This chapter came to me while watching Criminal Minds, and waiting for Switched At Birth to come on. And surprisingly it isn't at all like Criminal Minds I wouldn't be surprised if one of them are. Just of how much I love that show, and Crime shows like it. :D don't get me started on SVU

what other shows are you guys into?

- Chela

Jackie Burthart has been many things in her lifetime,but one thing always remained and that is the guy with the fro and the sunglasses stole her heart and she never really got it back.

At times, she didn't mind but when he looked at her like that, and kissed her. The pain her body caused wasn't so painful after all, he always seemed to make everything better. Some days she could take not being with him, and being abused by Trevor, other days she wanted her prince to save her. Especially that last day, when he took it way to far.

He had lost a case, which he couldn't really blame her for that, but he did. He blamed her for everything. She hated it, she couldn't do anything right for him. She was just a punching bag to Trevor. If she could start over, she wouldn't leave no matter if it meant seeing Steven with Sam for a couple weeks, but the end of it she would punch Sam and Mustangs would take Jackie and Hyde to their wedding, but the past isn't so fixable. If she could she would never agree to go out for that cup of coffee.

Steven had fallen asleep with his arm around Jackie, and she didn't intend to move it. Red and Kitty knew that he was up there, and they didn't say nothing, well Kitty didn't.

" Should we..." Red started and kitty just shushed him away.

"Red, that girl is hurt, both Physical and emotional and that girl needs him"

Red nodded, not that he was fond of the idea of Jackie and Hyde sharing the same bed for a night, but it's not much she could do in her state. Maybe, he won't find her on the couch this time, he wondered.

Jackie wasn't sleeping, she still had nightmares of him, he haunted her in her dream land as well as real life, and she hated it after a couple attempts to shake the dreams away, she stopped trying and just watched Steven sleep. She didn't want to move the arm that was around her, just like old times. She loved the feeling it brought upon.

"Jacks.." Hyde mumbled in his sleep. "Never leave me, again"

The next morning, Jackie woke up where she had fallen asleep, and Hyde arm was still around her. If she was honest that was the best night sleep she had in a very long time, but she knew it wouldn't last, she knew he would come back for his punching bag.

She would stand up to him, if she could. He was just so scary when he wanted something and couldn't get him, which made him even angrier. She just loved to watch Hyde sleep even if she knew nothing had changed between them. She wanted so bad, to forget about Trevor and focus on the boy in the same bed.

No matter how many times she had told herself, that Steven and her were over, she just couldn't seem to believe it, or rather her heart didn't. Maybe he will forever hold her heart.

"Morning Doll" Steven in his sheepish voice said, as he turned over and opened his eyes. She smiled at him. He kissed her forehead. He missed this, he missed her, how easily she could fit in the same bed, and drift asleep and she looked beautiful without even trying in the morning, he knew that if they never get back together, no matter who he gets to come close to her. No one ever will. Not even the easy ones.

"Thank You, Hyde. For staying with me the whole night" he got up, and rose his arm, to help her up. And he saw it. The fear in her eyes. That little girl, the lost princess as he'd call it.

She flinched. "Sorry" she said. And took his hand. She really was hurt, more than she let on. And it was till now that he saw it.

If she knew Jackie there was one thing that always brought her back, even if he wasn't too fond of it. He wanted to at least get his Jackie back, even if it was for a couple minutes.

There was nothing worse than seeing her like that, it was right there on the list right above seeing her cry.

"Jacks, aren't you tired of being in this room all day, and all night?" he wanted to get her some fresh air, and maybe even out of the house for the day. It could be good for her.

"Sure, that would be lovely, except for the walking down stairs part"

"Why? I know your hurt from the face to your waist. So why does it hurt to walk?"

Jackie got up, and opened her suitcase, she was going to show him. If he told the others, well at least they'd know but she didn't want the sympathy. But, she'd take it if they gave it to her, because at least they weren't hurting her. But really who could hurt her more than she'd already been hurt.

She grabbed some shorts, bra, and a black tee. She was going to show him.

"Steven, I'm gonna shower but stay here. When I come back you'll see why I don't leave so much"

He stayed he wanted to better understand her. And well, at least she was showering, and talking to him. It could lead him where he wanted to be, but if anything he'd protect her from whatever or who ever tried to hurt her.

She didn't take long, the water hurt her body, so she couldn't enjoy a nice shower. She loved feeling clean. She didn't look in the mirror, she didn't want to face the reality of it all. So she turned away as she put those blue jeans looking shorts, and that Led Zeppelin T shirt Hyde gave her for her birthday so long ago, she put on a robe just in case she found someone in the hallway.

She walked in fearing the worse this is the boy she would have given anything to, if she was given the chance, she had to learn to trust again. She couldn't back out. His eyes looking right at her, she couldn't smile. " okay, you wanted to know why" she dropped the rope. His eyes widened, it was worse that he imagine, it looked as though not a single ounce of her body wasn't purple.

"if you called me when it first started, I would have protected you"

she sighed.

He was sitting on the bed, she had to look him in the eyes while she told him. She had to so she bend down, not caring about the pain for a bit and looked him in the eye.

"you did protect me, with Led Zeppelin shirt. It made me feel as though you were there. It's been keeping me safe"

Hyde didn't know what he did in that moment, but he grabbed her and pulled her into his lap.

"this is your spot" he brushed her hair, right there and then he swore that he was gonna get his Jackie back.

She nodded, she loved being there in his lap.

"let's go to the mall" Hyde suggested.

Her face was lightened with joy of the place she loved. She threw on some Jeans instead of the shorts, she kept the Led Zeppelin shirt on as well, and threw on a pink sweater on. And some boots.

"I might take a while for me to reach the bottom of the stairs" Jackie stated, starting to walk toward the stairs.

"No it won't" Hyde swept her off her feet and carried her down the stairs. For a second he could have sworn her heard her giggle.

I swear this chapter wrote itself. My fingers just did the typing.