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Jenn just smiled in his direction like nothing was wrong as she put her unnecessary books away in her locker. All of a sudden, she felt a strong hand on her shoulder and pull her up. For someone who was pretty bulky, he moved pretty fast.

"Well hi there." she said with a slightly nervous smile.

"what the hell happened?" he asked worriedly.

"Nothing happened. Shall we walk home now?" she said, trying to move away. He just held her steady.

"Wanna tell the truth?"

"Not really."

"Why not?" he asked, still worried.

"Because I don't want more people to get involved than there needs to be." she said, shaking herself off and started for home without him. He of course caught up to her.

"Was it that fight at lunch? Everyone was talking about it….were you in it?" She sighed.

"I was the one those bitches were kicking at." she grumbled as she kept moving.

"Dang…you just piss everybody off, don't you?" he joked. It didn't make her feel any better. It showed when she started walking ahead of him. He realized he may have said something wrong and caught back up with her and gently touched her shoulder.

"Look…they thought there was something going on between us and if even talking to you is gonna cause me getting beaten up, I don't think I wanna even be friends with you." she said softly.

"They picked a fight with you because of me?"

"Their leader has the hots for you and felt I was competition…"

"But I like talking with you…I mean, I've only known you for like two days, but still…you're a cool girl." he admitted with a grin.

"And…you are the only person I've even really talked to here…" she admitted.

"Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship…" he said, quoting the film Casablanca. She gasped.

"I love that movie~! It's my favorite old movie of all time!" she practically squealed.

"Really?" he asked. Most girls were never into old movies like that.

"Yeah…I have a huge crush on Humphrey Bogart." she said with a dreamy sigh.

"Well we have the movie at our house. You're more than welcome to come over and watch it sometime." he offered.

"Sure…sounds fun~!" she said smiling now. There seemed to be no semblance of the fight from earlier in the day in her any longer.

They parted ways as per usual and Jenn braced herself for what was to come at home. She went through the whole story, even though the school had called her home and told them what had happened. Her parents were actually quite proud of her for standing up for herself while at the same time, worried about her. She decided she was going to skip dinner despite being pretty hungry but she didn't want to deal with her parents babying her like they always did every time she got hurt.

She got up to her room and looked out her window to see if John was at his window. She felt stupid for practically hoping for it, but low and behold, there he was. She smiled to herself as she stuck her head out the window. He saw her and did the same.

"Fancy meeting you here." he teased. He had his shirt off…again.

"Same to you…hey…would it be cool if we watched the movie today? I kind of wanna get out of the house." He nodded.

"Sure, no problem. Come on over." he invited. She grabbed her jacket and told her parents where she would be. She walked over to his house and John answered the door.

"Hey…sorry for such short notice…" she apologized as he gestured for her to come in.

"Don't even worry about it." he said shrugging it off.

"I wasn't interrupting anything, was I?"

"Nah! On to the living room!"

She followed John inside his house, taking in everything in the house. Jenn was immediately able to tell that it was primarily a male household. There wasn't really anything breakable in the house…or if there was, it was probably hidden or already broken, and there really wasn't a trace of femininity around. She noticed John sniffing around and a grin broke out on his face.

"Mom? You in the kitchen?" he called out.

"Aren't I always?" his mother called back as she appeared in front of them to greet them. She smiled at Jenn but winced slightly when she saw her.

"Mom, stop looking at her like that…" he said as he saw Jenn shift uncomfortably.

"I'm sorry. John told me about what happened. You should put some steak on your eye and luckily we always have plenty of that." she said, heading to the fridge.

"Oh I'm okay. It looks a lot worse than it feels, believe me." Jenn reassured her.

"Oh and John, good luck with taking the TV from your brothers. I thought you knew it was wrestling right now."

"Oh right…somehow it slipped my mind…" he said scratching the back of his head.

"You guys watch wrestling too?! Awesome~!" Jenn practically squealed, her eyes lighting up.

"You watch wrestling?" his mother asked.

"Ever since I was two~" she said, holding up her fingers proudly.

"Well John, you better hurry and marry her." she said winking.

"Ma, I just met her." he blushed.

"Whoa~! Does Johnny have a girlfriend~?" his brother Steve teased, giving John a nuggie.

"She is NOT my girlfriend. Speaking of girlfriends, aren't you due at her house or something where you're away from here?" he smirked, getting the other into a headlock now. Their mom just went back to the kitchen like business as usual as the 2 boys started to wrestle in the hallway.

Jenn didn't want to get caught in another fight, no matter how playful so she made her way to a safe distance. She assumed it was the living room because of the way the furniture was and the TV was in there. As she was told, WWF was definitely on right now. John's other brothers and his father were already situated and watching, the younger boys enthusiastically and cheering, the father watching quietly, enjoying himself. She couldn't help but feel slightly awkward and out of place until John's father beckoned her to sit on the couch near him.

"Please don't mind John's rudeness. I don't know where he gets it." he said chuckling.

"It's okay…I have a lot of guy, Southern cousins. I totally get it." she said smiling.

"So you like wrestling?" he asked smiling back. She nodded.

"A lot~!"

"So who's your favorite wrestler?" She knew it was more of a trivia-type question.

"Oh that's easy. Stone Cold Steve Austin and the Undertaker." she replied immediately.

"Oh they are good." he said, commending her choices.

"But Shawn Michaels and Mankind come in close second."

"Wow…you really aren't an average girl." he said, impressed.

"Well I am a Southern girl so for me college football, baseball, wrestling, and NASCAR are just things I HAVE TO watch~!" she laughed.

"What about participating in sports?"

"Well I did martial arts, track, and outside of that I enjoy swimming, tackle football, and playing basketball." she laughed.

"Well someone is active." he said nodding.

"I just love being active." she said shrugging. She noticed the fight had died down and John had returned. His hair was a mess and he had somehow lost his shirt.

"What are you guys talking about?" he asked, slightly panting.

"How you should ask this pretty young lady out already." his dad responded, making her eyes go wide.

"No. That is SO not it." she defended.

"Dad…she's just a friend…a NEW friend. I only met her yesterday." he explained.
"Okay…okay." the older man said with a sort of smirk. John just shook his head.

They watched the program, commenting here and there on various matches and moves. All the guys were impressed with her knowledge of wrestling and enjoyed her company, John especially. Maybe his parents were on to something and he should try asking her out. After all, people did date to meet and get to know each other…so he was told. He then decided against it…at least until he maybe got to know her better. Then maybe he would ask her out.

The night was drawing to a close and Jenn had to get home. John, being a gentleman, offered to walk her home, despite how close it was to his own home. The walk home was light-hearted and fun. Before they knew it, they were at her house. She smiled as they reached her door.

"Thanks for letting me come over…" she said softly.

"No problem…sorry we didn't have a chance to watch the movie." he apologized.

"It's totally cool. We can watch it another time. Besides, wrestling was fun enough." she reassured.

"Cool. Sounds fun." he said smiling.

"Okay~ I'll see you at school then?"

"For sure…and try not to get into anymore fights until at least next year." he teased as she went inside.

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