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Jett and myself both got off the floor, I helped her stand to her feet and smiled gently at her. She smiled back and hugged me tightly.
"Thank you so much, Adam, I don't know what I'd do without you," she whispered as she held me.
I gently rubbed her back and smiled, lifting up her chin to look at me, "It's not a problem…" I said softly and kissed her lips lightly.
She smiled widely from the kiss, which made me smile even more wide. I blushed as I watched her lips curl up into a smile. There's the smile I missed, the smile I saw when I first laid my eyes on her; the smile I adored more every time I saw it upon her pale face.
"Today would've been my second day of school…" she said softly, sighing, "I don't want to miss anything and fail."
"What're you saying?" I asked.
"Well, could we just go the school so I could at least get some assignments to do while staying here?" She looked at me innocently. "I'm sure if we explain it to Simpson he wouldn't mind…" she said softly.
I nodded, "Sure, but I'm not leaving your side," I said sternly.
She smiled and kissed my lips, "I wouldn't want you to."
I smirked and kissed back, "Well, we better get going then," I gently wiped some of her messy eyeliner off, wiping it on my pants and smiled.
We both left the house, side by side, holding hands. Suddenly, my phone rang. I took it out of my pocket and answered.
"Hello?"
"Dude, where are you?" Eli asked.
"I'm walking to school right now, but I'm not staying there for long," I said, looking over at Jett.
"Why the hell not?"
"I'm just not, I can't tell you, but I'll meet you there in a few."
I hung up the phone, "Who was that?" Jett questioned.
"It was Eli, he wanted to know where I was," I replied.
"Oh," Jett softly said as we kept walking.
Before we knew it we were at school, school hadn't even started yet. Jett and I walked up the Degrassi steps, her eye still black and blue from the hit. She squeezed my hand tightly as we walked. We ended up inside and as soon as I walked in, Eli and Clare were running up to me.
"Hey, man," Eli greeted me.
Jett was looking down at the ground, hiding her black eye.
"Hey, Jett," Clare said to Jett with a smile.
I looked up at Clare and waved weakly, she gasped in horror. I had forgotten about my eye for just a moment. I kicked myself in my mind for that.
"What the hell happened?" Eli kind of raised his voice.
I just looked down in shame, a single tear fell from my eye.
"Excuse me," I managed to get out, and ran away to the closest bathroom. I opened the bathroom door and rushed in. I went into one of the stalls and hid from the world. I began to sob uncontrollably. I didn't want anyone to see me cry.
A few seconds after Jett ran away, I was about to chase after her, but Clare stopped me.
"I'll go," Clare said, pushing me back.
"Cla -" I began, but stopped, seeing Clare run to the bathroom that Jett went into.
I sighed in frustration and collapsed on the bench by the window that was behind me.
"Fuck," I said loudly.
Eli sat next to me, "What the hell happened, Adam?"
"I don't even know if I'm allowed to say."
"Why not?"
"Because I don't want it to get around to everyone."
"What?"
"Look, don't say anything, okay, but Jett's parents beat her and then she ran away from home, sorta, and then I met her halfway to the park without her asking. Now she's living with me," I took a deep breath.
"She's living with you?" Eli asked, shocked.
I nodded.
I heard the door open and someone said my name.
"Jett?" the voice said.
I just let out a sniffle.
"Jett, I know you're in here… Can we talk?" the voice tried to lure me out of the stall.
I recognized the voice and stood up, unlocking the stall and whispered, "What?"
It was Clare, she stood there, waiting for me.
"Jett, can we talk?" she asked, concern in her voice.
I nodded, "I guess…" I whispered.
In the girls' bathroom there was a bench-like sitting area and we both sat on it.
"What happened?" She asked. I wasn't sure if I should trust her or not. She was Adam's friend, and if he trusted her, I guess I could, too. So, I just played stupid.
"What're you talking about?"
"You know exactly what I'm talking about," she scoffed and leaned back.
I looked down, scared and feeling rather alone without Adam by my side.
"You mean the eye?"
She nodded.
I took a deep breath, "My parents did it to me."
She gasped, shocked, "Your parents?"
I nodded.
"I am so sorry, Jett."
"Don't be. Please don't be."
"I'm still sorry, Jett. So… what're you going to do?" she asked, probably ready to give advice.
"I'm living with Adam for the time being," I sighed.
"Then what?"
"Then I guess Adam's mom wants to take it up with the law."
"Did they just give you a black eye?"
I shook my head vigorously, "What else did they do?" Clare asked.
"My mom threw a glass pan at my back," A tear fell down my cheek.
She wiped the tear away, "Let me see."
I stood up and took off my hoodie, then my shirt, tossing them on the floor. Clare took off the gauze, revealing my gash. She gasped.
"Oh my…" she said softly.
Tears fell down my cheeks, my face was red and felt swollen from crying so much.
"I'm taking a picture of this," Clare said quickly, taking a camera out of her bag, "For evidence."
The bathroom door started to open, I gasped, thinking it was someone else that didn't need to see the gash. It was just Eli and Adam. Adam rushed over to look at me, cupping my face in his hands, then kissed my lips softly. I heard a gasp come from Eli's mouth.
"Wow…" Eli whispered.
I cried harder, Adam kissed me again as Clare took pictures of my back.
"Okay, I've gotten six of them from different angles," Clare said.
Adam handed me my shirt, which I put back on, then my hoodie.
Eli was still staring at me, "What the fuck happened?"
I just looked at Adam, then the tears began to fall again. I fell into his arms, he held me tightly.
"Clare, I'll need those pictures…" Adam whispered.
We all walked out of the bathroom and headed to the MI room. We arrived and Clare sat down, plugging the camera into the computer to print the pictures. I sat next to Adam, holding him against me. I wasn't going to let him go. I wasn't ever going to let him go.
Clare printed out the pictures and handed them to me. I couldn't bear to look at them so I just folded them up and put them in the back pocket of my pants. I kept my grips on Jett, and as promised I never left her side.
We left the school within a few minutes, saying good bye to Eli and Clare. We walked back home and spent the whole together. It was the most amazing day of my life. It felt so amazing having someone to call my own.
When mom and dad got home I showed them the pictures.
"This is what her back looks like… her mom did it." I said to Mom, who examined the pictures.
She had a shocked and disgusted look on her face, she was shocked and appalled. I could tell.
"We're definitely taking those bastards to court," she said, hate filled her voice.
And with that, she called her friend, who was a lawyer. She explained everything to her and her friend she she'd take the case. Jett was upstairs, watching tv and waiting for the results of my mother's response. Mom told me what her friend said and I hugged her, thanking her. I went upstairs to give Jett the news.
I opened my bedroom door and Jett was lying on her stomach on the bed. I smiled at her.
"Guess what?" I said, smiling.
"What?" She replied.
"Mom's friend… is gonna take your case and she's gonna help us out as much as she can," I sat down on the bed.
A tear came down her cheek and I wiped it away, gently kissing her lips.
She sobbed softly, "Thank you so much, Adam…" she cried harder, then suddenly stopped. She looked up at me and whispered, "I think… I think I love you, Adam…"
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