Desiree opened her apartment door. She was surprised to find Kerri standing there with Nick and Kevin.
"What happened?" She asked helping Kerri into the apartment. She quickly explained what happened as Desiree listened in amazement. "I knew he was a jerk, but…"
"Are you going to be ok here tonight?" Nick asked, not wanting to go unless he knew she would be alright.
Kerri nodded and Desiree said, "I'll take care of her, don't worry. I think you and Kevin should go get some sleep." With that Nick and Kevin waved goodbye.
"So the police arrested Mark?" Desiree asked sitting down on the couch.
"Yeah, it was all scary. If Nick and Kevin hadn't been there Mark might have REALLY hurt me. You should have seen the look on his face. He looked like he wanted to kill me." Kerri shuddered again.
"Your leaving to go on tour tomorrow and he left to go to jail. He can't do anything to you." Desiree conforted her.
"Well, I'm going to make sure. I'm going to call the police station and see what happened with him." Kerri made her way to the phone and dialed the station. "Hello, you came to my apartment earlier…" she started, saying her name and Mark's. She listened to the officer quietly, her face blank. "Ok, thank you." She said hanging up the phone.
"Kerri?" Desiree said walking to her friend. "What did they say?"
"He got one week in jail and a thousand dollar fine." She told her, walking back to the couch.
"He got off easy, but that's still ok. You will be gone when he gets out. It's not like he can do anything if you aren't here. I'll even get your locks changed for you, so he can't get into your apartment." She reasoned.
Kerri shrugged, not totally convinced that everything would be alright. " I think I need to get some sleep." Desiree got her a pillow and blanket before retiring to her room.
Why is this all happening to me, Kerri thought, did I do something wrong? She sighed and pulled the blanket over her. Tomorrow I will be out of here, and I'm glad.
7:00am Kerri woke up when she heard Desiree walking around the kitchen. She sat up and noticed Desiree had made eggs and toast.
"Good, you're up. You need to eat and get ready to go. Nick is coming to pick you up in half an hour."
Kerri pulled herself off the couch, yawning. She sat down at the table and ate quickly and then rushed to get ready. As bad as she felt she forced herself to try and look nice for Nick. Just as she finished there was a knock on the door. Desiree yalled that the door was unlocked and Nick walked in. Kerri hugged Desiree goodbye. "Thanks for everything, I'm going to miss you so much!"
"You better call me, every day. Don't make me come looking for you." Desiree laughed, even though she was sad that Kerri was leaving.
"I'll try my best." She said back as she walked out the door with Nick.
Desiree closed and locked the door behind them. At least I know she will be safe with Nick.
Nick drove down the road, and kept glaning at Kerri. He couldn't help but think there was something wrong. Kerri had been trying to build up the courage to tell him about Mark.
She took a deep breath and decided to get it over with. "I found out what Mark's punishment was." Nick looked at her, waiting to hear what it was. "He only got a week in jail and a thousand dollar fine."
Nick shook his head. "I can't believe he got off that easy. If he ever hurts you again, I will hurt HIM." His blue eyes flared with anger. I'm not going to let anyone hurt her ever again, he thought.
Kerri couldn't believe what she heard him say. He really does care about me, she thought. I only met him Thursday and now it's Sunday and I'm alone in a car next to him, saying he won't let Mark hurt me again. Maybe things are starting to look up for me.
Meanwhile, an officer led Mark into a room that was empty, except for a single phone. "You have one call, that's it." The officer said, then left the room.
Mark dialed a number. A voice on the other end of the line asked who was calling.
"Hey Jason, this is Mark, and I need a favor. Get the Backstreet Boys tour schedual for me. I'll be over to pick it up in a week."