(Before I even start, wanna give a shoutout to my girl KatelynBB for givin me the courage to post this. And go check out the babysitter if you're not reading it already, i am so addicted to that story. Also want to say thanks to MollyHighland AND RollinsInTheDean DeeMarie426 and everyone who's been following my story, you guys are sweethearts and I'm real glad y'all are enjoying the story so far)

I think-I think when it's all over,
It just comes back in flashes, you know?
It's like a kaleidoscope of memories.
It just all comes back. But he never does.
I think part of me knew the second I saw him that this would happen.
It's not really anything he said or anything he did,
It was the feeling that came along with it.
And the crazy thing is I don't know if I'm ever gonna feel that way again.
But I don't know if I should.
I knew his world moved too fast and burned too bright.
But I just thought, how can the devil be pulling you toward someone who looks so much like an angel when he smiles at you?
Maybe he knew that when he saw me.
I guess I just lost my balance.
I think that the worst part of it all wasn't losing him.
It was losing me.

-Taken from I Knew You Were Trouble When You Walked In by Taylor Swift

CHAPTER TWO, PT FOUR

an unlikely friendship

"No, damn it, Jon. You do not throw like that." Giselle said as she laughed a little, shook her head and said "Clearly, violence is more your speed."

"Damn.. Gimme a break."

"Why? You rode MY ass when we tried to spar earlier. Now, stand up straighter, go back a little. Here it comes." Giselle said as she prepared to throw the ball and then threw it. Jon jumped up, catching the ball, smirking as he held it out, slid off the glove and tossed it on the ground, then said "And now, Ms. Smart Ass. I caught it. What now." before taking off at a run after her.

But Giselle was aptly named, apparently, because not only did she dodge him with skill and grace, she was up the tallest tree in the park they'd been throwing the ball around in before he could really blink.

"Come down, damn."

"Nope. Come up here and make me, Jon." she called down from the tree. She blinked in shock as about 2 minutes later, he emerged on the branch on which she was sitting, smirking his trademark cocky smirk as he flopped down, started to poke her in the ribcage.

"Stop it."

"Make me, why don't ya?"

"Don't tempt me, Jon." she said as she started to poke him back, careful that neither of them lost their balance, spilled from the tree top.

Down below, Kaya called up, "Don't tell me ya with him.. Again."

"Then don't ask, Kaya." Giselle called down as Jon rolled his eyes and muttered something under his breath she couldn't make out. Kaya swore to herself as she called up, "He's only gonna make a fool of ya, Elle."

"Thanks for the input, what are ya, my ma?" she called back down, rolling her eyes. She hated it when Kaya would do this, show up and butt in, say something snide to her about Jon.

She always sort of got this feeling there was something there, she just wasn't getting it, and lately, the more time she spent with Jon, the little bits and pieces he let her in on his life, well.. She was starting to feel things towards him.

Things she didn't want to feel.

Things that scared her, personally. Especially when she realized that he was 18, he'd laugh and most likely, even if he did return those feelings, he'd be leaving this year. He'd already began negotiations with Cody and Les from the gym, and he and Sami were supposed to start training in developmental territory practically as soon as the diploma was in their hands.

Kaya glared at the tree, mouthed something to herself as she muttered, "Yeah, Elle.. Just you wait.. When ya realize just how bad a guy he is.. Ya gonna wish ya listened to me."

Okay, so he'd never done anything to her, personally.. At least not anything she wanted him to do to her. She'd had this huge crush on the neighborhood bad boy for about 3 years now, and before Elle came along, she'd been just about to get him to herself, she just knew it.

And then Elle came and he basically went back to pretending she didn't exist. Just like before. Now she had to watch them together and have it rubbed in her face. Which only made her hate her cousin Giselle even more than she had to start with.

"Let's see if Ms. Goody Two Shoes likes what I'm gonna do here shortly." she muttered to herself as she walked out of the park, her mind racing with plans. All she had to do was wait.. Eventually, the feelings between Elle and Jon would come to light and when they did, she fully intended to insert herself into the situation and completely screw it up for them both.

Up in the tree, Jon sighed as he looked at his hands then Giselle and said quietly, "She likes me. And I told her I don't fuckin like her. She's always screwin around, I don't like people I can't trust."

"Ahh, so there is something." Giselle said as she asked "That mean you trust me?"

"Dunno yet. I kinda think I can, but.." he muttered, trailing off again. He wasn't good at this emotional bullshit, he never had been.

"Likewise." Giselle muttered as she stared a hole through the tip of her Vans and sighed, leaning back, her hair brushing against his neck. When that happened, it felt like a literal shockwave swept through his body and he gritted his teeth as he let her rest like that.

No sense in starting a fight, making her storm off after swearing at him a little bit. Besides, the shocking part was that he actually liked it, the way she did little stuff like that. He didn't want to like it, but he did.