Chapter 9-
Jack found Carly at the lockers. As expected, she ignored him completely and did a neat sidestep. Jack couldn't let that slide. Nobody, and he meant NOBODY, ignored Jack Atlas for this period of time. He grabbed her arm, stopping her in her tracks, but she still wouldn't look him in the eye. "Leave me alone, Jack Atlas. Didn't you get the message the first time?" she demanded, eyes to the floor. Then Jack realised. "Carly... I've been trying to puzzle out this whole mess. The reason why you... the... well, it doesn't matter now." She was listening. "You were trying to protect me, weren't you?" Carly was silent.
"That's the reason why... oh, God, Carly. Why didn't you tell me this before?" he asked, almost angrily. Carly shook her head violently. "You think that you would have listened? You're Jack Atlas. You don't care about any one or any thing." Carly's words stung, but they were the truth. "Except for you," Jack said softly. "Walk with me to class, please." Carly rose her head to shake it again, but Jack got there first and kissed her. "Not you, too!" groaned a voice. Jack and Carly turned around to see the twins. "You're dating JACK, Carly?" demanded Rua. Carly turned to Jack, face expressionless. Jack smiled. "Yeah," she said, before hugging him.
Rua and Ruka left, and the couple went to class. Professor Rudger was having a hard time controlling every one. "Why is every one so loud today?" he grumbled. Suddenly the loudspeaker announced, "Kiryu and Misty, please report to the head teacher's office." There was a chorus of heckling. Carly grinned in spite of herself. "Oh dear, guys, what have you done this time?" she asked. They both turned surprised, before the feeling of warmth set in. They were forgiven. Now, when Carly saw Kiryu's smile, she felt true affection, not love. Kiryu and Misty were still her best friends and would always be. And if she knew them well enough then they had probably got into trouble beating up the tough guys for her. Aki and Yusei laughed as the two fiends left, brushing against each other, not quite holding hands. "What's funny?" asked Jack, wearing his classic stoic poker face.
"Oh, nothing. Nothing at all. Every thing's fine."
~Fin~
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