"It's all your fault. I knew I couldn't trust you from the day I met you.....You're a dirty /whore/." He spoke, his brown eyes full of rage and hate like never before.
"But....it wasn't like that....Believe me. We thought you were dead." Kate spoke, almost back to her previous nature where she was resigned to this horrendous treatment. Why was she stuck in her old body? Why was she stuck in a body she couldn't speak her true thoughts in? The panic began to set in, quickly.
"You were my wife. You...slept with my brother? I can't fucking believe it! ....All these years.....you wanted him over me. I saw the way you looked at each other. Just admit it!" David spoke, which caused Kate to cringe.
"You said you loved me. But instead, you just wanted to fuck my baby brother. Unbelievable. You're just like Elisa." David spoke, angrily, referring to his ex wife. The mother of Gabe and Marianna.
"No...it's nothing like that. I love Gabe and Mari. I love our kids....I-I love this family." Kate stammered, tears beginning to fall now. She felt trapped, and insecure. Suddenly, it was all coming back to her from years ago when she was with David. It seemed the verbal and physical abuse were constantly etched into her mind.
"You don't love anyone except yourself." David spat, Kate practically shrinking into nothing as she began to literally fall to her knees. David continued on, "Those are /my/ children. You're never going to see them again."
It truly was a horrendous nightmare. Kate began to feel her heart accelerate. Fear and guilt overcame her for being with Javi. Even if it truly did make her feel like the happiest person alive. Losing the kids felt crushing, and she couldn't distinguish the dream from reality. Maybe /this/ was reality.
Kate began to breathe heavily, shaking her head. "N-no, David please! I'm so sorry. It's all m-my fault. You can't take the kids away. Please!" Kate spoke, wishing the words wouldn't come from her mouth now, as she didn't feel in control.
"I'll do /anything/, please."
Kate's voice quivered, watching as David began to grab her by the chin. "Anything? Prove your loyalty, and kill....him. Prove that you mean it. Prove that you love me. Love our family." David growled, hate and rage boiling in his eyes.
Kate, in her dream, still couldn't fathom the thought of even laying a hand on Javi. She couldn't imagine hurting the man she loved. Not if it saved her relationship with David, who, somehow in this dream she loved as well, and the kids. "/No/." Kate spoke, clear as day to him.
"/No/?!" The angry and bitter man asked, growling as he slapped her hard across the cheek. But that was nothing compared to the internal turmoil she was suffering. Kate felt helpless, trapped inside a nightmare that felt more real than anything else.
"I guess I'll just have to do it myself." David spat, moving off from the simple living room in the home in which they lived and bringing Javi back.
In her dream, he was much younger and maybe even more handsome. He looked like he did before the world to shit. Javi was an angel standing next to a man that she considered the devil.
Kate shook her head, her body trembling as she watched Javi. She couldn't look away now. She was captivated by his warm brown eyes. "Kate!" He spoke, reaching like he was going to come to her. But he couldn't, David has his arm around him.
"Javi!" Kate called back, trying to get to her feet. But she felt like she couldn't even move. In her dream, she was paralyzed in fear and terror. All she could do was watch as David stabbed Javi in the back.
"Now...we're even. I needed to stab you in the back...You deserved to know what it feels like." David growled, Kate screaming as loudly as she could as she just extended her arm. She clawed at the air, senselessly.
It was a horrible nightmare, and all she could do was watch as David stabbed Javi over and over. She heard the sound of his cry, saw the sight of his blood. Kate just cried and whimpered in absolute and complete pain, eventually waking up with a cry as she saw David begin to walk over to her with the knife covered in Javi's blood.
Kate sprung up in bed with fresh tears coating her cheeks. The nightmare felt so real, it was terrifying. Not to mention the fact that now that she was awake, she was in quite a bit of pain. Kate attempted to push through it like she did with her abdominal pain before. She tried to focus her mind, but all she could do was panic and cry. She had never felt so much pain in her body or mind, and she was terrified.
She was curled up and whimpering in Javi's arms, which instantly woke him up. Not to mention the fact that her abrupt movement set him off. Javi blinked several times to try to wake up, moving to look up to Kate. It was obvious he had no idea what was going on. When he saw her tears, his heart dropped. He assumed it was all from physical pain with her injuries.
"Kate?" Javi asked, softly, his eyes full of concern as he moved his hands to stroke her hair back.
"Kate? Baby, what's wrong?" Javi asked, concern lacing his tone as he pressed a kiss to her forehead. He was treating her so well, so carefully. Kate glanced up to him from where she hid, watching him with sad eyes before responding.
"I'm just in....in some pain right now. I'm okay. Don't w-worry about me...." Kate spoke, instantly trying to hide away in his chest so that he wouldn't see her tears. She was petrified. Javier moved to tilt her chin up so that he could see her familiar green eyes.
"It's absolutely not okay. You're in pain, Kate. I have medicine. I can make it go away for a bit. You need your sleep, love." Javier whispered, his eyes focused on her as Kate sort of just whimpered and hid away in his chest.
"N-no....I'm okay...it's not that it's..." Kate spoke, nuzzling closely into him, pressing a tender, yet kiss to his neck. Kate didn't know how to explain the horror she just experienced. She blinked quickly, trying to dispel the tears. It was all about the monster she was married to.
Javi sighed at her reaction as it seemed like something more was going on. "Kate..." Javi spoke, carefully moving her onto his chest. "What's going on, my love?" He asked, pressing a kiss to her forehead, his arms around her, protectively.
Kate managed to look up to him, though she was still shaking. "B-bad dream." Kate spoke, her voice trembling. She instantly began to cry again, somehow feeling that nightmare of a dream could still come true. Kate couldn't lie to Javi, she had to tell him.
"I'm sorry to hear that. But I'm going to keep you safe now, Kate. No one is going to touch you. Okay?" Javi spoke, assuming her dream was about Macy, or her life being in danger.
Kate couldn't help but laugh, nervously. She was still shaking. Javi moved his hands to rub her back, trying to calm her down. "It wasn't about me...it was about you...You and David." Kate spoke, Javi instantly tensing some. Clearly, this subject was still tough to discuss.
"Share the burden with me Kate, I want to know." Javi moved to stroke back a strand of her hair, which had fallen in her face.
Kate nodded, shyly, before continuing on. She couldn't look at him. "In the dream, D-David had just found out about us. We....had already been intimate and he knew. I....I was my old self. I was afraid of him, and in love with the idea of love...Loving him. But, I loved you too..." Kate spoke, her voice trembling some.
"David called me a whore...and I accepted it...But he wasn't done....He..." Kate paused her voice getting choked up.
Javi instantly pulled her closer, his heart tightening in his chest. He could imagine how scary this dream had to be for his Kate.
"He told me I was a terrible mother...told me I had to kill you to stay with him and Gabe and Mari." She sniffled. "But I wouldn't do it...." Kate spoke, glancing to him. "He brought you into the living room and stabbed you in the b-back. He kept stabbing you...and all I could do was watch. It was h-horrible." Kate couldn't help but be upset, and Javi knew why.
Instantly, he wrapped his arms even tighter, not willing to let go. "It's n-not true Kate. None of it. You're not a whore.....You're a great mom....David...David understood about us at the end. Even Gabe said so. He wanted us to be happy and together. You don't have to worry. I'm still here, and I always will be." Javi moved to tilt her chin up now.
He hated seeing Kate cry, it broke his heart. "I love you so much, Kate García...You're safe with me. He won't ever hurt you again. You're with me." Javi spoke, wishing he could somehow protect her from her dreams.
If there was any way he could, he would do so. Even if it meant staying up all night and watching Kate.
Kate just nodded, thankful that Javi understood her deepest fears and didn't ridicule her for them. He respected her in a way that every woman deserved to be respected. It only made her love him more and more by the second. Kate's heart swelled as she moved slightly on him to pull him close. "T-thank you." Kate hugged him, feeling Javi move to wrap her up in a blanket to make her get more comfortable.
"Anything for you, Kate. Anything..." Javi whispered into her hair, feeling his entire body gravitate towards the woman he loved. He hated to see her in pain and suffering. He wanted to make her smile, keep her safe, and protect her.
"Why don't we go get a bath? I know it will relax you, baby." Javi spoke, moving to sit up some as he continued to rub her back. Quietly, Kate nodded, and he picked her up into his arms like his bride.
"I know how...in the van. All you wanted was to be clean. For so long...And I couldn't give it to you until we found a lake or river." Javi spoke, pressing a kiss to her cheek as he carried her into the tiny bathroom. "But now, I can give you it." Javi explained, Kate watching him with a certain loving expression.
"You give me more than I deserve. I'm nothing without this family....I am no one." Kate spoke, feeling Javi set her on the edge of the tub. He couldn't believe her words, his eyes looking hurt from everything she said.
"That's not true. /Everyone/ knows, Kate. You're everything to me. Everything to this family. I couldn't do any of this without you. Do you understand how damn much I love you? I'd cut off every finger I had...each hand.....Anything....if it meant you'd never have to suffer a single feeling or moment of pain again. I'd rather be /tortured/ than you have a God damned hangnail. I love you so much that when you're in pain I feel it ten times worse. I can't stand the thought of you in pain. I want to protect you....Keep you safe....Love you....cherish you....spend every waking breath with you, God damn it!" Javi began to pant, his breathing picking up. Javi was practically raving, unable to stop speaking how he truly felt.
"Don't ever say you're nothing. Don't ever say you're no one. Please...It breaks me. I need you. You're my everything....Can't you se---." Javi was cut off, his own tears having started to fall from his eyes. Kate had somehow made her way over to kiss him tenderly on the lips, stopping his words from going on.
She was resting in his lap, her body clinging to his. It was emotional, tears falling from both of their eyes. They couldn't stand to see each other in pain, and they couldn't stand to be apart. Javi began to move his hands to remove her clothes, being careful of her injuries.
Whenever he removed her shirt and bra, Kate panted heavily and spoke to him. "I love you..." Kate quickly spoke. "Te quiero, Javier...."
Javi felt his heartbeat race at her words. He smiled at her, moving to help her into the water. It wasn't extremely warm, but they sure wouldn't have a problem warming up. Kate moved her tiny hands to pull away his boxers, reaching to pull him into the water with her. Suddenly, her nightmare was forgotten, and her body was screaming for his.
"God, I love you too, Kate. So much. So fucking much...." Javi spoke, smashing his lips against hers again as he got into the tub with her. It was romantic and slow, his hands dancing over her body and hers doing the same with his.
Nothing could stop them from ravishing each other. Kate felt him inside her again and she was blinded with pleasure. He filled her so perfectly in every single way, it was clear they were made for each other. She moaned and cried out his name, her nails digging into his back as he continued to make her forget everything.
Their second time was slow, and steady, going late into the night. The water had even sloshed onto the floor, and the couple was tangled in the tub.
Neither seemed like they wanted to move, the terrifying nightmare seemingly behind them. Javi kissed Kate for the millionth time, leaving little love marks along her collarbone and neck. "I love you." He repeated, Kate managing he tiniest of smiles as she rested against his chest. "I love you most." She whispered, happily falling asleep against his chest seconds later.
Javi of course couldn't sleep after Kate's terrible dream. He watched over her for the rest of the night, carrying her to the bed and wrapping her up in several blankets and pulling her to his chest.
When morning came around, Kate was still fast asleep. Javi took the chance to watch Kate rest. He enjoyed the way she curled her nose and toes up in her sleep even more today than yesterday. Every single morning it felt like he was seeing her for the first time.
He waited patiently for her to wake, knowing he wasn't going to move from her until she woke up. Hell, he was fairly happy laying so close to Kate.
Hours ticked by, and eventually she began to wake. She felt the pain again from their love and her injuries. Kate began to sit up, causing Javi to chuckle as he kissed her forehead and loosened his hold on her.
"Good morning, beautiful." Javi spoke, causing Kate to blush as she adjusted the blankets on her body. She watched him with a tiny smile, knowing that he was always there for her.
"Who you calling beautiful?" Kate teased, clearly a bit more like herself than last night. Javi couldn't help but smile as he stole a quick kiss.
"There's my Kate....I missed her these past few days." Javi whispered, though he didn't care how Kate was acting. As long as he had her safe and happy.
"I've been here...Just in so much pain..." Kate paused, thinking on her response. "Im so sorry about last night. Really..." Kate sat up from him, embarrassed she had been so weak mentally and physically these last few days.
"You have nothing to be embarrassed of. Absolutely nothing Kate. Do you understand?" Javi frowned, moving his arm around her as she sat up. "Now how about I go make us some breakfast, hmm?" Javi asked.
This resulted Kate sighing, but nodding regardless. "But only if you're quick....and bring me downstairs. I don't want to be stuck in this bed any longer than I have to."
Javi nodded at her requests, quickly helping her dress before doing the same. He carried Kate downstairs, sitting her at the tiny table as he began to dig through the empty cabinets. It seemed these past few days had been so busy, he hadn't stopped to get any supplies.
"Uh..actually I'm a bit short on supplies. Mind if I run out? I'll be right back." Javi explained, walking over with two glasses of water for them. Kate nodded, which caused him to smile.
"Okay, Sparky. But you better be quick. I'm starving." Kate laughed some, stealing a quick kiss.
"Sparky?" He asked, a dumb founded expression on his face as he stood upright and began to head to the door.
"It's fitting. You know. The way you make me feel. That feeling....It's amazing." Kate spoke, her eyes lighting up. Soon his were doing much of the same.
"I could say the same. Take that times ten." Javi chuckled, winking at her as he grabbed his baseball bat out of habit and began to head out. "I'll be back soon." He winked, quickly disappearing out of the house.
Kate just stared at the door, the silence in the house instantly making her feel lonely. "See you soon, Javi." Kate spoke, convincing herself that everything would be fine. He was only heading down the street after all.
He couldn't find himself in any sort of danger so quickly.
Could he?