Chapter Seven

I stirred and looked at my clock. I popped up,
"Chloe!" I yelled, she sat up quickly and looked at me, we had been tucked in by mom last night most likely. Chloe looked at me,
"It's 8 let's go eat breakfast and run last minute errands." Chloe said quickly. I nodded and we threw on some clothes to go out for breakfast. I sent Lena and Stef a message to ask if they could bring my gift to the party with them so I could really surprise the twins. Luckily they said yes.
"Mom come on we're going out for breakfast!" I said as Chloe and I put our shoes on. Mom grabbed the keys tossing them before I caught them she slid her shoes on.
We sat down to eat and it was going easily when there was a loud crash,
"You little bitches!" I heard someone yell, I looked up and saw Donald,
"Girls stay calm." Mom said softly,
"Oh and the whore who created them!" He barked,
"Donald get out, stay away from these girls and children period you disgusting being." She yelled with a steadiness in her voice that was frightened me just enough to stand,
"Mom. I want a restraining order." I said loudly as I stood there looking at her before I saw the oh so familiar and comforting face of Jesus. He looked at me and then Donald,
"You okay?" He asked I shook my head,
"Thank God another guy who understands that little slut is just trying to get me in trouble!" Donald said with a relief in his voice that would be short lived,
"No, I'm not agreeing with you. You are scum and what you did to those girls is despicable. Their mother found out just a short time ago what you did, I suggest you leave before you make more of a scene." Jesus said loud enough for me to hear before pulling Donald in by the collar and growling something into his ear.
"Fine." Donald barked before he stomped out of the diner. I slowly lowered myself back into my seat as Jesus walked over and leaned down looking at us,
"Thank you Jesus." Mom said with a smile, one of those approving parent smiles,
"You're a lifesaver." Chloe said with a grin and a wink. I leaned back for a second before making eye contact with Jesus,
"You seem to always show up when I'm in trouble." I said softly as I reached out and held his hand in mine. He kissed my knuckles softly before letting his chocolate brown eyes settle on my baby blues. He leaned forward,
"No where I'd rather be." He said softly looking me up and down. I kissed his cheek softly before pulling away. I'd melt if he kept giving me the puppy dog eyes.
"Jesus would you like to join us?" Mom asked quite forwardly as she pointedly moved Chloe who was already moving so Jesus would sit next to me,
"Oh if it's not a problem." He said shyly as he stood and then took a seat beside me as he put his arm on the back of my chair,
"Not a problem at all." I softly spoke looking at him with a smile,
"So birthday boy, you excited?" Chloe asked breaking the tension a little knowing I had been avoiding everything for the past few days just so that I could get everything together for the presents.
"Yeah I'm extremely excited for tonight. Can't wait to see you guys later." Jesus said as he looked at Mom and Chloe before turning to me, "hopefully I'll see you guys." He said slightly pointed, I cough in embarrassment,
"I was busy working on something for you." I said softly. With that the breakfast went by smoothly, mom, Chloe and I were on our way to the car when Jesus called out,
"Court. Wait up." He jogged up to me stopping inches from tackling me,
"Jesus, what's wrong?" I asked softly looking at him with a smile,
"Oh nothing." He said before leaning in putting his hands on the sides of my face as he kissed me. I grabbed his neck and pulled him in,
"I'll see you later." I said softly pulling away before I walked to the car and got in.

~Hours Later~

Chloe and I walked out to the car and we rode to the party. We walked in on the first floor and I saw Jesus and all his friends skating. Chloe tapped my shoulder quickly,
"I'm going upstairs, catch up later." She said in my ear, I nodded before looking back at the boys, I quickly spotted Jesus looking at me, I felt heat rising to my cheeks, he jogged over and wrapped his arms around me,
"I'm so happy to see you!" He said as he picked me up slightly causing me to let out a short giggle,
"I'm happy to see you too." I said smiling up at him, he kissed my cheek,
"Go upstairs have a little fun with those heels." He said putting me down,
"I want to do one thing first." I said softly as I took my shoes off, "I want to skate, hand me your board." I said with a smile. Jesus picked up his board and handed it to me. I winked at him as I started to skate back and forth on the ramps before doing a trick where I did a backflip while holding the board. I heard a whistle and some claps. I giggle and nodded before getting off the board and bowing and then I grabbed my shoes slipping them on,
"You surprise me more everyday, Courtney." Jesus said with a wink. I nodded slightly before I walked off and went up stairs where Mariana was dancing, I walked over,
"Mariana can I ask you a question?" I asked softly, she turned to me and smiled slightly,
"Sure." She said with a mischievous gleam in her eye.
"If I said that I wanted to date your brother hypothetically, what would you say?" I asked loud enough for her to hear me,
"Hypothetically, I would say if I see him smiling the way he has lately, I'd hate you if you didn't date him." Mariana said with a smile. I sighed in relief, now all that's left is to ask him out, via painting. The cards are taped to them and Jesus's is special. I started dancing. All of a sudden we were asked to get to boys upstairs,
"Hey boys!" The girls chorused as they caught all but Jesus's attention. I whistled and saw him turn toward me,
"Come on! Presents!" I said with a smile I could tell Jesus would be excited so it wasn't a surprise when he came running upstairs,
"Alright Birthday Boy and Girl come sit while you open presents!" Stef said loudly, Mariana and Jesus day in chairs as they opened presents and thanked everyone, Jesus looked at the last two presents, mine, the bigger of the two was for both Mariana and Jesus.
"Those are huge!" Jesus said bug eyed, Stef chuckled as she set the large painting between them and like kids on Christmas, they tore it apart.
"It's beautiful! Callie you took this picture.." Mariana said looking at Callie,
"I did but read the card." Callie said pointing to the blue envelope on the back,
"Happy Birthday Jesus and Mariana. I hope this shows how much I care about both of you, a hand painted picture of our family. Sincerely, Courtney." Mariana said aloud, she looked at me and smiled, I bowed slightly before sending her a wink and putting up two fingers, she turned and saw the other painting, she grinned at me and shook her head seeing my cogs turning,
"Jesus this one says it's for you." Lena said as she handed the present to Jesus, he opened it and had a gleaming smile, he looked up and smiled at me,
"It's perfect." He said looking me in the eye.
"Read the card." I said pointing at the red card attached to the back, I watched as Jesus opened the card carefully and started to read it out loud,
"Dear Jesus, I know your family won't be surprised to know that I have pretty much but fallen for you. Your moms knew about my paintings and delivered them here, Callie took the pictures, Mariana, as for her I asked her tonight if it was okay if I told you how I felt and if we were to date if it would be okay, as you can tell she probably said yes. If she didn't this card would be rather awkward, the thing is, I know you're taking me out on a date for your birthday in a couple days, you also are taking me on a date for my birthday. I just think that we've been on so many dates already can we just make it official?" Jesus peeked over the card searching the crowd for a second before settling his eyes on me, I slowly walked toward Mariana and Jesus. Mariana held out a hand as she helped me over the wall of presents, Jesus looked at me,
"I know it's a lot and well this was the best way to ask slash tell you that I want more than just those two dates right now." I said looking at him, I watched as he looked off,
"Courtney..." Jesus said looking off,
"Jesus! You've been waiting so long to get this cha-" I grabbed Mariana's hand and squeezed it,
"It's fine honestly, I was just dumb to rush it." I said before I stood up and turned to the crowd, "I apologize for this extremely awkward scene, for you Emma, I am so sorry about all of this, everything." I said before I picked up my bag and slung it over my shoulder. I started toward the door when I heard Stef and Lena,
"Courtney, I don't know what's gotten into him and I hope he gets it together soon." Lena said,
"I'll be sure to watch him until he does." Stef spoke with a lethal tone looking at her son who was avoiding everyone's gazes,
"Thanks but it's really fine, I'm just going home okay?" I said as I sulked outside and went to my car hearing my phone beep as I turned it on,
"Stay in your car." It was from Jesus. I sat there for a minute, I watched as Jesus busted through the door walked outside, heading straight for my car. I opened my door and glared slightly,
"What is it?" I asked softly as I got out and crossed my arms,
"I want it. I want it so badly." Jesus said as his eyes softened as he looked at me,
"Why did you turn me down then?" I asked as I waited for Chloe,
"I got a text from Nick, he said that tonight is not the night I should make a scene and it would ruin the party." Jesus said softly, I groaned and hit the steering wheel,
"For god sake Jesus! Mariana wanted you to say yes to me in front of everyone. She wanted you to kiss me because she loves you and wants you to finally be happy!" I said loudly as a tear rolled down my cheek, "now I need to go find Chloe because she hasn't come back yet." I said opening my door and I walked inside, before I could break the plain of the door I felt arms wrap around my waist and pull be backward,
"Courtney. Stop for a second." Jesus said in my ear causing me to turn around and look up at him,
"I stopped, what is the problem? At this point I just want to go home." I said with a sigh, he started to search my eyes,
"I love you Courtney. I thought by not making a scene it would be better but I'm wrong, I've been in love with you for years. That kiss we had, I've wanted a repeat of it since we pulled away. Please forgive me for all of this and let's rush to dating before the dates, we've done everything with each other for so long. It's time to finally face the fact it's supposed to be us." Jesus said as he placed his hands on the side of my face caressing my cheeks with his thumbs. I looked up at his eyes and wrapped my arms around his neck,
"You already know my answer Jesus." I said softly as I jumped up and wrapped my legs around him. His hands moved to my waist and he kissed me, it was long and passionate, we eventually pulled away and I got down,
"What's wrong?" Jesus asked softly,
"Twin's intuition. Chloe is in danger." I said as I grabbed Jesus by the hand and pulled him inside, I screamed and everything came to a halt,
"Courtney? Are you okay?" I heard Lena asked,
"Chloe!" I screamed as tears rushed to my eyes, Mariana ran down and looked at me,
"I saw her with a guy. The one from the diner maybe?" She said, I looked at Jesus and he was as fuming as I was,
"Stef. Chloe could have been taken by Donald Wyatt. She's in danger and I can feel it, if she isn't hurt already she's going to be. I'm going to find her and I know where to do that." I said loudly before I rushed out the door and to my car. I saw Stef run out to her car and put the sirens on followed by Lena getting in her passenger seat, Jesus, Mariana, Jude, and Mariana got in my car, I watched as Brendan ran outside. He got in the back of my car again. I hit the gas and sped to my father's childhood home, I pulled up and got out of the car taking my heels off in the process,
"Courtney." Stef whisper shouted. I put my hand up and walked up the step,
"Grandma? Are you there I'm scared!" I yelled standing at the front door. I saw the door open slowly, I could see Grandma Wyatt.
"What is it my child?" She asked softly, I took a deep breath,
"Chloe is missing. Have you seen her?" I asked softly, she nodded and opened the door wider. I looked behind me and gestured for Jesus. He stepped out of the car,
"Who's that?" Grandmas asked I smiled as Jesus stood behind me,
"Oh he's my boyfriend, he been helping me find her." I said shrugging, Grandma nodded and let us in. I made a bee line to the basement and rushed downstairs I saw Donald,
"Courtney? Oh now I have a pair." He said as he stalked toward me,
"Jesus!" I screamed looking up the stairs, Jesus stood at the top and pressed the button on his phone calling his mom. I ran down the stairs pushing Donald out of the way as I rushed to Chloe who had only been bruised a little,
"Is Chloe okay?" Stef called out, as she ran down the stairs and cuffed Donald who was snarling. I looked at Chloe as she stood and held onto me,
"I'll be fine just a little beat up." She said aloud, I carried her up the stairs and looked at my car and then around,
"Chlo, I'm having you taken to the hospital, you need to be checked out." I said softly as I watched Jesus come out and help me carry Chloe to my car, I looked at Callie, Mariana, and Jude.
"Keep her head up." Jesus said as he took my keys and ushered me to the front seat, I was still a shaking mess. Jesus grabbed my hand tightly as he pulled up to the hospital, I reached out and helped Chloe out of the backseat, she seemed to have gone limp,
"Jesus!" Mariana yelled as she helped me keep her up. I watched as Brandon and Jesus came running over, they lifted her up as Jude and Callie got out of the car and walked me in along side Mariana,
"What's the problem?" I nurse asked frantically seeing the two teen boys carrying a teen girl with an identical copy of her behind them with two other teenager holding her up, not to mention the third boy.
"Chloe Wyatt. Age 15, found beat up in her grandmother's basement, she was conscious and vocal until she got out of the car." I said quickly as I looked at my sister,
"Wyatt as in-?" The nurses started to ask,
"The Wyatt twins, yes now get her a stretcher and hurry." Jesus growled, the nurses scurried off and came back with a stretcher allowing the boys to put her down,
"You're Courtney then, we'll call your mom. You both are still in our system." The nurse said as she gestured for me to join Chloe,
"Jesus, go park the car and I'll update you guys. Oh and when you can, please get my Birkenstocks out of my truck." I said gesturing to my feet, Jesus gave me a quick nod before he hugged me before gesturing toward Chloe, I nodded and walked with the doctors.

Eventually we were sat in a room where Chloe looked slightly comfortable, I looked at the doorway seeing no one, so I closed my eyes. I felt a blanket cover me and a kiss on my forehead followed by the sound of my mom's voice,
"She's going to be okay, nothing major. She has a concussion and some bruised bones, Courtney." Mom said softly, I opened my eyes slowly and smiled slightly,
"Are you the Wyatt Twins?" I heard, I looked at the doctor and nodded weakly,
"I'm Courtney, she's Chloe." I said looking at Chloe as I held her hand, she looked so peaceful,
"So Courtney, you saved your sister's life, not only did you find her in time to save her from anymore damage but you brought her straight here. Luckily there is no major damage but we'll be keep her here for a few days to observe if she gets better or worse." The doctor said with a light smile, I nodded slowly. I heard the sound of the Adams Foster family, they always spoke quietly but it was sweet to hear them, I smiled as I stood up and shuffled to the door as Jesus held my birks. I took them from his hand and put them on before I hugged him tightly,
"Is she going to be okay?" Jesus asked softly,
"You're the rescue crew, Chloe has you to thank for getting her here." The doctor said as he looked at all of us,
"Hey hunny. We brought you some clothes to change into, and if you want to come home we'll drive you and you can stay at our house." Lena said softly as she rested my hand on my shoulder. I still had my face buried in Jesus's chest,
"I want to go home." I said softly. I looked at Mom and she nodded at me,
"You really should, you and hospitals shouldn't be forced." She said softly, I nodded before I grabbed onto Jesus and walked a few steps before he picked me up.
"Relax. We've got you Court." Mariana said as she walked aside Jesus. I nodded and laid my head against Jesus's chest.

We got to the Adams Foster house and the couch was set up,
"Courtney you're going to be in Jesus and Jude's room." Stef said softly, I nodded slowly knowing that Jesus was on the couch then. I ran up to the bathroom and then got ready for bed, every muscle in my body was shaking but I had to get my pajamas on and sleep off the exhaustion.

I walked out and went to walk upstairs but I stopped like the weight of today had just finally sunk in,
"Courtney? Are you okay?" I heard Jesus ask, I turned and looked at him as he sat up on the couch, I took a deep breath,
"What if I hadn't left? What if it wasn't her who got taken? What if I didn't make it in time?" I asked as tears came to my eyes, Jesus wrapped his arms around me steadying me in his arms,
"You can't think like that Courtney. You're alive and that's all that matters, and it's the same for Chloe." He said with a smile as I relaxed against his his shoulder. I held onto him tight,
"It's getting scarier and scarier everyday." I said softly as a tear ran down my cheek. He rubbed my arm gently as I laid my head against him,
"It'll all new okay, I swear." Jesus said softly as I felt my exhaustion consume me, I cuddled into him and let myself fall asleep.

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