Broken

Chapter Eighteen

Daisy's POV

"I'm gonna kill him! Isn't there anything we can do?" Dustin says angrily as he paces the room.

"As of right now, no. Nothing that we could get him arrested for." Colin says.

"So we basically have to wait for him to attack her?"

"No, she can file a restraining order, but she can't do that except in the county where they lived and everything happened."

"Then I guess we will file it when we are in Virginia. He's not going to come near her."

I sit and listen to these two talk like I wasn't right there and eventually I walk out to the balcony and close the sliding glass door. I curl up into the chair and the tears begin to flow. I don't know what to do anymore. I don't want any of my friends to get hurt. They have become my family and I feel like Scott could be capable of anything, knowing who he really is now. I am more worried about them than myself. If it takes giving myself up to keep them safe then maybe that is what I should do. I had been sitting out here by myself for a while and I heard the door slide open. I looked and Amber came over and sat next to me.

"Are you alright, bestie?"
"I just needed some time to myself. I couldn't take anymore of them talking like I wasn't even there. It doesn't help my uneasiness."

"I am sorry they are doing that. They should know better. I know Dustin is trying to do everything he can to keep you safe. You know he loves you very much."

"He has never said it."

"Trust me, he does." She gets up to head back inside. She turns back to me before she heads in. "Are you coming in?"

"I'll be in, in a minute."

"Alright, don't take too long." She heads inside and I sit in silence as I listen to them all laugh and carry on. Soon I hear the door open again and this time it is Dustin. I look up to see him walking over to me with a purpose and a concerned look on his face.

"Doll, you are worrying me. I don't like to see you like this. Colin and I have discussed getting a restraining order worked out for you. He is going to go find out where the flowers are coming from."

"I just wish you would talk with me about all this. I feel like a little girl who can't take care of herself. I am a grown woman. I can make my own decisions."

"I am very well aware that you are a grown woman. I am so sorry we made you feel that way. I never meant to hurt you. I just don't want anything to happen to you. I love you so much it hurts to think I could lose you."

"You.... you love me?"

He realizes what he says and for a second he looks like a deer caught in the headlights. After a few seconds his face softens and a smile crosses his lips.

"Yes, I have loved you for a long time. I don't think I could be without you any more. I love you so much! It feels so good to finally say it to you. You don't have to say it back, just when you are ready."

He looks at me quietly searching my eyes. I do love him with all my heart. Why can't I tell him. He slowly stands with a small smile and starts to head in and I finally get the courage.

"Dustin." He turns to look at me. "I love you too!"

That smile stretches across his face and I see a fire light in his eyes as he quickly comes back to me and kneels down in front of me as he reaches up to cup my face as he pulls me into his lips. His hands slide into my hair as he intensifies the kiss, running his tongue across the seam. My lips part and his tongue slides into my mouth and across my tongue. He feels like velvet as it slides around my mouth dancing with mine. The kiss is passionate and loving. My body feels like it is on fire. He begins to stand up and pulls me into him as his lips begin to kiss down my jaw line to my neck and to the sensitive spot under my ear. My resolve is dwindling as one hand slides down to cup my ass and pull me into him as his other begins to caress my breast outside my dress. My peak pebbles in his touch as he tweaks it and I let out a soft moan. I can feel him harden against me. He groans as my hands slide under his shirt to caress his abs. His skin is hot to the touch. My hands move up to his chest and his nipples harden under my fingertips.