you saved me

*Jessy's POV*
Zack and I pulled up infront of the bar to see Johnny sitting on a bench with his head resting on his knees. "Okay," I said to Zack, "I'll handle Johnny, you go in and get his keys." "Whatever you say boss," he chuckled as we got out of his car. "Watch it," I teased, "I know where you sleep!" He shook his head and started towards the bar.
"Johnny," I whispered as I rested my hand on his back. He looked up at me with bloodshot eyes, "hey Jess," he sniffed. "Come on bud, lets get you to the car." I whispered as I put his arm over my shoulders and hauled him to his feet. I loaded him into the back seat, buckled his seatbelt then went to the other side of the car to get in.
"Please s...s..sit b...beside m...me?" He said desperately. I slid over so we were side by side and he laid his head on my shoulder. By now Zack had returned to the car. He got in, started the engine and started driving without saying a word to Johnny or me.
By the time we were back home Johnny was half way unconcious. Zack and I had to half way drag him into the house and up the steps, before we laid him down in the guest bedroom. Johnny grabbed my wrist as I turned to leave. "Please stay with me," he whispered. I looked at Zack and nodded, "You go down and do what we discussed and I'll stay here with Johnny." He nodded and left as I sat down on the bed beside Johnny.
"What happened?" I whispered gently. "Well," he started, "Jimmy and I were just talking about life in general when suddenly things started getting really deep. We started talking about what the future held and he mentioned marriage and I started to freak out. That's when he started screaming at me. Asking why I was wasting his time if I didn't want to marry him one day. Then he told me to leave. He said he didn't care where I went, but he just couldn't look at me." Johnny broke off into loud sobs.
"Shh, it's okay. It'll be okay. Just go to sleep, you'll feel better when you're sobered up. Just go to sleep." I cooed. He rolled onto his side and I started to rub his back to calm him down. "Will you sing to me please?" He whispered. I sighed and started humming quietly. It wasn't long before he was sound asleep. When I stood up the leave the room started to spin. I leaned against the wall to steady myself untill it stopped and I regained my balance.
I left the room and started back downstairs. I reached the bottom of the steps to see Zacky and Jimmy staring at me expectantly. "He's asleep," I explained as I walked over and sat down in between them facing Jimmy, "he's really upset you know." "I didn't mean to hurt him," he whispered, "I don't know why I said what I did. I hope he'll forgive me....." he looked at the floor and trailed off.
I wrapped him in a hug but it only lasted a few seconds before he released me. "Are you okay?" He whispered. "I'm fine," It was hard to lie to him but some how I managed. He rested the back of his hand against my forehead, "I think you're lying to me." "Jessy," Zack said as he placed a hand on my shoulder. "No, I'm fine." I insisted, "I'm going to get a drink. You guys want something?" "Jess please," Zack said. I ignored him and stood up anyway. The room spun again and this time I started to fall.
One of the guys caught me and pulled me onto his lap. It must have been Jimmy because once my vision cleared up I saw Zack standing infront of me. "Damn it Jessy," he sighed, "why won't you just tell me when you aren't feeling well?" "I don't want you to worry," I whispered. "You have to tell me baby, please! Now be honest, are you okay? I know you have a fever and obviously you feel light headed but other than that; is anything else wrong?" I shook my head, "no, nothing else is wrong."
"See, was that so hard?" Zack said flashing me a bright smile, "now, would you like some orange juice?" I nodded and he left the room. Jimmy stood up and laid me on the couch, "I'm going upstairs to be with Johnny," he said loud enough to both Zack and I to hear before leaning closer to me and continuing softly, "he won't hurt you. I've known this guy for a long time and I've never seen him so in love before." He scooped up Muffins, set him on the couch beside me then headed upstairs.
Zack returned with my glass of orange juice and helped me to sit up enough to drink it. "Thank you," I whispered as I handed him the empty glass. "No problem," he replied with a warm smile, "I'm just glad you let me help you." He sat down beside me and I laid down with my head on his lap. "If you need anything else you just tell me. Okay?" "Okay," I whispered in response.
*Zack's POV*
Jessy fell asleep so I took her to bed. I opened the door to the guest room, Jimmy was just sitting on the bed staring at Johnny. "You need anything Jimmy?" I asked. When he looked up at me I noticed that his cheeks were stained from tears. "I'm good," he croaked. "I'm going to get a shower so if you need anything or if Johnny wakes up and needs anything help yourself; and try to get some sleep. If you're tired you'll just get yourself worked up and you two might fight again." "I don't need you to tell me what to do," Jimmy mumbled as I closed the door.
Once in the shower I slid down the wall to sit on the floor as the warm water washed over me. "Why can't Jess trust me?" I wondered out loud, "no, it's not just me. She doesn't trust any one. What happened to her? Who would hurt such a sweet girl so much?" I don't know how long I was sitting on the floor talking to myself, but soon there was a knock on the door. "Zack? You okay in there man? You've been in there for a while," Jimmy said.
"I'm fine," I replied as I stood up and wiped my tears. 'When did I start crying?' I got out, dried off, wrapped the towel around my waist then opened the door. Jimmy was leaning on the wall beside the door. "What's wrong?" He asked quietly. "Nothing, I'm fine." I replied with the best smile I could manage. "Don't give me that horse shit," he demanded, "I could hear you crying. Now go put these on so we can talk without this being so wierd." He instructed as he handed me a pair of shorts.
I changed into the shorts then followed Jimmy downstairs. "Now tell me what's wrong," Jimmy demanded as we sat down on the couch. "I just feel so helpless," I whispered, "I want to protect Jessy but she won't let me. I'm afraid that one day I'll loose her because of that." "Listen man," Jimmy sighed, "she'll learn to trust you eventually. I can tell she wants to but she's scared. You just need to show her that she can trust you. It'll just take a while, she's been hurt before." "How did you know that she....." "I can tell," he interrupted, "I don't need to be told that someones damaged and I know she'll come around. Trust me."

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