A/N HELLOOOO READERS! I am sorry I haven't replied to your reviews this time, I thought maybe you would like it better if I wrote the next chapter first! Since the weekend is when I can do it! I have a feeling you'll like this one, I like it xD! Many things are going to happen! Many unanswered question answered! READ AWAY!
Previously:
"You miss me that much?" I asked, kissing her cheek softly.
"You have no idea." She whispered into my chest. I tightened my arms around her.
"Yeah, I missed you too." I assured her, holding her tightly to me, hoping she would never leave.
Chapter 13-
JPOV
We stood together holding each other for our lives. We had only been away from each other for a day, but still it hurt more than anything, like a piece of me, the only piece that mattered was missing. But now I had it again, I had her again.
The night before had been so hard, I wanted to run back to Forks and hold her till she fell asleep, but instead I had to stay there, at some dumb party. A party where all drunken girls were all over me, anyone else in the gang would have loved that. I don't! I just kept pushing them away and trying to block everything out.
I knew I had to quit soon. It was becoming unbearable. I was just in it before for protection and Nick made me. He was really the only friend I had so I went along with it. But now I had Alice I know what life I want. But I just don't know if I'll make it out, how could I hurt Alice like that? Leaving her alone... For Spencer to jump in and be the shoulder to cry on! No, I won't let that happen.
Even worse once I got home, well... He was waiting AGAIN. I think he is getting worse, he waits up just to get me when I come in. I hardly can even go home anymore! I had woken up on the kitchen floor about 20 minutes ago with blood covering my face and missed a gang fight. It was getting really bad, I didn't know if I could cover it from Alice much longer, she thinks all of it is from the fights; at least I have a cover for today.
"We better get to class..." Alice said, pulling away hesitantly. I nodded to her in agreement. I held her tight to my side as we walked. Once we arrived at the change room doors I practically had to pry my arm off her. She laughed as she saw me struggling.
"Don't worry, I'll see you in like five minutes!" She promised, kissing my cheek.
"Five minutes too long." I grumbled, she smiled one of her huge smiles and headed into the change room. I turned around and walked to ours, I quickly changed into shorts, which weren't great because of the bullet hole in my leg... and a t-shirt. I jogged into the gym after throwing my jacket into a locker. I sat on my usually bleacher to wait. People slowly started to flow into the gym including the coach then Alice. She automatically danced over to me like always, giving me that big smile of hers.
"Let's do this!" The coach yelled. We all went to the middle of the gym. The class was a breeze as we played a long game of basketball. The rest of the day went fast and amazing as I spent it with Alice, after school she met me where the gang always meets. She skipped over happily, waving at Mack.
"I left my car at the diner, so we have to walk and get it! Then we can go to my house if you want?" She suggested taking her position beside me.
"Oh, I can't it's the karate competition today! .. but if you want you can come?" The competition was finally happening; I'm hoping that Johnny will get a prize because he has been working so hard, even though he is so small for his age. But who knows maybe his cuteness will replace that!
"Really? Yeah of course I want to come! I can't wait to see Johnny kick some butt!" She exclaimed excitedly. I turned my head to find Greg; he was sitting on the picnic bench.
"Hey Greg, I'm going to work. Okay?" I yelled to him, he gave him a thumbs up and turned his attention back to Nick. Since I went with them yesterday he had softened up a bit. Alice and I walked back to the diner stand by stand, how we were meant to be. As we walked up to her car her smile suddenly disappeared and her eyes became troubled, my gaze rose from her to the diner. Spencer was leaning against her car; he looked like he belonged with it, all rich and perfect, like the car. I narrowed my eyes at him as he stood up to us.
"Oh, hey! I was just, umm, making sure that you met up with Alice." He struggled nervously never meeting my gaze, like a guilty child. I gave him one slow nod. Not wanting to start anything for Alice. He glanced quickly at Alice and gave her a big smile, she seemed to soften when she saw it, and my protective side went up! My arm wrapped around her waist.
"Well, I better go, tell Johnny good luck for me! I hope he knocks 'em dead! See you around." He waved and turned strolling down the road toward the small motel. I narrowed my eyes protectively at him till he was out of site then Alice started tugging my arm toward the car. I gave her an apologetic look and jumped into the passenger's seat. Alice got in her side and chuckled.
"Wow never thought you were going to let me drive again!" She smiled, turning the engine on.
"I thought I'd share today." And I did her classic move; I stuck my tongue out at her. She giggled and rolled her eyes pulling through the parking lot like a race car driver. I seemed like all I did was BLINK and we were at my work, where the competition was being held. We both jumped out in unison. Joining our places beside each walking into my work.
"Oh look it's the cute couple!" Scott announced as we walked in, patting my shoulder.
"HI Scott!" Alice chirped giving him a hug; he looked a little taken back then shook it off.
"Hey kido! And Jasper they are setting up in your room so just get changed and then go into your judging seat." He instructed me, I nodded and grabbed Alice's hand to guide her.
"So what exactly do the kids have to do?" Alice asked as we walked to the change rooms.
"Well," I started. "There are three rounds, the first is when they do their karate performance but there are two performances the first is one we gave them all, the second though they had to make up. Then the third round is a kind of fighting thing, it's called sparring, they fight but its none contact. They just have to come really close to kicking or punching them. Lots of the time people actually hit though, that can be bad." I explained to her and she nodded slowly. I let go of her hand. "Be right back."
She smirked. "Going to get your "uniform on"" She chuckled softly.
"Hey what I say about making fun of my uniform!" I gave her a warning look and rushed into the room. I changed into my gi, and headed back out after a minute. Alice was standing back toward me looking at all the group pictures and such on the wall. She turned to me, her eyes sparkling happily.
"You were so cute!" She squealed nodding her head toward a picture. I groaned. The picture she was looking at was when I was 10 and had just won this same competition. I grabbed her arm and started carefully dragging her back to the gym, she whined.
"No! I want to see all the pictures of you!" She complained through the halls, I heard Scott's booming laugh. Alice laughed with him, I shook my head at them both.
"Judges please all come to the gymnasium!" Was announced over the PA system. Alice gave up and moved gracefully to my side. We arrived and I sat at the long table behind the name plate saying "Jasper Hale.". Alice stood behind me, hands on my shoulders.
"You can sit down if you want." I informed her pointing at the bleachers, I kind of didn't want her to go, but I was being considerate. She shook her head and squeezed my shoulders.
"I like it here." She said simply and turned her attention to all the people walking in. A man in a suit walked up to the judging table.
"Alright everyone. Here are your sheets with the student's names that are entering, please rate their performance between 1 and 5 beside their names! There is a sheet for each round except the last which will be determined by if they beat or lose the fight. Any questions?" He took a breath to look at each of us. "Alright then, please judge fairly and not on your own children in your class. Thanks!" He shook all our hands and went to the middle of the gym; announcing the competition would begin in 5 minutes. I saw Johnny run in one of the doors, he ran straight to Alice and I, his smile bigger than ever, excitement sparkling in his eyes.
"It's almost time Jasper!" He squealed jumping up and down, Alice chuckled behind me.
"Yeah it is! And we know you'll kick all their butts! Go practice though, good luck!" I told him, reaching across the table to squeeze his shoulder; he beamed at me, then nodded and ran his short legs to where all the other kids were practicing. I watched him proudly; he was such a great kid.
"I really hope he does win." Alice whispered to me, watching him as well.
"Me too." I whispered back, hopefully. "I wonder why his parents aren't here..." I looked at his two reserved seats curiously.
"Maybe they are just late." Alice offered, still watching Johnny. I nodded but then realized something.
"I don't think they have ever shown for anything." I shook my head irritated. Parents should be there for their kids, I know what it's like not having them, and look how I turned out, but at least it's not the same for him.
"Good evening everyone!" The announcer voice flew through the gym. "We are going to start round one with Billy Anderson." The crowd burst out in cheers as the little boy ran into the middle of the gym. Round one went through with 21 kids performing. Johnny had earned a big round of applause as his turn finished. He had done the performance with NO mistakes!
As they went onto to round two it was a lot harder to judge, we couldn't just judge if they did it right we had to judge on how they did the moves, how they put them together and how difficult the moves were. Many more people messed up on this, but still Johnny came in with the big smile and performed his perfectly, adding his new moves he had made! It was excellent! But a few other boys also id the same and pulled there off well too.
On round three we handed our votes in and sat back down as they matched up people to fight. The match was played that if you got hit five times you lost! Some of the boys, who had done well, won their fights which kind of brought me down, because in the back of my head I was hoping they'd lose! Now it was Johnny's turn up, he was against a much taller kid and bigger kid, but that gave him some advantages too.. The fight started off pretty intense them both blocking attacks automatically. But Johnny got a punch and a kick in, as the other boy got one punch in. It was 2-1, I was literally on the edge of my seat watching, Alice was massaging my shoulders; trying to relax me. The fight continued liked that. I glanced around the gym, many other people were on their edge of their seats with this one too. Johnny faked a kick and punched right in front of the boy's face as he went to block the kick. 3-1! I clapped my hands proudly and Johnny flashed me a smile. That was a move I had worked with him on a few weeks ago. This time the other boy landed a point making it 3-2. I stiffed more.
Alice chuckled into my ear. "Don't worry, he'll do fine!" She assured me, kissing my cheek, I relaxed a bit nodding in agreement, but kept my eyes glued on Johnny. He did a spin kick and got another point! I broke out into clapping again! 4-2, one more point and he is in the finalists! The bigger faked a punch which Johnny fall for and the boy kicked Johnny in the stomach, he didn't hit hard but Johnny fell to the floor, crying in pain. I leaped over to the table for him.
"Johnny? Don't worry its fine." I picked him up into my arms, he nodded, sniffing hard. The doctor sitting at the side hurried over.
"No!" Johnny pleaded holding me tight as the doctor neared. I nodded to him, he is afraid of doctors I guess.
"It's okay; I'll take care of it!" I told the doctor and headed out the gym doors to the bathroom. I put him down on the counter and wiped his tears.
"What hurts Johnny?" I asked searching him. He pointed to his stomach, sniffing hard again. I untied his karate belt, then pulled his gi open, there was a two big black bruises on his stomach... they looked like kick marks... My eyes shot to Johnny face his eyes were looking at the ground.
"Buddy, how did this happen?" I asked seriously, ducking my head so it was in front of his. Tears pooled out of his eyes, he shook his sobs.
"I-I didn't want dad-dy to hurt mom again!" He cried, I froze. NO! My mind screamed not him. I wrapped my arms protectively around him.
"It's okay! Don't worry; it's going to be okay now!" I repeated to him over and over. He held to him tightly.
"I-I tried to stop him, but I'm not strong enough, I tried! I re-really did." He continued fisting his little hands. I rubbed his back softly, trying to stop the sobs.
"He isn't going to hurt you anymore, I'll stop it now, I promise, okay?" I vowed to him, pulling away so he could look me in the face.
He sniffed and nodded, but then his face went fearful. "He might hurt you though; he is really strong and scary." He said wiping his face with the back of his small hand. I raised an eyebrow at him.
"We'll get some people to help him then alright?" I suggested, he agreed to that.
"Maybe bring Emmett." He chuckled roughly. I gave him a half smile.
"Okay. Good idea. Come on we have to talk to some people." I tied his belt back up and picked his back up, he snuggled close to my chest. We walked into the gym and the crowd broke out in cheers, Johnny's face lit up. I set Johnny down on my judging chair.
"Stay here for a minute okay?" He nodded to me. Alice's eyes went to mine with concern. I waved her over to follow me. My hands shook with angry now. She walked quickly over to me, searching my eyes.
"What happened?" She asked, grabbing my hands.
"His dad! He abuses them!" I growled at the ground, Alice's eyes widened. "I'm going to kill him!" I growled again my hands fisting in hers.
"No, then you'll become just like him Jazz. We will talk to Charlie, Bella's dad; he is the chief of police. We'll stop his dad, its okay." She pulled me into a tight hug, rubbing my back. I took a short breath in and pulled my cell phone out, still holding her. I dialled the police station.
"Chief Swan, How can I help you?" I heard a deep voice say.
"Hi, umm, its Jasper Hale, one of my karate kids, well just told me his father abu-abuses him and his mother." I choked out rough with emotion.
"Oh! I'll be right there with social services. Stay with him for now! I am so sorry to hear this." He explained in a serious tone. The phone went to the dial tone. I shoved the phone angrily back into my pocket. Alice let me go and grabbed my hand pulling me back into the gym, silently. Johnny looked even more troubled when we walked in.
"Are you mad at you Jasper?" He asked sadly, looking down at the ground. I put my hand under his chin and pulled it up.
"No I am not mad at you, I am mad at had to happen to you Bud. I am proud of you Johnny, prouder than ever! You did the right thing telling me!" I told him, giving him another hug. I wished I had told someone when I was young, protected my mom...
"Can I still finish the competition?" He asked after I let him go, I laughed softly.
"You won, you had more points." I assured him. He shrugged with a little smile. Alice put her hand on Johnny's shoulder and he turned to her, she wrapped him up in a hug. After about five more minutes the police arrived with a woman. They walked straight over to us. The Chief nodded a hello to me and turned to Johnny.
"Hey Johnny, Jasper here told me something very serious. I'll need you to tell me if it's true, does your father hit you and your mother son?" He asked Johnny, placing his hand on Johnny's shoulder. Johnny gave him a little nodded and Chief Swan frowned along with the lady.
"Alright. Johnny you are going to go with this lady, her name is Ms. Smith. We are going to pick up your father and you guys are going to get your mom. Okay?" He continued, Johnny looked at me, scared.
"It's okay, you'll be fine, she's going to help you and your mom." I told him, he nodded but still looked scared.
"Can you come too?" He whispered to me, trying not to let them know he was scared.
"Yeah, I'll come too." He grabbed my hand tight with his little hand. Alice gave him a smile and he seemed to calm down. Ms. Smith walked in front of him and knelt down, after finishing talking to Chief Swan, who had left with the rest of the cops.
"Ready to go?" She asked softly, Johnny nodded quickly.
"Yes ma'am. But can Jasper come with me?" He asked her quietly, but with those cute eyes how could she say no. She nodded and gave him a smile. I turned to Alice.
"Do you mind if I go?" I asked, my voice still rough.
"Of course not, take care of him for me. I'll see you tonight." She smiled and stood on her tip-toes to kiss my forehead. I wrapped my arm that wasn't being held by Johnny around her, and then turned to follow Ms. Smith. We got into the back of her car as she drove as to the police station. Well we were there she took us into a room and asked Johnny a bunch of questions until his mom arrived about an hour later. Jasper jumped up and ran to her, she picked him up into a big hug. After he pulled out of the hug he dragged her over to me.
"This is Jasper mommy!" He introduced us, I offered her my hand. She shook it lightly and smiled to me.
"Johnny talks about you all the time. Thanks for being here. I'm sure it means a lot to him... and thanks for the help..." She choked out, with red eyes.
"No problem ma'am. You didn't deserve that to happen to you." I told her caringly. She took a quick breath and nodded, Ms. Smith. She turned to me after introducing herself to Johnny's mom.
"You can go now, we'll keep you updated." She informed me. Johnny jumped into my arms before I could answer her.
"I'll see you at class right?" I asked him and bobbed his head up and down. "Okay good! Now be good and help your mom out." I gave him one more squeeze and let him down. He pulled me down to his level.
"You are better than Spencer you know." He told me in a very sure voice. "Alice knows that too." I chuckled and ruffled his hair.
"Thanks! I hope your right." I answered back, smiling at him. He smiled with huge toothy smile back at me. I spun around heading for the door, Chief Swan stopped me.
"Hey, do you need a lift anywhere? It's raining a lot." He offered.
"Yeah, that would be great, do you think I could just get changed first?" I waved over my clothes since I was still wearing the karate clothes. He laughed and nodded his head.
"Sure! The bathroom is over there." He pointed to a door and I changed. He was waiting with a jacket on when I walked out. I pulled the sweater Alice gave me out, tugging it on. I followed him quickly to his cruiser.
"Where too?" He asked pulling out of the parking lot.
"Could you bring me to the Cullen's?" I asked him, a little smile crossed his face.
"You are dating one of them too?" He tilted his head to me curiously with a smirk. I nodded back and laughed.
"Yes sir!" I replied happily, he rolled his eyes and drove the rest of the way in silent. Not a man of many words, like me I guess. He pulled up in front of the house.
"Have a goodnight son! I'm glad you are living a better life than all those other gang bangers... getting clean. Good job." He nodded of approval and gave him a little smile, then jumped out of the car. I watched him pull off onto the road. I headed toward the door than stopped with a smile. I have a better idea, I walked through the rain to the side of the house where Alice's window was. I reached down into Esme's garden and picked up some pebbles. I aimed at Alice's window and tossed the rock, it made a little clicking noise. I threw two more; Alice appeared at the window with an amused look on her face. I waved her down and grinned leaving the window. After a minute I saw her skipped through the rain toward me, and then she jumped into my arms, I spun her around. She let out a fir of giggles; I put her back down on the ground, staring into her beautiful green eyes.
"You're wearing my sweater." She sang, rubbing her nose against mine.
"Yeah." Was all I got out, her eyes captured me. She looked at me happily, her eyes dancing with love. I placed my hands on both her cheeks, my thumbs wiping the rain drops off her cheeks. "I like it better than the gang jacket." I informed her sweetly; her face toward into a huge grin. She grew taller, stepping on her tip-toes. I leaned into her, her breath hitting my face. I closed the space between us, bringing my lips onto hers, at that moment we become one, her sweet lips moving with mine, connecting us together.
A/N THEY FINALLY KISSED! DID YOU LOVE IT? ..hate it? Let me know! The Johnny question was now finally answered... :(