Mikey sighed and looked at his friends. “I better go up so she doesn’t freak out again.”

“Do you want me to go up?” Gerard asked.

Frank scoffed. “Yeah I’m sure she’d love that” He shook his head like he was amused by Gerard’s suggestion.

Mikey didn’t want to make jokes at a time like this. Didn’t they realise how hard this was for him? He was the only person who could make anything okay and he didn’t even know what he was doing or if he would be able to help. He didn’t know how they could make light of a fucked up situation. Mikey went upstairs without another word.

He crept up the stairs and into his room like the floor could collapse in at any moment. Each step carefully taken. When he got to his door there was the smallest sliver of light from the moon through the window shining on Kitzies face. She light made the tears in her frightened eyes shine. She looked at him and gasped then relaxed again. “Mikey” She exhaled.

“Everything ok? Whats the matter Kitz? You scared?”

Kitzie sat up and pulled her knees up to her chest and nodded.

Mikey sighed and nodded in response. “You want me to stay here with you until you fall asleep?” Kitzie looked wary at his request and Mikey could tell. He looked down to hide his disappointment that she was still afraid of his violent side. “You know I won’t hurt you Kitten. Those days are over.” Kitzie smiled softly and that made Mikey smile. He could see the pill still had her very groggy. She moved over to make room on the bed and Mikey came and sat with her. Kitzie relaxed a bit and then pulled the duvet over Mikey which made him smile again at the sweet action.

"Why are you being so nice? You hate me." Kitzie said nervousely.

"I don't hate you." Mikey retorted awkwardly. He knew this would come up some time. "Do you hate me?

"No." Kitzie said quietly. "I just... I don't want you to hate me again when all this is over. And I'm scared th-that you will and that you'll t-tell people what happened."

Mikey tried not to show his feelings of disgust at what she said. That she thought he would ever use this against her. "It won't happen. Believe that. But i know you dont have any reason to trust me."

Kitzie felt bad because she could tell Mikey felt guilty and uncomfortable. "I'm sorry. I have every reason to trust you. You've done so much for me. You didn't have to help me tonight but you did. That... means something to me."

"How could I possibly not help you?" Mikey was confused by her suggestion.

"I've been so mean to you." She said.

Mikey didn't know how she could possibly feel any kind of responsibility for the awful way she had been treated by men. She was a victim, she was not a perpetrator and Mikey needed her to understand that. "I've been so much worse. I hit you. I actually put my hands on a woman. There's nothing you can do to make it ok for me to do that." Mikey sighed. He thought about any other man doing to her what he had done to her in the past and he couldn't stop the flood of emotions that came to him. He looked at the bruises on her face and wrists and knew that now he had found something he would go to the ends of the earth to protect. He then looked her right in the eyes. "I'll kill anyone who hurts you."

Kitzie was so confused and couldn't understand why Mikey would become so protective of her. "Mikey, I-"

"I'm going to make them pay for this Baby."He said and took her hand. "They fucked with the wrong girl." Kitzies eyes teared up again. "I'm sorry. Its too soon to talk about this." Kitzie shifted uncomfortably on the bed and winced in pain.

"Whats wrong? What hurts?"

Kitzie looked into Mikey's eyes. She didn't have to say anything. Images of the brutality they must have taken her with kept filling his mind unwanted. He tried to stop them but he couldn't, he was a man possessed. He didn't want to scare her with any more thoughts of violence even if they were directed at the ones who did this, so reached over and grabbed her and pulled her into a tight embrace. The movement shocked her but she pushed her body into his and pushed her face into the crook of his neck. She wrapped her arms part of the way around him and gripped his shirt. They stayed like that for a minute and Kitzie felt so safe and unthreatened that she leaned back and looked up at Mikeys face and kissed his cheek. It wasnt meant to mean anything more than "thank you" and they both knew that. Mikey laid down on the bed and Kitzie laid down next to him. As she was falling asleep again she rolled on her side and rested against Mikeys side. He put his hand on her back as she dozed off completely. Mikey was wide awake for hours.

Notes

Im sorry that I took so long to update. I lost all the work i had done on the story when i updated my computer and was so disappointed that i didn't know where to begin again.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I would love your suggestions on what you think should happen next. It makes things even more interesting for me.

:)