Part two, time for the aftermath of Sissy's situation. Hope you enjoy.
Darkness and Light, Into the Chaos!
Today was the day. Sissy hadn't been to school for the past week due to adjusting to the Test house and dealing with the legal side of Damion's arrest. The trial was pending, but he was locked away with no hope of bail. During the past week, the blonde girl had found an anchor in Johnny, who helped her with anything requested, listened to her when she needed to vent, or just be there when she didn't want to be alone.
Of course he couldn't be there all the time, since he still did have school. He had told her that if she needed anything to ask either Hugh or Dukey. She had been a bit confused when Johnny had said to ask his dog for help, but after a slip-up she had discovered his ability to talk.
But that was all for later to think of. This was the first day back to school and she knew people would notice and ask questions. "You sure you wanna do this?" Johnny asked, looking at her with nothing but concern.
"Come on, Test. You know I'm tough enough to deal with some stares and whispers." Sissy chuckled, puffing out her chest. Johnny laughed and rolled his eyes as the school came into sight. Time to see if I really am tough enough. she thought, stepping off the school bus. People had already began whispering on the ride from the Test house. Why was she standing with Johnny? Why were the two staying so close together? Was there something going on?
The two blondes made their way to Sissy's locker, Johnny's being closer than he thought it was as both reached in to grab their books. The warning bell rang and Sissy found herself escorted to class by her flame-haired rival. "I'll see you later Test."
"See you." Johnny replied, hurrying to class so he wouldn't be late himself.
The majority of the day carried on as such. Johnny would meet Sissy in front of her classes or by their lockers and he would walk her to the next class before hurrying to his own. Though the blonde girl would never admit it aloud, she found it kinda sweet Johnny was going out of his way to walk with her. Then lunch and Bumper came around. The bully came right up to Johnny and Sissy, who were of course sitting together at the latter's request, and smirked. "Hey Test. Got yourself a girlfriend now?" he asked.
"No, just looking out for a friend." Johnny replied casually. "You'd know what that felt like if you had any friends." Sissy giggled as Bumper's face turned red with rage.
"Yeah right! Like you could ever make any friends, Test!" the bully shouted, raising his fist.
Johnny reached for the forcefield generator he had "forgotten" to give back to Susan and Mary when Sissy rammed her elbow into Bumper's big stomach. "Oops, my bad." she said in obvious fake innocence.
"How about I pound you too, girly?" Bumper threatened. He instantly felt a wave of doom wash over him as he caught sight of Johnny's "Try it. I DARE you." look. "M-maybe later. This is boring anyway." the bully said quickly, hurrying off with his goons.
"I could've handled him, you know." Sissy said matter-of-factly.
"Are you sure about that?" Johnny asked, pointing to Sissy's shaking hand. The blonde tried to explain it away but the flame-head just put his hand over hers. "It's fine. You went through something awful and it only makes sense you'd be nervous after that."
"I-I just want to move past it. Move past him." she confessed, looking at the table to disguise her tears.
"And you will." Johnny assured, squeezing her hand. "But it's not an overnight process. It'll take time, and help." Sissy looked up to see Johnny's tender smile. "And you've got the best support imaginable, me!" he declared, causing Sissy to go into a giggling fit.
"Thanks, Johnny. I needed that." Sissy smiled, going back to her meal. She began wondering if maybe her flame-headed rival had a point. This would take time to get over, and looking to the boy across from her, she had a feeling she would indeed need his support to fully move on.
And done. I've decided to turn this into a threeshot, which means one more chapter before this is done that I'll probably be handling tomorrow. For now, leave me a review telling me what you thought and good night.