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Chapter 28

       It was the first day back at school, and I wasn't so sure how I felt about it.

       I mean, I wasn't cooped up in my house or Rex's apartment anymore... but Rex would probably be going back to his own home tonight, and I'm not going to be able to sleep ever again.

       "What's with the sad face, baby?" Butterflies erupted in my stomach the second I felt his giant arms wrap around my stomach and place his head in the crook of my neck.

       I smiled and placed my hands over his arms as he pressed a small kiss onto my cheek. "Just not happy with being back at school. That's all."

       "Hm, liar, liar, pants on fire." He teased and started tickling my sides as I tried to squirm away from him.

       "Rex! Rex stop!" I gasped for air as his fingers turned deadly against my waist. He held me pinned against my open locker with that giant smile I loved so much across his face as I died laughing.

       "Well, well, what do we have here?"

       And just like that, playful Rex was gone. His smile dropped, his face turned blank, and his bright eyes went dark once again. I let out a heavy sigh. His hands pulled me away from the lockers and straightened out my shirt, the one that he messed up, before he just held onto my hand loosely.

       "Hey guys." I smiled at the rest of the Big Four as they all came to stand behind us. Trey held a giant, sneaky, smile on his face, Brett's looked amused, and Denton just looked confused... like always.

       "Hey buttercup, Brett and I are going to the movies tonight if you want to come-"

       "No."

       I rolled my eyes as Rex pulled me tighter to his side and glared daggers at the younger Dimajio. I swear he just gets on Rex's nerves because he can...

       "I was asking Rose, you ass hole-"

       "I have a match tonight. She's not going to the fucking movies."

       "Rex-"

       "Sh, baby." His voice was such a soft whisper that I knew the others didn't hear the term of endearment he gave me. Well, Trey might have with how hard he was watching us.

       "She can hang out with us without you, you know."

       Uh oh.

       That was not the right thing to say. Not so soon after wat happened with Tate. He hasn't left my side since Trey got him out and I highly doubt he would anytime soon. His jaw clenched shut, his dark eyes hardened, and his grip on my hand tightened. He was just about to open his mouth when I stepped in. I knew he wasn't going to say anything pleasant.

       "Thanks Denton, but I want to watch Rex. It's the first match since the street fighting thing that I'll be able to see." I gave the younger brother a soft smile which he returned, before Brett smacked him on the back of the head.

       "You're an idiot, Denton."

       "So you keep reminding me." He narrowed his eyes at his brother who just laughed.

       Rex was still seething at my side, but his grip on my hand loosened and he was rubbing gentle circles in the back of it once again. "I'll get your stuff Roza." He grumbled as the Dimajios started to bicker and Trey's eyes brightened.

        I gave Trey a quick hug as Rex turned to my locker and grabbed my things. "You doing alright princess?" He asked over the loud bickering of the Dimajios. I nodded as Rex handed me my backpack and closed my locker.

       "Good, I'll see you at lunch." He sent me a quick wink while Rex glared at the two brothers before he turned around, grabbed ahold of each of their arms, and dragged them off down the hall.

       "You ready, Roza?" Rex once again reached for my hand as I sidled up to his side and embraced his warmth.

       "Yeah T', I'm ready."

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       The next day came by rather fast, although I kind of wished it hadn't.

       Rex was acting pretty distant in third period, but it wasn't until lunch that I started to get worried. "Don't worry Buttercup, I'm sure he'll show up any minute now." Denton could barely get the words out around the mouthful of pizza he was chewing on.

       My frown deepened.

       Rex wasn't answering any of my texts, or calls, and Trey was nowhere to be seen. I should have questioned him harder when he said nothing was wrong during class, but the cold tone his voice held urged me to drop the subject. I waited for him outside of fourth period like I always did, but he didn't come get me for lunch like usual.

       My worry grew.

       I walked slowly to the cafeteria like he was just running a little late and was on his way to get me. But when that didn't happen I just walked to the lunchroom alone. He wasn't at our table when I got there and the uneasy feeling in my stomach grew.

       It's been fifteen minutes. Lunch is half way over, and he's nowhere to be found.

       I tugged on the paper bag that held my lunch aimlessly as my eyes darted around the cafeteria nervously. However, when my worried gaze landed on Brett, they narrowed. He was staring straight at the back wall, his jaw locked shut, and his eyes hard. He knew what was going on.

       "Brett..."

       His eyes snapped to mine the minute his name passed my lips, and their hard gaze slightly softened.

       "You shouldn't worry so much, kid."

       "What's going on Brett?" I ignored his statement and tried to push the uneasy feeling in my stomach away. "Where are they?"

       He never got the chance to answer. As soon as my words left my lips the back doors of the cafeteria shot open, and the boy my whole world revolved around sauntered in with a murderous look set on his face. My heart jumped as he made a bee line straight for our table.

       Straight for me.

       "Get up Rose, grab your stuff." He didn't even stop to breathe as he reached our table, and instead started shoving all my school work that I had laid out back into my backpack.

       "Rex, what's wrong-"

       "Rex stop, calm down." Trey was suddenly right behind us, and he gripped onto Rex's bicep tightly, his green eyes flashing. Rex let out something close to a growl before he shrugged Trey off rather forcefully and grabbed onto my arm.

       I had not seen Rex this angry in a long time, not including the Tate incident, and my heart kept skipping beats because of it. His, and Trey's, behavior was so weird, and kind of scary, that I didn't even bothering trying to resist Rex as he practically lifted me off the chair and started dragging me out of the cafeteria.

       Except for Trey and the Dimajios, the rest of the student body had gone deadly silent as they watched the notorious Rex Turner basically drag me out of the lunchroom. He was going too fast for me to even try and keep up.

       It wasn't until we were half way down the main hallway that I tried to talk again. Although, I really-really wish I hadn't.

       "Rex, what are you doing? What's going on? Where are we going-"

       He suddenly jerked us to a complete stop before turning on me with eyes so hard and cold they made my chest ache. Then they flared with a vicious fire.

       "For once in your whole fucking life Rosalyn, stop asking questions and shut the fuck up!"

       I jumped at his words and jerked in his hold. My eyes went wide and I felt the color drain from my face as my hands began to shake. He hasn't... he hasn't yelled at me like that since the beginning... My heart stopped and I could feel nausea begin to build in my stomach.

       I took a step back.

       "Rex, that's enough. She didn't ask for this."

       Suddenly I could feel Trey's warmth radiating across my back, and his giant hands gently wrapped around me until they could rest against my waist. Rex's hard and cruel eyes dropped to Trey's hands then snapped back to my face all within the same two seconds. His grip on my arm hardened.

       I winced and looked away.

       What is going on...?

       "Let's talk about this Rex, we can figure something out. No need to worry princess any more than she already is." Trey's hands tightened slightly on my waist as he began to gently pull me away from a fuming Rex and into the comfort of his chest.

       Suddenly the grip Rex had on my arm was gone and he was running his hand through his hair furiously as he tore his icy dark eyes away from mine. He began pacing angrily in front of us, one hand in his hair, the other shaking viciously at his side.

       Then he suddenly stopped and cast his gaze in our direction. "Take her home Brett, make sure no one can get in. Trey, come with me." And with that he threw my bag on the ground, turned on his heel and began sauntering down the hallway.

       He didn't look back.

       He didn't look back at me.

       My breath caught in my throat.

       I could feel my heart begin to crumble, and as Trey carefully handed me over to Brett who wrapped his giant arms around me and held me to his chest, I could feel panic begin to set in.

       "Everything will be okay princess, don't worry about Rex. He didn't mean to snap at you. I'll handle everything." Trey leaned down, pressed a firm, but soft kiss to my forehead before standing up and nodding at the Dimajios.

       "Take her home, make sure no one can get in."

       With all the crazy emotions running through me and the insane thoughts running through my head, all I could do at his words was frown. Rex said them to... why?

       Brett's arms tightened around me and he nodded once before Trey gave me a soft smile and followed quickly after Rex. "It's okay kid, everything will be okay." Brett's voice was the softest I had ever heard it and I let him scoop me up like a child as Denton grabbed my bag.

       Everything was most certainly not going to be okay.

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       "I'm sure it's just something with his boxing matches, Rosie. Someone probably conned their boss or something." Jax's voice soothed softly over the phone as I sat curled on the couch underneath a heavy blanket. Tears streaming down my face.

       "He wouldn't yell at me for something like that Jax."

      "I just... I don't know. I don't think he would yell at you for no reason either. Maybe he's just stressed out with school, and didn't you say his dad is causing him problems or something?"

       "Yeah..."

       "Just give him some time Rosie. I'm one hundred percent positive he will come crawling back to you on his hands and knees apologizing in a day or two. I don't call him lover boy for no reason, you know."

       I smiled at that and wiped the water once and for all off my face. "Yeah, you're probably right."

       "Of course I am. Hey-"

       A loud knocking from the kitchen caused my attention to snap away from whatever Jax was about to say and towards the back door. "Someone's here Jax..." I whispered quietly like whoever was waiting outside in the dark could hear me through the walls.

       "I bet its Rex. See! I knew lover boy couldn't stay away for long."

       "I don't know, he was really mad earlier, and he was pretty adamant about making sure Brett made sure not to let anyone in my house." I threw the blanket off my lap and turned the volume down on the TV before I slowly crept my way into the kitchen.

       Brett and Denton had made sure that every single window, door, crack and crevice was locked before they left to meet up with Rex and Trey. They even gave me a list of rules about who to open the door to that far surpassed my father's. Although, initially they told me not to let anyone in at all.

       This whole situation had me so confused up the wazoo and no one would answer my questions or even talk to me.

       I froze when I walked into the kitchen and peered through the backdoor's window. My breath caught in my throat and my heart leapt in my chest. When I saw the buff body standing on the other side.

       It was Rex.

       "It is him, Jax. I gotta go. Love you."

       "Love you to Rosie!"

       I quickly hung up the phone and threw it on the table before I unbolted the door and threw it open. "Rex... what are you-" I couldn't bring myself to finish the question, not after how he yelled at me earlier, and the crazed look he had on his face left an uneasy feeling in my stomach. It had started raining, storming really, and he stood soaking wet on the door step, his head bowed slightly.

       "Let me in Rose."

       I did, without even thinking. I stepped back and held open the door which he quickly walked through and then slammed shut. He relocked it and then went around all the windows in the kitchen to make sure they were locked to. Then he moved onto the living room.

       "Rex stop, Brett and Denton already locked all of those."

       It was like I never even opened my mouth, in fact he double checked all the windows and doors on the first floor before he basically ran up the stairs to do the rest. I was so freaking worried and confused that I didn't even feel the panic that was creeping into my chest until I was half way up the stairs after him.

       "Res seriously! Please stop! Please, tell me what's going on!"

       He was in my old room, the one I can never seem to go in any more, and he was frantically throwing things around, double checking the window and even barricading it.

       Tears once again began to build in my eyes.

       You're weak Rose.

       "Rex please."

       He ignored me and basically shoved past me as he did the exact same thing to the other rooms, even the bathroom window. It wasn't until we were in Luce's room, the one we had both been sleeping in, that he finally acknowledged me. And it was only because I nearly begged him on my hands and knees.

       "God, please Rex. Please, tell me what is happening. I can't take it! I can't freaking take this!" Panic was building in my chest, my breathing was becoming short and shallow, my hands gripped at my hair harshly, and the tears had started falling hard down my face once again.

       "Rosalyn."

       Then his arms were around me, his strong muscles pulling me tightly into the safety of his warm chest. I curled my fingers into his jacket like I always did and placed my ear over his heart. The beating always calmed me, always reminded me that he was here. Here with me.

       His arms tightened around me, his hand wrapping tightly into my hair as he lowered his face into my neck and inhaled deeply. He held me until the attack began to fade and my breathing evened out, but the tears refused to stop.

       I kept a grip on his jacket as he pulled away from me and brought his hands up to cup my face firmly. I couldn't look up at him, not at the moment, not after he held me as I broke down again. But I needed to know. I needed answers.

       "Rex, I don't... I don't know what's going on, and I'm scared, and no one is talking to me, and you-you yelled at me and-" My words died in my throat as his hands tightened on my face and I finally looked up into his dark chestnut eyes.

       Dark chestnut eyes that were crying.

       I froze.

       "Roza, Roza I'm so sorry. I don't know why I yelled. I was so angry and it wasn't at you, but you're just so small and fragile, and you were there." He was still crying, it wasn't stopping. But it wasn't the gross, gasping, and hysterical crying that I always did. It was quiet, and the dark haunting look in his eyes did not put a good feeling in my stomach.

       "Sh, Rex. It's okay, I know you didn't mean it." I tried to soothe him as I ran my hands up his chest and to his face. I reached up to gently brush his tears away... but they kept falling.

       This isn't right. Rex shouldn't be crying. Rex doesn't cry. He's my rock, my strength. If he's crying... if something made him cry. Nothing was going to be okay.

       "I'm so sorry baby, for everything I've done to you. For everything I put you through." His grip on my face grew stronger as he cradled me closer to his chest.

       "I'm so sorry for never being there in time, for allowing you to get hurt. For not being the person you need me to be."

       My eyes widened at his apologies and the tears that had stopped when I saw his quickly came back. "No Rex! You are perfect. You're everything I need-"

       He smiled through his tears and let out a crazed bark of laughter before his dark eyes once again locked on mine. "I am nothing Rosalyn. But you... you..." He let out a harsh breath of air before he shook his head and rested his forehead against mine.

       "I care so much about you, my Roza."

       My heart should be jumping with joy at his words. I should be lying on the floor with a goofy loved struck smile on my face. But all I felt was worry, and fear. My eyebrows furrowed together as he rubbed his nose against mine and his grip once again tightened on my face. It was actually beginning to hurt.

       "Why are you telling me this Rex?" I asked softly, like any words louder than a whisper would break this crying huge boy holding me.

       "Because you are my everything."

       Then my head was being jerked backwards and a pair of full, wet lips crashed against mine. I gasped and my eyes stared wide opened at his closed ones as his hands traveled into my hair and he laced his fingers through it.

       It took a second for my brain to process the fact that he was kissing me, and when it finally did I closed my eyes and held onto him for all I was worth. But then his lips were gone, along with his warmth and the tingling, electrical feeling surging within me left with him.

       "Because I can't live without you."

       Then he was gone.

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