it to Jake and smiled. "Have fun, little bro."

Jake walked over to Puck and gave him a hug. "Thanks. I appreciate it, really and I know Marley will too."

Puck smiled as his brother gave him a hug. "When do you guys think you'll be back?"

"I'm not sure. It's only Monday so maybe sometime next week."

"If you're going that long I expect you two to be a couple when you come back." Puck joked.

"We'll see. I should go tell Marley and get packed. We'll come say bye before we go." Jake walked out the house with a smile on his face. He and Marley were going to be alone, really alone. No older brother or sister in law to check in on them (which really meant checking to see if they had made any progress in their relationship, at least when they spoke to Jake). Jake didn't really understand why Quinn and Puck wanted them together so badly. But for the next week or so, he didn't have to worry about it, they were going to be completely alone. The only downside to taking her was that he didn't know expect from himself. He wanted so desperately to make a move but there were so many mixed signals and he couldn't tell if Marley was just being friendly or if she was hinting that she liked him as more than a friend. He wasn't going to worry about it now all he wanted was for her to be happy, she deserved it after everything she'd been through. He placed the key on the kitchen counter when he walked in and went to find Marley. He was about to knock on her bedroom door when he heard the shower running, so to kill some time he decided to go and pack for their trip. He heard the shower turn off and the bathroom door open, but he didn't turn around he just kept packing his bag. Marley came out of the shower and almost passed Jake's bedroom when she realized he was in there. "Jake?"

The only sound that made Jake turn around was Marley's voice and when he did she was standing in his doorway. The only thing she had on was a towel that barely covered her. Her hair was in a messy bun and there were water droplets on her tan skin. Jake had never seen her that exposed and his breath hitched, his eyes looked her body up and down trying not to be so obvious that he was looking at her body. "Hey, Marley. Did you want something." Marley smiled a bit as he turned around and she almost didn't notice him looking at her body. ALMOST. But she brushed it off at the fact that he was a teenage boy and there was a girl in front of him in nothing but a towel so it was expected, right? "I wanted to apologize for earlier. I shouldn't have said those things." Jake shook his head and gave her a small smile. "You don't need to. I feel bad that you've been stuck in here for so long."

"Still, I wish I wouldn't have said it."

"I'm glad you said it, I have a surprise for you because of it."

Marley gave him a confused look then realized that he was packing. "Sounds interesting, I don't know what kind of idea would stem from that but you've got me kind of curious now." She tightened the towel around herself stood back on her own feet rather than leaning on the door frame. "I'm going to go get dressed then when I come back will you share your surprise with me?"

"Maybe."

"I'll be back in a minute and I will get that surprise out of you one way or another." Marley laughed and left the room and walked into hers thinking of any possibility of what his surprise could be. She quickly slipped on her undergarments before putting on a dress and leaving the room. She lightly knocked on Jake's door and when he said it was okay to come in, she did. He was still packing so she went and sat on his bed next to his duffel. "You look nice, Marley." Jake said as he threw another t-shirt into his bag. "Thanks. Quinn let me order some things online last week and they just came today. Why are you packing?" Jake continued taking clothes and putting them in his bag as he spoke. "I am packing because we're going somewhere for the next week." Marley smiled up at him before she sat back on her elbows. "Where?"

Jake smirked at her. "All you need to know is that it'll be warm and you'll need a bikini. You should go pack, we're leaving soon."

"Fine, I won't press for answers because I know I won't get any. I will need to know how long we'll be there because I need to pack an appropriate amount of clothes."

"Pack clothes for a week and a half."

"Okay then Puckerman. I'll be ready to go whenever you want to go." Marley smiled as she stood up and left the room. She packed everything she thought she'd need, so she went to find Jake to tell him she was ready. He was sitting on the couch flipping through the channels and his head popped up when he heard her. "Ready to go?" Marley nodded her head and Jake stood up from his spot and walked over to the kitchen counter, grabbing a key Marley hadn't seen before. He smiled as he walked past her to grab her bag from her room. "I would've gotten that." Jake laughed softly as he put it in the trunk of the car. "I know, but it's too late so too bad. Come on, let's go say bye to Puck." He led the way into the house said their goodbyes to Puck after Marley begged them both to give her a hint, which they didn't.

They had been driving for about an hour, Jake would keep glancing over at Marley and giving her winning smiles. She had been humming to anything that was on the radio while she impatiently waited for them to get there and Jake noticed a small notebook she had that he hadn't seen before. She would scribble things down as he drove and he couldn't help but be curious but he left it alone. While they drove Marley questioned him a couple of times but he refused to give anything away so she gave up. Around sunset Jake pulled into the long driveway that led to a rather large home that had a large backyard leading to a lake. Marley had a huge smile on her face and Jake couldn't help but feel happy that he'd made her happy. "Puck lent us his and Quinn's 'getaway' house for the next week." He took their bags from the trunk and led her into the house. "So what do you think of the surprise?" Marley walked up to Jake and hugged him tightly. "This is amazing. Thank you so much, this is one of the nicest things anyone's ever done for me." All Jake needed was her to be happy and he would be, and by her grasp on him and the tone of her voice she loved it. "I'm glad you like it." Marley let go of him and gave him a kiss on the cheek, he was just thankful that she couldn't see him blush. Marley took a look around and was amazed, the home was beautiful.

There was a large kitchen and a livingroom with large glass windows that overlooked the lake. There was a fireplace surrounded by a built in bookshelf filled with hundreds of books and above the fireplace was a mounted tv. There was a winding staircase that led upstairs. Marley couldn't believe how beautiful everything was, she turned back to Jake and smiled. "This place is amazing!" Jake smiled and nodded his head. "It is, isn't it? Quinn and Puck haven't really came here in a while. They don't really have much free time but sometimes they'll spend a few weeks here in July or August. Beth loves it here, they just have to be careful with her by the water, she'll run right into it." Jake chuckled a bit before he walked further into the livingroom and took a seat on the couch. "We could start a fire if you want."

Marley smiled at him as she went over to the books and started looking at them, recognizing most of them by hearing their name before or having read them. "A fire sounds really nice." She turned back to him and gave him a smile before she turned back to the books and continued look at them. Jake got the fire started and they sat a couple of blankets and pillows on the ground far enough away from the fire to keep them from burning up and close enough to keep them warm. Jake turned the tv on and after looking for something to watch for twenty minutes he couldn't find anything and gave up. He gave the remote to Marley and laid back on the pillows, she couldn't find anything either so she just turned the tv off and laid back next to him. Jake turned his head to look at her and smiled. "So how do you like it so far? I know we haven't really done anything yet but tomorrow we can go swimming in the lake or something." Marley nodded and smiled back at him. "I love it here. I haven't been swimming since I was, maybe, ten or eleven."

"That's a really long time."

"Well, Nick wasn't a big fan of having me hang out with friends or go out too often." Jake felt guilty for bringing it up the second she mentioned Nick and she caught onto it. "I'm just glad that most of that part of my life is gone, sometimes I have nightmares if I think about him and those are terrible but I haven't had any in a week or so."

"What happens with your nightmares? I mean, are they about the same thing? Do you they wake you up or do you have them and sleep through the night?"

"They're mostly about my mom and what happened to her, it just replays over and over. But, sometimes they change, only little details like Nick seeing me or my mom saying something she didn't that night. I usually wake up in the middle of the night, it's not a big deal though, I just wake up shaking and end up crying myself to sleep." Marley shrugged.

Jake took her hand in his own and squeezed it. "You can always talk to me if you need to."

Marley nodded and smiled at him giving his hand a squeeze back. "I know and you can always talk to me."

He let go of her hand and stood up to go get their bags he gave her hers. "You can change in the bathroom, if you want. It's down that hall, first door on your right."

"Okay, I'll be back in a minute." Marley walked down the hall with her pajamas and walked into the bathroom. She hoped that talking about Nick wouldn't cause her to have nightmares. After she changed, she entered the living room and found that Jake had changed too, he was sitting up watching something on tv. Marley went and sat next to him he turned towards her. "I should probably put the fire out before we go to bed. We can go upstairs or we can stay down here. It's up to you." Marley groaned and laid down. "I'm too lazy to walk up stairs right now, but if you want to, you can." Jake put the fire out and laid down next to her. "I'll stay here with you." She just smiled before she grabbed another blanket to cover them up with then she turned to face the large windows. She could see the lake and it calmed her watching the moonlight hit the water, everything was quiet and she already felt sleep taking her.

Millie tried to walk past him but he blocked her. "You aren't going anywhere."

Punch in the face.

"You can't do anything without me!"

Punch in the head.

"I'm all you have!" Millie falls to the ground.

Kick to the stomach.

"I. Will. Kill. You."

Kick to the head.

It's the same thing Marley's seen a million times except this time Nick doesn't leave. He hears the door open and runs toward it. She tries to close it on him but he's stronger and pushes it open, causing her fall back onto the ground. She tries to get up but suddenly his body is pushing her down and his hands are on her neck and she can't breathe. Her mom is gone and she'd rather be dead than stuck here with him so she stops. She stops fighting to stay alive when she knows it will be no use, he's too angry and too strong to give up, so she does. Marley feels the life going out of her as she starts to feel light-headed, so she closes her eyes and waits. For a second, she thinks she sees her mom reaching for her but the scene is gone as fast as it came. But, then she doesn't feel any pain anymore.

Marley woke with a large gasp for breath, she sat up and looked around. No Nick, she was safe, but she couldn't help but feel sick to her stomach. She stood up, careful not to wake Jake and ran to the bathroom. She'd never thrown up after her nightmares before but this one was so clear and it was like she was back to that day. After her stomach was empty, she left the bathroom to grab her toothbrush and toothpaste. She brushed her teeth twice, then cleaned off her toothbrush, it wasn't until she looked up into the mirror that she noticed the tears on her cheeks. She turned the bathroom light and walked into the hall before she bumped into Jake, scaring the shit out of her. "Dammit, Jake." He noticed the tears on her face, the second she backed away from him. "Sorry. Why are you crying?" Marley walked around him and into the livingroom. "It's nothing, just a nightmare."

"Do you want to talk about it?" Jake asked hopefully as he took a seat next her on their blankets.

She just brought her knees to her chest and buried her head on her legs as she cried. "It was different this time." Jake started rubbing her back. "What do you mean?" Marley turned her face to him. "He got us both this time." He pulled Marley into a hug and held her as he let her cry on his shoulder. "Everything's going to be okay." He continued rubbing her back and laid them both down. Jake let her cry on his chest until she fell asleep, Jake following soon after.

The next couple of chapters (maybe two or three?) will be at this little 'getaway' house.