Chapter 28: Fabian To The Rescue

"And if i could tell you one thing

it would be

You are never as broken as you think you are.

Sure, you have a couple of scars and a couple of bad memories, but then again; all great hero's do."

Fabian and Malakai glared at the boy and if looks could kill, he would have spontaneously combusted right there in front of them.

Jaimie-mae's shivers and chattering teeth increased as she tried to lift herself off the ground. The cold air seeped right through to her bones and her muscles tightened up almost painfully.

"Don't come near Jaimie-mae again or i will punch you so hard your future children will be able to feel it," Fabian growled.

He pushed past the boy and stormed up to Flora who was sitting in the car whining about the blood on her blouse, which most likely wasn't even hers because Jaimie-mae made sure not to punch her that hard.

"Stop texting me! Do i have to spell it out for you?" Fabian asked Flora lowly.

Flora looked at him with wide eyes like she couldn't beleive what he was saying.

"Fine, i'll spell it out for you. F-u-c-k off! I don't hit girls but if you ever hurt Jaimie-mae again, i'll make an exception," he threatened.

Malakai rushed over to Jaimie-mae and slowly helped up her shivering figure.

Fabian was about to pummel the boy into the ground but Malakai stopped him.

"Yo man. Your girl is gonna freeze to death out here. You can beat him later."

Fabian turned his attention to Jaimie-mae and almost immediately his face softened. But that was erased when worry was etched into his face instead.

He made it over in no less than four long strides and he took hold of Jaimie-mae by her shoulders. He rubbed his large hands over her arms to warm her up.

"Jaimie, why are you so wet?"

Malakai laughed. "Pfff, that sounded so wrong."

Fabian glared at him. "Can you drive my car for me, i'll drop you back to yours afterwards."

"Yeah no problem."

Malakai ran over to the drivers seat of Fabian's car and hopped in, shutting the door behind him.

Fabian stooped down so that he could look into her eyes. "Are you okay?"

"Y-y-yess," she managed to chatter out.

He shook his head and easily picked up her up off the ground. He carried her over to his car and put her in the back seat, climbing in afterwards.

She winced when he tried to move her over. There was a bruise forming on her hip from when she hit the ground

"Sorry," he said quietly.

She nodded instead of speaking and curled up to keep any heat she had left in her body.

"Malakai turn on the heat."

"Kay."

The heat was switched on and immediately a warm rush of air swept over her. It did nothing to stop her shivering though because she was still in her wet clothes.

Fabian put his hands on her shoulders gently and slowly slipped her jacket off her shoulders.

"Malakai, drive to my house."

"N-n-no please. I-it's my moms last day at t-the house. She goes a-away tomorrow o-on business for a w-w-week. I need to go h-home," Jaimie-mae pleaded through shivers.

"Do you really want to go home with bruises and a black eye?" Fabian asked with a raised eyebrow.

"O-oh r-r-right. Is the heat all the way up?"

"Yes. I have to say, that... was fricken awesome!" Malakai said with a laugh.

"You s-saw that?"

"Yeah! Flora had her ass handed to her. It's good she finally got what she deserved. But you could have messed her up."

"What do you mean. Didn't she do that?" Fabian asked.

"Yeah, but she was holding back."

Fabian looked down at Jaimie-mae and Malakai looked through the mirror for a second.

"You were holding back?" Fabian asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I guess," Jaimie-mae said with a shrug.

"So you've fought before?"

"W-what no." She was still shivering.

Malakai scoffed as he turned down another road. "Yeah right. You're a highschool girl that just beat up a college girl that was like five inches taller than you. You've definetly fought before."

Fabian noticed Jaimie-mae didn't answer and so he looked down and panicked a bit. Her skin was pale and hardly held any color to it. She was shaking badly now and her head was starting to droop. The heat was all the way up but she was still freezing. How was that possible?

"Yo Malakai, she's freezing! What do i do?" Fabian shouted.

Malakai glanced back and cursed. "Why does she still got her wet clothes on, take em off."

"I can't do that! That's violation of privacy!" Fabian shouted, his voice getting slightly higher.

"See, you are going soft! You would have jumped at the chance to strip a girl from her clothes."

Fabian glared at him through the mirror. He grabbed Jaimie-mae into his arms and sat her up.

"Man, you gotta take her shirt off. If you don't do it, i will," Malakai said seriously.

Fabian immediately jumped into action. He pulled at Jaimie-mae's shirt that was now stuck to her like a second skin. He just about ripped it before it slipped off of her and Jaimie-mae tensed up at the sudden draft on her exposed skin.

She was much to cold to even care anymore.

"Keep your eyes on the damn road Malakai," Fabian growled.

He searched around for a jacket he tossed somewhere and once he found it, he immediately wrapped it around Jaimie-mae and squeezed her into him, all while trying not to peak at her to long.

She winced when he hit one of her forming bruises.

"My bad," Fabian said rubbing the back of his neck.

Jaimie-mae situated herself by laying halfway over his lap and her feet went back over the car seats. She was getting warmer now and she was trying to get as much of Fabian's body heat as possible.

"Is that not awkward for you?" Fabian asked as he watched her wriggle further on his legs.

"No, it's warm," she said quietly.

He nodded and sat back against the seat. He tried to ignore the fact that she was laying on him like a pillow. He ran a hand over her damp, silky hair and then down her neck, barely touching her.

She shivered a little, but it was no longer from the cold. In fact, Fabian's simple movements were causing her insides to heat up. Her eyes started to drift closed and she sighed quietly.

She squeaked when she felt his large hand travel closer and closer to her butt. Right before his fingers brushed her butt, they slid round her waist and instead he brushed his fingers down her slightly exposed side. She shivered again and scooted closer to Fabian.

He chuckled and squeezed her side gently. He was entranced by how soft her skin felt under his hand. He gently brushed his hand back and forth in a figure eight motion.

"Hey, i'm still in the car. So could you like, not do that while i'm still here. Thanks," Malakai interrupted.

"We aren't even doing anything," Fabian said with a scowl.

"Right. And my names not Malakai."

When they finally pulled up to the house, Fabian immediately hopped out, picked up Jaimie-mae and ran her up into his room.

He placed her down onto his bed and ran over to his drawers.

"Okay. Clothes. Go take a warm shower and wait for me in here. I'll be back soon."

Jaimie-mae nodded. "Thanks."

"Of course."