~*~*~*~*~*To Me You're Everything*~*~*~*~*~

Author: Heather
Email: brick10@prolog.net

CHAPTER 1

"Heather, where are my Calvins you bought me? They're good luck!!" Scott yelled from the shower. "Just a sec," Heather replied. She knew Scott never locked the bathroom door, so while Scott was singing "Until The Time Is Through", she crept into the bathroom, slid open the glass door, and kissed his tummy. He was so glad that they where in the same room again, let alone the same country. He had been on tour for about 3 months, and she wasn't able to come this time fue to family problems. She was the light of his life, and she was here in the flesh once again.

He grabbed her, pulled her in the shower, and pulled her close, and kissed her so passionately that she went weak at the knees, and he holding her, they both slipped and fell. This was just the funniest thing in the world at the moment to both of them. After they stopped laughing, they sat there, her in his arms, in the bathtub for about 10 mintues, when they were awoken back to reality by the ringing of the phone. *Now, it might be a little odd, but Scott always brought his phone into the bathroom-he never liked to miss a call if he were able to answer it. "Scott!!! You're late. Get out of Heather's arms cuz I know that's where you are and get your scrawny, little bum down here!" Ritchie shouted from the other end. "But I thought rehearsal was at 10 after 5 today." Scott moaned. "Try 5 after 10. Can't ya ever get the times right?" "Erm, yeah-lemme speak to J." "Daddy Five." J said extremely cheery.

"Oh shut up J. I could've sworn that I had gotten the times right this time. I made sure of it. That way, I knew I could spend the whole day with Heather." Scott said. "Oh geez, ya wanker. We're in the US and don't ya know that it's April Fool's Day here? Go. Spend some precious time with Heather. She deserves it, and don't forget to bring her to rehearsal tonight. I can't wait to see my sweetheart." Sure thing.

How could I forget to bring her? She's the love of my life. Oh, and by the way, J, she doesn't wanna see YOU ever again!" Scott said barely containing his laughter cuz he knew it would really upset J. "What?!? Are ya kiddin' me? What I do? What can I do to make everything alright, and make it up to her? What can I do to make her forgive me?!?!?!?!?!" J pleaded. "April Fool's, J." Scott with a laugh as he hung up the phone. "Sorry about that, babe. Now, where were we? Ah, yes. Your precious self in my protective arms. I love you so much." Scot said as he held Heather tight and kissed her neck. I never wanna lose you. Make me a promise that I never will." "I promise, my love." "What do ya say to walk around the city? We could see the sights and go shopping. Are ya up to it?" Of course. Whatever you want. Could we just lay here for a few more minutes?" "Anything for you. You don't even have to ask." And then they fell asleep embraced in each other's arms. They were only asleep for about 20 minutes when the phone rang, only Scott woke up though.

"He...he...hello?" Scott said in a groggy voice. "Are ya outta her arms yet?" J said with a chuckle. "Shut up, J." Scott said kinda annoyed that he had been woken up for that. "Anyway, lemme talk to my sweetheart." "Heather, dearest, wake up love. J wants the pleaseure of talking to you." Scott said in his sweetest as possible voice. "He...hey babe. What'cha up to?" "Hey, it's great to hear your voice again. I can't wait to see you. Well, uh, yeah, anyway, we were just kinda wonderin' if you and Scott would like to go with us to the shore tonight after rehearsal? Please, please, please? I can't wait to see my babydoll again." J pleaded.

"Lemme see if "Spider" here wants to." She said with a giggle. "I'd love to, but lemme check to see if Scott's up to it. Scott, wanna go to the shore tonight with the guys?" She asked pleading with her begging eyes that just melted Scott's heart. "Wicked, love!" Scott exclaimed. "Groovy. Yup, we can go, J. Can't wait to see ya at your rehearsal. See ya there babe!" "Until then. Bye, love." J said tenderly as he hung up the phone. "All set guys," he called to the rest of the band and their girls, "tonight's gonna be a blast!"

Chapter 2

Part 1

******Still in the shower*****

"I'm gonna get you so many gifts while we're out today," Scott said. "No. I don't want a thing Scott. Just being here with you is the greatest gift in the world. I love you so much, and you don't owe me a thing." Heather insisted. "But, just....." was all Scott could say before being interrupted by Heather. "No, Scott. I don't need a gift from you to prove how much you love me. Just as long as you promise to stay with me forever, that's the only proof I need." Heather said with a smile. "I really hate not to GET you anything, but I can GIVE you my promise to stay with you forever if you make the same promise in return. I love you, and I'll always love you.You'll never be lonely. I swear my life on it. And you know that if you need me you can call me anytime-I'd stop a performance for you in less than an instant. So please promise me the same." Scott said.

"Scott, my love, you already have my heart, and now I feel like I owe you my life. I promise. We will ALWAYS be together. You were my dream and now you're my reality. I love you." She said as she kissed him softly on his sweet lips. Scott sighed. "What's wrong? What did I say?" Heather thought she had upset him. "Huh? Oh, you didn't say anything wrong. It's just....." Heather started to get extremely worried about what his next words would be. "It's just that I don't deserve you, and I fear what'll happen to me if I ever lose you. I love you with all my heart. You're my best friend, you're my girlfriend, you're my soulmate. You're my everything." *how sweet is that?* "Wow, I....." were the only words Heather could utter before Scott could engulf her in another wet, long, passionate kiss.

He kissed her so hard that it almost hurt. She could tell that he was serious about her being all those things to him. Scott would never say anything he didn't mean, and not mention then seal it with a kiss like that. He loved just holding her, and he knew he was truly in love with her. He didn't care about the backlash from fans when he announced that he had a girlfriend. It didn't matter to him. She was his and more important than anything in the world to him-even his fans *sorry if I offend anybody, just a story*. He also knew it was true love when she never asked for anything from him-not even sex, *yep, ya heard me right-they had never had sex yet* and he never wanted to pressure her into anything that she didn't want to do. Plus, the thought never really crossed his minds. As long as she was with him-he was happy. After about another half-hour of Scott kissing Heather all over her body, they decided they might as well get out of the shower and get ready to go. Scott got out and helped Heather out *sometime during all this she took off her clothes just so ya know*.

He then grabbed in his arms and threw her on the bed *they were both still naked mind you*, and jumped on top of her. He pinned her up against the wall *his bed was right up against the wall* and kissed and licked her all over her neck. She was helpless to do anything but bite her lip. He then proceeded to feel, lick, touch, and kiss her entire body up and down. He started to do his favorite thing in the world-he kissed and tickeled her tummy. He looked up at her still while kissing and smiled. She smiled back, and then he knew to stop before he did something he would regret-he wanted their first time together to be perfect as did she. So, they finally got up and got dressed. They weren't really breakfast people, so they decided to leave 15 minutes after they got dressed cuz Scott had to make a phone call. Heather decided that instead of just sitting around waiting for him to get done, she would do something constructive, she was going to go get the mail. Scott finished his phone call faster than he had expected, so, as Heather was just about to leave, he grabbed her by her waist from behind, and kissed her neck *there's a lot of the kissing of the neck in here:)*. "Scott, what about the mail?" she asked.

"We'll get it later babe. Well.....we're wastin' our time together just standing here, so let's go." They were in New York *I guess he had another house there for when he was in the states*, and it was an exceptionally cold April there. Scott held Heather tight to his chest (she was walking in front of him, but like right up aginst his chest, and he had his arms around her waist) while they were walking because he had a REALLY strong feeling that something extremely bad was gonna happen today *hint hint*, although he wouldn't tell Heather cuz he didn't want to make her worry all the short time that they had together. Their time together passed extremely quickly, and before they knew it was almost about time to go to Scott's rehearsal.

Chapter 2

Part 2

It was only about 4:30 when they returned back at Scott's house. Scott was on the phone again so Heather decided to rest her eyes for a few minutes. Scott's call took much longer than expected, and 25 minutes later when he was done, he went into the bedroom to find Heather still asleep on his bed. He decided to kiss her awake. "Heather.....love.....baby....." he said inbetween kisses. Then he thought he'd be cute and call her what J always calls her, "sweetheart....." "J?!?" Heather suddenly woke up. "WHAT?" Scott asked shocked. "I'm kidding, I'm kidding, Scott! J's the only one who calls me sweetheart" Heather said laughing not noticing that she had actually hurt his feelings. "Yeah, well...I don't think he should call you that anymore. You're mine, not his." "Scott James Tim Robinson! I can't believe you're acting like this. We just had a beautiful day out together and now you're ruining it. I told ya before, I'm his best freind and he can call me whatever the hell he wants to. He doesn't have to justify it to you.....so get over it!" She started crying, slammed the front door, and ran outside, and got into the car. Scott waited about a minute or two, and then wearily went outside. He got in the car and Heather turned towards the window.

She hated when he brought this up *which he did quite frequently*. "Heather, I'm sorry. I won't bring it upagain, it's just that I love you so much, and you know that I have a feeling that J wants to be with you. I'm sorry, I love you!! I don't want to lose you!" Heather turned towards him so they were face to face. "Well, you're not going to lose me. I love you, but I also love J. But ya see the difference is.....I LOVE J, but I'm IN LOVE with you, and in my book-that's a major difference!"

"Oh, I....." Scott was interrupted by her tongue entering his mouth. After about 10 minutes he drove off. Heather was still a little upset, so she laid her head on Scott's lap while he drove off, and cried herself to sleep. Scott held her hand with his right hand the whole time, and whenever a stoplight came up he would stroke her hair and face with his left. He knew he shouldn't be so jealous, but he just had this feeling about J. When they finally got to the studio, Scott woke Heather up, and they walked into the studio holding hands. In the elevator he kissed her neck all over while apologizing over and over again. When they reached the fifth floor, they took about 3 steps when suddenly J came running up to them as fast as he could screaming, "My sweetheart, my sweetheart, MY SWEETHEART!!!!!" as he picked Heather up in his arms spinning her around and around. Scott just rolled his eyes while J took Heather's hand dragging her everywhere and telling everyone that his sweetheart was finally there. "Boy, Scott looks a little annoyed," Ritchie whispered to his girlfriend Jenny.

"Yeah? Well, I can fix that." Jenny said with an grin. She went over to Scott and started flirting with him majorly until Heather noticed and came over to them. "So Jenny, up to yer old tricks again, eh?" Heather said said with a giggle. "You know it babe!!!!! Omigod,it's so great to see ya, Heather!" Jenny exclaimed Jenny. "It's been so long chicka!" They both said at the same time while hugging each other. "I think your man here wants some extra attention." Jenny said while playfully punching Scott. "Yeah, he's been like that lately.....I love him though!" Heather said and she and Jenny started laughing hysterically. "Yeah, well he better appreciate you, sweetheart," J said out of nowhere, "or I'll show him what he can do with his love." "Oh J." Heather said while chuckling. This whole thing made Scott very uncomfortable, and Sean's girlfriend Nicole noticed.

So, she stopped her little coversation that she was having with Sean and asked, "So, you guys coming with us tonight to the shore?" "Yeah, I heard it's really beautiful at night, I haven't been there in a long time." Heather said. "Yeah, well, they have all thses beautiful lights up and everything. It's actually very romantic." Nicole said while elobwing Sean. "Huh? Oh yeah, uh, very romantic." Sean said while blushing. And with that, everyone burst out laughing. *Abs and his bestfriend Christi were there too, they just weren't part of the main conversation*

~*~*~*~*~*Later during rehearsal*~*~*~*~*~

"Alright guys, ya deserve a break. So I expect to see all of you back here in half-an-hour!" their manager said. "Sure thing." said Scott while grabbing Heather's hand. He was ready to go and make up with her. So Scott took Heather to the first floor Men's room and locked the door *yes they had locks*. "Heather, I'm so sorry. I'll never bring up the J-thing again. I understand now. Please forgive me." He begged with tears falling from his eyes while bending down on his knees, and kissing her tummy." "Oh, Scott, it's okay.

I've already forgiven you. It's not a big deal. Don't cry." She said while smiling down at him, and grabbing his face. He got up and kissed her so passionately that SHE started crying. Scott pulled away. "What's wrong, Heather? "Oh Scott! I just love you so much, and I never thought that anyone could love me as much as you do!" She said while her tears cam streaming down. "Well, you'll never have to doubt that I love you." He said before engulfing her in another kiss. He felt her up and down while kissing her all over, and they stayed like that until it was time to go back. When it finally was time, Scott picked her up and carried her to the elevator and back up to rehearsal.

Rehearsal ended at about 9, and everybody piled into their cars and went

Chapter 3

"So what do ya wanna do first everybody?" J screamed as soon as they got to the shore. "Let's go on the ferris wheel, babe." J said while he grabbing Heather's arm and motioning for everyone to come along. Before Scott could get a word in edgewise, J had already rushed Heather into one of the seats and closed the door behind them. *It was one of those kinds that you could spin by yourself besides the fact that the whole thing spun as well* So, J being J he started spinning it like a maniac even before the ride started. Abs and Christi went into theirs together, as did Ritchie and Jenny, and Sean and Nicole. Scott decided to stay and watch since Heather was already on with J.

~*~*~*~*~*The ride starts*~*~*~*~*~

"Omigod, J!!" Heather yelled as she grabbed his arm. *keep in mind that they're best friends and they do that sort of thing but they're not dating* J immediately grabbed Heather and held her tight the whole rest of the ride. "Wasn't that great sweetheart?" J asked Heather as he helped her down from the ferris wheel. "Uh, wait until everything stops spinning before I answer ya she said while holding her head for a second and then hugging Scott. "You should've come up with us!" "Na, 3's a crowd." He said while glaring at J. J noticed and looked down at the ground while mumbling, "Sorry man." "Well, what shall we do next?" asked Scott hoping it would be something where he and Heather could be alone.

"I know. Let's just you and me go sit on the beach for awhile." "Sure. Let's all meet back here in an hour and a half, okay with everyone?" Heather asked. "Yes ma'am!" Abs said while grabbing Christi's hand and running off with her. Ritchie and Jenny were already big time making out so they both motioned with their hands like, "Yeah, yeah. We hear ya. Go ahead, have fun." And Sean and Nicole decided to go into a haunted house.

~*~*~*~*~*With Sean and Nicole*~*~*~*~*~

"Omigod, Sean!" Nicole screamed, "Do you feel that mist? It's gottne me all hot and bothered." she said while rubbing his chest under his shirt. He started kissing her and going up her shirt, and then he pulled away. "Nicole, wiat, stop, hold on!" he said while grabbing boht of her arms. "What is it?" She went to kiss him, but stopped when she saw tears forming in Sean's eyes. "I have something to confess. I....."

Chapter 4

"Okay, well ya know how when we met ya couldn't understand why we let you backstage after the concert?" Sean asked Nicole. "Yeah, I just thought that I had caught your eye or something." Nicole said with a laugh. "Yeah.....well ya did, and see that's the thing. Okay, here goes. The guys dared me for 125 pounds each to pick the first girl that catches my eye, get her tocome backstage, and pretend to fall in love with her." Sean confessed. Nicole's mouth dropped, and she started crying. "You.....you fucking bastard! Let go of me! How could you?" "Wait, I'm not done." Sean wouldn't let go of her arms. "Oh, I'm sorry! There's more?!?!?!?!?!" she said in a really bitchy voice *hey, I don't blame her:)*.

"Well, yeah. I mean, there's a reason why I've been carrying on this relationship, and I've already told the guys, and they were all amazed, but understood! They explained to me that it's alright to feel this way, and the sooner I tell you, the better. Not to mention that they're all EXTREMELY sorry for what they did and so am I." "Get on with it." She said angrily. She had just about had all she could take. "Well, from the moment I saw you.....I, uh, erm.....fell madly in love with you. From the instant that I looked into your eyes I forgot all about the dare and knew I wanted to be with you for the rest of my life! You gotta believe me! You know how hard this is for me-to express myself! I'm sorry. I never wanted to hurt you. Please. I don't wanna have to wake up everyday and not have you in my life! I don't wanna lose you! Not after everything we've been through! Please tell me what to do to make it up to you!" Sean pleaded. "Let me go think for awhile, Sean.

If I've forgiven you, I'll meet you 10 minutes before we're supposed to meet everyone where supposed to meet everyone else on the boardwalk. So, when the ride ends, let me be by myself." Nicole said. "Okay. I'm sorry." He said *still crying* while kissing her hand. Nicole sighed. The ride ended, and she got out. "I love you!" He called after her. This only made her cry even harder. "What am I goingto do? Does he really love me? Why would he do that to me? Wait.....do I love him? Yes, of course I do. But.....That's it, I've made my decision." Nicole thought aloud.

~*~*~*~*~*With Scott and Heather*~*~*~*~*~

"Let's just sit here until it's time to go back. Scott said while sitting down and patting the sand beside him. Heather sat down right beside him *their sides were touching*. He wrapped his arms around her and she layed her head on his chest. "I'm sorry about J tonight. He's just excited to see me." Heather said kinda wearily. "Oh, it's fine. I'm over it. Haven't noticed a thing tonight." Scott said witha laugh. Heather put her hand on his neck while he kissed hers (neck) *she had definitely had forgiven him for everything that he wanted her to*. About 20 minutes before it was time to go back to the boardwalk Scott told Heather not to move, and he would be right back. He had to got to the bathroom.

"K, babe! Don't be long!" Heather said as she kissed him before he got up to go. "I won't!" and with that he was off. About a minute or two later someone tapped Heather on the shoulder. "Oh, Scott, you're back so soon?" She said while turning around. To her surprise it wasn't Scott....................................................................... ..........................................................

Chapter 5

The person grabbed her and covered her mouth. "Don't move, don't resist, don't scream, and once I've had my way with you, I won't kill you." The stranger's breath wreaked of alcohol. All she could tell about the strahger's appearance was that he was male and extremely strong, she couldn't see his face or anything because it was dark out. Heather was too afraid to breathe, let alone anything else. He dragged her under the boardwalk. She tried to resist, but it was no use. He ripped open her shirt and pants, and uzipped his. He then shoved himself inside of her. After a minute or 2 he let his hand off of her mouth. She screamed so he ounched her. He didn't knock her out, but it made her hesitate about screaming agin. About 2 minutes later finally screamed, "SCOTT!!!!! SCOTT!!!!! SCOTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!"

~*~*~*~*~*Abs and Christi on the boardwalk a little before the rape*~*~*~*~*~

"Ya know, Christi. I've been thinking. We're never lucky or happy in love. Everyone else has someone. So.....since we're best friends, why don't we decide to give it a go?" "Like a relationship? Abs.....I....." Christi was secretly loving the fact that he had finally woken up and asked her what she'd been waiting to here for a while now, only she was just about to explain that she didn't think that it would be that great of an idea besause she didn't want anything to change when Abs interrupted her. "How 'bout this? We'll try it for 3 weeks and on the last night, by midnight, if no one says 'I love you' then we'll end it, and it won't have changed a thing. Sound good?" "Well Abs....." she was interrupted by Abs intimately kissing her. She pulled away and said, "2 week. Fine." and went back for another kiss.

~*~*~*~*~*With Sean a few minutes before 10 of*~*~*~*~*~ (this is also a little tiny bit before the rape)

"Oh, I knew she wasn't coming. I deserve to have lost her." He said while truning his back to go and sit on a bech and wait for everyone else while leaving the love of his life behind forever. "No you don't," a warm, comforting, little voice said. Sean truned around to find Nicole standing right behind him with tears streaming down her face. "I love you Sean." "Does thismean you forgive me?" Sean asked stunned. "How could I not?" she said with a smile. He smiled and said, "I love you too, Nicole!" And then kissed her.

It was now about a full 10 minutes before they we're supposed to meet everyone. They had a lready been joined by J (who knows where hedisappeared off to:0)), and also Ritchie and Jenny who hadn't moved the entire time. They were too busy making out in front of everyone on the boardwalk. Scott finally walked out of the bathroom and noticed everyone. "Hey, how's everyone's night going?" he asked. "Great!" Sean said extremely happy, and Scott could tell that he had told Nicole. Scott gave her a warm smile to Nicole to let her know to believe Sean because he was really in love, and to also let her know that he was sorry. She smiled back. "Okay, well, I'll just go get Heather, and then we'll find Abs and Christi and head back to my house to chill for awhile. "Sounds good!" J exclaimed hoping that Scott wasn't too mad about earlier. "Great!" Scott said. *he had definitely forgiven him* "So lemme just go get Heather and....."

Chapter 6

*Flashforward to Heather's screams*

"Scott! Scott!!!!! SCOTT!!!!!" Heather screamed out of agony. "OH MY GOD! HEATHER!" Scott and J both screamed and then ran and jumped off the boardwalk. They looked all over frantically *which was extremely hard considering it was dark* "Help! Scott!" Heather screamed again fearing that she'd be dead soon. "Stop screamin', you fuckin' bitch!"The stranger yelled right in her face. By now, both Jenny and Nicole had started crying and had fallen to the ground, and buried their heads in Ritchie's and Sean's chest as they tried to comfort them. *so everyone was on the ground* Abs and Christi heard Heather screaming and frantically ran back to where everyone was. "What's going on?!?" Abs screamed. He got no reply cuz the guys were still trying to comfort the girls. "WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!?!" Abs demanded as he screamed at the top of his lungs.

"Well.....something's.....happened.....or.....shall.....I.....say.....is.... .happening.....to.....Heather!" Ritchie said between sobs. They were all crying now. "Scott, I NEED YOU!" Heather screamed *the stranger was still raping her and also still has his knife out* "I warned you to SHUT THE FUCK UP!" He said as he tried to drive the knife through Heather's chest, but she was able to just turn a bit so he hit the flesh of her arm. She was getting extremely weak and knew she was about to die if no one came in a matter of seconds-minutes at the most. So she screamed one more time. "SCOTT!!!!!" as she was screaming, her voice trailed off because she was choking on her tears. The stranger punched her in the face *still raping her*, and she started to spit up blood. Just then, *hero time-sorry had to say it* they found Heather and J punched the guy so hard that he fell off of Heather.

"Heather, OH MY GOD!" Scott said as he grabbed her and hugged her as close to his body as possible. "I'm so sorry. I couldn't see. I never should've left you alone out here by yourself! Look what he's done to you!" He said as his eyes moistened and sparkled with is falling tears. "Scott, no it's not your fault." Heather whispered with all her strength. "SHHHHH. Don't talk, try to sleep. He hurt you pretty bad, so just rest. Leave it all up to us. Just hold onto me. Don't let go of my neck. I love you." Scott whispered softly while looking down at Heather. And with that she was asleep in his arms. "Kill him J!! I want him dead!!!!!" Scott screamed. J bashed the guy's head up against the boardwalk a few times. And did everything else he could before the police arrived. "I'LL KILL THE FUCKING BASTARD!!!!! LET GO OF ME!!!!!" J screamed as loud as he possibly could. Abs, Ritchie, and Sean were now down on the sand holding him back as the police arrested the rapist. A crowd now gathered and were gasping at what they saw.

J turned around. "What the fuck are you all looking at? What the fuck are you all looking at?" He said in between sobs and choking on his tears as he fell to the ground hysterically *in this case hysterically doesn't mean funny*. He looked at Heather and knew he ahd to be strong for her. So he got up and slowly walked towards Heather and Scott with dignity. "How is she?" He asked Scott. "I told her to rest. It's pretty bad. We gotta get her home. I'm going straight to the car. Get everyone and tell them to come to my house. Heather needs them right now. Hurry up. You'll ride home with us.." Scott said as quietly as he could as he stood up with Heather in his arms. Everyome watched as he carried Heather past the crowd with dignity but sadness with his tears streaming down his face. He wouldn't talk to anyone. J did exactly what Scott had asked him to do, and as soon as everyone had gathered themselves enough to drive, they all sped to Scott's house. Scott laid Heather exactly how she had laid on him earlier on in the car. With her head in his lap. J finally made it to the car and sat in the backseat. "I'm sorry, I should've found her sooner! It was my fucking idea to come to this fucking place tonight! I just wanted everybody to have a good time.....espescially my sweetheart!" J sobbed.

Scott half-smiled at him. The way J had called her sweetheart made him feel a little bit better. "J stop it. This is no one's fault. God! If it's anyone's fault-it's mine. I should have never left her. I didn't think. I mean, I could've waited or something to have gone to the bathroom! If I EVER get my hands on that motherfucker I'll beat the shit out of him and then kill that bastard!" Scott said with anger, fury in rage in his voice, eyes, and heart. And with that he sped off to his house, again holding Heather's hand with his right hand *he's left handed*, and when there was a stoplight he would kiss her and stroke her face and hair with his left. About 10 minutes later they ALL got to Scott's house. Scott hurried and got out of the car.

Then took Heather out of the passenger side. J got out and helped close the car door and open the house door. Everyone was already in the house because all the guys each had a key to everyone else's house just in case they need a place to sleep for some reason or if something like this happened. Christi, Jenny, and Nicole were still crying, and Abs, Ritchie, and Sean were trying to console them when Scott, J and Heather (still asleep in Scott's arms) walked in. "How is she, man?" "I told her to sleep and not to worry because I would take car of everything. She'll be hurting for awhile He punched her and stabbed her a couple times. Besides the fact that he fucking raped her!!" Scott yelled, but trying not to wake Heather. "Here, I'll take Heather to the bedroom. That way you can cool off some and call the hospital to see if she needs to go. I promise I'll be gentle." J said.

"Thanks J. I can't thank you enough for all your help. No wonder Heather loves you so much. You're always there for her. I'm so glad that you're my great friend too, and even though it may sound really dumb, but I do love ya." "Hey thanks man. And it's not dumb at all, I love you too." J said as Scott kissed Heather's forehead and then her lips, and then handed her over to him. J took Heather to the bedroom, turned on the light, laid her on the bed, kissed her on the forehead, sighed, and then was just about to leave when she woke up. "Please don't go she whispered....."

Chapter 7

"Hey there, beautiful. How are you?" J asked as he sat on the bed beside her caressing her face wondering how anyone could do this to his beautiful sweetheart *remember they're just best friends*. "I'm okay I guess, but I sure as hell am not beautiful. I mean, look at me." She cried while touching J's hand. "Oh, sweetheart. Yes you are. You're ALWAYS beautiful. I didn't mean to make you cry, though. I'm sorry for making you cry, I'm sorry for asking you to come to the shore, I'm sorry for not being able to find you sooner, I'm sorry for....." J cried while Heather put her finger over her lips. "SHHHHH. It's okay. It's not your fault. None of this is any of you guys' fault. I'll be alright. I promise. Just please don't leave. I don't think I can be alone right now." "Oh sweetheart. Of course I'll stay. *remember they're just best friends, but they're EXTREMELY close* J wrapped his arms around Heather as he laid down besdie her. "I love you J." She said as she fell asleep instantly in his arms. "I love too sweetheart." He whispered so no one in the living room could hear him. *the door was still open* And he kissed her forehead again. He thought about what had happened for awhile, and then fell asleep while holding Heather in his arms.

~*~*~*~*~*Meanwhile with the others*~*~*~*~*~

"Well, I called the hospital, and they said that as long as she's up and talking and everything seems like it's alright, she won't have to go there. We're supposed to let her sleep for the night, and tomorrow I'm to give her a bath and clean her up. Try not to ask any questions about what's happened. And try to keep her mind off it as much as possible. Only say anything about it if Heather brings it up, and even then don't ask too many questions." Scott said while closing his eyes, sighing, and praying to God that his Heather would be alright.

*It was now about 3 in the morning* Everyone was still up when J walked out of the bedroom. *he had only fallen asleep for about an hour* "How is she?" Scott jumped up and asked. "Huh? Oh, she's fine. Listen, I'm gonna go for a walk." J said seeming to be in a bit of a daze. He left *Heather was still alseep* and everyone sat back down.

"NOOOOO.....NOOOOO.....NOOOOO.....!!!!! STOP!!!!! PLEASE STOP!!!!!" Heather screamed from the bedroom, and Scott immeadiately ran in. *the light was still on* "Heather, wake up. It's alright. I'm here!" Scott said with tears streaming down his cheeks. Heather woke up and Scott hugged her so tight to him that he could barely breathe. Heather didn't hug back. "Where's J? I want J!?" Heather screamed as she pushed him away and cried. Scott was heartbroken. Just then, J burst into the house. "What's wrong? I heard screaming!" "Yeah - screaming for you man. It's Heather. She doesn't want me - she wants you RIGHT NOW!" Scott said as he walked out of the bedroom crying.

"Sorry man." J said in all sincerity as he patted Scott on the back, and then ran into the bedroom. "Give her some time Scott." Abs said while clinging to and squeezing Christi ever so tightly. "WHY WON'T SHE LET ME HELP HER?!?!?!?!?!" Scott screamed. This just made Jenny and Nicole cry even harder than before. *they had never stopped crying* "Abs is right. Just give her some time. It's got to be hard to look at the one you love after something that tragic and awful has just happened to you." Ritchie said while hugging Jenny, but looking at Scott. "Yeah man. She's probably just ashamed of it or something!" Sean said while doing the same thing as Ritchie. *looking at Scott, but hugging Nicole

"Yeah, you guys are probably right, but she has nothing to worry about. I could never be ashamed of Heather. Well, anyway, I suppose everyone's staying over tonight and probably for a couple days, so I'll go get some balnkets. I guess J's gonna sleep in the bed with Heather. I'll take the couch, and you guys can all spread out on the floor *it was a fairly huge house, but it only had one bedroom*. I want you guys to stay for as long as possible and as long as you want." Scott said while returning with only three blankets *just enough for each couple*

"Of course," they all said. "There's only enough blankets for you guys. I'll just go without. Goodnight." "Oh no, Scott. Here take ours," Jenny said. "Nah, that's okay Jenny. With only that little scrawny body *Ritchie* wrapped around ya, you'll need the extra warmth," Scott laughed trying to make the most of things. "HA-HA! Very funny Scott. Goodnight everyone," Ritchie laughed as he and Jenny curled up with their arms wrapped around each other under their blanket. As did everyone else, and Scott curled up on the couch practically freezing, but thought that his friends should come first *he left the lights on just in case something happened wih Heather*. And then they all fell alsleep

~*~*~*~*~*Meanwhile with Heather and J*~*~*~*~*~

"What's wrong sweetheart?" J asked as he came in and hugged her. "I dreamt that he was..... again....." Heather whispered as she cried into J's chest. "Please don't leave again J. Please?" "Of course beautiful, but why didn't you want Scott?" "I don't want Scott to see me like this. He'll think less of me, and I don't want that. I love himso much, and I don't want him tio think any differently of me." Heather cried even harder into J's chest. "Aw, sweetheart. He loves you with all his heart. He'd never think any less of you. You gotta explain to him what's wrong. He's heartbroken," J said while lifting Heather's chin up with his hand and looking deep into her eyes. "I will. In a few days. Not now. I just wanna be here with you, my best friend," she said as she kissed his cheek. He kissed her cheek too and said, "Goodnight, love." As she was already fast asleep in his arms. About a minute or two later J too was fast asleep.

Chapter 8

*The next morning*

Scott awoke with three blankets covering him. He was so cold during the night that his shivering woke everyone up, and they all felt sorry for him, so they all covered him up with their blankets *funny cuz he was the one that insisted he didn't need a blanket*. He was awoken by faint noises from the kitchen *he was the only one who woke up*. He smelled something really good cooking, so he decided to go into the kitchen and see who, obviously, was making breakfast. He was shocked to see Heather standing in front of the stove, he knew she shouldn't be cooking after what had happened just a few hours ago. He went over to her, slipped his arms through hers, *she was busy making pancakes at the moment* started kissing her neck, and said, "Hey babe." "What? .....Oh, uh, hi Scott," she said as Scott squeezed her tight and hugged her - she didn't hug back. He went to kiss her when she broke away from his embrace. She acted like nothing was wrong, and to cover up she went and got some plates. "Babe. What's wrong? You shouldn't be cooking after what's happened," Scott said sincerely concerned. "Oh.....nah. I'm okay. I just couldn't sleep, so I got up really early this morning and decided to cook breakfast for everybody. I'm fine." Heather said *she wouldn't let Sott see her face at all the whole time*. "Heather, love, you're not fine. There's enough food here to feed us all for days - if not weeks. You should be resting." Scott said getting a little frustrated because Heather wouldn't even look at him. He grabbed her and turned her around - she had tears in her yeyes.

"Heather, I just wanna help y....." Scott tried to say as Heather interrupted him. "Ermmmmm.....well, breakfast's ready. Please go wake up the others, and I'll go wake J." Heather said as she put on a fake smile and pulled away from his embrace again. Scott sighed. "Fine," he said. Heather went to wake up J and Scott sadly walked back into the living room to wake the others. "Wake up everybody. Heather's made us all breakfast." Scott said while nudging and shaking everyone to get up. "Did I hear ya mention food?" Sean asked. "Yeah, well, Heather's been up for hours , and she made us all enough food to last us for days." Scott sadly said getting a little bit annoyed that his friend would ask such a dumb question. "How is she?" Abs asked while standing up with Christi, ".....and why is she cooking? You know you shouldn't let her do that right now!" Abs yelled. "Well good morning to you too Abs. First off, she SAYS she's fine, but she won't let me touch her or even look at me, and when I made her look at me, she had tears in her eyes, put on a fake smile, broke away from me, and left to wake J. Second of all, I'm not LETTING her cook. I TOLD her that she shouldn't be cooking or even out of bed for that matter right now. She just said that she's fine, and not to worry about her.

I dunno what to do." Scott said getting a bit pissed off and on edge. "Well, let's just go eat, and maybe we'll all feel a little better. We'll figure something out later. We'll all go out or something if Heather feels up to it." Ritchie said while taking Jenny's hand and leading them all into the kitchen. Everyone was amzed at how much food Heather actually cooked. Scott told everyone to sit and eat. Everyone sat and waited for Heather and J for about 5 minutes before they started eating. "She's probably just having trouble gettin' J up. Ya'll can start without them." Scott said. Everyone started except for Scott who wasn't hungry. He seemed to be in a daze the whole time while waiting for his beloved Heather. After a bit, he started getting tears in his eyes while praying that she would love him again.

~*~*~*~*~*Meanwhile with Heather and J*~*~*~*~*~

"J, wake up. I made breakfast for ya'll. It's out on the table. Everyone's already out there." Heather said. "Hey sweetheart," J said as he kissed Heather's cheek. "Why were you cooking?" He said more sternly. "Well, I've just been up for hours and had nothing else to do so....." Heather started, but J interrupted her. "You should've gotten me up babydoll. I would've kept you company. Besides that - you shouldn't be cooking or doing anything like that so soon." "I know, I know. I already got a bit of a "lechture" (is that spelled right?) from Scott," Heather said while rolling her eyes. "You know he's only trying to look out for you Heather?" J said while taking her hand in his and looking deep into her eyes. "I know J, and I love him even more for that. It's just that I don't really feel like showing that right now or talking about it. Anyway, breakfast's on the table. I don't really feel like eating, but you go eat, and I'll wait for ya here, okay?" Heather said. "Nah. That's alright. I'm not really hungry either. Well, what'daya say we go get ya cleaned up, huh? I'll help ya take a bath. The hospital said we were was supposed to do that today anyway, and I don't want ya to be alone, so come on." J said while pulling Heather into the bathroom and closing and locking the door. "You don't have to do this, J. Besides, how are you gonna "help" me? I don't want ya seeing me naked." Heather said with a giggle.

"Come on, sweetheart. We're not kids anymore - it's nothing I haven't seen before. I've seen YOU naked before anyway. It's not like I'm gonna try and pull anything, ya know?" J said while laughing his infamous, gorgeous laugh of his. "Fine. Might as well surrender cuz I'll never win anyway." Heather said. J started to turn on the water while Heather was undressing. Neither of them really felt weird about the situation because it really wasn't a big deal. They had always been extremely close and had both seen the other naked before like when they were kids. "Okay, I'm ready." Heather said while finishing getting undressed. J was amazed at how beautiful her body was. He had always thought she was beautiful in every way, but hadn't seen her fully unclothed for sometime now and was just astonished at how beautiful she was, but after all,this WAS Heather. "OW!" Heather yelled which brought J back to reality. She was bending over trying to pick her clothes up, but was still in a an immense amount of pain. J looked at her sadly wondering how ANYONE could put HIS SWEETHEART in that much pain. J walked over to Heather and picked her up in his arms and carried her over to the bathtub. "In ya go, sweetheart." He said as he placed her in the freezing cold water.

"J!" Heather screamed as she jumped back into J's arms. "It's freezing!" She laughed. "Sorry gorgeous." J said as he clung tightly to her naked, wet, freezing body. He turned on the hot water and drained the rest. He had forgotten to turn on the hot water cuz his mind got side-tracked while looking at and wat ching Heather. J, still clinging to Heather, went and sat on the toilet and started to wait for the tub to fill up again. Heather was shivering and freezing, so J held onto her even tighter, and she layed her head on his chest. She just layed there with her eyes closed, thinking about how safe she felt in his arms. J just sat there holding onto her extremely tightly and rubbing her legs feeling just awful for fogetting to turn on the hot water, and also *here's where it starts to get a bit more interesting* wishing that she would stay in his arms like this forever. He wanted her so badly in his life as more than a best friend and had felt this way for awhile now, but he knew that she was with Scott and would always be with Scott, and that she loved Scott more than anything in the world so he should just stop fooling himself. He shook it off and woke back up into reality. "Heather?" He whispered. "Yeah, J?" She said even more quietly than J. "Ready to get back in?" "Yeah, I guess. Let's give it another go." She said while J stood up with her still in his arms and put her back in the bathtub.

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