Ben, Rick and I have just finished dealing with the street fights that our gang held. It was close to the school so we decided to hang out at the restaurant beside the school that everybody from school hang out there.

It had food, snacks, drinks and game room that consists of PS3, ball pool, Xbox and many other awesome entertaining stuff along with bean bags and sofas to just chill with your friends.

It was heaven for us high schoolers.

While we were making our way towards the restaurant we passed beside the parking lot of it that was dark and empty as it was already late, almost midnight.

But something captured our attention made us stop in our tracks..

"Do you see what I see guys?" Rick asked looking at the dark alley.

"Yeah, they are beating someone and.. there is a knife.." Ben answered."should we interfere? They are two against one.."

We were looking at a guy who was laying on the ground holding his stomach and his leg that poured blood out of it. While there were two other guys one short and other large who was holding someone and the short one kept punching that person then stabbed.. her?

It's a girl?

"Look, guys, its a girl! They are hitting a girl her long hair fell on her face when they stabbed her.. she is certainly a girl." Rick was stunned pointing at them.

"We have gotta help her.." Ben decided.

"Let's go!" And of course, we agreed.

While we were making our way towards them I noticed a familiar motorcycle and then saw the girl's face when the man pulled her hair raising her head roughly revealing her bruised face that was covered with blood..

Mia..?

"Jase.." Rick gasped.

He was fucking beating my Mia!

"Mia!!" I yelled making my way towards her as the two guys looked at us.

The short guy was going to stab her again.. this fucking bastard!

I punched the large guy that was gripping Mia and held her before she fell on the ground while Ben and Rick used their guns and shoot the three guys ending their lives before they could react..

I noticed Mia was struggling to keep her eyes open, she closed them laying there not moving in my arms.

There was so much blood falling from her stomach and there were very bad cuts on her arms.

I lifted her holding her in my arms bridal style and put her in the backseat as I rested her head on my lap and Ben roared the engine of the car in motion, heading to our mansion where the gang's doctor will meet us there. Rick stayed at the parking lot waiting for some gang members to get rid of the three bodies then he will come with Mia's motorcycle.

As soon as the car stopped I lifted her running upwards to my room so that the doctor could aid her, luckily he just came after us.

Ben and I immediately left the room to let the doctor work freely.

I couldn't stay calm. I kept pacing in front of the closed door room.

She was so injured, her face was a mess. There was a bruise on her lip and her left eye was swollen and purple, there was also another cut on her cheek.

With a deep stab in her stomach and cuts on her arms that were bleeding as well. Luckily her legs were the only safe parts in her body.

She was lifeless in my arms. I am freaking out right now imagining the worse.

But I know my Mia is strong..

She will pull through it.

She has too.

After the doctor finished, he assured me that she is in a stable condition now. He cleaned all the cuts she had and nothing was dangerous, she had some broken ribs but nothing major thankfully.

Thank god.

I entered the room and saw her laying there on the bed, almost looking lifelessly all bruised and plastered.

Her shirt was now laying on the ground. she was only in her bras as the doctor made the nurse cut her shirt so that he could aid the stab in her stomach.

I sat on a chair beside my bed that she was now laying on. Stroking her hair gently while she is asleep, thinking about how could anyone hurt this beauty.

I decided not to leave her side. So, I stayed on the chair beside her trying to stay awake.

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I woke up feeling my body limp and my throat sour, not able to move a muscle.

I tried to sit up but winced in pain.

"Aw.." I looked at my stomach to see the stab that the bastard gave me.

I felt some strong arms and soft fingers brush against my skin assisting me to sit up while putting pillows behind my back so it would make me sit comfortably.

Then the figure came beside me now to make me see his face.

Jason..?

"How are you feeling? Do you feel better? Do you need anything? Should I call the doctor?" He bombarded me with questions along with a very worried and concerned face. Don't get fooled, Mia.

"Just water please.." I managed to speak quietly hoping he could hear me because my throat was sour as fuck and I really needed water right now.

Luckily he did as he handed me a glass of water that I drank it all in one gulp.

He took the empty glass from me placing it on the shelf beside him. "Better?" He asked and I nodded.

He was looking nervously at me trying not to look at my way and I don't know why.

Then it hit me.

I am in my bras!

So, I decided to break the silence and get all the questions that were bugging me in my head. It wasn't a new view for him anyway.

"Uhm.. where am I? And why am I only in my bras?" I asked lowly as my voice was still tired and kinda strained.

"We found you yesterday with two guys beating and stabbing you so we shoot them then took you to our house to make the gang's doctor aid you which explains being only in your bras, and now you are laying in my room" Jason explained still avoiding looking at me.

It was cute, to be honest.

It made me remember my old kind Jason..well old!

That he was now gone.

Even if I still hate his guts and his friends but they still saved my life.

If not for them those bastards would have killed me by now.

So, I sucked up my pride and mumbled a "Thank you."

He gave me a soft smile while meeting my eyes for the first time since I woke up and his eyes were filled with sadness, guilt and tears forming? Woah! What's with the udden wave of emotions?

"Why were those guys beating you up? Do you know them?"

"They were someones from a small rival gang in LA that I beaten their asses in the past and destroyed their goods so they were basically getting revenge but the guy with bushy eyebrows wasn't fair as he brought two other friends while I was all alone," I explained and I noticed his eyes softened.

"I am sorry Mia.." He muttered looking at the ground.

"For what? It wasn't your fault."

"I am just sorry. If it wasn't for me you would have never entered that gang no--" he spoke still not looking at me.

"Don't apologize for that because I don't regret joining the gang, also it isn't the first time that something like that happened to me."

"But you got scars on now from it and the one on your stomach would leave a mark. I never wanted this to happen to you. I am sorry."

"Stop apologizing! And a couple of small marks don't matter anymore because I already had the big ones from David, so, I don't really care.." as soon as he heard David's name he froze looking me deep in the eyes with a tear threatening to fall from his eyes.

"H..He left you s..scars?"

"Yeah.." as soon as I replied his eyes darkened with anger and his fits clenched.

"C..can i.." he took a deep breath then continued." Can I see them?"

I nodded as I really don't care anymore and he is a person that I once trusted and loved so I felt that he had the right to see them as I hid that from him and it happened in the past with him being my friend, also I was sure if he knew he could' ve helped me. I mean that was what my old Jason would do but now I don't really know.

Silly and pathetic thinking of me I know but that how I thought.

I managed to stand up carefully with him helping me and took off my short jeans from yesterday then the mark on my left thigh was now revealed. It was before my mid sight and continued up until it stopped at my hip at the top. David gave it to me when he was punishing me for something Saby set me up for so he brought the knife and kept cutting through my thigh satisfied with my screams he and his skank wife.

I really hate them for all the pain they caused me.

I then turned around and pulled my hair up revealing the so many scars that were on my back mostly from beating me with his belt. They were many and I could feel Jason's soft fingers trace each one of them that left me with goosebumps and made my heart beat increased.

Why am I feeling like that?

I then turned around to face him once again pointing at the one on my head that he gave me when he threw me on the stairs then bumped my head to the wall so many times till I bled and he was satisfied.

I couldn't stand anymore as I felt tired so I sat back on the bed putting my shorts back on.

By now Jason's eyes were soft and filled with tears that he couldn't hold them anymore and now they kept rolling down his cheeks.

"I am sorry Mia.. I am so damn sorry." He sat beside me and held my hands. I let him because he looked so hurt by now." I am so sorry for not being beside you nor helped you to get away from him. I am sorry that I wasn't the friend that you deserved and I am sorry for hurting you, and making you suffer more than you were already was. I am so damn sorry Mia..." he then hugged me very tight and I felt his tears fell on my bare shoulders, I just froze not knowing what else to do as I never saw Jason cry like that in my entire time with him. Yes, he cried before but not so hard like that, that he can't stop the waterfall so I hugged him back hesitantly, patting his back softly to comfort him. " I am so so sorry Mia if I knew what he was doing to you I would never obey h--.." he muttered in my hair then stopped and I was willing to ask him but decided after he calms down I will.

"It's really not your fault. I am the one who didn't tell you.."

He then backed away cutting our warm hug as I wiped his tears.

He snapped his eyes towards mine when he felt my fingers on his face surprised by my gesture, I was surprised as well.

I don't know why I did it. It was something I felt like doing and didn't notice that I was doing except late.

He then held my hand that was wiping his tears and kissed my palm as my eyeswidened." I Need to do something Just once..it's something that I have longed to dobut never had the courage to.." he said hopefully."Can I kiss you?"