(A.N: MUST READ: Okay so I have made a BIG MISTAKE! Why didn't anyone tell me that chapters 19 and 20 didn't go in sync with one another? I am so sorry you guys, I skipped a chapter. YIKESSS! There is another chapter that was supposed to be between 19 and 20 and I could have sworn I posted it. But I didn't! I was just reading some things over when I realized that there was a chapter missing in between the two of them. I feel like an idiot guys! I am so sorry. Well I fixed it, so go re- read chapter 20! It's a totally different chapter, it's the chapter i skipped posting SORRY! You have to read it though so you will get a better understanding of things. And review it pwaseee? Now chapter 21 is chapter 22 and chapter 22 is chapter 23 and so on and so forth you get the point. Basically, all of the chapters after 19 have been pushed forward once. So anyways, thanks to EVERYONE who read the last chapter and added it to their favs and alerts, especially to everyone who reviewed!: PreciousKat, cassymae, Matty1, Chain Gang Princess, Recco101, Sambolina, techwiz, Thee-Britty, giftiebee. There is no NEW recommended reading for this chapter so nothing new for now lol. But there is something that I have recommended before and I will do it again, It's "Ride of your life" by Adrian Jade. She is one of my closest friends, and the story is kick ass! SO READ IT !READ IT! READ ITTTTT! Alright, this chapter is short but the one coming up after this one will have all of you flipping out and trying to kill me but it's okay, because at the end of the day I will still love all of you. Once again sorry for the mistake, and go back and read chapter 20 it's what I made you miss because I'm a ditz! Read Review and enjoy!)

She didn't know how she did it. She didn't know that she had it in her. She didn't know what gave her the courage, nor did she know where that courage came from. All Kara knew was that in a moment of desperation she had saved herself. Kara didn't know what had come over her husband as of late, his violent outbursts were completely abnormal. Up until she had gotten home on Saturday, Matt had never even laid a hand on her. No, her husband had never struck her, but him grabbing her lately and the bruises it left made his possible future interactions with her questionable. Kara didn't want to go home with her husband, and she didn't feel she had it in her to tell him no. Seeing his face, his eye was swollen and his nose which was broken; her first instinct was to kiss him and hug him and tell him she was sorry and try to croon over him because he was hurt. She knew that the only way she could get out of the predicament was to have someone else say no for her. Kara was a very resourceful girl and she decided to utilize the very resource that she was holding in her fingertips; the law.

"You said domestic abuse charges?" The officer asked to clarify.

"Yes against my husband. He's been hurting me." Kara told the officer backing away from Matt whose jaw had completely dropped. Kara showed the officer the bruises on both of her shoulders, both of her biceps and upper arms, and the bruises on her wrists. The officer shook his head at Matt.

"Don't cuff me man. Just don't cuff me." Matt told the officer and sat down with his head in his hands.

"C'mon I'm gotta take you to lock up. Hey Clark! Book Cena." Roger told the man who had just returned to the desk. Roger ushered Matt to lock up not wanting to cuff his friend.

"I just did!" Clark complained.

"Not that Cena… THIS Cena." Roger told a confused Clark.

"Matt what's goin' on?" Clark called as his friend shook his head and walked away.

Kara walked over to the front desk that Clark was at. "I'm filing domestic abuse charges against my husband, what forms do I need to fill out?" Kara asked the officer holding back her tears. Clark looked at her confusedly for physical signs of abuse, when he saw them he looked in the many trays each having a label. He pulled out the domestic abuse forms and put them on a clipboard with a pen. Kara silently took the clipboard and the pen and sat off in the corner. Trish went over to her now that the smoke had cleared.

"Kara what happened?" Trish asked rushing over to her friend.

"I didn't want to go with him… I didn't want to go with him Trish. He was going to make me leave with him. I didn't want to leave with him. Am I wrong? Am I wrong for doing this? Tell me I'm wrong Trish please tell me I'm wrong." Kara pleaded, practically begged Trish for guidance.

"You did what your brain told you to do. In situations like this, it's the best thing to listen to. Listen to your head right now, not your heart. You are not wrong Kara; you are doing what you have to do to ensure your best interests." Trish told Kara supportively as Kara filled out the forms. When she finished Kara brought the forms back up to Clark who then told her he would have to take her statement. Kara sighed, she really didn't want to tell any of Matt's coworker what happened but that's what was required. Kara began from the beginning of the fight Saturday night, she informed the officer in depth of the fight they had, her statement was being recorded and Clark was writing it down word for word as well. Kara skipped over everything that happened at John's and then gave the officer a detailed description of what happened when she went back to the apartment with Randy. While she was talking, Randy was released and Trish ran to him giving him a big hug.

"Are you okay?" Trish asked him concerned.

"Yeah I'm alright. What is Kara doing? And where is John? Just you two came? They said my bail was being posted by John Cena." Randy asked seeing Kara over at the desk talking to the officer who had booked him earlier.

"Well, John was here. But Matt came and he and John started arguing and Matt started mouthing off about Kara and before he could finish John punched him and then got on top of him and started wailing away. After they pried John off him, they slapped the cuffs on John and booked him. I tried to bail him out but they hadn't set the bail yet so I couldn't post it. Apparently while I was trying to get them to let me bail John out, Matt had tried to make Kara leave with him, and Kara didn't want to go, so Kara blurted out that she wanted to file domestic abuse charges against him. Kara showed the cops her bruises, they didn't cuff him but they took him away and the cop over there booked him and now Kara is just giving her statement I guess." Trish told Randy hurriedly now out of breath from talking so much without pause.

"I'm so glad she did that. I am so glad she is sticking up for herself. Trish, her husband is the slimiest piece of shit I have ever come across in my life." Randy told Trish shaking his head.

"Yeah, I've seen it with my own two eyes." Trish nodded her head furiously. Kara nodded her head having finished her statement. She turned around and saw Randy and ran up to him and into his arms.

"Randy I am so sorry! John was right! I never should have brought you there, it's all of my fault you were arrested, I am so sorry Randy!" Kara apologized, tears spilling down her face.

"Shhh, don't cry, it's okay I knew what I was doing, I was lead into anything. And if I had the chance I'd do it again, Matt deserved everything I gave him plus more... So you're pressing charges huh?" Randy asked curiously.

"Yeah, yeah I am. I didn't know what else to do. I just didn't want to go with him, and all of you were either locked up or, trying to get you guys out of lock up." Kara told Randy her eyes welling up. Randy cupped her face and wiped her tears away with the pads of his thumbs.

"You did the right thing Kara. You did the right thing." Randy assured her pulling her close for a hug. Trish smiled at the exchange relief washing over her that someone had been able to calm Kara down.

"I'm going to go see if I can get John out." Trish mumbled to Kara and Randy. Randy held Kara in his arms as she breathed deeply trying to calm her nerves. "Is the bail set YET?" Trish asked snottily.

"Yes, and its set at one hundred thousand dollars, you pay the ten percent so it's ten thousand dollars." Clark told Trish who nodded.

"Yeah yeah yeah." Trish told him throwing up her debit card.

"That's debit not credit." Trish told the man who nodded; she had enough money to have it come directly out of her account. Trish paid up front, just as John had for Randy. Trish filled out the forms as the bail was processed. She rubbed her temples; this weekend was not the weekend off that she had in mind. Randy had guided Kara to the seats along the wall on the other side of the precinct. He sat her down and was whispering calming words to her as she stared at the floor. Trish went over to them hurriedly.

"Okay the bail was set, I posted it, and he should be coming out any minute." Trish assured them.

Kara thought about the repercussions of her actions. "Matt could lose his job." Kara mumbled.

"He isn't much of a cop anyway Kara, drunk driving? Throwing you around?" Trish reminded Kara trying to ease her guilt.

"Matt loves his job." Kara defended him lightly.

"Yeah and so do you." Randy told Kara giving her a knowing look. After twenty more minutes of silence between the trio, John walked out from the back a free man.

"JOHN!" Kara shouted leaping up from her seat and running into his arms. John hugged her so tightly and lifted her up from the ground. For those forty minutes that he sat in the cell, he thought about the way he spoke to her and he felt awful.

"Are you okay?" Kara asked John worriedly.

"I'm fine Care, when they take you back there, they give everyone a cell to themselves. Are you okay?" John asked before kissing her temple and hugging her again.

"Mmhm. Matt wanted me to leave with him, and Trish, Trish wasn't around and I was too scared to say no. So… So I pressed charges against him for domestic abuse, and they booked him." Kara told John. "I'm sorry I got your brother arrested John." Kara bowed her head.

"No, no you did the right thing Kara." John told her kissing her forehead as the two hugged… again.

"Are you going to bail him out?" Kara asked John biting her lip.

"No, he can sit there. And I'm telling my mom and dad too so they don't try bailing him out either." John told Kara wrapping an arm around her walking over to Trish and Randy. John hugged Trish and kissed her cheek not wanting to blow up their secret in front of Kara and Randy. "Thanks for bailing me out Trish." John told her gratefully. There was no way Kara had ten thousand dollars just laying around. She and Matt didn't have that life style. Of course, Randy would have bailed him out when he had gotten out himself, but Trish hadn't even wanted to wait that long.

"Don't mention it." Trish told him. John turned to Randy and they did a man shake and hugged.

"Man, John, I was in that cell for twenty minutes when they told me you were bailing me out. What did you do? Leave as soon as they took me?" Randy laughed.

"Yeah… Yeah I did." John said honestly.

Randy shook his head with a smile. John truly was the best friend Randy could ever ask for. "Thanks man." Randy shook his head with a sigh shaking his friends hand again.

"Let's get out of here." Trish said getting anxious. The group left and all got into John's Cadillac ext. John drove and Randy rode shotgun, Trish and Kara sat in the back quietly as the men talked. When they got back to the house, they all went inside.

"You guys hungry?" John asked rubbing his temples. Everyone nodded.

"John, I'll make dinner. You guys all went through a lot for me today, you wasted your time, and your money, and your weekend. It's the least I could do." Kara offered.

"Awww Kara, I'd do anything for you." Trish told her friend pulling her into a hug.

"Like I said, I'd do it again in a heartbeat." Randy assured Kara placing a hand on her shoulder.

"I don't even need to say anything Kara, you know how it is." John told her eliciting laughter from her. John always told Kara that he would sacrifice anything; give up everything, if and whenever she needed him.

"So, it's set then. I will make us some shrimp linguini pasta." Kara told everyone. "From scratch" Kara added knowing that the meal was able to come in frozen bags. Kara went into the kitchen as the other three sat down on the sofa to really discuss Kara's situation.

"She's only twenty four; she is way too young to be going through all of this crap." Trish said with a sigh.

"I told her, she needs to get out of this. She took the first step today, pressing charges against Matt, but she has to get out of that marriage, it's a disaster in progress." Randy gave his opinion. Trish looked at John knowing he didn't want Kara's marriage with his brother to fail.

"Maybe they can fix it." John said with a sigh.

"Fix it? Fix it? You can't fix glass that shatters into a million pieces can you? Because that's what happened today." Randy told John frustrated. Randy got up and walked out of the room and down the hall to the kitchen.

"John?" Trish asked nervously.

"Yeah." John said looking up from the coffee table.

"What are you really afraid of?" Trish asked lifting the layers of John's concern.

"What do you mean? John asked confusedly.

"You are always trying to ensure the safety and longevity of Kara's marriage. Why? Why are you so hell bent on making their marriage work when it's obviously not? What are you afraid of happening if they split up?" Trish asked moving to sit next to him.

"I-…" John sighed covering his face with his hands. "I don't want Kara to leave." John admitted bowing his head.

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