The Only Hope for Me Is You Alone

"Lindsey what smells good?"
"Me" I said giggling.
"You smell like chicken?"
"It's dinner." I said with a smile.
Bert walked down the rest of the stairs and tackled me on the couch.
"Bert!" I said as I laughed.
"I love you" He said with a smile.
"I love you too Bert"
"Berty's not feeling the love!"
"Why?"
"My stomach is empty."
"Dinners not ready."
"I eat it now." He said with a cute smile.
"You get food poisoning. No good."
"Yes. No good."
I laughed and kissed him. I got up and went to the kitchen.
"Aw baby you didn't have to do my laundry."
"I'm used to doing Gerard's with mine."
"Baby you're supposed to be relaxing. Dinner, house is... immaculate and my laundry?"
"I'm sorry Bert"
"Don't be sorry, but, I do house work too."
"You do?"
"Why do you think the house is so neat?"
"Maid?"
"Nah. I'm a manly man. Manly men clean their manly men caves."
I laughed and kissed his lips.
"Kiss me again."
I kissed his lips again. As I went to pull back, he pulled me in. I felt his tongue on my lips, wanting to enter. I let him. He felt my chest and I wrapped my arms around him. He ran his hands to my skirt. He picked me up and sat me on the counter. I ran my hands down to his pants, I began to unbutton them. Then we heard a loud beeping noise.
"Fuck!"
"I'll order pizza." Bert said as he shut the stove off.
"Dammit!" I said as I cleaned the stove.
"Babe it's okay." He smiled. "It's my fault, but... now I'm stuck with a boner."
I sighed and laughed.
"What's with all this smoke?" Annabel said as she walked in.
"Your father."
"Is amazing." Bert said as he dialed the pizzerias number on his iPhone.
"Your father distracted me and I burnt the food."
"Oh." Annabel said as she set the table.
I sat next to her after I cleaned up and smiled at her. She's so beautiful.
"It's on the way." Bert said as he sat down. "How are my two favorite girls in the world?"
"Dad guess what?"
"You called me dad" Bert said with a girlie giggle.
"Because you're my dad" Annabel smiled.
"Well, I give up what do you have to tell me." Bert said as he folded his hands on the table.
"I got a 100 on my math test."
"Congratulations Annabel!" Bert smiled.
"Congrats baby" I said and kissed her head.

We all had a nice dinner, we talked, we laughed; like a normal family dinner.

"Goodnight baby" Bert said as he kissed Annabel's forehead.
"Goodnight dad, goodnight mom" Annabel said as she headed upstairs.
"Goodnight!" I said as I got up and went back to the laundry.
"Don't stay up too late Lindsey Cobain, you hear me?"
"Yes master"
Bert kissed me then went up to bed. It was silent. I folded the laundry and started humming a song, Demolition Lovers... Gerard sang that to me all the time when I was sad. I kept folding clothes. I heard the back door open and close. It was probably Bert throwing something away. I went back to humming and folding laundry. Suddenly, I was grabbed from behind. When I screamed, the shirt I was folding was shoved in my mouth.

"Lindsey, you say ANYTHING about me pushing you down the stairs, I'll kill you AND Annabel YOU HEAR ME?!"
I panicked, I tried to grab objects around that were in my grasp but I couldn't. He pulled out a shiny knife and held it tightly against my throat. I felt the sharp edges.
"Lindsey.... Come back to me I need you."
He let the shirt down slowly.
"I'm.. with.. Bert"
"You're ... dating HIM?!" he said as he shoved me into the coffee table.
"What's going on- GERARD GET THE FUCK OUT MY HOUSE!"
Gerard just looked at Bert and ran out. No fight. Bert ran over to me and picked me up.
"Bert"
"Shh. I know you were right." Bert said as he took me up to his bedroom.
I looked at him and he looked upset.
"I promised to protect you."
"But that was so... random.." I said as I wiped my eyes.
"Lindsey I want nothing to happen to you!"