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Ch. 7: Scars and Confessions

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Last time…..

The shadow ran up to Tezuka and shoved Jessica out of the way.

"What the? Who the hell are you?" Jessica screamed at the girl. The girl simply glanced at Jess before turning back to Tezuka.

"Here, Kunimitsu-sama."

"…Who are you? And don't call me Kunimitsu…"

"Don't you remember? Silly Tezuka-sama. It's me, Hara Chiaki!"

"R-remember what? Hara Chiaki? What the hell's going on here?" Jessica pondered while she stared at the girl named Chiaki.

"See Tezuka-sama? I made cookies for you in cooking club. They're filled with LOVE!" Hara Chiaki told Tezuka.

"Answer me. Who are you?" Tezuka asked.

"I thought I told you….I'm Hara Chiaki! You're lover!"

At this, the whole tennis club starting whispering to each other.

"Hey, Echizen. Did you hear that? Tezuka buchou's got a girlfriend! I wonder how, when, and where they met!" Momo excitedly told his kohai (underclassman).

"I could care less about Tezuka buchou's love life Momo-senpai," Ryoma simply stated.

"But its Buchou! Does he look like the type to get a girlfriend?"

"I said I could care less…."

Jessica listened in on the conversations and comments people were making. For some reason, it really irked her when she heard Tezuka's name in the same sentence with Chiaki's. She got up and left the tennis courts quickly.

As everyone kept talking, you could see a look of annoyance appear in Tezuka's eyes. "Everyone, 30 laps around the courts now!" He turned to Chiaki and asked her again who she was, why she was here, and to stop calling him Tezuka-sama.

"I'm hurt you don't know who I am Tezuka-sama. Well, here's some brief information on me. Hara Chiaki, third year at Seigaku Jr. High, born March 13, blood type B, and I'm an Aries, which is completely compatible with your sign Tezuka-sama! My hobbies are cooking, karaoke, and going to parties. Oh, and I'm the president and first member of the Tezuka Kunimitsu fan club!"

"Since when did I have a fan club?" Tezuka pondered. (A/N: Does Tezuka ponder?) "I'm sorry, but could you leave? We're holding practice now." He handed back the cookies Chiaki made for him.

"Aw, you don't want me to stay? Ok, I'll be back tomorrow Tezuka-sama!" Chiaki blew Tezuka a kiss and ran off.

"Ugh…Hmm? Where did Kawamoto go?"

Meanwhile….

"Urugh! That…that bitch! Who the hell does she think she is? Coming up to Tezuka like that! Dammit!" Jessica screamed. She was home and in her room, throwing some things around. "Why am I getting so mad? Is it because I'm jealous? Do, do I care about him? No…."

Jessica flopped down onto her bed and stared at the ceiling. "Maybe I am…. They do look really good standing next to each other, and maybe Chiaki is more his type…. Who'd want a frumpy, smoking, drunk girl like me anyways…."

Loneliness. Sadness. And depressed. These are feelings that Jess was currently feeling. She had gotten off her bed and wandered into the bathroom. "Why? Why am I feeling like this? I…I don't like it….How do I get rid of them?" She found her father's razor. She lifted it up into the light, letting the blades shine. "Stop, please stop these feelings…." She brought the razor down to her arm and dragged it across it. Again and again Jessica cut herself. (A/N: Man, I'm getting kind of depressed writing this……)

"Please leave these scars here God. They are my reminder to not let anyone close to my heart….."

Meanwhile, in another neighborhood, Momoshiro Takeshi was trying to think. "How am I going to get revenge on Jessica? It's gotta be good, really good. Waking up next to that Mamushi was the worst thing I've ever experienced….Well, maybe drinking Inui Juice was worse…."

"What to do, what to do…" Momo thought. "Come to think, Jessica visited the courts today, and went straight to Buchou. Hmmmm….Jessica, Buchou. Jessica, Buchou." A light bulb appeared over Momo's head. "Oh, Buchou's probably gonna kill me if this plan works, but it'll be worth it. Might take a while, but worth the wait….Hehehe, just you wait Jessica!"

The Next Morning…..

Jessica woke up on the bathroom floor. There was blood on the floor. "Damn, my head. Ugh…." She looked at her scars. "Better cover these with long sleeves. Don't want anyone asking about them…."

Jess got ready for school, wearing the long sleeved winter uniform. "It's getting colder anyways. No one should ask about it."

Slowly but surely, she made her way to school. On her way, she met up with Mitsuki and Shizuka.

"Good morning Jess!" Mitsuki greeted happily.

"You're early," commented Shizuka.

"Oh, morning," was all Jess said. She walked pass the two of them.

"Uh?" Shizuka said.

"Is there anything wrong Jess?" Mitsuki asked, concerned for her friend.

"Nothing….."

Mitsuki and Shizuka looked at each other before they kept walking.

At School, the shoe lockers….

"Well, we'll see you in homeroom Jess," Shizuka said.

"Mmn," was what Jess grunted out.

"Um, well, after school, let's go get some ice cream, ok? All three of us. So we can talk, ok Jess?"

"Mmn."

Jessica stood there at her locker for a while. She put her hand on the locker, and stared at it, as if in a trance. Suddenly she heard her name.

"Kawamoto."

Standing there was none other than the tennis captain, Tezuka.

"What…what do you want?" Jess asked. She turned away from him. She didn't want to look at Tezuka right now.

"About yesterday…"

"Y-yesterday? Hahahaha, what are you talking about?"

"Hara Chiaki. I know you wanted to talk about something."

"No I didn't. What are you talking about?"

"You're lying. You sound too nervous to be telling the truth."

"I'm not lying. This is the way I always talk. Now leave me alone."

"Not until we finish our conversation from yesterday."

"I said leave, so leave!" Jessica then raised her hand to smack Tezuka. Before he was hit, Tezuka caught Jessica's arm. He noticed he had grabbed something wet.

"Kawamoto, what's this? Blood?"

"Uh! No, its nothing!" Jessica tried to rip her arm out of Tezuka's grip. He then rolled up her sleeve.

Tezuka's eyes widened slightly. "What's this Kawamoto? Why are you-"

"I told you to leave! It's none of your business! Just go away!"

"Not until you tell me why you did this."

"The feelings are back. No….stop! Please, just leave me alone!" "I said go away!"

"If you're not going to tell me, I'll tell your homeroom teacher. He can deal with this."

"NO! Just….stop…..leave…." Something inside Jess snapped. "Why did I do this? I'll tell you Tezuka Kunimitsu…. Hara Chiaki…..I can't stand her. I went to elementary school with her. And no matter what it was, grades, friends, teachers, and boys…..she always took away everything I loved! I was lucky that Momoshiro chased her away…. I thought she'd never take anything I love again…..until yesterday...when she said all those things about you and her loving each other….I was jealous and upset….because….I've realized that…I….I…like you! No, not like, I love you!"

That's the end of chapter 7 everyone! Heh, I've read it over, and it seems like I've stuffed everything into this one chapter. Sorry peoples. Its cause this chapter came out late……so I tried to make up for it…..

Anyways, school's starting very soon. I won't be able to update that much. I'll try to update a lot before it starts, so don't worry too much! R/R please!

Sorry for the crappy title. I couldn't think!