Jessica Simpson

Nick stood frozen for a second and then walked over to Jessica.

He knelt down and gently caressed her cheek as he whispered “I won‘t”. He then got up and headed over to his bag. He got out a change of clothes and went into the bathroom to change. Jessica rolled on to her side, facing away from the bathroom door. She curled herself into a ball. She was just terrified. Every time she had an encounter like that with her father, she would have horrible nightmares. Jessica needed to feel safe tonight, and the last thing that she wanted was to be left alone in a strange place. Had she been home in Texas, it might have been a different story, but she probably would have curled up with her mom and sister.

Nick came out of the bathroom and put his old clothed in a trash bag that he was using as his hamper. He then went back to the bed and lay down. He tried to keep as far away from Jessica as possible, not wanting to upset her in any way. A second or so after he had lain on the bed, he heard her speak up. “Nick” Jessica began as his heart began to sink. Her back was to him, so he was unable to read her face. “Yeah” he said as his heart began to race, hoping that he had not done anything wrong. But with her next words, he felt like he was flying above the clouds. “Will you hold me tonight?” That was not what nick was expecting, but he wasn’t complaining. He couldn’t wait to feel her in his arms again. It just felt so right to him to be with her. “Sure Baby” he replied as a tear began to roll down her cheek. She was so touched by his term of endearment. Nick cradled her in his arms the entire night.

Nick and Jessica were awoken by a loud knock at the door. Jessica was in a haze and not sure where she was at first until she went to move. She then realized that she was still in Nick’s arms. She then remembered then entire night before. Then it hit her; that was the first time that she had been hurt by her father and not had nightmares. On the contrary, she had a wonderful dream about her and Nick, a dream that she hoped one day would come true. Memories of the night before came flooding back to Nick too. Nick quickly got up and told Jessica to stay there and that he would be back in a minute. Nick walked to the door and looked out to see who it was. He didn’t recognize the man, but he looked angry, very angry. Not knowing who it was, Nick was hesitant to open the door “Who is it?” Nick called. “Joe, Jessica‘s father” he heard the man reply.