All I Want - Sequel

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•Lias Pov•
Stassie picked out a few dress shops for us to visit after looking through their online galleries, and I've actually been able to keep my mind off everything, that is until the front door opens and I hear Tom walk in. I quickly jump up from the dinning room table and walk out to the main room, seeing my husband. He looks fine.. or at least he did until I see his hands.
"Oh my god what happened!" I gasp when I see the dried blood on his knuckles and shirt.
"It's okay it's not mine." He assures me.
"Tommy what did you do?!"
"I made him learn his lesson and then I sent his ass to jail." He says.
I can't believe it.. Tom beat the shit out of him. I never in a million years expected that..
"How did you get away with it?" I ask.
"Said it was self defense. I lied. And I'd do it again just to see the pain in that fuckers eyes." He mutters darkly.
"Go get yourself cleaned up mate." Haz says.
I back up from Tom, and he gives me a hurt expression. Haz nudges him, and makes him go down the hallway to get cleaned up.
I stand there speechless. I can't believe he beat the man to the point of blood getting all over him. Toms not like that.. he's not violent. But the way his eyes lit up when he talked about seeing Derek in pain says otherwise..
"It's all going to be okay now." Stass says, and hugs me tightly.
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Haz and Stass leave, and I sit in bed wearing my favorite pajamas as I respond to emails on the laptop. Tom gets out of the shower, walking into the room with a towel around his waist. I can feel his eyes on me, but I continue to look at my laptop.
I don't know why, but something about seeing him covered in another mans blood made me so fearful. I know he did it to protect me, and I know that Derek deserves every bit of it, but I did not like seeing him like that. He changes into some pajamas, and I send out my last few emails for the night, trying to stay distracted.
"Hey pretty girl." He says softly, sitting on the edge of the bed.
"Hi." I say, not removing my eyes from the screen.
"Can we put this away for a minute?" He asks.
I sigh, shutting the laptop and pushing it aside. His fingers reach to lift my chin but I flinch.
Why the fuck did I flinch?!
He pulls his hand back quickly, a hurt expression on his face.
"Are you scared of me?" He asks.
"No.." I shake my head. "I just.. I had a long day."
Not necessarily a lie.. but also not necessarily the truth either. I did have a long and traumatic day, but I still am a little scared from the state I saw him in.
"I would never hurt you." He tries.
"I know that Tom." I assure him. "I know."
I hate seeing the hurt in his eyes, but I can't change how I feel right now. I just need to calm down from everything that happened today.
"I wouldn't have done it if I would have known it would upset you.. I was just so angry with him. He was so terrible to you and I wanted to make him regret everything. I am so sorry if I scared you.." he apologizes.
"Tommy.. you don't have to apologize." I say.
He takes this opportunity to once again lift his hand, and press his palm to my cheek. He smiles when he sees I lean into his touch, and runs his thumb up and down.
He did it for me. To protect me. To make sure I was safe. Yes, it was scary, but it was all for me. Because he loves me. I don't need to fear him, or how he looked earlier. That spark in his eyes wasn't because he hurt someone. It was because he protected me.
I climb into his lap, wrapping my arms and legs around him to hug him tightly. His arms instantly embrace me, and he kisses my head.
"I just want to protect you, and keep you safe." He says.
"I know bub. I love you." I mutter.
"I love you too my Angel."
We stay like that for a while, his fingers running up and down my back soothingly. I love this man so much, he knows exactly how to soothe me after a stressful day. Even when that stressful day includes almost getting murdered.
"Let's go to sleep, you're tired." He says.
We lay in bed, and he makes sure to once again, hold me in his arms. My anxiety starts to act up, not wanting to let me go to sleep because then I'm vulnerable. I don't feel safe anywhere anymore..
"I've got you." Tom reassures me.
He does. He's got me, and he will do whatever it takes to protect me.
With that comforting thought in my head, I close my eyes and go to sleep.
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A loud noise wakes me from my sleep, and I sit up quickly, my eyes scanning the room. Nothings here.. what was that?
"Tom- Tom wake up." I say, shaking my husband awake.
"What?" He mutters.
"There's someone in the house."
His eyes open, and he sits up quickly.
"What do you mean there's someone in the house?" He asks.
"I hear a loud noise." I answer.
He gets out of bed, and starts to walk out the bedroom door.
"Stay here." He says, but I don't listen.
I follow him out of the bedroom and down the hallway. He pays me no attention though because he's looking around for whatever caused the noise I heard. He walks towards the kitchen, and I stay back, not wanting to go in there.
Tom let's out a loud laugh, and looks back to me.
"I found the sound you heard."
I walk into the kitchen, seeing Tessa's dog food bag spilled all over the floor and a very guilty looking Tessa sitting in the corner of the room.
"Oh Tess baby it's alright." I say, crouching down to her height and scratching behind her ears.
"No intruders for us tonight." Tom jokes.
"How unfortunate, I was ready." I joke back.
"And what would you have done?" He questions.
"Fought to the death." I grin.
He shakes his head at me, grabbing my hand to make me stand up from my knelt position.
"Let's go watch something in the theater." He suggests.
"I need to sleep if I'm going to make it into work tomorrow." I say.
"I think your boss will let you sleep in." He giggles.
And so we end up in the theater, some movie of his choosing playing on the screen. I play with his fingers, not paying much attention.
"I will never forget that day you came here and we sat in these exact seats." I say. "You kissed me just to kiss me."
"What do you mean I kissed you just to kiss you?" He asks.
"You weren't trying to get sex. You just wanted to kiss me." I smile at the memory.
"I was already in love, just didn't know how to say it." He says and I feel all giddy.
He still manages to affect me in that way.
"Tomorrow is pregnancy test day." I remind him.
"We might have a little Lima bean in there." He says and I can't help but laugh. I thought he'd forget about calling it a Lima bean by now.
"We might," I nod.
I look up to him, seeing his eyes are shut tight and his nose is scrunched.
"What are you doing?" I ask.
"I'm manifesting it really hard." He answers.
"You're ridiculous." I shake my head.
I really really hope it comes back positive. We need a little bit of goodness after a whole lot of badness.