Returning to You

Brian’s POV
“haha! Now I know why you guys didn’t come last night!” I heard shouted into my room and I groaned and turned onto my side and pulled the covers above my head. I heard a murmur from beside me and my eyes shot open to find Jessica still asleep curled up beside me. I smiled looking at her sleeping face then I remembered that someone had woke me up by shouting so taking the cover from my head I looked at the door to see Jimmy standing there with a triumphant look on his face. I shook my head and rubbing the back of my neck I said softly
“it wasn’t like that Jimmy, meet me downstairs and I’ll explain” Jimmy looked at me confused but left leaving the door open.
I looked down at the sleeping Jessica and smiled again before carefully climbing out of bed and making my way downstairs.
I found Jimmy in the kitchen leaning against the counter and he was immediately asking me questions as soon as I entered the room and made my way to the coffee machine
“so what happened last night? Why didn’t you guys come out?” I chuckled as the machine percolated and turning to Jimmy I leant on the counter and sighed
“we didn’t come because something happened to Jessica last night” Jimmy immediately looked concerned
“what happened?” I rubbed a hand over my face as I let out a breath before I told him
“her bastard carpenter tried to fucking kidnap her, he slapped her a few times and pulled her hair, he actually dragged her from her house!” Jimmy’s eyes had grown wide as I told him what happened and he asked
“is she alright?” I shrugged
“she was scared man, I mean really scared that’s why she’s in my bed” Jimmy nodded in understanding and looked towards the stairs before turning to me and saying
“it’s lucky you were there” I shook my head
“I nearly wasn’t, Pops was there and held them up while Suzy called the police and I got there, if he hadn’t then the shit would have gotten her in the car and got away with her” my hands were shaking in anger and I quickly turned and poured myself a drink to steady myself as Jimmy replied
“whatever might have happened didn’t and we have to be thankful for that, is she hurt at all?” I turned and shook my head
“no she has some scratches and her face looks a little swollen but that’s it, the police should be over later to talk to her and take her statement though, and mine” Jimmy nodded and came over and patted me on the back
“the fuzz in this house, better hide my Louisville” I chuckled and Jimmy bounded out of the room leaving me by myself as I sipped on my coffee.
After a few minutes I heard shuffling on the stairs before the door opened and Jessica stepped in rubbing an eye. She smiled when she saw me and greeted in a soft voice full of sleep still
“morning” I nodded and she moved over to the fridge and looked around before she grabbed a carton of orange juice and a carton of eggs as well as some bacon I had in there. Turning to me she asked
“where is your frying pan?” I smiled and shook my head
“you don’t need to cook Jess, I’ll do it” Jess laughed
“there is no way I’m trusting your cooking skills, where is your frying pan?” I laughed with her and reached down to pull it from a cupboard and handing it o her which she thanked me for before moving to the stove which she turned on and opening the cupboard above her she found the cooking oil and put some in the pan before she opened the bacon packet and took out the strips and laid them in the hot oil producing a nice sizzling sound.
I watched as she cooked moving around my kitchen like she belonged and I had to hide my grin with my coffee cup as I watched her pour a glass of juice and drink some before turning the bacon. She opened the egg carton and took out all six eggs and laid them on the counter while she found a plate and took the bacon from the pan and placed it on the plate turning to place it on the counter behind her before she turned and cracked open the eggs one by one and let them cook.
When the eggs were finished she got another two plates and put two eggs on each before she divided the bacon so we now had three plates of food and she pushed one towards me with a smile
“eat up” I smiled and grabbed some cutlery while she went to the door and called for Jimmy before moving over and sitting at the island and accepting the cutlery she proceeded to cut her bacon into small pieces and eat it.
Jimmy came into the room and his eyes lit up seeing food there for him. He moved towards it and practically inhaled the food. I chuckled in amusement while Jessica’s eyes glinted with it as she watched. When he was finished Jessica asked
“good?” Jimmy nodded and answered
“I’m coming over to your every morning for breakfast” Jessica laughed freely and I smiled at the sight before I asked Jimmy in feigned indignation
“what’s wrong with my food?” Jimmy snorted
“you can’t cook for shit and you won’t let me near the stove!” I glared at him
“that’s because I don’t want my house to burn down like yours” Jimmy threw his hands up in exasperation
“that was a toaster and it was once!” Jessica looked highly amused by our bantering as she carefully ate her food then got up and taking our plates she said
“now boys you don’t need to argue, you can come to mine and I’ll make you food any time you like, heck you could even stay with me Jimmy” I looked at her and I could tell that she said that because she doesn’t want to be alone in her own house. Sighing I got up while Jimmy left and standing next to Jessica as she had her hands in soapy water
“you can’t be scared of your own home Jessica” Jessica looked at me with a raised brow
“why would I be scared of my house?” I sighed hearing the lie in her voice
“Jess there have been tons of things happen in that house, don’t let this one thing ruin it for you after all the trouble you’ve been through to get it up and running how you want it” Jessica sighed and her hands stilled as she looked at me with a tired smile
“I’m not scared of my house Brian, I think I’m just scared of being alone at the moment” I nodded
“that’s fine Jess, don’t not tell me something ok” she nodded before carrying on with the washing up, when she had washed it I grabbed a towel and dried everything.
We had finished and were resting in the sitting room watching TV when the doorbell rang. Jimmy shouted that he had it and soon the front door was opened and we could hear murmuring voices which got louder as they came towards us and soon Jimmy was stood in the doorway with two police men, one of them being a woman. The woman smiled and said
“we’re here to take your statements” Jessica nodded at her before she smiled at me and got to her feet saying to the police officer
“would you like to come into the kitchen? Do you want something to drink?” I watched as they left then the male police officer came over and sat in a chair opposite me and flipped open a notebook
Jessica’s POV
“right can you tell me in your words what happened last night” I nodded
“I was in my kitchen when Jacob came in and asked me out on a date, I told him no, like I had all week when he asked me and he got angry telling me that he had been watching me then he grabbed me and asked why I wouldn’t go out with him and I told him it was because he was sick! He grabbed me harder and shouted at me before he started to drag me through the house, I grabbed anything I could to slow us down but he didn’t seem to notice. When he pulled me from the house I stumbled on the porch and fell down and he grabbed me by my hair pulling me up and he slapped me, he shouted and started dragging me by my hair and he slapped me again when I screamed; my next door neighbours heard and Mr Haner came out, that’s Brian’s dad, and started arguing with Jacob telling him to let me go, I saw Mr Haners wife Suzy on the phone and Jacob continued dragging me to the car but Mr Haner stopped him again and they talked more until Brian arrived and they fought after Jacob slapped me a couple more times than the police showed up” the woman nodded as she made notes then when I was finished she asked
“had Jacob been violent before then” I shook my head
“he’s only working for me for a short time on my porch and every time he asked me out I would turn him down and I could see he was angry but not violent” Mandy nodded before she asked
“why did Brian show up?”
“we were going out with other friends to celebrate something they had done, he was picking me up” she nodded again and asked
“what is your relationship with Brian?” I raised a brow but answered none the less
“he’s a friend, I’ve known him a long time” she nodded and wrote some more before she asked
“did you ever show any interest in Jacob?” I shook my head adamantly
“no, I didn’t, I hardly spoke to him unless it was about the work and I never really went near him because he made me nervous”
“why have him working if he made you feel that way?” I sighed and ran a hand through my hair
“because he was recommended and he was getting the work done quickly and done well” Mandy nodded and wrote some more before she smiled and finished her coffee.
Standing she offered me her hand which I shook as she said
“thank you for your statement, Jacob is currently being held in the police station and there should be a small hearing to determine what will happen to him, you don’t need to be present for that but you will if it goes to trial, ok?” I nodded and she turned and exited the room with me following.
She met her partner at the door and turning to me they both said good bye before they left and I closed the door after them. Turning I rested against the door closing my eyes momentarily before opening them and pushing off to head towards the sitting room where I found Brian sat on a sofa. He beckoned me over and I walked towards him and settled next to him under his arm
“are you ok honey?” I nodded and he hugged me closer before we sat and watched the TV again.