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I OWN NOTHING

ELI POV

"I can't believe they let him come back here" I say, glaring across the courtyard.

Adam grunts in agreement. We were sitting at a picnic table outside Degrassi, discussing the pros and cons of the Green Lantern movie when we saw him. "I swear to god" Adam says "if that dude takes one step near me I'll kick his ass. Fuck the "zero tolerance" shit, dude. They're obviously breaking their own rules letting him back here" he rants.

"Word." I reply, not taking my eyes off the offensive guy lounging near the doors of the school.

"Who are we trying to beat up?" I hear from behind me. I jump and swing around to see who it is.

"Jesus! How do you do that?" I ask.

"It comes with being small" Nora laughs and plops down next to me. "Now, what got your ladies panties in a bunch?"

Adam glares at her and shakes his head to himself. "Him" he says, pointing. Her eyes follow his finger.

"Juicy. Who's him?" she inquires.

"That's Fitz"

"Hmm, doesn't ring a bell" she says.

"He tried to stab me" I tell her.

Her eyes widen and she turns to me "Hot damn! What'd you do to him to make him want to do that?"

"Why does everyone think I started it?" I sigh, exasperated.

"Cause your stubborn as hell" Adam laughs. Nora nods in agreement. She's laughing and smiling, but I can see anger in her eyes. He looks at her and continues explaining. "Apparently he was saved by Jesus" he says. Nora scoffs.

"He tried to beat us up on countless occasions" I say. "And he threw Adam through a glass door" I finish. "I guess you could say we have a bit of a sore spot for him"

Nora tenses. "Adam?" she mumbles and looks at him. Adam shakes his head 'no' and shoots a glare at me. I scrunch my eyebrows in confusion.

"Nora, it's okay. It didn't even hurt" he says quickly. I raise an eyebrow at him, why is he defending Fitz?

"Is that all he did?" Nora asked. Her voice sounded weird, different. Intimidating.

"Yes" Adam replied at the same time I said "No"

Nora glanced at me. She stood up and stomped toward the main stairs.

"Eli!" Adam groans, glaring at me. "You don't know how she is! She's gonna get in trouble" He stand up and makes a move to go after her.

"Huh?"

I get up and follow him. By now, Nora has reached Fitz. She reaches up to push his shoulders back roughly. She's so little she can hardly reach, but Fitz still stumbles back.

"Who do you think you are, huh?" she yells up at him. "What makes you so special that you think you can do everything that you did and then just come back here?"

"Uh, who are you?" Fits asks, confused.

Nora punches him. Square in the nose. I gasp in surprise and Adam makes a noise that's somewhere between a cough and a groan.

"WOAH!" Fits bellows. "What the fuck-"

"The next words that come out of your mouth better be some brilliant fucking Mark Twain shit" Nora yells, pushing him back again. "Cause it's gonna get chiseled on your tombstone"

"Listen, I don't know who you are or where you came from but-" he stops when he sees us flanking her sides. "Oh" he says dejectedly.

"Yeah. Oh" Nora spits. She kicks his hard in the shin, causing him to double over.

Nora takes this chance to turn him around and, with a grunt, roughly shove his chest with both arms. As Fitz tumbles down the main stairs, Nora looks over at us. First me, then Adam. The rage is obvious in her eyes, even from a few feet away. From next to me, Adam shakes him head no. Nora relaxes.

By now, Fitz is standing up. Nora turns to him and runs down the stairs to meet him. She grabs his arm and, in some kind of freakish jiu jitsu move, she has him back on the ground. She climbs on top of him and puts her lips right next to his ear. "Jesus may love you, but I think you're garbage wrapped in skin" she spits.

Giving him one last hard shove into the pavement, she jumps up. She looks around at the small crowd that had accumulated until she sees us. She grabs our hands and pulls us into school.

"Oh. My. God" I say, smiling. "That was awesome. Oh my God. Where'd you learn how to do that?" I laugh gleefully.

Nora shrugs.

"I can't believe you did that" Adam says, shaking his head disapprovingly. "You better pray Fitz doesn't rat you out"

"He won't tell" she says assertively, looking straight into Adam's eyes "He won't hurt you anymore either"

At this, Adam can't help but half smile. I eye them both. "You're really protective of him" I state.

"No really?" Adam scoffs. "I forgive you" he tells her "But you're still an idiot"

"I just can't believe you did that, Nora!" I say animatedly as we start walking again. "You totally took down that dude that… Adam and I, together, couldn't even beat up. You're like a little bomb! All small and harmless and calm and then all of a sudden…" I trail off.

Nora finishes my rant with a showy 'BOOM' sound, hand motion and all. I laugh and ruffle her hair

"Okay, Shmoops. I'm going to class" Nora says, adjusting her bag and turning a corner. I watch with a smile as she walks away. When she's out of sight, Adam stops and puts a hand on my chest. Pulled out of my reverie, I shake my head and give him my attention.

Adam gives me a knowing look, which I blatantly ignore, and takes his hand back.

"Nora's birthday is coming up" he states. We stop walking out side of my English class. I lean against the wall casually.

"Really?" I ask "She didn't say anything to me about it" I say skeptically.

"She doesn't talk about it. She told me once that she's never celebrated her birthday before"

"What? Why the hell not?" I ask, my eyebrows coming together in confusion.

Adam gives me a sturdy look. "Her mom died on her birthday. Giving birth to her. Ring a bell?" he says obviously.

Oh. Well, now I feel stupid. Of course I knew about her mother's death, I just didn't put two and two together. "Right…" I say "Well, that no reason to deprive the poor girl of all things birth related… jeez"

"Yeah well, you've never met her father" Adam grumbles darkly.

"Hmm?"

"Nothing" he coughs "Anyways, we're making her celebrate this year"

"I like the sound of this" I smile "Are you and Drew gonna plan a party or something?"

"No, dude" he says, putting on his innocent face. "Me and you are gonna plan a party"

"… I don't like the sound of this" I deadpan.

"Oh come on!" Adam whines "She would love this. Eli, you can't take this from her. She's never had a birthday party. Never. Not one. And I can't plan the whole thing alone" Oh my god, he's guilt tripping me.

"She probably wont even want a party. You know she hates anything crowded or cliché. And what is it with you always throwing parties for girls, anyways? Plus… what if she, like, cries or something" I try to sway him.

"Nora doesn't cry"

I raise an eyebrow.

"I'm serious. But, that's beside the point. You know we have to do this for her. We need to. This is Nora… this is our girl!" he's started talking so animatedly that he's drawing the attention of bystanders. I touch his hand and bring them from their poised position back to his side.

"Fine"

"What? You'll do it! ELI! You're awesome. Seriously, like, Brociedon. Ruler of the Brocean" he says excitedly. I almost expect him to squeal.

"Yeah, I'll help you. But please calm down" I chuckle.

"Oh. Sorry" he says, taking a deep breath. I roll my eyes, and turn to walk into my class. I'm through the door when I vaguely her Adam exclaim "Still awesome!" from the hallway.

I chuckle to myself, sliding into a desk and pulling out a blank notebook. I'm still a little early, so I'm left to my thoughts. What on earth did I just agree to?

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