Only a short one for now, I'm at work all week so won't have time to write until my day off, hopefully this will tide you over til then!
I was taken back by this, I stared at him wide eyed and I was pretty sure I would resemble a fish. After a few moments silence he looked up at me.
"You're serious?" I whispered questioningly, he simply nodded and looked back down at his hands.
I quickly started weighing up the pros and cons, then decided to hell with listing the bad things, I put my hand over one of his.
"Yes" he jerked his head up to see if I was joking, I smiled sincerely at him.
"Seriously?" he asked incredulousy I nodded in reply and a face splitting grin crossed his face.
"You look like the Cheshire cat!" I giggled, he looked confused.
"Alice in Wonder- you know what, never mind" I smiled. He slid into the chair next to me and held my hand, staring down everyone that looked at us. We were joined by Allison and Claire.
"What are you two so happy about?" Allison asked while pulling out a can of coke. John and I shared a look, he nodded telling me it was okay to tell them.
"John asked me out" I blushed and rested my head on his shoulder. Claire and Allison looked at each other as if they knew it was going to happen.
"Told you!" Claire stated which confused John.
"What are you on about?" he asked Claire but looked at Allison.
"We were telling little Alice here that you had a thing for her, looks like we were right" John chuckled.
"I'd be crazy not to have a thing for her!" I blushed again and hid my face with my hair.
"Where's Sporto and Brian?" John asked.
"Brian took Andy to meet his friends" Allison answered while playing with her curled hair, she had chosen to transform from the dark mute to a girly chatterbox, not much of a change, huh?
We spent the rest of the day together, only parting ways when we went home. John walked me to my house again, this time he stayed for a while.
"I thought your dad got mad when you were late?" I asked while I was getting us drinks.
"He's not at home today" he took his drink and quickly gulped it down before standing behind me and wrapping his arms around my waist and propping his chin on my shoulder.
"Want something?" I giggled at him.
"Just admiring the view" I quickly looked and saw him staring down the top of my dress.
"Pig" he smirked and pecked me on the cheek.
"Sue me" he tickled my side.
"I might have to one day" I wrapped my arms around his neck and hugged him, his arms encircled my waist again, pulling me closer to him.
"I should probably be getting back" he sighed, resting his forehead against mine.
"Do you have to?" I pouted, he smiled and quickly planted a kiss on my lips.
"I want to be back before the old man" I nodded, understanding. As we got to the front door I turned him to face me and pulled him down into a deep kiss, breathing in his scent. A few moments later we broke apart.
"See you tomorrow?" I bit my lip.
"You bet queenie" I watched as he walked down the street, maybe John Bender wasn't the asshole everyone thought he was, he certainly hadn't been one to me yet.
I arrived at school in the morning, and wasn't too surprised to find that John wasn't there, but I started to get a bit worried when he didn't turn up for the rest of the week.
Saturday was fast approaching, time for detention, I sat quietly in the library, wondering if he would show today. I laid my head down on the table using my arms as a pillow.
I'm not sure how long passed but when I lifted my head I was shocked to see John sat next to me. I was even more shocked when I noticed the cuts and bruises littering his arms and face.
"Oh my God, are you okay?" I asked with panic in my voice.
"Just a scratch" he shook his head.
"Your dad" I said, it wasn't a question, it was obvious who had done it. He nodded.
"Is that why you were off school?" I carefully stroked his hand, careful to miss any sore parts.
"Yeah, I got locked in" he explained making me sad. I kissed him on the cheek.
"Why don't you move out?" I asked.
"No money" he sighed. I could tell he wanted nothing more than to run away.
"Stay with me a while" I blurted out, shocked that I would suggest such a thing but being too concerned to regret it.
"Don't be stupid" he muttered.
"Seriously, you can stay at mine for a while, you get away from him and I get some much needed company. It's lonely living alone, you know" I smiled at him and his eyes watered slightly, he quickly blinked to hide the fact he was close to tears.
"You're the best, I won't get in your way, I promise" he kissed my cheek.
"I want you in my way, obviously" I giggled and pulled him into a proper kiss, apologising when I touched a tender spot on his cheek.
We spent the majority of detention discussing how he would sneek his stuff out of the house, but he then came to the conclusion that no one would notice if his stuff was gone, they didn't even know what he had.
I was seriously looking forward to John staying with me for a little while, anything to get him away from his awful family, anything to stop him getting hurt, he didn't deserve it, he needed love and care, and if his parents weren't going to give that to him, then I would.
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