Chapter 7
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I managed to get Belinda out of the apartment for the night. I cleaned up around every nook and cranny of my apartment after I went and did a little grocery shopping. I was not sure what Jordan liked to eat. I admit I looked him up on google to try to get some ideas for his favorite kinds of food.

Or least be aware of what he did not like to eat. I did not want to ruin this date by not having a food he hated prepared. Or worse one he was allergic to! That would be an awful night!

I walk around the rooms lighting lightly scented candles to make the room accent the scene. There it smelled pretty good with the mixture of food I was cooking up. I still had the flowers blooming he had brought me on our last date.

They were sitting out in a vase on the kitchen table. They looked so pretty. I was waiting on one more thing to bake in the oven. I hopped in the shower. Took a shower. Fixed up my hair. My make-up. Then picked out the perfect outfit. Which happened to be in Belinda's closet.

There I was all set for this date. Was my heart? It tried to worry. Over excite me if I allowed it to. But I was not going to let it. I could not compare Jordan to Rocky.

Someone knocks on the door a little early. Jordan was here! I check myself out in the mirror that was on the wall in the living room. I brace myself.

"Coming!" I call out.

I head over to open the door. My heart flutters with excitement. I swing the door open.

"Well aren't you a sight for sore eyes?"

"Rocky?! What are you doing here?" I stammer.

There he was. My ex. Standing there at my door. He lets himself right in without waiting for me to let him. He still had a little scare above his right eye from a boxing match.

I had to get Rocky out of here. Jordan was going to be here at any moment. It did not look good for Rocky to be hanging out here.

"That was not the welcome I was hoping for" snickers Rocky.

"What do you expect? You need to leave. You are not welcome here" I warn him sternly.

"Looks like someone is getting ready to entertain a date? Where is your little stool pigeon Belinda?" he remarks as he looks around the place.

He had a hoodie covering his head. He had to be on drugs to be cold. It was hotter than hell outside. Here he was in jeans and a hoodie.

"Not that it is any of your concern Rocky but yes I have a date coming over. He will be here any moment. You need to leave" I warn him.

"Sweetheart, you have not moved on. You know that. I know that. Why pretend you can get over what we had?" he chuckles as he tries to put me in his arms. I push him away.

"How did you know I was dating?" I demand to know.

"It is all in the papers honey. You and some rock star on a boat, anyone knows" he snickers. "That guy can't give you want I can. You know you miss me"

"I don't miss you! Not at all Rocky. I want you to go" I demand as I head to the door to try to get him to leave.

"This is not over with Ana, we are meant to be together" he hisses at me as he grabs my wrist as our eyes lock in an intense gaze.

My heart hammers in my chest. I shoulder have gotten that protection order on him when I broke up with him like Belinda had said to. Why had I not? I did not think after he cheated on me, and I moved out of our apartment together that he would be back.

"Get lost Rocky!" I demand sternly as I grab my wrist away from him.

His nails had dug in my wrist. It stung a mark in my skin.

"This is not over with" he growls as he pulls me in his embrace. Our bodies touching causing fear to startle me. From head to toe.

"Let me go!" I struggle to push him off me.

"Why can't you be a big girl? Accept what we had is back baby? Your baby is back" he tells me.

Last time I saw Rocky he had been put in jail for nearly killing a man during a boxing match. That was when I left. I took everything from our place. I just left. Did not look back. When Rocky had gotten out of jail I did not know. But here he was.

Trying to win me back. I had broken things off. I told his brother Thomas that I wanted nothing more to do with Rocky. I had given him a good-bye letter to give to Rocky in jail. I had refused all of Rocky's calls in jail to. He needed to give up. I gave up on us. It was not worth fighting for when we were fighting all the time.

"Let me go" I beg him as I blink back tears as he held me so tightly it hurt.

"Never baby" he promises me as he goes to kiss me.

"No... let me go! Get off me!" I beg as I push him back.

He pulls me back in his arms as I struggle to get free. He is close to me now. Close to kissing me. My heart hammers in fear. I close my eyes embracing my thoughts to expect the worst.

"The lady said to let her go!" I hear someone demand.

Rocky falls to the floor causing me to nearly fall to the floor with him. Stunned Jordan is there. He picks me up catching me with his arm around my waist. He holds me close to him. "Get lost" he warns Rocky.

"This is not your business!" warns Rocky to Jordan.

Rocky glares at Jordan.

"This is my business when this is MY girl you are after!" states Jordan protectively.

"Rocky please go" I beg him.

"Ana, we need to talk" he begs me.

"Go!" I demand.

"Listen to the lady before I call the cops on you! They will do far more damage to you then I could ever do! But I might try!" Jordan says angrily to Rocky.

"This is between Ana and myself. Not you lover boy" snaps Rocky.

"Please Rocky! Go!" I sniff.

Rocky glares at Jordan and I. Then thankfully he heads out the door. I rush to the door locking it up. I sigh as I lean against the door. My heart was still racing so fast. I had to calm down. I blink back tears that were fighting their way to the surface of my eyes. I feel Jordan's hand on my shoulder.

"Hey, come here" he coaxes me softly.

I feel him embrace me in a hug. He holds me close. His familiar warmth engulfs me. I hold onto him. Wishing I never had to let him go. My real knight in shining armor.

"Knight, you really are a knight" I joke softly as he holds me.

"Who was that?" he asks me with worry.

"My ex Rocky. Well Rocky is a nick name. I thought he was in jail he had been behind bars for nearly killing a man in a boxing match. He got out of control. I did not know was out of jail" I explain.

"So, he came here right after being let out?" asks Jordan.

"Pretty much" I sigh.

"You going to be alright?" Jordan worries over me.

"I better get a protection order on him. I do not think he is going to give this up" I warn Jordan.

"Let him try. I won't let him hurt you Ana" he promises me.

"Jordan, you can't be with me all the time. I need to learn how to protect myself" I worry.

"Clever idea" he agrees.

He pulls me back to gaze at me. A worry look was in his eyes. Rocky ruined date number two. Great.

Jordan's hand brushes along my right cheek as our eyes stay focuses on each other. A soft sexy smile spreads on his face. He leans in kissing me. Holding me close. My lips return his kisses.

"I won't let him hurt you Ana. I promise" he vows to me.