Chapter 10: Is Tearing Out My Heart

Pauline and Jesse quickly grabed their things and left that bar. Walking to tha parking lot of the bar Jesse asked "Babe we must go to the hospital! Your arm didn't stop bleeding!" Pauline opened the door of the car and got in and Jesse followed. "No, i'm fine! Can you please take me home?" she asked and turned her head and star out of the window. Jesse sighed and put the machine forward and drove away.

 On the route back home neither of them wanted to talk about what happend in the bar. Jesse while he was driving was seeing her with corner of his eye, she was in pain. He couldn't wait any longer and asked "Pauline didn't do anything to you, didn't he?" Pauline looked him in his eyes and answered "No, he didn't!" "Pauline we must report that! It's a serious crime!" "No, i don't want!" For a second Jesse thought to persuade her to go to the police station but it wasn't the right time to talk about that. "Okay!" he answered. A few minutes later Jesse turned to checked on her and saw she was asleep. He didn't want to wake her up. But he didn't want to return her to her parents like that. They weren't so far away from his house.

He turned right and drove her to his house. He pulled to the house drive way and opened the gate. Stoping the car he checked Pauline again she was still sleeping. He walked to the house and pulled from his pocket the key. He opened the door and walked to the living room in hurry. There he found his two parents and his only sister talking. Dorothea saw her son coming in and shout out "Oh my God, Jesse! What happend to you?" she got up and walked to his son side. "Is a very long story i'll explained it to you later!" he turned to face his dad "Dad please come to help me with Pauline! She's sleeping in the car!" Jon with a worring look on his face got up to help his son.

 Father and son walked out of the house. They walked to Jesse's car and opened the door of the front seat. "Jess take the head i'll take the legs!" Jon ordered his son. Jesse did what his father told him. They carried her to Jesse's bedroom. "What the hell is that? Blood?" Jon almost yell, with a suprise on his face. "Dad don't yell! Do you want to wake her up?" "Jesse tell me what happend! Who did this to you?" Jon said and touched his black eye and the swollen mouth. Jesse pulled back and said "Let me take care Pauline first and i'll tell you everything!" "Okay, let's go to find Steph!" "Steph? What for?" Jesse answered suprised. "To undress Pauline! You and me out of here now!" Jon ordered with his 'boss' voise. Both Jon and Jesse walked down to the living room and told Stephanie to go with Pauline upstairs. Stephanie was willing to help and left without having second thoughts.

 In the kitchen was Jesse putting ice cubes on his eye and sut in the kitchen table. A minute ago he called Pauline's parents and told them that Pauline will sleep in his house tonight. Katerina who picked the phone was very worried during of the phone call. She was about to take the car and drive to Jesse's house to pick up her daughter. But Jesse promised her that when she'll wake up in the morning she'll call her.

He sighed and took off the ice cube of his eye. "AAA! That fucking hurts!" he cried out. He looked down to himself and put the ice cube on the table. His clothes have lots of blood on them. Every time he saw them in his mind came the scene of Pauline and the unknonk man. Jon walked in the kitchen. "Pauline is ready! What happend to her arm? Is like that someone broke in her arm a bottle!" "I don't know what happend!" Jesse said and looked his father in the eyes. "What do you mean you don't know?" Jesse got up and walked next to the window. "Dad can we talk about this tommorow? I'm tiried and Pauline's alone upstairs!" "Okay, did her parents know that she's here?" "Yeah, i called her mother few minutes ago!" "Alright! Go upstairs Pauline needs you!" Jon ansered and Jesse nobbed 'yes' and left the kitchen.

Jesse stoped in front of the door of his bedroom. He slowly opened it and walked in. He found his 'sleeping beauty' sound sleeping on his bed. Walking next to her to the bed he saw how peacefull she was sleeping. He was amazed because after all this that happend to her she was sleeping like an angel. Jesse put on his pijamas and lyied next to Pauline.

It was tearing his heart every time he watched to the scratches on her arm. Thankfully the bleeding had stoped but still she needed a doctor. When Jesse made himself comfortable in the bed Pauline without knowing that she was in Jesse's bed she hugged him and he hugged her back. They were so close he could smell her. He loved the way she smells. It's now the secind night that they slept together. Jesse wanted her to sleep in his arms every night but that wasn't possible at least for now.

The warm sun was up in the blue New Jersey sky. Pauline slowly opened her eyes and turned on the other side. "Παναγία μου! Πού είμαι?" (Oh my God? Where am i?) she wondered and sut up in the bed. She looked her arm and saw the scratches. Jesse who was sleeping  next to her woke up saying "Good morning babe!" Pauline got scared and fell from the bed "Τζέσι? Με κατατρόμαξες!" (Jesse? You scrared the hell out of me!) Pauline said in Greek and sighed on relief. Poor Jesse he didn't get a word. "Pauline why are talking Greek?" he asked and got up too. "Oups! Jesse i'm so sorry! I speak Greek when i'm scared or stressed! I'm sorry!" she said and hugged him. "It's okay! It would be a nice dea if you teach me some Greek! You know the basic!" "Maybe...." Pauline said and pulled away.

"Why am i here?" she asked and she walked a few steps around looking to his bedroom. "I was driving you home and you fall asleep on the car!" Jesse explained. "Fuck! I must call my mum!" she said terified. "I called her! I promised her that you'll call her when you'll wake up!" Jesse said and saw Pauline was calmier now. "You back must hurt huh?" "No! Why should my back hurt?" he asked. "You carried me all the way from the car to your room, that's why!" "My dad help me a little!" Pauline eyes rolled. "What?" she cried out. "Paul relax! He didn't have a problem! He waits downstairs! And wants to hear what happend!" Jesse said. "You gotta be kidding me! Look at me!" she said and looked to her self.

Eyes rolled one more time when she saw she was dressed with diferent clothes. "Where are me clothes? Who undressed me?" she asked looking evil to Jesse's side. "It wasn't me! If i've done this my dad will have killed me! It was Stephanie....." Jesse answered. "That is crazy!" Pauline yelled and start walking from the one side of the room to the other. Jesse laughed. "Don't laugh! That's not funny!" she said and looked over the window. "Shit! I can jump from the window!" "Why should you jump from the window?" "How can i leave from here smartass?" "We have a door remember?" "I know you do have a door! But i must pass from the living room and i don't want it!" Pauline said and sut on the bed. Jesse walked and sut next to her. "Babe, i know this was hard from you but we'll get throught this! You need to go on the doctor and we need to report this!" "Jesse, i've told you that before! I'm not going to report that guy!" "Okay, okay for now! Let's downstairs to eat something i'm starving!" Jesse said walking to the door.

Jesse stoped when he saw that Pauline wasn't coming with him. "You're not coming?" "Like that?" she answered pointed her clothes. "Come on, Paul you look good enough to eat! Maybe i can eat you for breakfast!" Jesse joked. Pauline laughed. Jesse laughed back, it's been long time since he saw her smiling. "God is good to see your smile honey! Your clothes are over there but there's lots of blood on them! Don't be shy is just my dad and maybe Stephanie and the boys!" "Now, i feel more comfortable!" Pauline said sercasticly. "Just think he's your dad and not Jon Bon Jovi!" "I stop seeing your dad like Jon Bon Jovi when you were in the hospital!" Pauline admits. "Alright let's go!" Pauline said and walked next to Jesse.

They both walked down the stairs and walked in the kitchen. There they found Jon reading a newspaper and sipping his coffee "Morning dad!" Jesse said smiling to his father. "Good morning Jon!" Pauline said smiling too. "Morning kids! Angel did you slept good? I know Jesse is not sleeping that easy......" "I slept very good, thank you! You?" Pauline asked and sut on the chair. "Very good!" Jon answered and drunk a sip of his coffee. "Where is mum?" Jesse asked. "She's in the grocery shop she'll be back in a few minutes!" Jon told his son. Jesse turned to face Pauline and asked. "Paul what do you want for breakfast? We have fruit, toast and cereal!" Jesse looked to the kutchen. "I'll take some cereal, you?" "I'll take cereal too!" Jesse answered and opened the pantry down of the window "You have with milk chocolate, fruit and Cheerios!" "Cheerios, please!" Jesse turned and faced her with a suprise look on his face. "What, i'm still a kid!" Both men laughed. "Cheerios are Romeo's favourite!" Jon imformed Pauline.

Pauline and Jesse were eatting their breakfast while Jon was looking close to Pauline's arm. Her right arm was full of scratches. There are two big scares in the middle of her arm and several others. Sadness was written all over Jon's face. He couldn't believe that someone had dove this to a 16year old, that was driving him crazy the most. He left the newspaper on the table and looked Pauline. She was eatting her Cheerios and smiling like nothing had happend last night. The sadest part of this story is that no one knew how Pauline got these scratches.

Once they are finished eatting Jesse took his and Pauline's plate and put them on the sink. Sitting next to her she saw her looking to her right arm. "Do you want to talk about it?" he asked. "You know what happend, you were there!" "I wasn't there in the begining i want to know what this bastard did to you......" Jesse said and gave more emfasis to 'bastard'. "Jesse calm down, she'll tell us when she's ready!" Jon said and looked to his son. Pauline took a deep breath and started. "I went to the bathroom to pee. When i was done with that i was washing my hands when i saw him looking at me from the door. He came in and closed it. He was holding a bottle of beer, i knew he was drunk. He came closer to me and i tried to get away but i couldn't! He was taller that Richie and more stronger than me! He left the bottle on the sink and pulled a tape from his pocket and cover my mouth." she paused. A single tear made the way to her cheek. She couldn't hold it any longer and more followed.

Jesse was sitting next to her and while she was talking he was trying to picture them but he couldn't and he didn't want to. The idea of an another man touching without her willing was tearing his heart. Pauline wiped the tears from her face and continued. "He puched me in the wall and hold up my hands so tight that i thought  blood stop running throught my veins! With the other he unbottomed the shirt and threw it on the floor!" she stoped. She couldn't go farther, she was in the edge. Both men were listen to her carefully. "And what did you do?" Jon asked.

Pauline laughed a little. "I thought he was Jesse...." she slowly turned and faced him. He was crying. She saw the tear rolling dowm to his cheek. "I know it sounds silly but for the first seconds it worked! But the smell of beer was too much for me! When i saw you coming in the bathroom i had two thoughts. First i was relief that you were here. And second i was afraid that he might hurt you and he did!" she was still facing Jesse.

Jesse wiped his tear and said "I'm sorry that i wasn't there sooner! If i was there with you nothing of that could have ever happend! I'm sorry that wasn't strong enough to beat him!" Jesse said and hugged her tight while he was crying. "I'm sorry Jesse that he did this to you! I'm sorry that i wasn't there to fight with you! I'm so so sorry about the eye and the lip!" she said when they broke aprt touching his black eye and the swollen lip.

Jon from the opposite seat was silent. This was tearing his heart. Watching them talking like that. It was reallt heart breaking for him too. From the corner of his eye a little tear came and rolled down to his cheek but he quickly managed to wiped it, he didn't want to cry in front of them. is was that time when the sadness turned to anger. He made a promise to himself that he'll find that little bastard and game him a lesson that he'll never forgets.