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CHAPTER TEN

"Guys, guys guess what!" Rudy exclaimed as he rushed as he ran into the dojo.

"What is it?" Elliot asked as she lifted her head to look at him.

"I got a rematch for us...the Black Dragons agreed" he said excited.

"Finally" Kim said happily.

"Who are the Black Dragons?" Elliot asked with a puzzled expression.

"Only our enemy dojo" I said while rolling my eyes.

"Excuse me for not knowing drama history" she said rolling her eyes back at me.

"It's not Drama history! It's actual facts" I spat back at her.

"Oh! sorry...so do you have an enemy there?" she asked with a sudden innocent look.

"Yeah...actually...I...do" I said slowly.

"Oh! Noo! You? An enemy? But you're the good guy...you're friends with everybody...and you're nice and funny and...completely annoying and disturbing and irritating and...I can continue all day"

"I am annoying? If I am annoying then what are you?" I asked her.

"Oh boy!" I heard Jerry say as Elliot narrowed her eyes at me. Elliot walked closer at me and slightly lifted her head so she can still lock her eyes with mine.

"Oh you wanna do this right now?" she asked smirking at me. Well two can play this game.

"Bring it" I mumbled.

"Ugh god! You are soooo annoying! Can't you just shut up!?" she was furious and I just smirked at her...god I love to make her angry.

"What are you smirking at?" she asked her eyes narrowed.

"You! Your face is priceless when you're angry"

"What?!"

"You turn red and a small vein at your forehead is popping" I said even though it wasn't true. She didn't know that.

"You annoying little asshole-"

"That's enough!" Kim exclaimed. Me and Elliot looked at her with wide eyes.

"I'm tired of this...If you guys want to fight like a couple fine! Do it outside! I don't have to hear this" she said as she turned red from yelling at as. Me and Elliot were simply stanned. I'm sure we looked like fish...you know mouth opeing and closing like a fish...

"Sorry" Elliot mumbled looking at Kim.

"I was so angry I didn't think you might won't like this."

"Yeah Kim...I'm sorry too..."

"Finally you two agree on something" she said smiling like her outbrust never happened. I heard Elliot groan and I looked at her.

"You did it on purpose didn't you?"

"Yup" Kim said popping the 'p'. That's when Elliot's phone rang and she ran to it. When she saw the I.D a huge smile spread on her lips as she answered it. When she hung up she looked at Kim and she smiled even more.

"Was that Alex?" Kim asked and Elliot just nodded.

"You like him?" I asked confused.

"Don't be stupid...I am just happy around him..." she said shrugging her shoulders.

"I'm going home" Elliot said as she put on her shoes. "Later" we all heard her say as she walked out of the dojo and towards a smiling Alex waiting for her... He placed his hand at the small of her waist and they left together smiling. Why in the world am I feeling like this...? I would really love to deny it but what I was feeling was pure jealousy...


"There's no way I'm doing this Kim" Jerry said firmly but Kim just ignored him and gave him the puppy dog face.

"No! Don't you dare pull that face on me" Jerry warned.

"Come on! Plz?! For me? You just have to come and hold some bags"

"Why can't he do it?" Jerry asked pointing at me.

"He had to talk Elliot into dressing as an elf and spent a whole night as an elf with her" I said with venom in my voice.

"I don't get it...why do you guys hate each other so much?" Kim asked as a puzzled expression overtook her features.

"I don't know...I guess we didn't have a good start..."

"Anyway...let's go" Kim said and grabbed Jerry's hand.

"I'm not going shopping with you...with anybody actually" Jerry said as he ripped his hand from Kim's.

"I'll come" All of our faces snapped at the direction of the voice and my eyes met those dark blue orbs.

"You will?" Kim asked with hope.

"I said I'll help..."Elliot said shrugging her shoulders...

"Great! I'll go get my bag" Kim said as she stormed into the lockers room.

"That was actually nice of you" I said looking at Elliot.

"I'm only mean towards you" she said and shot me a wink and I simply rolled my eyes.

"Let's go!" Kim said excited.

"Oh! Can you do me a favour?" Elliot said looking at me.

"What?" I asked curiously.

"If Alex passes by home...tell him not to call me again...I think he didn't got it when I told him myself" Elliot said looking emotionless.

"Okay..."

"Thanks" she mumbled and she and Kim left the dojo as they started talking.

"Did she just dump him?" Jerry asked me.

"I don't think she wanted to...but Alex had...different...feelings?"

"About Elliot?"

"He liked her" I stated.

"So he's not the guy she said at lunch..."

"What guy?" Okay I'm confused.

"You know...the one who makes her forget about Blaze..." Jerry's words left me in a kind of sock since I was stiffened and didn't say a word...Blaze...great...I had forgotten about him...

"You hope it's you?" I asked joking.

"Nah...she already told me it's not me..." I just shot him a confused look.

"She told me during Math when I asked her..."

"Oh" was all I could master to think.

"Um can we stop the Elliot talk? I can't talk about her anymore..."

"Yeah...sure"

"Thanks"


"Elliot...Jack...come downstairs please" my mum's voice echoed in the house. Me and Elliot met at the way downstairs as we walked down in silence. When we made it to the kitchen my mum smiled and sat next to dad and motioned for us to sit too. Me and Elliot took two seats and waited for what mum and dad wanted to talk to us about.

"So...since the holidays are coming closer and since now Elliot you're a part of our family I thought you should have the family jumper...we all wear it for the christmas card photo and I thought you should have one..."

"Why? So she can suffer with us?" I asked and Elliot punched my arm.

"You want me to be into your family photo?" she asked surprised. Mum and dad just nodded smiling.

"Thank you" Elliot mumbled as she took the jumper in her hands. It was one of Evelyn's old one and since it had an 'E' on it, it was perfect for Elliot. The 'E' had the colour of her eyes while the rest of the jumper was a deep scarlet red.

"Also...Kevin, Artie, Evelyn and her fiance are coming for christmas...hope you are okay with it." Dad said. Me and Elliot just nodded. Evelyn's fiance was a good guy...her high school love actually...and apparently he loved her enough to go and move with her to England until her studies were finished...which means next semester...

"And for last...we thought we could invite for a couple of days Janet as well" mum said with a warm smile.

"No." Elliot said firmly. Mum's smile fell...

"No?"

"No I don't want her here...let her stay at England" she said her eyes suddenly darkened with hatred.

"So you don't want me here Elliot?" a woman's voice said. I turned around and faced a woman around her late 30's with lond blonde hair and eyes...exactly the same color like Elliot's...What the hell?

"No mother...as a matter of fact I don't!" Elliot said looking directly at her. Elliot's mum...wow...they're like the day and night...No similarity...except the eyes...

"You're my daughter we can't have seperate Holidays" Elliot's mum said.

"So now I'm your daughter...and here I thought that you forgot it...you know...since you sent me away...instead I don't know helping me? That's what a true mother would do..." Elliot said.

"It was out of my abilities...there was nothing I could do-"

"Except sending me away!" Elliot cut her off.

"There was nothing I could do! You were...broken...not yourself-"

"I'm sorry mother but I never said I'm perfect! I never promised you a perfect daughter with perfect grades and perfect social life and a perfect boyfriend that everybody admires! That's not me! That's Erica! You had your perfect daughter and then it's me...the broken one...the damaged one...Well guess what! MY LIFE! MY CHOISES! MY MISTAKES! MY LESSONS! NOT YOUR FUCKING BUSINESS!" Elliot left the kitchen as she grabbed the jumper. Right before she left I saw a small tear escape her mask...

The exact same minute Elliot left Elliot's mum broke into tears as mum and dad ran to her to comfort her...

"She hates me" she mumbled after a while.

"Can you blame her?" I asked looking at the woman's eyes. She seemed speechless.

"I'll go talk to Elliot...but you better won't excpect an apology" I said and exited the kitchen. I ran up the stairs and stormed to Elliot's room and I lightly knocked on her door.

"Go away" Elliot's voice said from the other side.

"I just want to talk to you" I said. I heard some shuffling and the door opened.

"Sorry. I thought it was mum" she said and left the door open for me to walk right behind her.

"Sooo...you and your mum not such a good relatioship..." she just let out a bitter laugh.

"No shit!" she answered not looking at me. "Please don't ask why?"

"Okay...I'll ask something else...why do you yelp every time I grab your wrist?" she just looked at me blankly.

"I...I-I..."

"You don't want to talk about it" I finished her sentence for her. She just nodded.

"Why do you always hide your wrists? Either with bracelets or long sleeves...?"

"I...-I..."

"You don't want to talk about it" she simply looked at me.

"I promise that you'll find out sooner or later..." Elliot mumbled.

"That's sure! Just give her a chance...your mother...she had been crying since the minute you left" I said and Elliot looked socked.

"Why do you even try?" she asked right when I was about to leave.

"Honestly? I'm not sure...but If you don't have faith to yourself...then who will? So until you find your faith...I'm going to keep trying...I won't stop asking questions...until you tell me everything..."

"Why?"

"Because my life was easy...until you showed up!"

***Soooo...what do you think? I have questions for you guys...

1) What do you think about Elliot's mum?

2) What do you think Elliot is hiding under her bracelets? (PM your answer and whoever finds it I will dedicate the next chapter to him or her)

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