I'll Fight For You

I walked down the corridor and stopped in front of Jaime's room. I leant up against the wall and started taking deep breaths. I shouldn't be this nervous. But what I see has been a secret for so long. Only Jaime was in on it. But in the space of a week both Jess and Vic found out. It isn't ours anymore, it's theirs too.
I pushed the door open and walked inside. I saw Jaime lounging on his bed with Tony on a chair and Vic and Mike on the floor. They saw me and looked at me questioningly. Vic frowned at me.
"Are you okay?" Vic asked quickly.
"I'm fine," I smiled. "Jaime, can we talk?"
"Sure," he nodded. "Guys, go do something," Jaime urged. They stood up and started walking towards the door. As Vic passed me he stopped and took my hand. He squeezed it and let go quickly. "What's up?" Jaime asked. I closed the door and went over to Jaime's bed.
"It's about . . . you know." I said awkwardly.
"What about it?"
"Someone knows." I sighed.
"Who?" he rushed.
"Jess."
"Oh," he frowned. "Did you tell her?"
"No, she guessed."
"How?" he asked.
"Her brother was like me." I explained.
"That's great! He knows what it's like then-" Jaime said but stopped. "Was?"
"The bad people killed him." I looked down. Jaime sighed and took my hand. I looked up and smiled.
"That isn't going to happen to you, Han'."
"She's not the only one that knows."
"Who else?"
"Vic."
"Vic?" Jaime echoed. "Did he guess too?"
"No," I shook my head. "I told him."
"Why? You hardly know him."
"I know," I muttered. "But I feel like I do."
"I don't get it."
"Something's messing with us," I grumbled. "When I'm with him there's something."
"Does he feel it too?"
"Yeah," I nodded. "Vic says we have a connection."
"You know what it is though."
"I know there's something making me feel like that. But it doesn't matter."
"Of course it does." Jaime laughed and sighed.
"I like Vic. He likes me back. What's wrong with that?"
"Nothing, Han'," he sighed. "But it's not just you liking one another."
"I've told him and he isn't judging me! He's okay with it. What's so wrong with someone that believes me and supports me?"
"It's not about that." Jaime snapped.
"No, it isn't! It's about me having a possible boyfriend."
"Christ, grow up!" Jaime rolled his eyes.
"Something I haven't even considered yet is that the bad people could kill me. They killed Jess's brother. I think you've thought about that. What if Vic can help me? I need someone, Hime."
"You have me." he countered.
"I need more. I need you all," I finally said. "Something's wrong."
"Like what?"
"This city. It's just wrong."
"You're going to be okay," he told me firmly. "And we're going to be here... Including Vic." he added.
"Thanks," I told him. Jaime hugged me and squeezed me tightly. "You know I didn't tell you about Vic for your permission."
"I know." he smiled.
"I'm going to talk to Vic." I told him.
"Tell him . . . it's okay." he said. I nodded and got up. I went to the door and walked out. I saw my bedroom door open and frowned. I peered inside but found it empty.
"Vic!" I called. I didn't want to do this with everyone here.
"Yeah?" Vic asked breathlessly. He was standing next to me, following my gaze.
"Have you been in my room?" I asked.
"No, why?"
"I closed my door," I sighed. I shook my head and walked in. I sat down onto my bed and put my head in my hands. I felt the bed sink down and someone rub my arm. "I'm getting paranoid."
"You have a reason," Vic said. "What did you say to Jaime?"
"I told him about you."
"What did he say?"
"That he thinks it's supernatural. But he's okay with it."
"So what are we?" Vic asked. "Are we like a thing now?"
"A thing." I teased.
"Yeah."
"Okay." I nodded. Vic wrapped his arms around me and I smiled. I reached up to kiss him. Vic kissed me back and I pulled away, resting my head against his chest.
But things changed. I started to feel cold. I moved my head so I could see. Lauren was sat cross legged on the floor. I gasped and closed my eyes firmly. But when I opened them she was still there watching us.
"Lauren's here." I said into his chest.
"You're okay." Vic soothed after a moment.
"She's not going away."
"I'm here, Han'."
"Stay." Lauren told me.
"What?" I asked.
"Stay." she repeated.
"What does that mean?"
"Stay with him. You have to stay with him." she told me annoyed.
"Why?"
"He'll help us."
"There's no us," I said through gritted teeth. "Leave me alone."
"You need to know!" she snapped angrily. I shook my head silently and buried my face in Vic's chest. I could feel wind. I think Vic felt it too because he looked up. When I peeked out Lauren was only inches away from my face. I could see the rope burn on her neck so clearly. "It doesn't work like this!" she screamed. "You need to know!"
"Know what?" I cried. Vic was stroking my hair, trying to soothe me.
"Go to the girl."
"What girl?" I rushed.
"The one that knows."
"I can't help you."
"This is to help yourself."
"Who needs help?"
"Both of us."
"Read what you need," Lauren almost begged. "He knew but he couldn't stop it!"
"Who knew?" I asked.
"Ahh!" Lauren screamed. "No!" she screeched. It looked almost like she was being pulled back. Lauren settled into a uncomfortable ball on the floor at the opposite end of the room. My eyes followed her. "My wrists are bleeding," she said deadpan, going back into the usual routine. This meant she was going now, I think. "The sirens are close but it's too late." she said heavily before she disappeared.
"God." I murmured. I raised my head and Vic looked at me.
"Are you okay?" Vic asked urgently, wiping my tears away with his thumbs. "Shit, that was scary."
"Imagine seeing her." I sighed.
"What now?"
"I think I need to go see Jess." I told him and I knew I had to.

Notes

Hey! What did you think? Jaime knows that they know. What do you think the connection is? Why does Lauren want them together? What do you think they will find as Jess' house? Do you think Lauren is one of the bad people? :)