(Because. Chappies are cooler than chapters)
MPOV"What?" I asked, kind of stunned. Well, a lot stunned.
JJ adjusted her glasses. "Well, take me for example." She said.
"I used to live a lot farther away. At my old school, in seventh grade, I was made fun of a lot. (A/N: I just looked out the window and saw my cat drinking water out of a candleholder…) I had glasses, braces, and always got straight A's. I'd spend all my time studying, simply because I had nothing else to do. I was awful at sports and had no friends. It got worse in eighth grade. I got really stressed out and kept getting really bad migraines and getting sick. I'd get really upset if I got anything less than an A on my tests. The doctor said I needed to get away from all the stress, so my parents sent me to live with my aunt for a month. While I was there, I didn't go to school. I took therapy and worked on being able to relax and having more self-confidence. When I got back, I was a changed person. I was confident to go back to school, make new friends, and not be bullied. While I was gone, someone started the rumor that the reason I wasn't at school was I tried to kill myself. It was even worse than before. Everyone actually thought it was true. Newspaper reporters wanted to do an article on me for their anti-bullying report. Magazines wanted to make an example of me for why people shouldn't bully. I was sent to guidance counselors and therapists. It was so bad that I couldn't just move schools. I had to move out of the state, almost one thousand miles away."
"Wow." I said, feeling bad for her. "But, why did you tell me all this? You just met me."
"Well, if you go tell someone, it doesn't matter, everyone already knows. If you were going to be friends with us, I wanted you to know the truth. So now, if you don't want to hang out or be friends, then it's fine. I understand." She said, looking down at her feet.
"I don't mind your story, but I'm curious about the others." I said, choosing my words carefully. I didn't want her to think that we could just all be friends now. I want to know about the others before I decide. Mostly, I was thinking about protecting Ella.
"Well, everyone else's story isn't as long as mine, so why not." JJ said, adjusting her glasses again. "Nudge was a klepto. She didn't want to be like that, but she couldn't stop herself. She even jot thrown in juvie for two days once. She did therapy and all that crap and eventually got better, but everyone still avoided her like the plague. She moved here to get a "fresh start"." JJ said, making air quotes with her fingers. She tilted her head.
"I'm not sure If I should be telling you all this. No one else knows, and it could ruin her fresh start if you told."
"I'm not that heartless." I said. "And I swear upon bacon that I won't tell anyone."
JJ looked at me for a second. I could tell she also knew the power of bacon. Unlike Ella, who refuses to respect it. She even had the nerve to throw it in the trash once. She's lucky she's not in jail for that.
"Okay." She said. "I trust you."
"Gazzy just hung out with the wrong people, I guess. When he was in fifth grade, some of his friends convinced him to try some dangerous things. Things were done, and people got seriously injured. He told himself he'd never associate with people like these again. But, in ninth grade, he fell in with them again. They told him they'd changed, and he believed them. But this time, no one got seriously hurt. Someone got killed." JJ paused.
"You're not running away trying to distance yourself as far as possible from us, so I take that as a good sign."
I shrugged. "Things happen. People make mistakes."
"And Iggy… well, he's blind.
Wait, what? Iggy? Blind? "How did it happen?"
"He was walking home one day when he saw a girl cornered by a bunch of thugs. He fought them off and helped her home. Turns out, they were part of a gang, and the gang wanted revenge. They hunted him down and beat him up, one against nine. And they had guns. Bullet wounds heal. Methanol poisoning does not." (I did my research on this one. Methanol is a poison that can make you go blind.)
"Oh." I said softly. "Wait, you left out Fang."
JJ shifted uncomfortably. "Ever since 'The Accident', he's just been really distant. Even though he was still 'Mr. No-show-of-emotion', he used to laugh and smile and talk more."
"…That's it? What was 'The Accident?" I asked, wondering why she told me everything to not tell me the one I want to know most.
"Umm… I think Fang will tell you that if he wants to."
Okay then. It must be something really bad.
"If you're going to go now and find some other people to sit with, I understand. But remember, you're not telling anyone what I told you."
"Actually," I say "I think I'll fit right in."
I know. It's really shortand filler-ish. But it had lots of important info in it. So be happy.
I was just outside playing with my kitty. There were lots of pears on the ground so I was throwing them for him to chase. Then I accidentally hit him square in the face with one. I tried to go tell him I was sorry, but he ran away from me and now he's under the deck sulking.
Since my kitty probably packed up his bags and ran away, if you come across him, please tell him I'm really sorry and it was an accident.
And then send him back with a review strapped to his back.
I've decided to start doing a question of the chapter. Anyone who reads this chapter WILL answer the question through a review. Or ELSE!
(I am very very imaginative in ways to kill people. So you better review.)
So now that I'm done being mean to you and demanding reviews, here id the QOTC (question of the chapter)
~Do you have any pets? If so, what do you have?~
Okay, so that was two questions. DEAL WITH IT.
On that happy note, Bye!
-Starry Eye