TW// ABUSE!! IF THIS TRIGGERS YOU PLEASE DO NOT READ

I sat at the bar as my friends danced all around me. I wasn't in the mood to be here. I just wanted to sit on my couch and watch Netflix, but my friends dragged me out here because they think I need to get over my ex.

Jacob, my boyfriend of 4 years. He was amazing for the first three years, and in the last year of our relationship he lost his mother to cancer. After that, he had developed a severe alcohol addiction. He became abusive, and took it out on me. I finally left him after a year of abuse. It was the worst year of my life.

I fiddled with the straw in my water. I had grown to hate alcohol after Jacob. It was beginning to get too hot in the bar, so I walked over to my friend and poked her on the shoulder. "Hey, I'm not feeling too hot, I'm gonna head home." I explained to her and she frowned.

"Aww, I'm sorry Daniela! I hope you feel better." She hugged me and I began my trek home. I was a few blocks from the bar, so that's why we chose it. It was a little scary at night, but I was never alone. You had to pass an alley to get to my neighborhood.

"Daniela? Is that you?" I shuddered. I knew that voice. That was Jacob. I kept walking, pretending not to hear. "I know you hear me baby." He said and I shuddered again at the sound of him calling me baby. The footsteps in my ears got louder and all of the sudden his hands were on my waist. I tried to shrug them off of me, but it didn't work.

"Are you trying to get me off of you? I miss you, Daniela. I really really do." He said in my ear, his hands gripping my waist tighter as he steered me into the alley. "Jacob, please. Stop." I begged him to no avail. "Jacob, stop! Help! Someone help me! I'm being attacked!" I yelled loudly.

Jacob slapped me across the face to get me to stop. He put his hand over my mouth. I didn't know what to do, so I bit into his hand. "You bitch!" He yelled. He hit me again and pulled me to the ground.

"What the hell are you doing?" I heard a voice I didn't recognize. A tall figure was running towards the alley. "Nothing, man. Chill out." Jacob said and I shook my head. "No, he's trying to kill me. Please help me." I begged him and Jacob kicked me in the back of the leg.

"Shoot," he muttered, realized he had just confirmed the tall man's suspicions. He pulled out his phone and called 911. He told them everything he saw and heard and Jacob stood there, defeated. He knew what he had done. He was taken away by the police and I was left with the man I couldn't see due to the dark alley.

Despite not knowing the man, I engulfed him in a hug. I cried into his chest and he rubbed my back. He led me out of the alley, still holding me in his arms. "I got you, sweetheart. You're okay. He's gone, you're safe with me." He said as I cried harder. "What's your name, honey?" He asked me. "Daniela." I cried out.

"A beautiful name. I need you to calm down for me, okay? You're gonna be okay." He said and my cries subsided and I let go of the man quickly, finally realizing I was sobbing on a stranger. "I'm sorry, you probably think I'm a psychopath but you just saved my life." I told him. Now that I could see the man, I could see how handsome he was. Probably my age with dark brown hair and a nice beard. "Thank you so much," "Mac," He interrupted, telling me his name.

"Mac, I can't thank you enough. I really can't. What can I do to repay you? I'll never be able to repay you but how about I at least try?" I asked him and he smiled. "How about you let me take you on a date." He said and my eyes widened. "A date?" I confirmed. "Ya, a date. A pretty girl like you deserves all the dates in the world." He said making me blush. "Well then a date it is."

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