And Tell Me You Love Me

-Alex's Point of View-

"Are you sure that this is going to work?" I asked, running my fingers over the acoustic guitar that I had to borrow from Jack. It hadn't been used in forever and was out of tine, but it didn't take me long to make it sound like an angel singing.

Both of us were currently sitting on a park bench, hoping that our plan was going to go through. We both knew that Dan and Josh would be searching for us. We were the bait just so Leeyh and May could get the police to catch them trying to kidnap us once again.

"I'm positive, Lex. You and I both know that they won't think twice of dragging us away from here. We're sitting out in the open and I can't even tell where my siblings are hiding. I can feel them watching us though..." Jack said, glancing around, his lips falling into a firm line as if he didn't know where to look next.

"I'm just worried. What if they don't get the officers in time?" I said, not looking at him. My eyes were glanced down at the ground and as my fingers strummed the chords softly, I felt Jack place a hand on my shoulder and sigh, "Alex, look at me."

My eyes met his brown ones and he gave me a quick kiss on the lips before whispering, "Don't worry about it. We're just the distraction. They're going to pay for the things that they've done to you and me both. We've suffered through more than most couples do and I feel like it's time that we've had some peace, don't you think?"

I nodded my head in agreement and he handed my guitar pick to me and said softly, "Now, play me something nice. It's been forever since I've heard your lovely singing voice." A smile spread across my face as I began to play the chords to Get Down On Your Knees and Tell Me You Love Me.

I went through multiple songs (some in which Jack joined in) and no one wandered around us much. It was early morning on a Thursday so we weren't expecting much attention. Few people gave us glances and Jack sat close to me, thigh against thigh, heat radiating off his body. This is what I had been wanting the moment that I laid eyes on him. I wanted him to be close with me, I wanted to feel his love, and most of all I wanted him to just simply be mine.

My fingers lazily played with the guitar strings as I tried to find the right tune for the little segment I was about to play. Jack rubbed his hands together trying to keep them warm and I glanced around us, making sure that no one was here to interrupt us just yet.

"You think I'm pretty,
without any makeup on,
You think I'm funny,
when I tell the punchline wrong..."

"Really, Alex? Katy Perry?" Jack said and I gave him a small smile before continuing, skipping the second verse and only playing through the third and chorus.

"Let's run away and don't ever look back..." I sang the last part and Jack grinned at me before I leaned over and kissed him. When he pulled away from me I whispered, "Would you?"

"Would I what?" He asked me softly.

"Run away with me."

"Alex, after this is all over, I promise that I will. We'll go wherever you want and we'll never have to come back here," he said and I smiled, resting my forehead against his and strumming another chord on the guitar, mindlessly.

"How adorable. Look, Dan. The little couple is being lovey-dovey on the park bench, right where we want them," I heard Josh's voice cut through the air like a knife and I pulled away from Jack, meeting his icy blue eyes. I could see the anger in them and I knew that there was something that was going to happen here.

"What do you two plan on doing? Separating us? Dragging me back to the UK and leave Alex here with Dan? You know, I don't think that's a very smart idea..." Jack said, clenching his fists and that's when Josh grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and jerked him up.

"Shut the hell up, Jack. I wouldn't want to mess up that pretty face of your's," Josh cooed at him and I could see Jack seething in anger.

I cowered in my spot, fingers wrapped tightly around the neck of the guitar. Dan was heading towards me and I knew that if I wasn't careful, Jack and I were going to be pulled apart before anyone came to rescue the both of us. Jack glanced back at me, a nervous look on his face and I felt my hands shake.

"I see your bruises are finally fading," Dan said, walking up to me and stroking his fingers along my neck right where you could see a clear thumbprint a few days before, "It's a shame. I thought your skin looked pretty with a dark shade of purple."

Jack hissed at him and tried to pull away from Josh, but Josh wrapped his arms around Jack tightly. "Let me go," he snapped, fighting against his restraint, but it did nothing. Josh held him tightly and he was stuck that way until someone showed up.

"Why are you so quiet, Alexander?" Dan said softly, tipping my chin up with two of his fingers. He kissed my lips gently and I bit down on his, tasting blood as he tore away from me, growling in anger. "You stupid bitch! Just wait till you get home. You think the other punishments were bad. I'll make you hurt for days and I won't stop, won't listen to your pleas, I won't care. You're mine, Gaskarth," he said, pulling me up by my shirt sleeve. The guitar clatter on the ground and without warning, I felt a fist slam into my gut causing me to cough and sputter.

"Leave him alone," Jack said, looking at me with worried eyes and Dan spit blood at him.

"Never. He's my bitch, I'll do as I please," he snarled and I glanced up at Jack eyes, pain making its way known through my body.

"You know Josh, you should control that thing you're holding. He's got quite a mouth on him," Dan said and Josh rolled his eyes.

Dan grabbed me by my hair and jerked me upright and started dragging me away from Jack and Josh. I screamed Jack's name out in pain, in worry, in fear, but nothing seemed to work. Dan just pulled me further and I heard him coo, "You know, the sound of your screams turns me on so much. I know how to begin your punishment as soon as you get home."

That's when I heard the sound of a gun being cocked and a voice filled with authority say, "Let him go or I'll shoot."

Is this where I get saved?

Notes

Title Credit: Teenage Dream by Katy Perry
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