I had to take her home Sunday night so she could get ready for school the next day. I wasn't happy about that shit, but her dad was adamant that she come home. It was hard sometimes to remember that we were kids in our parents' eyes and still had to obey their rules.I respected him for his stand though, even though I hated like fuck to part with her that night. But it was nice to know that he cared like that.She wasn't much better when it was time for me to leave her. Her clinging shit was only making me feel like an asshole for abandoning her."Babe, I'll call you as soon as I get in the house, we'll talk until you fall asleep and before you know it I'll be back here to pick you up for school."She held on tighter, her little fists grabbing onto the back of my shirt. This fucking girl! "Sian, you're not making this any easier.""I don't want you to go." I wrapped my arms more securely around her and buried my face in her neck. I wonder how pissed her dad would be if I took her back
I didn't know it was going to be this hard taking her back to school the first day. There was a combination of shit going on in my head. First, I didn't know who, or if, one of these fuckers had been the one to attack her on Mandy's command, and two, I didn't want her out of my fucking sight, ever.I hoofed it to her class after each of mine to walk her to the next no matter that she had her girls, and now Val, at her back.Track was acting strange as fuck but what's new? I was too focused on her to pay too much attention to his crazy, besides he'd tell me whatever the fuck was bothering him when he was good and ready.Lunch came and I was finally able to breathe. I think I had PTSD or some shit, because I freaked whenever anyone got too near her, like what the fuck?"Jace, some shit's about to go down...." I'd barely lifted my head at Track's weird statement when I saw the two cops that were working her case walk in.I held her hand tighter, not sure why the fuck they were here, but t
This hospital thing is a fucking pain. I need answers like now, but no one is saying anything, because no one knew shit. I heard them talking when they thought I was asleep. Jace had refused to come see me, how dare he?How could he despise me so much after everything we'd meant to each other? And how embarrassing! Luckily I know who's behind it though, so my ire is directed at the right person.It was a chore to keep the anger hidden, but I was able to pull it off for the last few days. My mind is full of scenarios of the many things I can do with this. It was hard not to smirk at the idea sometimes, as my blood heated up with all the implications.My wounds were beginning to ache. That was the only thing that truly scared me about this whole mess. I have no recollection of being shot or stabbed, weird. I checked my nails and wondered where everyone was.So far only two people had come to see me and I knew I had more friends than that. Didn't I? Whatever, I wanted out of here now. I n
Jace doesn't seem too worried about the cops showing up at school and questioning him, but I was still raw from the whole experience. A part of me was hoping that it was the same person who'd attacked me, but then that would mean there was a madman on the loose and my new friends might be at risk. Then there was that other part of me that didn't trust Mandy at all, and was wondering if it wasn't her own doings that had landed her in hot water.There was still that nagging memory at the back of my mind that kept escaping me about the night I was attacked, and the cops were no closer to figuring it out than I was."What are you thinking about baby?" I looked over at him where he sat not far from me as we both did the mountain of homework we'd been saddled with. Sometimes it felt like I'd fallen down the rabbit hole, especially when I looked at the ring on my finger, or when I counted down the days and weeks since we'd met.It was almost improbable that we'd only known each other such a
We need to talk Red." I hated the look that came into her eyes. Fear and hurt. I had a pretty good idea what had just entered her mind. Hopefully after today I can put some of those fears of hers to bed.It was the first time we'd been alone together like this, the first time I'd touched her in more than friendship. I had given what I was about to do a lot of thought, because I needed to be sure that this was more than just one of those high school things. Somehow I knew that with her, I had to be on point or shit could go south fast. A part of me wanted to lighten up and be a teen, but I guess I inherited my dad's intensity when it comes to the woman in my life. There was nothing even remotely subtle about what I had begun to feel for her in the short time we had known each other, and today I have decided to lay my cards on the table. Didn't know I would be this nervous though, when it came down to crunch time.I ran my fingers through her hair as I gave myself time to get my thought
My poor baby, I guess it's going to take some doing for her to realize she has nothing to worry about on that score. It's hard to remember that beneath all her bravado, I'd seen through to the real her, the sometimes insecure little beauty who was always waiting for the knockdown. After today though she'd never have to worry about that shit. Any of these pampered assholes mess with her and they'll have to answer to me."Nope, and I have no interest either.""What if what you say you feel for me is no different than what you once felt for them? What if this time next year you've lost that feeling?""I'm not sure about a lot of things babe, but I'm pretty sure that's not gonna happen. I give you my word in that." I tasted her lips to reassure her, but there was no way for me to give her that guarantee. "Hey, what about if you change your mind? You do know that's a possibility right?"I hated that she felt because she wasn't stick thin that she was any less likely to find love than anyon
"What the fuck was that today?" I paced my room like a caged animal. Yeah I know I'm too intense for a kid my age, or so I keep hearing, but when you have to deal with the shit I do it comes with the territory."Look kid, you seem to forget, we don't work for you." The asshole on the other end always had a hard on for me, but I wasn't in the mood to hand him his ass. I needed to get to the bottom of this shit yesterday. Still, every once in a while it was good to remind him of a few things."And you seem to forget I'm smarter than you that's why you people need me. You may think that you don't work for me, but we both know the deal, now what the fuck happened? I asked one thing of you and you couldn't come through?""How were we to know the local brass was going to come after him? They don't have anything as far as we can tell.""That's not the point. The point is I told you to give me a heads-up if there's any movement on that end. What were you doing, jacking off at your damn desk?"
Things are getting entirely too weird in my life. Ever since the cops came to the school, Jace's dad has us literally under armed guard. Jace is taking it all in stride, but I'm beginning to freak out. Jace on the other hand, thinks that all he has to do is say 'I've got you' and the worry would just fade away.I think it's finally setting in that I was attacked, and that the culprit was still out there somewhere unknown. It didn't escape my notice that the reason I was only now acknowledging the severity of the situation, is because Jace had pretty much insulated me from the moment I left the hospital until now. I guess seeing him that close to being carted off in handcuffs had finally put things in perspective for me. The school is in an uproar, because Mr. Saunders made good on his threat to oust the principal and things were pretty much helter-skelter at the moment. If I weren't the one stuck in the middle of this mess I guess I would find it hard to believe.Mom and dad seemed a