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Maddie's POV

It feels so good to finally be able to call Porter my boyfriend; something I realized I've wanted since the day he brought me back my purse at the food court and was acting so sweet when I was having my panic attacks. When Trish and Ally asked if I liked him, I really did and I just didn't know it. Being stuck in an orphanage for eighteen years, you don't really get the chance to have a major crush on anyone. Well, the orphanage I was at that is.

"Maddie?", Porter asked, but his voice held a strange emotion behind it. Guilt maybe? What would he have to be guilty of though….oh! I bet I know! Huh, this should be good.

"Yes?", I asked smiling innocently.

"I have to tell you something", he said looking down.

"Tell me what?", I asked. He looked up and me, straight in the eye, and he seemed to look even guiltier if at all possible.

"I would feel like I'm lying to my girlfriend if I keep this from you any longer", he said. Awe! He is just the sweetest thing! "When we met, well, I was returning your purse, but I was kind of sent to spy on you", he admitted. Okay, not exactly what I was expecting, but it doesn't really surprise me much.

"Oh and why's that? The Freeman's sent you and you were just trying to protect your sister?", I guessed. He nodded.

"Yeah, but Maddie I swear I didn't know it was you. I didn't even know why I was supposed to be spying on people. I just needed to keep my sister safe-"

"I get it", I said cutting him off. "You don't have to explain that part"

"Well, when I saw who you were and how scared you looked, it broke my heart Mads. I knew, in my heart, I knew I just couldn't do anything that might end up getting you hurt. So yes, I was supposed to be spying on you, but the second I saw you, I basically quit that little 'mission'. I genuinely waned to help you. And when I showed up at Austin and Ally's house that day we all had to go on the run and change our names…", he said trailing off.

"Yeah?", I asked, motioning for him to continue. He sighed and looked me in the eye.

"I promise you that I really was just there to see if you were okay. I didn't know about all the rumors or what was true or fake. I just knew the girl I met at the food court was terrified of me. I wanted to make sure I came off as a good guy rather than a bad guy", he said. I smiled.

"You most certainly did not come off as a bad guy, even at the food court. I wasn't scared of you, I was scared of guys in general. Girls too, but mainly guys since Max…never mind", I said looking down. I don't like to relive what happened back then.

"Since Max what? Mads, I don't want to pressure you, but if he touched you that way at all, I sw-"

"Porter", I said cutting off his rant. I smiled lightly at how protective he seems. "Yes, they beat me constantly, but I promise you they never did that to me"

"Thank you God", he whispered making me smile even more. I thank God every day for this too. I could deal with the pain physically, even the emotional pain from all the horrible things they said, but I don't know if I could've ever been the same if any of them ever…you know. I really don't like saying, or even thinking, that word. To think some poor, innocent people, children even, have ever had to endure that…it just makes me sick.

"Do you know why they never did that?", Porter asked quietly. I grabbed his hand and held it tightly. I think it was to be support for both of us right now.

"I think they mostly did it for their own benefits. Like how they already had one kid, maybe, even though they were crazy, sick, demented people, maybe they did love their spouses too much to break that commandment. I really don't know, but that's one thing you don't have to worry about with me. I'm as innocent as I should be, you know…minus the whole being beaten all but a year of my life part", I said. He just hugged me closer, not even daring to comment on that. "Did you finish what you wanted to tell me?"

"Oh, no I didn't. Thanks for reminding me", he said as he sat up a little. I frowned at this. "What? Why do you look sad?"

"I was warm…then you moved", I said pouting playfully. He rolled his eyes but smiled and wrapped his arms around me again.

"Better?"

"Much better", I said snuggling into him.

"Good, so where was I?", he asked as he kind of played with my hair. Man that feels good!

"Um…I think you were talking about when you came to Austin and Ally's house when we all went on the run", I reminded him.

"Oh yeah, you're right. So, as I said, I just wanted to make sure you were okay. At the time, I didn't really know you were famous, but I figured it out pretty quick. That was a great song you and Ally made up by the way", he said kissing the top of my head. I smiled a little before muttering a 'thanks'.

"Anything for my girl", he said. Oh how good it feels to have him call me that. "Anyway, that morning right before I came to the house, I told the Freeman's I wouldn't be doing anything else for them. All I wanted was for my sister to be safe, but they had told me a few days before that she left. No one knew where, but she told them that she didn't want to cause me any more trouble. I believed them because it sounded like something she would've said. I wish I had've checked first. She was with them the whole time, getting beaten and I never even knew", he sighed.

"Oh Porter, I'm so sorry. One question though, why did you say you knew how to work with my panic attacks because your sister had them too?", I asked.

"She started having them right after our parents died. Maddie, she was only ten when we had to witness their death first hand-"

"You saw your parents die?", I asked incredulously. That must've been horrible!

"Yeah…", he said, his voice wavering a little as he seemed to be reliving the memory involuntarily. I squeezed his hand to assure him everything would be okay, but he kept his eyes shut tight as he told me the next part. "We…it was a rainy night and our parents made us get out of the car and go into the gas station. I was fourteen, so I knew something was up, but I didn't say anything. They said we needed to stay dry for a while and get out of the car. We'd been driving home from a long trip to the mountains. Plus, Alyssa really needed to go to the bathroom. Mom didn't want to take her for some reason, so me trying to be a good big brother, said I would take her. And stay outside the door of course. When she got out, we started outside, but then an eighteen-wheeler came out of nowhere. I grabbed Alyssa, yanking her back away from the road, but-", he stopped, choking on the word as if it were poison. He looked as if he would burst into tears at any given moment.

"Porter, you don't have to say the rest", I said softly as I put my hand lightly on his upper arm. He looked down at me with glossy eyes, but I could still see those beautiful blue pools I never get tired of staring into. His dark hair was a mess (that was probably my fault), and his lips were slightly curved upward in a small, sad smile that still managed to tug at the strings of my heart. Wait, when did I become poetic? Oh the things love does to a person.

"No, I really should finish the story. It has been five years", he said looking down again.

"Time doesn't take away from the pain if you haven't truly gotten over it", I said placing my hand on his cheek. He put his hand on top of mine and smiled.

"You're too good to be true", he whispered, gently kissing my hand before letting both of ours fall to our laps. He never once let go though. "Only about a second after I pulled my sister out of the way, the eighteen-wheeler slammed into my parents' car, knocking it completely off the road", he said. Okay, he doesn't seem as distraught now as he did, but he does look kind of…stuck in a trance. I better stay quiet and let him make peace with himself before he talks anymore.

Porter's POV

While telling all of this to Maddie, it really struck me how much that day affected both me and my little sister. It was really hard for the both of us, especially since we were so happy before.

Flashback

"Hey kiddos, your dad and I need to look at the map for a little to see if we're going the right way. Why don't you guys go get dried off in that gas station from the last stop we made", my mother, Anna West, said to me and my ten year old little sister. My dad's name is Preston, so you can see we were kind of keeping the girl names with A's and the boy names with P's.

"Are you guys not coming?", Alyssa asked.

"No sweetie, you'll be fine with your brother, right Porter?", Dad asked.

"Yeah", I replied. I'm fourteen so I don't exactly say much.

"But Daddy, I gotta go to the bathroom. I need Mama to go with me", Alyssa whined.

"Come on Lys, I'll go with you. I'll stand outside the bathroom and wait on you. Mom and Dad have to see where we are", I told my sister and gently pushed her towards the door.

"Baby girl, I want you to promise me you'll mind your big brother and do what he says. Bubba will take care of you sweetie", Mom said kissing Alyssa on the cheek. That's weird. We're just going to the bathroom, but okay.

"I promise", Lys said hugging our mom. "Love you Mama"

"Love you to precious", she said and Alyssa went over to hug our dad.

"I love you sweet-pea. Do what Port says and stay in that gas station if it's raining when you get out. We'll come get you", Dad said. I'm guessing that's because we just got dried off from the rain last time and they don't want us catching pneumonia.

"Porty, come here baby", Mom said to me. I was confused but went over to her anyway. "Baby, please promise me you'll be brave and watch after your sister for me okay? Don't be scared because we'll always love you and always be with you"

"I-I promise", I said. I didn't know what else to say. Why are my parents acting like this?

"Good boy. I love you"

"Love you too Mom", I said hugging her. I guess at times like these, I really do miss being a little kid getting to spend as much time as I can with my parents.

"Come here boy", my dad said using part of his southern accent we've all grown up with.

"What's up Dad?", I asked.

"You watch your sister now, ya hear?", he asked. I nodded.

"Yes sir, I promise. We are just going to the bathroom. It's not even a hundred yards from the car", I said confusedly.

"I mean in life kid, not just taking her to the bathroom. You protect her son. Can you promise me that?", he asked seriously.

"Yes Dad, I won't let anything happen to her. I'll protect her with my life. You can count on me", I said, but this still makes no sense to me.

"Alright, love you buddy. Now go get your sister in that gas station before she pees on herself", Dad told me. I laughed but nodded.

"Yes sir, love you too Dad", I said and then we were out. I hurried Lys to the bathroom, before she peed on herself as Dad put it, and waited patiently outside for her.

"Lys, you about done?", I asked from behind the door.

"I can't reach the sink", she called back after I heard the toilet flush. I laughed a little.

"What kind of ten year old can't reach the sink?", I asked still laughing. As long as she knows I'm just playing with her, she can be real fun to mess with. I love that kid to death.

"The kind that's short now will you help me?", she called back irritably. I smiled and shook my head.

"Open the door Rug-rat or I can't", I laughed. She opened the door seconds later before crossing her arms over her chest.

"Don't call me that", she said. I just laughed and ruffled her hair (which she also hates).

"Come here Rug-rat or those hands of yours won't ever be washed", I said, using the nick-name especially since she told me not to. She huffed but walked over to me and I quickly lifted her up to reach the sink. She may really be short for a ten year old, but these sinks were pretty high.

"I'm done", she said after about a minute. I put her down, but just as I did so, she tried to get the paper towels and couldn't reach it either. I just laughed harder as I yanked some out and handed them to my grumpy sister. "Can we go now?"

"Is it raining?", I asked, specifically remembering to stay put if it was.

"No, come on. I wanna go home", Alyssa persisted and drug me outside by the arm. She eventually let go and started running across the street to the car when I noticed an eighteen-wheeler swerving all over the place, coming right at them all.

"ALYSSA!", I yelled and ran to get her. She screamed really loudly upon seeing what was going on, but luckily I had grabbed hold of her small waist and carried her to the side of the road, just as the eighteen-wheeler made contact with our parents' car sending it barreling off the edge of a ravine.

"NO!", we both screamed at the same time, but there was nothing left we could do. Our parents were at the bottom of a cliff in the middle of a large fire that had started when the car exploded hitting the bottom. The stupid driver of the eighteen-wheeler had a bottle of beer in his hand and just drove on off, probably to cover his own tracks.

"P-P-P-Port?", Alyssa stuttered, sounding like she couldn't breathe-which she might not have been able to at the moment. I looked down to my little sister who had tears streaming down her little face, but she looked scared out of her mind. I can't blame her though, I probably did too and I'm a fourteen year old guy. She's just a ten year old little girl. Despite age or gender, we both just had to witness our parents dying right in front of us and the guy that caused it got away. I don't know if we'll ever get over this, but I do know one thing. I'm keeping my promises to my parents. No one will take my little sister away from me. I will protect her with everything I have and everything I am. I will die for her if necessary because she's all I have left.

"Come here", I whispered and hugged her tightly to me. I could hear her very uneven breathing, and it honestly hurt more than a broken bone. Lord please don't let anyone take this little girl from me too.

End of flashback

"Oh Porter", Maddie whispered in astonishment. Somewhere along the way I had finished telling her the story while reliving it in my mind once again. It's a terrible memory, but kind of comforting knowing that both our parents told us such amazing things as if they knew it would be the last time we'd see each other. Maybe in some weird sense, they did.

"They told us they loved us both before they… left. But I'll always remember the last thing my dad ever said to me. 'Alright, love you buddy. Now go get your sister in that gas station before she pees on herself'. The last thing I ever heard out of the man's mouth was to not let my sister pee on herself", I said laughing a little at the memory.

"Well, at least you can laugh at that right? I mean, you did get to have a bit of a good time come out of that tragic moment", Maddie said. I smiled.

"Yeah, everything that happened before we ran outside was great. After…not so much. My parents died and my sister and I were a wreck. Alyssa, God bless her, she woke up every night screaming because that's all she saw when she went to bed, and she woke up seeing the car go over the cliff. It was awful. She'd have panic attacks just like you, and there was so little I could do to stop it besides just hold her and pray. She was just so small and vulnerable. It scared the crap out of me every single day. That was the only reason we ever went with the Freemans when they found us that night; to protect ourselves. To protect her. I was terrified to do one thing wrong-I still am. She's still just a little girl even though she's fifteen already. Wow, she's only a year older than I was when we lost them…"

"Porter, it'll be okay. Your sister's fine and we're all here for you. You're not going to be going through any of this alone anymore", she said hugging me.

"Thanks Maddie. You're the best girlfriend ever"

"And you're the best boyfriend ever", she replied.

"I should probably tell you one more thing about the time we met", I told her sighing.

"What is it?", she asked laying on my chest. I smiled a little at that, but I was still a bit nervous to tell this.

"We didn't exactly meet when you think we did", I said bracing myself for an explosion of anger very soon. I just hope she doesn't break up with me.

"Then how did we meet?", she asked. Her tone wasn't at all surprised, more like casual, which is strange. I was expecting confusion at first then some anger when I finished, but so far nothing. I don't wanna jinx myself though; I do still have to tell her why.

"We actually met in the park. Maddie, I'm the guy you called your 'masked hero' and who you wanted to know for so long", I said shutting my eyes in anticipation, only to open them again at the sound of her laughing. Wait, what? Laughing? Does she not believe me!? "Why are you laughing?"

"I already knew that dummy!", she exclaimed through her hysterics. I just stared at her.

"H-How did you know?"

"Porter, you did make it pretty obvious. I'm pretty sure everyone knows by now; even Ella. In fact, I think she's the first one that figured it out. But yeah, I knew. It took me a while to figure out why you looked so familiar, but then I remembered how handsome I thought that mysterious stranger was-"

"You thought I was handsome?", I asked smirking. She just rolled her eyes.

"No, I thought the mysterious stranger was, now stop interrupting me. Anyway, I then started comparing him to the other handsome man I had recently met in the food court. And yes, I did just call you handsome; get over it hot shot", she said making me laugh. "But I knew for sure it was you when I saw your eyes. The same eyes of my hero and the same eyes of the love of my life"

"Wow, you are so amazing", I said hugging her closer to me. "I honestly thought you'd be so mad or even break up with me"

"Now why would I break up with the guy who saved mine and my niece's lives? The guy who risked his own life for mine? The guy who I fell head over heels for?", she asked. I smiled at how amazing this girl in front of me is. I still can't believe she's finally mine after six or so long months.

"Well then, I feel honored Miss. Maddie. I'll have to remember November eighth as the day I got the most wonderful girlfriend in the world", I said. She smiled before kissing my cheek and laying her head back down on my chest.

"Have you ever had a girlfriend before?", Maddie asked suddenly.

"Um… not a real one until now, but a couple of fake ones for those stupid missions. They never meant anything to me though; you do. Those girls, they hated me just for the simple fact that I didn't want to do anything for those people", I told her.

"So, have you ever kissed a girl?", she asked. I smirked.

"Almost three times", I said. She looked confused at this.

"What do you mean by-", I cut her off kissing her again. When we pulled away, Maddie smiled while shaking her head. "You, little lady, are now officially my first, second, and third kiss. And you better be my last too", I said teasingly.

"You sound just like my brother", she laughed.

"Which one?", I asked. She does have three brothers. One's ten so probably not him, one's Dez so hopefully she doesn't think I sound like him (no offense), and the other-he seems fine.

"Austin", she laughed.

"Well, he's married with three kids so the dude must be doing something right", I said shrugging.

"And so are you." With that, I leaned down, capturing her in yet another kiss. Luckily we're together now so we have every right in the world to do this as much as we want.

"Well what do we have here?"

Uh oh…

And done! Whew, I am on fire right now! Typing all of this extra-long chapter in one day, uh can I get a whoo-hoo!? No? Ok, never-mind ;P Anyway, so another mini cliffy I left you guys with…sorry, I just had to. But what'd you all think of this whole Porter/Maddie based chapter? I finally put in exactly what happened when his parents died. So please read, review, follow, and favorite! :)

God bless you all!

-Daddysgirl11