Only You

12

"I'm so sorry Jess" tears fell from my eyes watching her look through the apartment, she came over immediately with Trey when I called her

"Katie this is not your fault" she turned to look at me and held my hands in hers "I just can't believe he did this"

"me either, I have no idea how he even got in" I sighed in defeat

"I watched her triple check all of the windows and the door" Michael spoke from behind us, him and Trey seemed to have been getting along well

"I'm just glad you weren't here" Jess pulled me in for a hug

"you and me both" I responded, hugging her tighter than ever before

"that makes 3 of us" Michael chimed in, earning a giggle from Jess and I

"Make sure you report anything else that happens" I nodded at the officer taking down notes of everything Michael and I just told him "In the mean time I'll look into what can be done for you" 

"Thanks Matt" Michael gave the officer a bro hug of sorts, they're friends. Michael called him over when I called Jess

"Any time bro, I'll keep you posted" he spoke to Michael before turning to look at me "It was nice to meet you Katie" 

"Likewise" I forced a smile even though I'm not in a smiling mood, I plopped onto the bar stool next to Jess. Trey stood beside her with a hand on her thigh. 

I sighed just as Michael made his way next to me, standing to my left, he put his arm around me from behind..running his hand up and down my right upper arm. I rested my head on his chest

"well now I have no clothes" I broke the silence 

"Let's go buy some" Jess joined in "it'll help clear your mind" 

"you see, the way my bank account is set up..I can only afford like 3 outfits and I need everything from underwear to tops" I turned to look at her, earning a chuckle from everyone with my dumb joke 

"Let's go, I'll buy" Michael nudged me a bit, causing me to look up at him

"Mikey its okay, it'll be too much" he reached up and tucked a few strands of my hair behind my ear

"It wasn't a question" his beautiful smile appeared on his face once more 

"So it's settled, we're going shopping!" Jess hopped off the bar stool, holding on to Trey's hand who watched her in awe

"Thanks for lunch" Michael stood behind me as I paid for our food, he kissed my head before reaching over and grabbing our meals

"well you did pay for all of my clothes, its the least I could do" I snickered as I turned to face him, we made our way to the table that Jess and Trey were already sitting at. 

We had already been at 5 clothing stores not including Victoria's secret, I'm not sure how Michael's wallet wasn't hurting him at this point. He was kind enough to pay for everything even though I offered to pay for some of it. 

"I'm going to put these in the car, Ill be right back" Michael grabbed the bags full of clothes and kissed my head once more before walking away 

"So what's the deal with you two?" Jess practically belted the words out once Michael was out of sight 

"nothing" I shrugged 

"oh please" she crossed her hands over her chest 

"He's really into you" Trey added, Jess nodded along 

"I know, and I'm really into him" I let out a sigh "but he told me he doesn't want to get into a relationship without me being healed from my last. He said he'll wait until I'm ready for it" I could feel my cheeks blushing, I never thought a wonderful man like him would want me

"So what are you waiting for?" Jess leaned in, whisper shouting at me 

"I guess I'm just scared that it'll be like a rebound thing, I mean I literally just left Jake not too long ago" I shrugged, shoving a fry into my mouth 

"Katie, maybe you just left Jake recently..but you have been out of love with him for a long time"

I never realized it, but she's right..I haven't loved Jake for a long time, I was with him because it was familiar..I was manipulated to stay, not because I loved him. I propped my elbow up on the table with my hand on my forehead

"How do you know more about how I feel than I do?"

"You lost yourself with Jake, I had to know about you and your feelings because he had you focusing on his"

"What did I miss?" Michael popped up around the corner and took a seat next to me

"Not much" I smiled 

"We're gonna get going, I'll talk to you tomorrow"

"Thank you for everything Jess" I hugged her then hugged Trey before they left

"What else are we getting pretty lady?" Michael put his hand on my hip as he stood behind me

"We've already been to 3 more stores, we can go home now" I turned to face him, he had multiple bags in his hands

"Are you sure?" I love that he looks down at me, it makes me feel protected in some way

"Yeah I think I have plenty" I gestured at the bags in his hands laughing a bit

"Okay, we can always come another day" we started walking towards the escalators, making our way out of the mall building

Even with his hands full he still opened the door for me to walk out, I tried taking some of the bags from him but he refused.

"Thank you for everything Mikey, I appreciate you" another thing I've come to love is looking in his eyes, it makes me feel important to him..whenever I speak he looks directly at me to show me that he is listening

"Of course" he smiled at me while piling the bags of clothes into the back seat.

I took a seat in the passenger side, feeling my phone vibrate in my pocket as I did. I put my seat belt on, pulling my phone out of my pocket shortly after. A number I didn't recognize showed up on my lock screen. Michael got into his seat, once finished with filling up the car

"You okay?" I'm sure he saw the confusion on my face

"I just got a text from an unknown number" I continued staring at the phone, trying to see if I could remember if I know this number or not. I mean it could be possible that it's a number that I lost from my contacts

"What does it say?" he leaned over as I unlocked my phone, opening up the text message I felt my breathing stop for just a second

Did you get some nice clothes?