Jex's POV:

"I have to go." I tell the boys who have just joined me for the meeting.

"Dude what about the meeting." Dustin says in confusion

"I'll talk to you about it tomorrow, for now I have to go." I tell them as I grab my wallet and keys and exit the building quickly.

I jump in my car and speed off out of the driveway, my already set navigation system in my phone telling me how to get to Bella and I step on the gas needing to get to her quickly. I've never heard her so upset before.

I finally arrive at the location and find her sitting on her own under a large tree. She sees my car and stands up rushing over, she opens the car door and slides in.

"Baby what happened?" I question

"Please just drive, we'll talk at home." She says softly, her eyes red and puffy from all of her crying.

...

We arrive home and I park the car in the garage, then step out and head up the small steps form the garage to the inside of our house, and lead Bella up the stairs with my hand gently on her back.

Once we enter the house she makes her way down the hall and into the bathroom, feeling helpless I follow after her to find her washing her face with cold water. She turns and looks at me, and all I see is how broken she is.

She makes her way over and takes my hand, leading me towards the bedroom. We make our way in and sit down on the bed.

"Baby girl what happened?" I ask as I take her hand in mine.

"They kicked me out Jex, not just of the house but of the Cobras and out of the family all together, I'm not allowed to have any contact with any of them again." She begins to cry "He took my car and my house key and said that everything in the house of mine is his as it was paid for with Cobra money and I have no right to any of it, not even my clothes." She speaks through her tears

I pull her into my arms and hold her close as she cries. "It's okay baby, I'm here." I assure her

"He called me a whore." She speaks once more as she pulls back looking up at me "and a rat and he said me being a rat is worse then me being a whore and fucking the enemy."

"Fuck me." I shake my head in disbelief "I know he's upset but come on, he said that to you?"

"That's not even the worst. Before he knew I was a rat and kicked me out, he told me to abort the baby, in fact he was going to force me to abort the baby."

"He fucking what!" I move back taking her in.

She begins to sob once more "and to leave before he did something he'd have to live with for the rest of his life and then Abel made it clear what he meant by that on the way out. He told me If I was anyone else they'd put a bullet in me."

"I'm so sorry I wasn't there to protect you." I hold her close as she cries. "I know it's not the material things you're crying for but you know I want you here with me, this is your home now, our home and I'll get you everything you need, clothes, shoes, hell even make-up even though you don't need it. And you can have my car until we can buy you one of your own and I'll ride the bike for now."

"You don't have to do all of that Jex, I don't deserve it, really I don't." She says as she looks up at me, shaking her head.

"Hey." I cup her face in my hands like I always do when I need her to look at me and listen to me. "I love you, and now not only do I love you, you're carrying my baby and I love our child. I'm going to look after you even if you don't want me to Bella. Your home is here with me."

"I don't deserve you." She says softly as she cries

"It's me who doesn't deserve you." I lay down and pull her down with me. "I know it's hard baby but please don't cry, and try and calm your breathing a little." I stroke her hair which always relaxes her as she snuggles up to me, closing her eyes as she sniffles, controlling her breathing

"It's okay baby, I've got you and I'm not going anywhere I promise." I rock her in my arms and stroke her hair.

...

It's been two hours and I'm still holding Bella in my arms as she sleeps. I've only left her side once so far to go to the bathroom and it resulted in me coming back to find her crying in her sleep and whimpering.

I know the things her dad said to her where horrible and personally I think disgusting but I can't even imagine how she felt being in that room and hearing the words leave his mouth. She must have been so scared when he started yelling and throwing things. And then her brother adding in he'd put a bullet in her if she wasn't her, I can't imagine anyone being so cruel.

How it is even possible that someone so mean could raise a girl as amazing as Bella.

"I'm still here baby." I whisper and kiss her forehead as she begins to whimper in her sleep once again.

I wonder what's going on in her mind. What she's thinking about, what she's dreaming about. I wish I could take it all away, all of her sadness, all of her fear and stresses but I can't, all I can do is be here for her and assure her how loved she is, because right now all she feels is hate.

Ding dong the doorbell sounds through the house

"Someone is at the door baby, I'll be right back okay?" I whisper and slide out of the bed.

I make my way down the hall and into the office where I check the Cameras seeing who is at the door before I open it. If the Cobras where to come after me I couldn't care less, but not if they're here looking for Bella.

To my surprise it's Malcolm and Alyssa, and Alyssa is holding a big bunch of flowers.

I head into the foyer quickly and open the door "Hey, sorry I took my time I had to check the cameras."

"Things went that well huh?" Mal questions as I hold the door open for them to enter.

We all head into the kitchen together and Alyssa holds out the flowers to me. "These are for you and Bella, congratulations on the baby." She smiles brightly

"Thanks Alyssa." I take the flowers and sit them down on the bench for a second before giving her a hug

"Where is Bella anyway? I thought she'd be back by now?" Mal questions

"She's here, she's in bed asleep. Things didn't go down well with her family at all. They've kicked her out of the Cobras which she knew would happen but they also kicked her out of the family all together, none of them are allowed to have any contact with her what so ever."

"Fuck, really?"

"Oh it gets better. He took everything off her except the clothes on her back and her phone. He took her car, her job, and said she wasn't allowed to have anything from inside the house that was ever hers."

"Oh my god, poor Bella." Alyssa frowns

"There's more to the story, but I don't want to get into it, it'll just make me mad and want to go after them, he said some horrible horrible things to her and wanted the baby aborted."

"Fucking hell." Mal shakes his head "I can't even imagine dude. I'm actually shocked you haven't already gone after them."

"It's not worth it. There is no point me starting war with them, I just need to be here for Bella and look after her and make sure she knows she is loved because right now her self esteem is at zero and she doesn't think she deserves me."

"You know you can count on Mally and I, we'll help and support her in any way we can."

"No please stop." Bella screams from the bedroom

The three of us run down the hall, but when he reach we find Bella is sleeping and it's a dream

I quickly get into bed with her and pull her into my arms. "Wake up baby." I tell her softly "it's just a dream wake up."

I look toward Alyssa and Mal as I try and shake Bella awake gently. Mal looks so disappoint she's going through this and Alyssa looks so sad for her. Both of them now seeing first hand what she's been like since she arrived home.

Gasping, Bella sits up quickly and opens her eyes, the first thing they meet is mine. "It was just a dream baby." I tell her once more "it's okay, I'm here." 

She takes a few calming breaths, snuggling into my arms and I watch as Alyssa and Mal take a few steps back, not wanting to embarrass her by having her see them.

Mal points down the hall as if to say that's where they're going and I nod softly.

"I know you might not be up for it but Mal and Alyssa are in the kitchen they came to see us, and even bought some flowers to congratulate us on the baby."

"Really?" She asks looking up at me

"Yeah." I give her a soft smile

"I want to see them, just give me a second to try and do something about my puffy eyes and blotchy face."

"You're beautiful the way you are." I assure her as I press a kiss to her forehead before sliding out of bed. "I'll meet you out there."

I make my way down the hall once more and smile softly towards them. "She's going to come out in a second, she wanted to see you guys."

"Oh bless her." Alyssa gives me a small, yet sad smile.

I offer them both a drink and we stand in the kitchen making small talk. Ten minuets later Bella appears. She's done her make-up and covered her puffy eyes and fixed her hair, and she's even changed her outfit, now dressed in comfortable bodycon dress and no shoes

"Hey guys." She gives them a smile, a smile I can tell is fake even though she is happy to see them.

"Hey beautiful!" Alyssa makes her way over quickly and wraps her arms around her, giving her a long, warm embrace.

She pulls back and picks up the flowers once more, showing then to Bella "these are to say Congratulations on the baby. And they're pink because I'm low key hoping for a baby girl." She grins

"You failed to mention that part to me Alyssa." I grin

"Yeah well I already know you're team boy with Mally over here." She crosses her arms over her chest.

"Thank-you." Bella giggles softly as she takes them. "They're beautiful." She turns to me "do you have a vase?"

"Probably not, no one has ever gotten me flowers before." I laugh as I begin searching under the sink for one.

"Shall we go and have some girl talk?" Alyssa suggests to Bella with a smile

"Yeah." She nods.

The girls leave the kitchen together and head for the living room. I then turn my attention back to Malcolm.

"I really appreciate you guys coming over and Alyssa helping Bella right now."

"Honesty man, Alyssa really likes Bella, she has since they met at the fair, nothing about this is fake, she wants to build a friendship with her."

"Even better." I give him a small smile

"everything is going tobe alright man. She has you and you both have us and I'm sure the Vipers will all be on board as soon they know as well."

"Yeah, no I'm fine man, don't worry about me." I shrug it off

"I get it, but If you ever need to talk just reach out." He squeezes my shoulder

"I will Mal, I will."

Boys... I'm looking at you! It's not 'weak' to talk about your feelings, even more so when you're going through hard times. Talk to your mates! x