Jade's POV

It's your second week at this school and you have learned that you have grown to hate it. The people are just so; stupid. And what the hell is 'Yolo'? Most of the guys sag their pants. You have your normal people who wear jeans or shorts like John. Others, like Dave, wear skinny jeans that are either way too tight or okay. Speaking of Dave, he hasn't talked to you since the first week you came here. He now walks around with his people and they talk and laugh. Sometimes he'll sit at the same table as you John, Rose, and your new friend Katie, but usually he sits with his people, also known as the 'popular' crowd.

"Dave! Wait up!" You yell as you grab your bag from you ceramics class. He doesn't even turn back, if anything he quickens his pace. You catch up to him and step in front of him, he tries to move around you but you put both of your hands on his shoulders.

"Hey," you stick your hand out to him. "I'm Jade you must be Dave, you know I feel like we've met before but I'm not sure." You say. He 'Pfts' and looks away from you. He grabs your hand, not even turning to face you.

"Yeah, Dave Strider, we've met Harlem. What do you want?"

"It's Harley." You stare at him for a moment and then retract your hand from his and he blushes slightly but then returns to his earnest face. You cross your arms as the cold winter air blows through the outside corridor.

"Well?" He looks at you, an eyebrow raised expectantly.

"Nothing. Sorry to bother you, Strider." You turn around and you can feel him staring at you.

"Jade!" You hear John yell from behind you. You look back and see him push past Dave giving him a glare. Dave looks hurt.

"Hey Jade, was he bothering you?"

"I wish, he is basically ignoring me."

"I told you! He's a jerk."

"I know. I didn't want to believe it I guess."

"God, he didn't used to be like that."

"Emotionless?"

"Yeah," John says as the two of you walk down the semi-crowded corridor. "He has always been kind of serious. but not like this." Dave walks past the both of you with his gang. The bell rings.

"I gotta go, let me know if anything else happens. I am going to talk to him later, okay?"

"Okay." You say quietly. He walks away leaving you alone in the corridor. You walk as slow as you can to Geometry, not wanting to be there the whole time with Dave. As you approach the class you knock on the door.

"Miss. Harley, you're late." Mr. Scratch says.

"I know, I wasn't feeling too brilliant. But I'm better. Sort of." You glance at Dave, and his head is pointed in your direction.

"Take a seat." He sighs. And you internally groan as you see the only seat is next to Dave. You can see him smirking and you can hear whispers coming from most of the girls and a few guys.

"Slut." One of the girls, Terezi, coughs not so smoothly. The class erupts in laughter except Dave, Mr. Scratch, and yourself.

"Settle down. Miss. Pyrope." He gives a warning tone.

"What?"

"Shut up." He says.

"Oh anything for you Scratch" She says seductively.

"That is enough!" He yells.

You sink down into your seat and bury your head into you Geometry book.

"Just, go over your notes, I have to go to the office for a second." He walks out and leaves the door open. You take out your notes and you hear most of Dave's group murmuring about you.

"She's such a bitch."

"Why is she even here?"

"You'd think she wouldn't bother to show her face."

"Why do you think Dave hung out with her?"

"Random act of kindness I guess."

"Or he wanted to get some use out of her if you know what I mean." You'd about had enough. Once Mr. Scratch comes back you look at the clock and gather your things and rush out just as the bell rings for lunch. You already have the homework for next week done, so you don't have to worry about that. You reach the outside lunch area with the college flags hanging from the ceiling. You walk over to John Rose and Katie.

"Hey!" Katie smiles up at you. Katie's tan skin, dark hair and dark brown eyes make her kind of intimidating and beautiful at the same time, and she is one of your best friends. Great personality, she makes you laugh and you absolutely love to talk to her. Unlike Rose who usually talks about John, wizard porn or Black Veiled Brides.

"So, how was class?"

"I got called a slut by Terezi because-"

"Sup guys." Dave says setting his stuff down next to you. You stare at Katie talking to her with your eyes.

'Speak of the devil' You roll your eyes.

'I'm sorry. You want me to talk to him?' her eyes seem to say. You shake your head no.

"What are you guys doing?" John asks.

"Nothing." You both laugh. You take out your IPod and start listening to Imagine Dragon's, 'Hear Me'. You bring out you assigned reading book, 'Rebecca' and start reading. It's not that you don't like this book, but it is just so boring to read compared to the other books you've read. Rose kicks you under the table and you look up slowly and up at her. She nods to Dave. You look over and he is staring at you. You pause your song.

"What?"

"Nothing." He says and smirks, looking away. You sigh and get up.

"I'm going to go read in the library." You tell them.

"Okay." They all say. You look back as you enter the library (Which is right next to the lunch area) John is yelling at Dave who is wincing at every word he says. He looks over at you and smirks. He gets up and starts walking over to you, John is yelling after him but Rose settles him down. You can see Katie's 'just friends' boyfriend walking over to the table. You roll your eyes at Dave and walk into the library, then run as deep into it as you can. You grab a familiar book, 'Percy Jackson and The Titan's Curse' and sit down at one of the tables in the back. About thirty minutes later you have finished the book and go looking for, 'The Battle of the Labyrinth.' As you walk over to the shelf you see that it's missing.

'Someone must've checked it out already.' You think you yourself. You feel someone's arms snake around your waist.

"Leave me alone Strider." You spit.

"Don't you want Battle of the Labyrinth?" He holds it up to you, his one arms still pulling you against his chest.

"Yes." You grab for it but he pulls it away from you. You whine and get away from him grabbing 'The Last Olympian' and then walking away. He follows you to your table and leans over your chair looking at the book as well.

"Leave me alone Strider."

"Why?" You look up at him and his eyebrows are knit. 'Is he seriously confused?' You wonder. You look up at him in some sort of disgust you suppose, get up, put the book away and walk out. Free period is over anyways.

"Come on Jane."

"It's Jade, asshole." You say. Dave stops walking next to you and eventually just goes off to his next class. You head off to Honors English Ten. Thank God you have it with Katie. As you walk into the class all the girls, except Katie, glare at you.

"Slut." Terezi coughs. 'This again?'

"Excuse me?" Katie stands up.

"Nothing." Terezi's smirk gets wipes off her face.

"Hey." She nods.

"Hello."

"Alright class so today you will be writing short stories. Your main idea has to be your own world and there has to be some sort of conflict in it, as you know. Make it at least two pages, front and back. Finish it by Wednesday. And, go!" Mr. White has to be your favorite teacher. He is just so much more focused and devoted to his job than the other teachers are.

You start to write.
'My world is grey, blue and black.' You continue writing until you hear banging one the lockers. You look around, but nobody else seems to hear it. You get up and make your way to Mr. White's desk.

"May I go to the restroom?" You ask politely.

"I suppose." He says gesturing towards the door. You head out and follow the banging. You turn a corner and see Dave and some other guy fighting, and it looks like Dave is getting his ass handed to him on a silver platter. 'Good. He deserves it.' You think. You hide behind the wall, and look over so you can see what's going on. Dave get slammed into the lockers and he groans in pain. The guy punches him hard in the gut and Dave wheezes and starts coughing. The guy grabs a fist full of Dave's hair and rams his head into the wall. His shades break from the pressure of the lockers and fall off his face. He opens his eyes and they are red. Blood red.

"Freak." The guy spits.

"Bastard." Dave groans. The guys turns your corner and looks at you in shock at first but then walks off as if he hadn't just beaten the crap out of a guy. You walk up to Dave cautiously. He looks up at you. He doesn't say anything, just tries to sit up so he doesn't look too weak. His lip is split and bleeding, he has a bloody nose and bruises on the side of his face and wrists. Once he manages to sit up you kneel down and cup his face with your hands so you can look at the damage. His eyes widen as you run your fingers along the bruises. He has a few cuts from the lockers on the side of his face as well, basically everywhere you look he has a bruise but or scratch on him.

"Hello, Strider." You sigh. He looks down at his hands.

"Haley."

"Harley." You roll your eyes, your eyebrows knitting together in frustration for having to correct him. You sigh, get up, and hold out your hand for Dave. He looks up at you his normal poker face, broken and replaced with a pained expression. You grab his shoulder as lightly as you can and grip his hand. You pull him up and he winces. He bends down slightly to get his backpack and pulls it over one shoulder. You wrap an arm around his middle as he grips your shoulders so he has support. You walk down to the nurses office and you can tell that he is relieved nobody else is in there to see him like this. He pulls out another pair of shades exactly like the other ones he had, and puts them on. The nurse cleans him up, you both trudge down the hallway.

"Could you take me to the bathrooms?" He asks.

"Yeah." You make your way to the bathrooms that are near your Honors English class, you really should explain to Mr. White what happened after school.

You look at Dave's bruised face as you open the door for him and he limps in, placing his hands on the walls so he doesn't fall over.
You wait for about six minutes and he comes out, his face completely unmarked. You stare in disbelief.

"What?" He raises an eyebrow.

"What happened to all the br-" You are interrupted when he takes out a pale concealer.

"Doesn't it hurt to walk?"

"Like hell, yes. But I can deal with it." He says taking a few steps toward you. You star up at him and you think he is staring down at you but you're not sure because of his damn shades. The bell rings and Dave starts to walk away. You roll your eyes and turn around. Then you hear an almost inaudible,

"T-thanks, Jade." You look back at him but he's already gone.

Hey guys,

So I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I have decided to multitask and work on two stories at once. So expect another story coming up and probably slow updates... Sorry...

Later!