Chapter 7: The Truth Will Set You Free

~No One's P.O.V~

Wednesday afternoon they finally got up to the camping cabins. "Bella keeps trying to tell us to hurry up and get there because they are filling up fast." Aria told them reading her texts out loud. "Don't worry about it I got everything covered." Axel told them with a soft smile. Knowing Axel he probably did. Ryder and Aria got in the car with them and will be riding back with Hunter and Sienna. Killian and Chloe drove up after dropping off Maddie to Chloe's parents. "When did she even get there?" Ryder asked looking confused. "She and Leo got there this morning to work on some things. She said she need to alter a few plans. Maybe she added more people knowing Bella hope they're not assholes. Don't need any more weird from her this weekend." Jessie said. "OK I gotta ask do you even like Dimitri the way she wants you too?" Aria asked getting concerned for her friend. "No but it's like she doesn't want to believe me. I don't know how else to explain it to without snapping at her. I really don't want to snap at her on her birthday." Jesse added. "Do you like anyone right now?" Aria whispered Axel smiling at her in the rearview mirror as he pulled into the place. "Oh look at that were here." Jessie said hoping out with her purse.

Walking into the check in counter he found a big group of people and then behind it was Isabella waving to them excitedly. "You're finally here you're the last ones. OH the whole fam is here!" Bella's said hugging all the last four. Come On Killian is talking to the desk lady. Walking over to the lady at the table. "I'm sorry sir there is no more rooms they are all reserved." "Seriously?" Hunter told her back annoyed. "That's ok guys we can always share our rooms with you I mean they got cots." Travis said catching attention of the five members of the fire department. Leo they figured would be here but not Travis, Mateo, Ethan or much to Jessie and Axels dismay Dimitri. "No. Don't trip y'all I got this reservation for cabins under Graves." Axel told the lady as the groups all looked shocked. "Bella you got a room?" "Yeah." "Good I'm cancelling yours." He told the women who nodded. "OK I got four single bed cabins and one double." Putting down his bank card. The guys pulling out their wallets. "Naw don't worry about it. I've got this one." "Here are your keys the map and enjoy your stay." "Thank you!" They all hollered back to her.

Walking out side Everyone gathered around Axel, Ok y'all we on the West side over there. "Killian, Elias, Hunter, Ryder." He said placing all the single bed cabins keys to them in their hands as he called them out. Jessie came up to him with her hand out and a smile. Only to have him hold it back with a smile. "You bunkin' with me angel we got the last double bedroom. Everyone else is single room cabin and nothing else is available." Still holding on to her hand. "OK then let's go ahead drive around then and we can all get settled maybe meet up in about thirty minutes?" Jessie asked everyone who was nodding along. "Well you know Jessie if you need a room you can bunk with me I mean I'm sure Mateo wouldn't mind bunking up with Axel they get along good right man?"

"Yeah bro I'm cool with Axel." "That sounds great. We're just in between the west side were over there." Bella said excitedly. "No." "No." "No." "NO!" "No." "NO!" "NO!" "NO!" "NO!" The whole crew said at once leaving the five of the fire department and Bella shocked. "Thank you for the offer Dimitri but I would rather be with Axel. I'm more comfortable right where I'll be let's go get settled and we'll just meet you over by the fire pits and we can all take that neat hike down to the falls." Jessie said as they all walked away before Isabella could say anything about it. Leaving her just looking at her friends wondering what the hell just happened.

Axel and Jessie were quick bringing their things in. And still had about twenty minutes. "Hey before we go meet everyone else could we maybe talk for a bit? I know you wanted to wait until Friday but maybe we can kinda get started and work our way there gradually I mean it's kinda of a lot in a way Axel asked her scratching the back of his neck with one hand in his pocket standing in front of her?" "You staying in your trunks?" "Yeah, you still got your two piece under your clothes. I bet anything you got a back pack with our towels and our water shoes not to mention brush, claw and hair tie for your hair few our favorite snacks and water and sweet tea bottles." "Yes, and I might." She smirked. "I think we could get started on a few things can I ask one question first?" "Shoot." He asked sitting on her bed.

"What happened with you and your dad." She laughed out. "He came and apologized about everything like my whole life basically and he is trying to reach out and have a better relationship with me before it gets too late I guess. I know he feels bad and I know at times he really tried, so I never really tripped over it. But… when he was taking in all the fault for it, when he was showing the remorse ya know. It made me feel like I was still this broken kid his parents didn't want in a grown man's body. Like I felt everything, my whole life played in one fast forwarding movie and I think the only reason I didn't fall apart and lose my shit to break down crying was I got to see the good parts too." Axel said looking up to her reaching out and grabbing her hand.

"I forgave him Jessie we are slowly working on it. Then it got me thinking I don't want to be holding back in my life anymore and when everything was playing in my head all the good parts, I swear to God Jess it was basically all you." Shaking his head with a small laugh. "Even when we argue and fight you are still one of the better parts of my life. The truth is Jessie I have been in love with you since we were little. I didn't go always go about it the right way because I wasn't sure how to really handle that kind of emotion because I never received it to know how to give it. Until you and your parents came along. Like Killian tried but he was only able to do so much. I should have been able to do it a lot better. My feelings over the years have not changed if anything they only get worse. It kills me to see you go on dates or talk about other guys. It kills me even more when you get hurt by them being a fucking asshole talking shit out of their mouth to get you to doubt any part of you because you are an amazing person inside and out. Your parents did an amazing job on you and I'm thankful for every day I get to wake up and be a part of your life. Even when I'm nothing but a big ass." Axel told her as she as sat their wither mouth hung open.

"Why. Why didn't you ever say anything sooner I mean I'm going to be twenty-seven soon Axel I was four when you came around that is a long time to hold something important like that in." Jessie being so surprised having trouble getting the words out from shock. "Angel look at you. Look at me. I never thought I would ever think that neither I or anyone will ever be good enough to deserve you. You can kind of guess why. You remember that Sunday I gave you a hard time on Dimitri and you went off about not feeling like you were enough or first choice for those fuck heads? You're not the only of us who feels that way remember all those girls who told me I could never be boyfriend, just a hump and dump guy. No matter the fact that wasn't true I never did that. Between that and mom I know I didn't stand a chance to someone like you but damned if I wasn't willing to give my left nut to try." He said with tears starting to fill his eyes.

"I didn't just come to you every year when I was on leave on every leave because I couldn't go home to my parents' house, because I did just that I went home each time to you at your college dorm sleeping on your floor because your home for me Jes. Home is not a place it's a person. You're my person Jessenia you are where I go when I need to be home. I love you. I'm not asking to say anything back, nor am I expecting anything from you other to at least think about it like fully think about it. Just the idea at least of being with me. Being mine. I think after everything in life we deserve this chance. I know my worth now Jessie. I know what I want and need in my life. I'm just hoping you have room for me in yours the same way. Because if you do find yourself being able to be with me I will make you wake up each day being as grateful as I am that you did." Axel told her both her hands in his kissing them not breaking eye contact. The alarm on the phone going off to meet the others.

Trying to stand up letting go of her hands she held on and pulled him back. "I can't answer you this very second on that. There were so many times growing up I would be in awe of you. I admire you the most then anyone in this whole world and yes even when you're an asshole because you're not afraid to be who you are which is an honest, sweet, handsome, sexy as Greek god, respectful, loyal, trustworthy, reliable, great man. I've had feelings this whole time to Ax. I was always a coward, because I knew in my heart I would never be able to bounce back or recover from ever being rejected by you and I was too scared to say or do anything that may make things uncomfortable for you and have you walk away from my life. Killian's always been my brother but you have always been my hero Axel. No matter what happened, or who would hurt me, what time of night or day it was. No matter what it was you were always there to help or protect me, to be there for me. When I get scared my first reaction is to come to you or call you no matter how many times I try to fight it. You are my safe place Axel." Jessie was telling him letting the tears slowly run down her face. Looking at him as he was smiling too her wiping them off. "That is the only thing I ever wanted to be for you my angel. You save me in so many ways, that's why you are my angel. You are my safe place too." After a long pause between them.

"I'm thankful for you Axel because I only feel like I can be myself with you and Killian but you get me more." After keeping eye contact for another minute. "I love you Axel." She whispered out not breaking contact. After a minute Axel smashed his lips to her not being able to hold back any longer. Keeping up such a demand pace he pulled her on to his lap while they were still sitting sideways on the bed now she was saddling him with one leg on each of his side. Not hearing the noise coming from the door. When Ryder came around the corner. "Where y'all at. What's taking you so DAMN! OH!" Looking shocked to see them like that. A huge smile plastered across his face. "Should I just tell them all you busy?" He asked in a playful way with his head tilted to the side hands in his pockets and rocking back and forth on his heels.

"Get Out!" "We'll be right there." Axel and Jessie told him as Jessie got up and quickly ran for the back pack placing her key inside the smallest zipper Axel already put his in a cargo zip up on his shorts. "Not a damn word to anyone until she says it's ok?" Axel told him with warning eyes. "I got you bro. I'm happy for you man. Proud mostly but still happy." Ryder whispered as he walked back out the door trying to hide his smile from everyone else. "I guess we'll have to put all that on hold for a little bit." Jessie was walking out the door pushing a stray piece of hair behind her ear. "Just for a little bit. Hey about Dimitri." Axel got quiet.

"I didn't know he was going to be here. I honestly don't feel too ok with that with our last conversation ended. We're still friends I guess, but Axel that's nothing. I'm kind of uncomfortable that he's here. I honestly don't think I was going to have to see him this soon." Jessie said as he watched her body shiver she looked scared. "Did he do something to you because I swear to god Jes." "No he didn't do anything to me like that. It's just I kept pushing him in the friend zone box ok and he just like kept trying to crawl his way out and he kept telling me like he would keep trying but the look on his face like it was not threatening but it was a promise I didn't want him to keep. I just like. He wasn't taking no for an answer and was just going to give me time or something I can't explain it I just know that I don't like it." Jessie told him getting confused.

"Jessie I spent many years studying the human mind, and training in the best fields and I want you to listen to me. First always remember everything I ever taught you about self-defense. Two don't ever ignore yourself when your body gives you those signals. It's doing that for a reason. Trust it and trust me come to me or any of the guys when that feeling gets too strong. If the feeling is just a feeling tell them you were thinking of ordering an angel shot pizza. If it's not a feeling and he has some type of weapon tell them you want an angel shot pizza with everything. If he has no weapon and being cray tell them you want an angel shot pizza plain. It's a code we have just in case things go south." "Like the angel shot at the bars?" "Yup but in our line of work people mostly call to order pizzas when they need help. Promise you remember that?" "I promise. Thank you Axel." Walking up to the group not able to stop the smile growing on their face grabbing the backpack and putting it on his back like he always did.

The fire department all noticed the guys had taken back packs from their girls Leo was quick to grab Bella's. "What do you guys all got in their?" Travis asked with a chuckle. "Well we all like to do this often you know living where we live is blessing in this way. Axel and Jessie were always making us pack like this emergency kits with like tweezers, band aids, gauze anything that we would need in an emergency towels, water shoes snacks, drinks, flashlights, batteries, brush, hair, ties, and oh fully charged power banks for our phones and extra pair of clothes so we kind of pack a bag with a partner and the guys always carry it for us even though they are not heavy it's still sweet." Aria said placing a kiss of gratitude to Ryders cheek.

I could help you with your bag Jess?" Dimitri came up and whispered lowly to her offering in a friendly way. "Well that's sweet of you, but Axel's got it we normally share all the time anyway since were so used to each other, only difference is we don't have to add Maddie's stuff." She laughed Dimitri knew they were close but he was started to pick up on a few weeks back it maybe more then he wished it was. "Yeah man I got it." Axel came up between them. "Y'all ready to head out?" Killian asked clapping his hands as he, Dimitri and Hunter were engaged talking about the marvel movies. Aria and Ryder were talking to each other about who knows what. Sienna walked with Isabella and Jessie. "Why didn't you tell us you invited Leo's friends, Bells?" Sienna asked her weirded out still see them here. "Well Leo and I were talking about what I was doing for my birthday and they got a little excited listening to it and I thought maybe it would make Leo feel more comfortable around us if he had some friends of his own you know." Bella shrugged.

"Why did you invite Dimitri though with how weird things are with Jes and him right now though?" Sienna not being able to hold back the question. "What was I going to do Si invite his whole squad and not him because even though Jes and him decided to be friends I didn't want to make things awkward that would have been the main thing to make it awkward. "That's exactly what I would have done but I would have invited the whole damn squad Leo should be getting to know your friends and hell they already know each other they get along great except Dimitri and you know that Bells so why is he really here?" Sienna asked him. "I don't see what the big deal is. Is this my birthday event? Then why can't I invite who I want I mean these are our friends too Sienna or should I just stop inviting anyone any of us go on dates with because if so that number of friends between the four of us gets microscopically low." She scoffed.

"Jessie are you friends with Dimitri or not?" Bella asked. "I guess I'm just not comfortable around him right now with how we kinda left on the date. In all honesty I wish he wasn't here right now but like Bella said it's her weekend and we came her to have a good time. So let's just drop this and try to do that." "Jessie can I talk to you about something personal?" Bella asked her as the three girls walked slower so no could hear them. "Since when did any of us ask?" Jes asked laughing with the other two.

"What is so damn wrong with Dimitri that you can't make it work it out. He's the perfect guy what is holding you back?" Bella asked as it was a fair question. "I have a good time with him. He is a great guy. He is smart, funny, he loves his job which brings out the best in him when he's doing it. He is good looking the tattoos are a plus but when we talk sometimes I don't feel like he listens Axel might have been right about him back then agreeing on the sake for agreeing I don't like that. Sometimes I feel like he doesn't actually hear me on certain things and he doesn't do anything for me in other certain areas." Jessies tried to discreet, the girls catching on.

"Well you know you never know if you might have more physical chemistry then you think it's all in the kiss man." Sienna thought carefully for arguments sake. "Yeah trust me we tried that he did a surprise romantic gesture kiss full of passion on his head pushed me against the car hands on my face everything, and nothing. It just didn't do it for me it even felt dirty and wrong it just isn't going to work Bells." Jessie shrugged.

"I told him that and that only seemed to encourage him to try harder and I don't want him too." "Well I still think you're being crazy and not giving him a real chance. It's kind of cruel in a way Jes I mean the guy worships you I don't see why you can't just try it again few more dates just to be really sure." Isabella encouraged. "What good would leading the guy on for failure do Bells that is cruel. If her flower well say is not blooming for him by now it aint ever going to be they've been friends for years if it was really going to happen it would have. It's time to back down Bells. Besides she already has a date coming and honestly I've never seen you blush for one before I'm rooting for this guy I already like the side of you it brings out." Sienna said with a nod and a smile. "Nope I'm still team Dimitri and I think in time you will come around. What would you do if another girl came around and started flirting with him?" Bella teased.

"I would wish them well." "Seriously? You just wait once you see what your missing you will come around and I only hope Dimitri is a great man to be forgiving enough to accept you." Isabella told her in a snippy tone walking away quickly from them up to Leo trying to hide her huffiness. Axel turning back to see a mad Sienna and Jes who only shook her head waving her hand. Dimitri slowed his pace. "Sienna do you think maybe I could talk to Jes for a minute?" "No." "Si. Stop playing it's alright we almost there anyway." Jessie said trying to keep the peace.

"Fine. Be nice." Sienna said mainly to Jessie with a wink. "I probably should have told you I was coming up tonight. I thought Isabella told you, at least she said you would be cool with it. Hell she even told me you was in a way expecting me. I got the feeling looking at your shocked face that wasn't true." "No, I had no idea about any other extra guests." "I don't want you to be uncomfortable with me here. Are we ok? I know were in a weird place and all but." "Dimitri we aren't in a weird place. We are friends who went on a great date but it's not going to work out. Which is why we are still friends. So things don't have to be weird if we don't make it right?" Jessie asked encouragingly.

"Yeah that's true. I still think we could be more though. I just don't think you're ready for that, or at least not yet. I think maybe if we could give a good shot you might see something more too. However I am perfectly fine following your wishes. For now." He winked to her as he walked up to Ethan who was calling him. Jessie whole body shivered. "Say the word and I will end him where that fuck tard stands." He growled in anger.

"Down boy. Everything is fine just make the best of it ok and keep it reeled in. Also thanks." Looking at Killian with a grateful hug who happily took it. "We are here." Killian told her as they gathered around everyone else around the falls the water warmed up by no wafter spending all day in the sun. "It's so beautiful." Aria told everyone agreed. Ryder wrapping his arms around her. "Yup second prettiest thing here." He purred loudly as you heard six voices agree and the girls all blushed as Axel winked to Jessie.

Everyone started to get undressed and get in the water playing in it for hours from diving off the waterfall to playing chicken and Marco Polo. They all actually had a great day. After putting the stuff all back in their bags they decided to head back to shower and meet back at the restaurant to meet for dinner. After getting ready Axel wore a simple button down with dark washed jeans and a hoodie in his hands. Looking in awe as Jessie came around in around in a dark blue sundress that hugged her in all the right ways. "Is something wrong does it look bad I can't change we're all wearing matching dresses. Bella got a white one, Sienna got a purple one, and Aria got the red. IS it bad?" "No angel you just look beautiful is all. Sometimes it takes me back a step and brings me to my knees awhile. Let's go you haven't eaten for a while." Right on cue her stomach started to growl.

Walking into the restaurant there was only two seats left near Dimitri as Bella smirked to Jessie which caught Axel's attention going up to the table he felt Jessie get uncomfortable as she kind of hid behind him her words lingering in his head. 'Your my safe my place Axel.' Dimitri stood up to hold open his chair. "Thanks Morgan you're such a gentlemen just let me get her settled first he winked to him earning a heated look as Axel pulled out the chair and pushed Jessie in.

"Thank you." She told him with a look that really meant it. Making their orders they finally got to Dimitri. "I'd like the grilled salmon combo mix there and hey Jes you want to split a shrimp cocktail?" "No. She won't." Axel answered quickly not even looking up. "I was asking Jes bro." Dimitri told him with a little attitude. "I aint you bro man and you of all people who have been friends with her for this long know she's highly allergic or did that slip your mind?" Axel asked in the same tone Dimitri gave off as his eyes went wide in realization. "Shit Jessenia I'm sorry." "It's fine." She waved off.

Handing her menu to Axel which caught Dimitri off guard. The waiter looked to him. "We would like a coke and a cherry coke both no ice please. Also one Rib eye steak and then one New York steak both medium done or at least until there's no pink on the insides with the roasted vegetables for both a green salad with avocado diced into one, ranch dressing on both and a basket of fires on the side. Thanks man." Axel said handing. "How do you know what she wants like that?" Ethan asked looking surprised. "Please we know this girl basically her life." Killian scoffed.

"Besides she always orders the same things. New York steak is her favorite but she admires the taste of the Rib Eye so Axel always orders the Rib Eye she doesn't have to choose and can get bit of both same as Killian and I." Chloe said smiling to Killian who kissed the back of her hand. "The fries are because she loves the vegetables but loves fries so again he gets a buffer they can share and whatever she doesn't finish Axel normally does so the guilt of not being able to finish it all doesn't get to her." Aria shrugged. "That's the best right? The girls never finish their shit so we don't even have to order much it's nice. Get a little bit of everything ourselves." Hunter said with a wink.

There's a fire pit reserve section with some drinks out there anything we want reserved just for us if you guys up for it?" Axel said as Isabella eyes lit up." "That's not on us that's all-mama Gabs, and pops." Ryder said with all the guys hands up. "They wanted you to enjoy yourself." Aria said with a kinds smile. "This is from Leo though." Sienna told her loudly as a bunch of people came out with a huge cake singing happy birthday. After enjoying their slice an employee took them out to their reserved area. Full of specially padded couches and lounge chairs.

The couches filled up quick Axel hoodie still in hand put it on Jessie who just smiled as he sat leaning back on the lounge chair and helped her sit in front of him crossed legged. "Alright everyone got their drinks. Axel, Jessie, Ryder, Hunter, and Killian were the only ones drinking sweet teas while everyone else had a few drinks a little harder. "Hey, let's play the truth game!" Bella hollered happily. "The what?" Ethan laughed. "It's like truth or dare without the dare. You get asked a question you got to answer the best you can. No matter what? There is a line don't get me wrong but for the most part it's nothing too personal." Elias laughed to them.

"That's more along the lines of how much of a sharer you are." Sienna laughed out. "Yeah we aint got no filter here y'all." Ryder laughed out harder. "Ok Birthday girl first. We're you the one who gave out those special ex-lax brownies to those stuck-up nurses at the medical retreat last year then put icy hot all over the toilet seats?" Sienna asked her. "Whoa." What some of the guys were laughing. "No I was not, that was Jessie and Aria. It was also you and Jessie Sienna who put the visine drops in the beers to the doctors who kept harassing us too. Yeah I knew that too." Bella laughed out.

"Jessie!" "ARIA?!" "What they were being stuck bitches. Play dumb games with me and my girls right here you win dumb ass prizes." Aria told them crossing her arms not feeling bad at all. "It was kind of messed up even though they did have it coming. I mean they even got rashes from the icy hot on the toilet seat it burned them every time they sat down which unfortunately they had to most of the night." Jessie said as everyone around them was laughing hard. Everyone got a turn asking the weirdest questions. Until they got to Dimitri, Axel, Jessie left. "Dimitri, have you ever felt bad for taking revenge on someone?" Mateo asked him.

"Well ugh this may get me beat up but I used to get pranked on by these guys a lot in college and one day I did get sick of it and did a couple back." He said smirking in his drink. "Like what?" Killian asked him. "Well ok Elias, Hunter and Ryder I put their names of the girls they were trying for like months to hook up with and like after they did I guess succeed I put them online system call service for like ok this is how it works. You put your number on this website that handles and reaches out to you about like all the sexually transmitted diseases and they call that person whose number you enter to tell them they have recently been in contact with someone who is positive for an STD and they need to be tested immediately them girls were so mad they beat the hell out of them in the quad." "THAT WAS YOU?!" Hunter growled out. "We had no idea what they were saying we even went to get tested because we thought they came up positive for something." Elias told everyone who was laughing at them. "Then Killian I told him there was a girl waiting for him in the a room at a frat party and then my friend managed to get his clothes and we locked him in the room that night, which was weird because we picked up a lot of girls clothes with his even though the room was empty and the temp was wet at 55 all night except a really horny ferret." Dimitri told him.

Killian laughing. "Dude after you told me that I left I don't know who you left up there but that wasn't me." Dimitri shaking his head. "What about me?" Axel asked looking him in the eye. "I actually put ex-lax in the brownies I gave you to say sorry for when we got into it. They weren't from the bakery they were loaded with everything to give you the shits. I knew you had to be out early plane to get back to the base." "Dude I didn't eat them. I gave them to Jessie and her study group." Axel was roaring laughing as was everyone else. "YOU DID THAT TO US?! We all had to leave and that lasted for three days I almost had to reschedule my fucking final. I had to rush to take it because I couldn't stay in the room long enough to take it neither could the other five students they thought we was cheating we almost got thrown out." Jessie yelled getting mad. "Shit Jes. I'm sorry. I didn't mean for that to happen to you." "Well it did!" She snapped. "Yet you still did it to those nurses, so two wrongs don't make a right Jes." Ryder teased her. "Oh shut it." She teased and pouted for Axel to give her a hug from behind and a kiss on the head reminding her to be nice, something they always do that bugged Dimitri.

"What's one night that turned out bad but it ended up being wonderful?" Aria asked her in her happy love bubble with Ryder cuddled into her. "Prom." She answered to quick. "Yup it was prom, one of the football guys that was always competing with Axel and Killian asked to be my date and I didn't want to say yes but I didn't want to humiliate him since he made a big promposal and he wasn't that bad, just competitive. Well he drank a little too much as prom and thought he was going to get lucky. HE was a big guy so it took me a minute to get him off me, luckily I remember everything these two not wits taught me and got him so hard in the nuts he had to go to the doctor to surgically get the other one to come back down. I was so upset my first big dance you know my pretty dress was a little torn, my hair had to be let down I worked hours curling, my make-up had to come off from the mascara runs. Axel found me after I pieced myself together. He like to go stag every occasion. So he took me to the dance floor which shocked everyone and he danced with me the rest of the night leaving a line of pist of girls who got turned down the entire time. It really made everything better." "Awe." As they guys mocked him a little Was heard all the way around. "Hey, laugh all you want I got a night with the prettiest girl at prom. She looked a hell of a lot better without that mask and the fancy hair. Still does. " Axel winked. Making his friends all smile to him.

"Axel what was one thing you always looked forward to before you left the army?" Ethan asked him. "Leave. Being deployed to come home. I would write to all these fuckers here, and the you lovely ladies of course. When I come home we would all get together and it would be like Killian and I never left. It was just nice being home." "But you never went home." Bella told him confused. "Sure did. Home is not a place it's a person or people you build your home around. Plus we missed this one. Growing up with Jes and Killian were the only stable things we all knew." Axel said. "It always felt wrong being so far away we worried about her all the time." Killian added throwing a skittle at her, as she caught in it in her mouth as they cheered. "That way you spent the whole leave sleeping on the floor in her instead of the hotel like Killian?" Dimitri asked with a little bit of a tone Jessie and Axel did not miss. "I didn't go to the hotel one to save on money and two those little bunnies had it nightly and I did not want nightmares. So I shacked up with my bestie and we had some awesome times." Axel said playfully pushing her with his foot. "Sure did." "YEAH WE DID!" Ryder said louder making everyone laugh harder.

"Ok last question Killian what is something you're thankful for besides Chloe and Maddie, and Jessie?" Sienna asked. "Axel's singing voice. See one year the guys and I we all learned some fucking country songs which nothing with don't get me wrong because it's not bad. We learned them for a surprise gift for Jessie because every year she always says she wanted nothing for her birthday and then that year she said surprise me instead. So we played like sic songs for her. However one of the songs we never sang Axel sang for me when I proposed to Chloe on the dance floor. If he hadn't had talked me and did that for me I would have never kept up the nerve to that." Killian said kissing Chloe. Well you know the night is young and do have a dance floor on the bar over there it is karaoke night soon so how about we get to it?" Elias asked happily. As they all got up and went off.

They danced for a good hour or so with each other at least once. When the singing started everyone took their seats there was a bit of a good crowd. Ethan, Mateo, and Travis sang no sleep til Brooklyn. Dimitri sang The Way You Look Tonight. Bella, and Sienna sang Who's the other girl. Jessie and Aria sang shook me all night long. Elias and Hunter sang Something to talk about. Ryder went all out in Tenderness. Killian got up and sang the song Axel did for him.

She thinks I walk on water

She thinks I hung the moon

She tells me every morning,

"They just don't make men like you"

She thinks I've got it together

She swears I'm as tough as nails

But I don't have the heart to tell her

She don't know me that well

She don't know how much I need her

She don't know I'd fall apart

Without her kiss, without her touch

Without her faithful, loving arms

She don't know that it's all about her

She don't know I can't live without her

She's my world, she's my everything

And she thinks she needs me

Sometimes she cries on my shoulder

When she's lying next to me

But she don't know that when I hold her

That she's really holding me, holding me

She don't know how much I need her

She don't know I'd fall apart

Without her kiss, without her touch

Without her faithful, loving arms

She don't know that it's all about her

She don't know I can't live without her

She's my world, she's my everything

And she thinks she needs me

Yeah, and the funny thing is

She thinks she's the lucky one

She don't know how much I need her

She don't know I'd fall apart

Without her kiss, without her touch

Without her faithful, loving arms

She don't know that it's all about her

She don't know I can't live without her

She's my world, she's my everything

And she thinks she needs me

She thinks I walk on water

She thinks I hung the moon

The crowd roared for him. As Axel got up. Starring down at Jessie he couldn't hold back turning around after telling the DJ his song. He grabbed the mic and his angelic deep beautiful voice caught the attention of everyone there.

I like blue eyes, hers are green

Not like the woman of my dreams

And her hair's not quite as long as I had planned

Five foot three isn't tall

She's not the girl I pictured at all

In those paint by number fantasies I've had

So it took me by complete surprise

When my heart got lost in those deep green eyes

She's not at all what I was looking for

She's more

No, it wasn't at first sight

But the moment I looked twice

I saw the woman I was born to love

Her laughter fills my soul

And when I hold her I don't want to let go

When it comes to her I can't get enough

So it took me by complete surprise

When my heart got lost in those deep green eyes

She's not at all what I was looking for

She's more

More than I dreamed of

More than any man deserves

I couldn't ask for more

Than a love like hers

So it took me by complete surprise

When my heart got lost in those deep green eyes

She's not at all what I was looking for

She's more.

The crowd was on their feet clapping some people had tears in their eyes. Like all the girls even Jessie was touched not being able to look away from each other the entire song. Dimitri was pounding shot after shot after shot the whole way through. Axel got caught up by the group when Dimitri nicely pulled on Jessie's arm and guided her outside. "Can I talk to you for a moment?" Once they got outside a few feet away from the door he looked at her for a moment. "Is that why?" He asked her getting a little angry. "Is what why are you drunk?"

"Is that why you can't see something with me because you already have something going on with him? I mean were you with him when we went out the other times? Is this why you can't see anything pass friends with because of fucking Axel?" "Dimitri you are drunk and you need to calm the hell down. What I have going on with Axel or don't have going on with Axel is my business not yours. No I was not with Axel when I went out with you. You don't get to drag me away from my friends to call me and question me like a jealous boyfriend who just caught me cheating Dimitri. I understand you have feelings for me ok and I am sorry but I do not feel those feelings for you. I don't and if that is going to be an issue then maybe it's best we don't talk or see each other until you are ok and come to terms with that. Sometime apart could good so could a bottle of water, coffee and some sleep to sleep off the alcohol." Jessie tried to talking to him in a clam voice.

Neither of them knew Axel was close by listening to them, keeping his distance knowing they needed to clear the air. "I don't need space from you Jessie I need you to open your eyes to see what you're doing." He told her grabbing her shoulders a little too tight. "What is that?" "You're making a mistake you're setting you're heart up for failure he is not a boyfriend to bring home. He's the town asshole. He's the guy you only hook up with to piss off your parents he's not the kind of guy you marry. You know this every woman in town wants to get in his pants. Are you ready for all that noise no one wants to keep him he's a catch and release fish Jessie hell his own mother doesn't' want him someone biologically programmed to love you just doesn't what does that tell you about him." Dimitri roared to her for Axel, Killian and Ryder now beside him to hear as they grew angry. Jessie didn't miss a beat before she slammed her head into his and punched him in throat and when he fell down she got on top of him laying punch into punch in his face. "OH SHIT!" Killian yelled. As Killian and Ryder peeled her off him.

"FUCK YOU Moretti! I don't give a flying fuck what you think about the guy I love. You're just being the real asshole because your fucking jealous." She snapped at him adjusting herself after the guys put her down. "The guy you what?" "You What?" "WHAT?!" Was heard all three ways around. "Angel look at me. Look at me baby. You alright?" He was looking her allover seeing a bruise appear on her forehead and her knuckles little rubbed. What got his attention was the deep bruising on her shoulders and both arms up and down from him grabbing her. "I'm going to kill you." Axel turned to rush him to be caught by Jessie pulling him into her. "I'm ok. Ax! AX!" Snapping his head to her. "I'm ok can we just. Can you take me home." She asked him sadly. "Yeah let's go get our things." He told her kissing gently on her forehead as the other two guys did the same. The rest of the party came out looking everything over.

"WHAT THE HELL?!" Bella yelled. "Get your drunk ass friend up and to his cabin before I beat the hell out of him more then she already did." Axel growled to Leo and his friends. Who quickly did as they were asked. "You're really leaving me right now?" Bella asked confused and hurt. "Look at her Bells. He fucking hurt her. We tried to keep the peace for you after you knew how we all felt about him. You keep pushing him on her Isabella, why? Why? She keeps telling you no and you keep forcing him on her. Now he's forcing himself on her. Yes my little sister is leaving to take care of herself, and still let you have a great weekend with the guests you invited." Killian growled lowly so only Bella and the other girls could him. "No she needs to stay this is my birthday. We have everything planned out. She's one of best friends and she'd just going to leave? We're all nurses we can take care of her and she'll be good as new tomorrow. She doesn't need to leave just because of one little incident." She was rambling. "What the fuck is wrong with you?" Aria asked as Chloe just stood there mouth not being able to close from the words coming out of her mouth.

"Look at her Bell. She is bruised and hurt. That son of a drunk bitch put his hands on her, screamed at her and apparently did something else of she wouldn't have been beating that ass. That is our best friend and the first thing that comes to your mind is get her fixed up so we can continue my birthday party? Great way to show empathy Bells. How about Oh My God are you ok? Do you need help? What happened? Not oh well fix her so it goes back to being all about me." Sienna mocked her. "Your priorities are fucked Isabella." "She bent over backwards for you every time you ask her to Isabella, and you always, always give her a rough time. Like the double dates you make her always go on you don't ask her you always give her two-hour notice. Helping you clean your place, helping you cook, fix your gardens whatever else you need she pops up no questions asked. She goes and gets man handled and you don't see what the big deal is?" Chloe growled back.

"Bella you know how you said you owe me on a few times before well I'm cashing three out of hundreds in now. First I'm leaving and I'm sorry all this happened on your night I really am but the first favor is you're going to get the hell over it. Second is you will never bring up Dimitri with me in any romantic way ever again period in fact you will be the one to tell him to stay far fuck away from me from this point on. Three you will not speak to me for a while, after everything I ever done for you. You pick his side just because you're fucking his best friend, what about yours? If any man put their hands on you I would be on them like white on rice. What the hell Bells. That right there all them words your reaction that hurts way more than anything else on me. Happy birthday. Let's go axe." Jessie told her hopping away for Axel to pick her up and carry her rest of the way. "I think we all need to go to bed." Ryder said as they all left Isabella alone. Shaking her head as her tears fell she was left again What the hell happened?