Chapter Twenty-Four

[Justin's POV]

"I don't see how you can deal with him everyday." Selena says, holding me closer to her.

I kiss her forehead. "I guess I'm used to him being a dick all the time." I reply, a soft chuckle escaping my lips.

"Yeah," Selena says, her fingers doing a little dance on my chest. "Can I ask you something?"

"Anything." I tighten my arm around her.

"Exactly how many girls have you been with?" Her voice is soft, the words leaving her lips almost at a whisper, I barely even hear what she says.

"Well," I start. "You're the only girl I've ever fallen in love with, so one. I've been with one, and that's you."

"C'mon, I can't be the only one. I mean, have you looked at yourself in the mirror? There has to be girls falling for you left and right." Selena says, looking up at me.

"If girls were falling for me do you really think I would even consider being with you? Or let myself fall in love with you?" I lean over and kiss the top of her nose. "It's only you Selena, and it's always going to be you. No one else."

Selena stares into my eyes for a few seconds before she gently pulls on the collar of my shirt and brings my lips to hers. I move myself over top of her, my body hovering over her. Our lips moving in sync as she wraps her arms around my neck, pulling me down closer to her.

"I love you," I whisper against her lips.

"I love you too." she replies.

As our lips collide back together as I hear a door close downstairs. I immediately pull away from Selena and look towards the door. Selena's hand grips onto my bicep as she sits up in the bed. I quickly grab the gun on the night stand and load it.

"Stay here." I order to Selena.

"Justin-" I cut her off.

"Stay here until I come back up, got it?" My tone was a lot snappier than I had intended, but my senses are on high alert right now and I don't want Selena getting hurt if there is somebody in the house.

I quietly make my way to the stairs with my finger on the trigger as I go down each step slowly. I reach the bottom step and scan the rooms. Nobody.

Maybe Ryan had came back inside because he forgot something? No, they had left over fifteen minutes ago.

I go to the front door and look out the window. It's raining outside, but I don't see anything or anyone. I start to back away from the window when I see a figure standing behind me in the reflection from the window.

And he has a gun.

I duck down as I see his finger pull the trigger. The bullet hits the window and shatters the glass, all the tiny pieces of shattered glass falling on top of me. I point my gun in his direction as I stand up.

"You're pretty quick on your feet, Justin." the boy says, his gun pointed at me.

"Who the fuck are you and what do you want?" I snap at him, keeping my gun held high with my finger on the trigger, ready to fire off the gun if this guy tries any funny business.

I've never seen this kid before. He doesn't even look old enough to own a gun. What catches my eye is his tattoo on his right arm; a dagger. He has multiple tats, but that one specific tattoo has got my attention. He's wearing all black and his hair is in a fringe.

Who was this kid?

"My names Louis," the young boy says. "And it's none of your business why I'm here."

"I think it is since you're in my house." I snap.

Suddenly I hear footsteps running down the stairs. I snap my head towards the staircase and see Selena, a panicked look on her face.

"I told you to stay upstairs!" I yell at her.

"I-I heard the gunshot and I thought-" Selena trails off when she sees Louis. "Oh my god."

Louis smirks at me before he makes his way over to the staircase, his gun now pointed at Selena. I quickly fire my gun and the bullet skims right past him which is odd because I never miss a target. Louis fires his gun back at me and I duck to the floor. I fire my gun again and this time the bullet hits Louis' shoulder making him drop his gun and grab his shoulder in pain, curse words leaving his mouth.

"Get upstairs, now." I say to Selena who looks terrified. But she quickly makes her way back upstairs.

When I turn around to take care of Louis, he's gone. I load my gun again and start searching the house for him. I check every room downstairs and come up ended handed. I make my way to the back of the house and find the back door wide open.

"He must have left," I say to myself, slightly lowering my gun. I go over to shut the door when I hear a high-pitched scream come from upstairs. "Selena!"

I run as fast as I can upstairs, skipping every other step. I make my way into my bedroom and I stop dead in my tracks when I see the sight before me. Selena is laying on the floor holding onto her side with blood slowly starting to make a puddle beside her. I quickly kneel down next to her.

"Oh my God," I'm at a lost for words, not knowing what to say or do.

I move her hands away from her side and see a big gash in her side. It looks like someone had taken a dagger and stabbed her.

Louis.

Selena looks up at me, her eyes glossy with tears. "Justin," she says, my name coming out shaky and weakly.

I drop my gun next to Selena and pull my shirt over my head before pressing it against her open wound to try and stop some of the bleeding. She winces in pain, her hands grabbing onto mine. Her blood almost immediately soaks through the thin fabric of my shirt, getting my hands bloody.

My eyes were beginning to water. "It's okay, Sel. I'm here." I say, running one of my now bloody hands through her hair to move it out of her face.

"Justin," she says my name again, shaking her head. "B-behind...you."

I look behind me and see Liam standing in the doorframe. He has his gun in one hand with it pointing directly at me while in his other hand he holds a bloody dagger.

"Missed me?" Liam asks, a devilish smirk playing across his face.

"Y-you did this to her!" I shout.

"Yeah, and I have to thank my little helper for distracting you so I could sneak into the house." Liam chuckles.

I stand to my feet and in one swift movement my fist collides with Liam's jaw, sending him backwards. There's bloody on face now from my bloody hand. He's quick to recover and swings his hand back to make the gun hit me on the side of the head, sending me to the floor. He hovers over my body and raises the dagger above his head. When he tries to put the dagger into my heart I grab ahold of his wrist, stopping his hand just a few inches away from puncturing my skin.

"You know she's going to die," Liam says.

"No," I say, trying to push the dagger away from me but Liam is much stronger than me. "She's not going to."

"She already has lost a good amount of blood and you and I both know you won't take her to the hospital cause you're selfish." Liam lowers the dagger closer to my chest, my hands starting to shake from how hard I'm trying to push his hand away. "You're too afraid that one of the doctors will realize who you are and take you back to jail."

"You're wrong." I say through clenched teeth.

"Yeah? We'll see. She's going to die before you even get the chance to help her," Liam now brings the gun to the side of my temple and puts his finger on the trigger. "And so are you."

I squeeze my eyes close tightly as I try one last attempt to free myself from Liam's hold. But then I hear the gun fire off.

But I don't feel anything.

I open my eyes and see Liam drop his gun next to my head and the dagger now lays on my chest. Liam grabs ahold of his left shoulder as he falls off on top of me. I see blood coating his hand along with his shirt getting soaked in the red liquid.

I look behind me and see Selena holding my gun that I had laid beside her moments ago. Her hands shaking violently as she still has the gun raised and pointed at Liam.

"Fuck!" Liam cries out.

I get to my feet and grab Liam by the collar of his shirt before I drag him downstairs. I pull him all the way out until he's outside of the house and push him down onto the ground.

"I should just kill you now," I say, my body towering over his worthless body. "But I need to help Selena," I send an kick to his abdomen making him groan in pain, "but just know that if you ever come close to Selena and I again, I will kill you."

I slam the door and lock it before running back upstairs to Selena who still lays on my bedroom floor. I take my gun from her hands and set it aside and lean down and kiss her forehead.

"You saved me," I say.

"I-I'd take a bullet for y-you, Justin." Selena replies, her voice weak.

Her words were enough to make a tear slip down my cheek. Selena slowly lifts her bloody hand and wipes away the tear, leaving blood on my cheek. I my hand overtop hers and kiss her knuckles.

"I'm so sorry, Selena," I say through tears.

"D-don't cry." Selena says, her eyes now watering.

"I'm going to call Alfredo. He'll know what to do, he'll help you." I talk quickly through a sob.

"Justin," Selena holds my hand tighter. "I-I need to get t-to the hospital."

"Ryan and Alfredo have the car," I say, running a hand through my hair and tugging at the ends in frustration with hot tears coming down my face.

"Call 911." Selena says.

If I called 911 they would know where I had been hiding the last few years away from the police. I can't let them know this is where I live. But Selena's life is on the line here and there's no other choice left to do. I'm risking getting caught to save her, and at this point I don't care if someone at the hospital will recognize me. As long as I know Selena is going to be okay, that's all I care about.

I take my phone out of my pants and let the pads of my fingers run over the 911 numbers before putting my phone to my ear. I keep my other hand on Selena's side, my shirt now coated in all her blood.

The phone rings two times before a young lady answers the phone. "Hello, what's your emergency?"

"M-my girlfriend. She's been stabbed," I look down at Selena and see her starting to close her eyes. "Oh my God, I need an ambulance now!"

"Sir, calm down for me. What's your address?" I quickly tell her the address, my words running together. "Paramedics are on the way right now."

I hang up, dropping my phone to the floor and puts my arms under Selena's body. I carefully pick her up and carry her downstairs and lay her on the couch, not caring if any blood gets onto the seats. I kneel next to her by the couch, keeping my hands pressed to her side.

"You're going to be okay, babe. I promise." I say softly, trying to comfort her in anyway I possibly can.

"I-I'm tired." Selena says, her eyes slowly closing.

"No, baby. You need to keep your eyes open, okay? You need to stay awake." I say frantically.

Selena weakly nods her head. I feel her place her hand over mine and squeezes my hand gently. I look up into her eyes and she faintly smiles.

"I love you, Justin." Selena says.

"I love you too." I say through a loud sob.

I hold onto Selena's hand tightly as I lean my forehead against the couch and cry into the seat. This wasn't supposed to happen. I said I would protect her, and not let anything or anyone hurt her, but here she lays on the couch barely alive.

My thoughts get interrupted when the doorbell goes off. I run to the door and let the paramedics in. I swear one of them looks at me weird as they pass by me into the living room, but I brush it off. I'm just paranoid.

They won't realize who I really am.

I watch as they lift Selena's body onto a stretcher and pushes her out to the ambulance. I follow them outside and climb into the back of the ambulance with Selena. I grab her hand and hold it tight, not daring to let go of her. She looks up at me, her eyes losing that special sparkle that they always have.

"Don't leave me, Selena." I say, tears still falling down my cheeks as I kiss her hand. "I can't lose you. Please, stay with me."

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~ Author's Notes ~

OKAY DON'T KILL ME.

What do you guys think is going to happen? Will Selena be okay? I wonder if somebody at the hospital will realize that Justin is Jason McCann.

Anything could happen.

(P.S. - really want to see how you guys react to this chapter, so please some comments! love you guys xo)