A/N: Pic is Reuben :)

RECAP:

"Is it now? Yeah okay you sideman-"

"Jake!" I whispered, cutting him off. "Don't." I put my hand on his chest.

"Chill B. We're just talking. Look, go put some clothes on and I'll take you back." He said. I heard Reuben cussing on the other side.

"Why you shouting? Calm it fam, it's not that deep."

"_"

"Once you remove your head from your arse let me know. Oh yeah, and if I see another bruise on her blud, you best believe I'm coming for you. Real talk. Prick." He kissed his teeth and hung up.

"Oh my gosh Jake! Why did you just do that?"

"Do what? He needs to know his place. Who does he think he is?"

"He's my boyfriend." I said. He sighed.

"Go get dressed." He said quietly. I obeyed, brushing my teeth, taking a shower and dressing in fresh tracksuits.

We walked down the stairs hand in hand. Patrice and James were on the couch and watched as we came down the stairs. We walked in front of them and Patrice stood up.

"Shanae." Patrice croaked. I ignored her. James stood up, speaking quickly.

"Listen to your mother. Unless you want me to teach you another lesson I suggest you-" Out of no where, Jake just blasted him in the face with his fist, making him go back to his seated position on the couch.

"Sit down" he ended. "Don't ever think you can violate her like that again. Don't think you'll get away with rape either. Fuck with her again, your life is over." He added, walking us towards the door.

END OF RECAP

Jake took me back to Reuben's and offered to walk me up. We sat in the car as we debated.

"No, you can't do that, he'll go crazy if he see's me with you."

"Well you said he's trying to stop hurting you right?" he asked, looking at me momentarily. I nodded. "Let's put him to the test." he declared. I agreed to let him walk me up to the flat. Reuben buzzed me in and Jake and I walked up in a comfortable silence.

"He's gonna kill me." I moaned.

"Why?"

"Why? 'Cos he's gonna know I was with you all night, and you now know where he lives, and you know, I was with you all night." I repeated.

"It'll be fine." He reassured. We reached the flat but I just stood in front of it, staring at the door. Even though Reuben promised to not hurt me again, I was still scared. Jake stood beside the door, texting on his phone while I plucked up the courage to knock.

"It's not hard you know. You just raise your fist and put it to the door a few times." he shrugged, still looking down at his phone. When I knocked, Reuben opened the door almost immediately. He looked angry at first but I got so scared when he looked at me I took a few steps back. That's when his face got soft and he pulled me inside. He hugged me tight.

"Babe, where've you been?" he asked in a concerned tone. I was confused about his behaviour and even though I was defending him earlier, I was still feeling iffy about whether he was going to keep his promise or not.

"I was at James and Patrice's."

"What? Why? After all they did-"

"I persuaded James to stop the guys yesterday."

"The attack?"

"Yeah."

"How'd you manage to do that?" he asked. I shrugged.

"Well, thank you baby. You saved us out there. The place was getting mashed. Luckily I didn't get hurt; I got there when DDK was leaving."

"That's good." I whispered.

"Yeah, what's even better is that Ty is okay. I mean, he's not in the best shape but at least he's not dead right?"

"Yeah." I smiled.

"Oh babe. Thank you so much, I can't thank you enough for what you did. You saved me. You saved us all." he clarified.

"If you say so."

"Yeah, so you left the flat? And you ignored all my calls? And texts?"

"I didn't have my phone."

"Oh don't give me that shit." he switched.

"What? I fell asleep and then I didn't have it."

"You slept at another man's yard and turned it off."

"I was at my parent's, I told you."

"Then why'd you text me that you were staying with a friend?"

"Because a friend was there."

"Who answered my call earlier on?"

"My friend."

"You stayed with your friend in your parents house?"

"Yes."

"You're lying; that doesn't make sense."

"It does; I went to James, got him to call off the attack, and then stayed over with my friend."

"You're cheating on me innit?"

"Not this again, I'm not cheating on you!" For some reason, all of our arguments went back to the idea that I was cheating or sleeping with another man.

"Then why-"

"Why what? There is nothing to question."

"Don't get rude. Who d'you think you are?" He grabbed my arm and pushed me into the wall. I knew his Mr Nice Guy routine was just a facade.

"Ow Reuben, let go." he squeezed my arm.

"Not until you tell me who he was. Who were you with last night?" he asked.

"She was with me." Jake was standing by the open door. Reuben looked at him with confusion.

"Who are you?"

"You should know." he stepped closer and Reuben squinted trying to figure out who he was. His eyes opened wide before he turned his attention back onto me.

"You were with Jack?"

"His name is Jake."

"I don't give a fuck what his name is. You were with him?"

"Yes! It's not a big deal-"

"Not a big deal? You said you two weren't friends anymore."

"We weren't."

"Then why is he sleeping over your parents house with you?"

"Reuben, he was the one who took me to my parents house so I could get James to stop the attack."

"What?"

"She said, I, was the one, to take her to her parents house-" repeated Jake, pronouncing words slowly.

"I heard what she said, man." Reuben kissed his teeth.

"Hmm. Well are you going to let her arm go?" Asked Jake.

"No." Replied Reuben.

"Wrong answer." Jake tackled Reuben to the ground and began punching him in the face. Reuben began punching Jake in his sides in an attempt to stop him. I closed the door, not wanting anyone on the floor to see what was happening.

Reuben managed to flip them over so he was on Jake. I ran over, and tried to pull off the arm Reuben had put on Jake's throat.

"Reuben stop!" I shouted. He shrugged me off.

"No!" He swung his arm rapidly, hitting Jake repeatedly. I had seen him fight people, but this was like nothing I had seen before. He was so angry. Like, even when he had hit me, he had never been this violent or as aggressive as he was being to Jake right now.

"Reuben leave him, he didn't do anything wrong!" I cried. He ignored me. His fist was becoming increasingly bloody, and I was worried this wasn't just a fight anymore, this was turning into a death match. I tried pushing him off Jake again to which he responded by screaming "Stay out of it!" in my face and throwing me, yes throwing me, into the front door. Now the front door was about 3 metres away from where we were. You would understand how much force was needed to throw me that far, and how much it hurt as it was only yesterday when he beat on me last.

I cried out. All this couldn't have been good for the baby. Oh, the baby. I sat on the floor, crying heavily. Jake pushed Reuben off him and was now shouting at Reuben.

"Well done you shit! Look at what you've done!"

"I don't care what I've done to you-"

"Not me, Shanae. You broke your promise, you sideman. She believed you when you promised not to hurt her again, she believed you every fucking time! She only comes back to you and believes you cos she loves you that much. And you just throw it back to her by doing this!" Jake was fuming.

"Listen, you hit me first-"

"This isn't about me. This is about how you treat her. She does nothing but love you and stay by your side like a good fucking girlfriend, and you beat her up for no reason. Get a fucking grip, Murder, she isn't one of your enemies." Jake breathed. I wasn't crying so much because of the pain when he threw me, but because I knew I couldn't bring up my child in this environment. If I was to do that, I'd only be teaching them that this was normal, which it wasn't. All this abuse couldn't be good for my baby, and I was upset that I hadn't realised sooner the danger I was putting my unborn in by staying in this flat with Reuben. I had just gotten in and he was already being violent towards me.

And Jake, all Jake wanted to do was to protect me. I guess he could see that this relationship wasn't benefiting me, even though I couldn't see it myself. Reuben was damaging. He was damaging to himself, to me, to our baby, and anyone else who was involved with us. And he didn't care about anybody or anything, unless it was to do with his bloody gang. I couldn't stay here much longer. Jake came over to me and knelt down. When I saw his face, I cried more. Reuben was a monster. Jake didn't even look like himself. His face was coated in blood. Reuben took the fight way too far.

"Shanae, you okay?" Jake asked. I shook my head. Reuben came over and tried to touch me, but I wouldn't let him.

"Baby, I'm sorry." He apologised. He forcefully hugged me, whispering apologies in my ear. I pushed him off and slapped him. He grunted lowly before slapping me back. I glared at him.

"I'm leaving." I whispered. His face fell.

"What?"

"I said I'm leaving." I repeated forcefully.

"Why?"

"I can't stay here. I've been here for too long." I cried. "You've hurt me too much."

"I can stop."

"But you won't. Reuben I don't want to stay here anymore. You obviously care more about your weed than you do about me."

"That's not true." He defended. I nodded.

"Yes it is. You know it is. You don't care about me or your baby."

"I do! Babe, I swear I do." He stared at me.

"You don't want me. You don't want this baby either."

"Yes I do."

"No you don't. You said it yourself. You don't want to be apart of my family, you don't want me and you don't want our baby."

"Shanae please-"

"I've given you nuff chances to change and prove yourself to me, but you haven't. You have a serious problem if you think I'm going to stay here for you to hurt me again."

"Babe, I won't hurt you, I promise."

"You've made and broken that promise too many times for me to let you do it again." I stood up.

"I'm not going to let you hurt me like that again." I quickly rushed upstairs and packed most of my things, with Jake's help. I took him to the bathroom and cleaned his face and knuckles.

"So this is it?" Reuben stood at the door of the bathroom.

"No. I'm just leaving you long enough to let you know my worth. I know you need me. And hopefully you'll realise that when I'm gone and you'll change. I hope." Jake carried my suitcase down the stairs and I followed.

"Well where are you going to stay?" Reuben asked.

"I'm going home."

"You're already home."

"This definitely isn't home; far from it."

"So you're gonna go and stay with your parents?"

"I'll never stay with them again."

"Why?"

"Why does that matter?" My voice cracked and tears formed in my eyes.

"Babe what happened over there last night?" I didn't answer.

"Was it James?" I nodded. "Did he-"

"Yeah." I sobbed quietly.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"You wouldn't listen."

"So you're gonna stay here then?" He asked. I ran my tongue over my teeth as I realised he didn't really care about me getting raped.

"No I'm still leaving."

"So you're just gonna up and leave? Without even thinking about me?"

"Reuben I'm not doing this just for me, I'm doing it for you too." I sighed.

"I don't want you to leave."

"This isn't about what you want. It's not all about you anymore." I walked down the stairs.

"Well can I please have something before you leave?"

"What?"

"Can you clean my face like you cleaned his? If there's one thing I want from you, it is to make me feel better." He smiled slightly. I agreed to clean him up and led him into the living room. I was nearly done when he stood up.

"Reuben, I'm not finished." I moaned.

"I know." He looked at me with lust. His hands rested on my hips momentarily, before sliding to the curve of my back.

"Reuben, I-" he kissed me softly, before adding passion. His tongue wrestled with mine and his hands cupped my bum. I felt him smile as he kissed me. My heart melted at his touch. I kissed him back, moaning slightly. He picked me up and I wrapped my legs around his waist. I felt him poking me through his jogging bottoms and moaned louder. I grinded on him and he squeezed me harder. He fell back onto the couch and I straddled him, kissing him with just as much passion. I ran my fingers over his torso and down his jogging bottoms. My fingers found their way to his piece and stroked him gently. I watched as he grunted and moaned continually. I stroked him faster and he kissed me harder. I felt a bit of moisture on my hand and stopped. I stopped kissing him too.

"Nah babe, don't stop." He moved my hand back to his manhood.

"Reuben." I waited for him to open his eyes. He sat up when he realised I was done giving him a handjob. "I'm going now."

"But you ain't done." He complained. I took my hand out of his boxers and separated my fingers, his seed separating into strings.

"I think I am done." I giggled, walking into the kitchen. I washed my hand off . He laughed.

"I love you." He whispered. I smiled.

"Goodbye Reuben." I left the flat and met Jake at his car.

"You ready?" He asked, as I put on my seatbelt. I nodded and we pulled away from the estate slowly.

When we got to the house, I was both nervous and excited. I was showing up uninvited. Jake got out my two suitcases and placed them beside me as I knocked on the door.

It took a while before the door opened. He opened the door smiling. When he saw me he frowned.

"Sam?"

"Hey, Trey." I waved timidly. He was wearing black basketball shorts and a white tank top. He had put on muscle. His hair also changed. He had a low hi top fade. He gave me a once over before pulling me into his arms. He grinned when he saw my suitcases.

"So I see you're staying?" He pointed at the suitcases. I nodded. "Well come on in."

Sooo, chapter 21. I'm writing on my phone for once so I don't know if it's long or short. Shanae finally got a bloody backbone, it's about time she left Reuben, don't ya think? Yaay Trey and Sean are back in the picture *does the macarena* hehehe umm Comment, Vote, Share; you better share

Love Samantha
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