We Stitch These Wounds

Emily’s POV

“You don’t think we kept her up last night do you?” I asked Jake as we walked out of our bedroom.

“Jade? Psshh she sleeps like the fucking dead!” Jake replied as we walked into the living room. “I’m hungry do you feel like going out for breakfast or cereal?” He asked as he sat on the couch.

“We need to go shopping so I guess we’re going out for breakfast. I’ll go wake Jade.” I replied as I kissed Jake on the cheek and turned on my heels to go to her room. I opened the door and was slightly shocked at the site in front of me. Miss Payton Jade was snuggled up in bed with Ronnie. Her head was on his chest and his arms were wrapped around her like if he let go she would disappear. I guess considering what has happened between the two of them that’s not too farfetched. I mean the past two years he did think she was dead. I smiled to myself before grabbing my phone out of my room to take of picture of the two of them.

I was surprised to see this side of Ronnie I knew deep down in there he had a heart of Gold, but it is one thing to believe, and another to see. Jade was snuggled into his chest with a content look on her face. Ronnie on the other hand was gripping onto her for dear life, like he was afraid of her leaving again.

I didn’t want to wake them, but I knew that if I didn’t that Jake would be in here and he probably wouldn’t have the same reaction as I did. She’s only been here for two days but Jake is already over protective of her. “Jade sweetie wake up.” I said as I slightly nudged her shoulder.

She growled at me, literally growled, as she snuggled closer to Ronnie, and threw the blanket up and over the two of their heads. I heard Ronnie chuckle “Are we pretending we’re in a tent?” He asked as he stretched under the blanket, his feet poking out from the bottom.

I walked over to the foot of the bed and raked one of my nails over the bottom of one of his feet causing him to yank them back under the blanket, and poke his head out from the top. “I tried very nicely to wake her up, but she growled at me. Since for unknown reason you are in her bed, which I don’t want to know about, you are waking her up.” I said as I turned to walk out of the room.

Ronnie laughed. “We’re both fully clothed, but I heard you like to use whips. I never pictured you and Jake to be a kinky couple.” Emily stood there with her mouth open in shock. She opened and closed it a few times trying to think of something to say, but nothing ever came out. “It’s cool it didn’t bother me. Mir…Jade…” I said correcting myself. “Whatever her name is she might be a little scarred, but it’s nothing she won’t get over.”

Jade started thrashing about under the blanket and let out a soft strangled cry. “What’s wrong with her?” I asked as Ronnie pulled down the blanket to show a trembling Jade who was crying in her sleep.

“She’s probably dreaming of that bastard of a father she had. Fuck!” Ronnie cried out as she punched him in the stomach. “Yea she is.” He said jumping out of the bed to dodge another blow coming from the crying girl. “She’ll be okay I’ve just got to wake her up, she used to do this a lot. She gave both Max and me black eyes in one night.” Jade let out a blood curdling scream. Ronnie crawled onto the bed and on top of her. He straddled her waist to keep her from trashing about and pinned her hands above her head to prevent getting hit again. He held bother her wrist in one of his and gently reached down and stroked her cheek with the other. “Sweetie, wake up…” He began but was cut off.

“What the hell is going on? I heard her scream!” Jake said as he ran into the room. “What the fuck are you doing to her?” Jake screamed as he ran to the side of the bed.

“She’s having a nightmare.” Ronnie replied. “Jade sweetie wake up! Open those beautiful eyes and look at me. He’s not here he can’t hurt you anymore.” She opened her eyes and launched herself into Ronnie’s arms and began crying uncontrollably.

“He… he … he had … me … locked in that room again.” She choked out between gut wrenching sobs. “He said he was going to kill me to get back at my mother. He…” She whispered before sobbing again.

“Sweetie, look at me.” Ronnie instructed as he pulled her an arm’s length away gently holding her face in both of his hands as he crouched down to be eye level with her. “He’s dead he’s never going to hurt you again. I promise I won’t let anyone ever touch you again. You’ve got tons of people here that love and care about you none of us will let anyone ever hurt you again.” She slowly nodded her head and Ronnie pulled her in for another hug.

I looked over at Jake and he had tears welling up in his eyes. I could tell this was hurting him to see. I walked over to him and pulled him into a hug. “Baby she’s fine we’re lucky Ronnie was here she was being pretty violent before she woke up. Are you okay?” I asked as I looked up at his face.

“She’s replaced me.” He said barely above a whisper as he looked at Ronnie and Jade. “That should be me up there comforting her. I’m supposed to be her big brother.”

This caught me off guard and I looked at him like I was stupid. “She hasn’t replaced you. No one could ever do that. What she has with Ronnie is different. Yes he was there for her when you weren’t and he knows how to deal with her better then you do, but you haven’t really seen here in 5 years. He’s the one who put her back together after he father destroyed her. You are her brother he will never replace you. You have a special spot in her heart that no one will ever be able to take. Her and Ronnie … they are different …” I leaned up and kissed Jake’s lips. I looked at him shocked when he pulled away quickly.

“Thanks Emily. I love you sweetie. I don’t know what I would do without you.” He said as he leaned down and kissed me again. We pulled away when we heard Jade giggling and Ronnie clearing his throat. “Can I help you?” I asked eyeing the two of them.

“Well I was kind of wondering why everyone was in my bedroom. I know why Ronnie is here, but you two?” Jade asked as she motioned to Jake and me.

“We’re going out for Breakfast! Everybody get dressed!” Jake yelled as he walked out the room. He was half way down the hall when he turned around. “Hey Ronnie, can I talk to you for a second?”

“Yea I’ll be there in a second.” Ronnie replied as he looked at Jade. “You okay?” He asked as she climbed out of the bed and nodded her head yes.

I had to suppress a laugh when I realized she was decked out in a pair of black and yellow batman boy shorts and an old distressed black and yellow batman tank top. If it wasn’t for Ronnie I think her and Andy would be prefect together. She stretched before going into her closet and looking for some clothes.

Ronnie walked over to me. “Can you keep an eye on her? She sometimes will have another break down if she’s left alone, and she tends to wear layers after her nightmares. I’m not sure why I’ve never asked I think it’s just habit of having to cover up the bruises you know.”

“Yea, no problem. Just let me go grab my clothes and we can get dressed together. I kind of want to talk to her about a few things anyways. Thanks for waking her up this morning I don’t think I would have been able to handle that.” I said giving him a quick hug.

“No problem I’m just glad I was here.” He replied hugging me back. “I guess I should go talk to Jake now.” He said making a face before walking into the living room where Jake was waiting.

Jade walked out of her closet with her clothes in her hand. “Hey do you mind sharing the spare bathroom with me? It’s where I usually get dressed Jake has demolished ours.” I said with a laugh.

“Yea no problem I won’t lock the door, but I am going to shut it while I change.” She replied as she walked towards the bathroom.

I walked back into the room that Jake and I share and went through the closet looking for some comfy. This morning had been one surprise after another and I had a feeling tonight wasn’t going to be any different. I slipped on a pair of jean capris and black tank top that said you and me aren’t meant to be. I laughed to myself because of the irony of the shirt it was the complete opposite of how I felt towards Jake. I slipped on a pair of plain black flip flops, grabbed a hoodie and a beanie and walked towards the bathroom Jade was in to do my makeup and hair.

I laughed when I walked into the restroom Jade was wearing a pair of blue jean shorts, a tight form fitting black shirt that had the yellow batman symbol going across her stomach and back. She had a pair of high top batman chucks on, a bat man necklace, and was pulling a batman raglan tee over her head. “I think you might like batman more than Andy.” I started after taking in her appearance.

“He’s bad ass what can I say. I’ve always like the idea of having a second identity, and being able to save the day. Not being afraid of anything … you know.” She replied as she walked over to the counter and pulled her hair into a pony tail.

Jakes POV

I sat on the couch waiting for Ronnie. I originally didn’t like the idea of him and my sister having a past together. I didn’t like the idea of her being with or that she had been with him. I knew both of their past and I didn’t want either of them to slip up. I didn’t want her with a rock star, not just him, but anyone. With everything that she has been through I didn’t think the lifestyle was something that she could deal with. I personally didn’t want her to have anything to do with him, but that was until today. The way she looked like him, I could tell she needs him in her life. It bothered me that he know exactly what to do and say to her to calm her down, and I didn’t.

I felt the couch dip down next to me and I looked up to see Ronnie he had a worried expression on his face. “Hey man what’s up? He asked as he nervously ran his hand through his hair.

It honestly made me feel a little cocky that this man that many feared was nervous around me. It also told me that he really did care. “What are you doing here?”

“Miranda … I mean Payton or Jade or whatever it is … ughh this is going to take a while to get used to.” He said rubbing his hands tiredly over his face.

I couldn’t help but laugh. “It’s Payton Jade, but she always preferred Jade.” I said giving him a small smile.

“I called her last night because I couldn’t sleep and apparently neither could she. Someone was making a lot of noise.” He said with a smirk and a laugh. “We got to talking and I mentioned food and she said she was hungry. That y’all didn’t have any food, so I brought some over. We stayed up talking, and we fell asleep. Nothing happened I swear. We just were catching up.” He said defending himself.

“As much as I hate to say this she needs you, but if I swear if you hurt her you will be six feet under, and I will be the one in jail.” I said as I glared at him.