Title: You Love Me But You Don't Know Who I Am
Author: alienangel19852003
Summary: Leo kills Gideon before Chris fades away and he manages to heal him. Chris is unable to return to his own time so he is stuck in the present. The Elders give him a new charge and Chris has to start over.
Rating: M
AN: This is an AU story. It is rated M for a reason and that is because it contains a substantial amount of swearing abuse physical violence and mention of rape and incest. Also guy on guy action.
Chapter 4
When the bell rang they didn't say a word. Jack just turned off the water and grabbed a towel. Chris turned off the water too. Jack tossed Chris a towel and went into total auto pilot as he dried off and got dressed.
By the time they finished the boys from the next P.E. class were coming into get dressed.
"We are going to be so late for History." Jack told Chris.
"Mrs. Collins hates that." Jack said as they walked out of the locker room.
Chris followed Jack through the halls of Truman High, the tardy bell had just rang and there weren't many students in the hall except them and some juvenile delinquents of course. A girl with short black hair and a mask of ghost white powder on her face dressed all in black was leaning against the wall.
"McCallister, who's your friend he sure is pretty." The girl said and then she cackled loudly.
Her friends were all guys and they were all Gothed out as well. Chris thought the look was atrocious.
"Shut the fuck up Dex." Jack said as they passed the girl.
Chris turned his head to look at the girl in awe as they passed. Seeing Dex eliminated what was left of his erection.
"I get it he's so pretty you want to keep him to all to yourself." The girl, Dex shouted after them.
Jack flipped her the bird without turning around. Chris followed Jack into the stairwell. Jack suddenly spun around; Chris already knew he was pissed.
"That was Dex. Don't ever, ever talk to her. She's fucking psycho. She is the very definition of a hard cold bitch." Jack explained.
Chris could feel how much Jack hated Dex. He hated her too.
"What did she do to you?" Chris asked.
She had to have done something horrible to make Jack hate her so much.
"She… She's just a bitch that's all." Jack said averting his eyes.
So there it was Jack wasn't as innocent and unscathed as Chris had thought. Dex had hurt him and Chris wanted to know the whole story. But he didn't press for details he knew Jack would tell him in his own time.
"C'mon." Jack said grabbing him by the hand and leading him upstairs.
"We are going to get clowned in front of the whole class. You never know what to expect with Mrs. Collins but be sure that it will be humiliating." Jack explained still leading Chris by the hand.
They weren't in a rush to get to class even though they were ten minutes late. Chris looked down at their twined fingers. It felt so right to be holding Jack's hand.
They had formed a bond quickly. At lot faster than Chris expected. He figured Jack was probably thinking the same thing. He looked back up at his friend who was watching him intently. He gazed into Jack's blue eyes. He had never expected to fall so far so fast.
Jack couldn't believe he was walking up stairs holding hands with Chris. He was so surprised that Chris let him. That Chris was even still talking to him after the way Jack had been blatantly checking him out in the locker room.
Chris was the only thing that made dealing with Dex bearable. God knows he hated that bitch. One day he was going to punch her in the face despite his rule to never hit a woman.
Dex wasn't exactly a lady. She could bench more than he could. Belch louder than he could. She had a freaking strap on she fucked guys with that was twice as big as he was.
Jack had no idea why an ugly Goth girl made him feel so inadequate and angry. But all the insecurity he felt disappeared when he saw Chris looking down at their twined hands. Jack smiled when Chris put his expressive clear green eyes on him.
Without even realizing it they were walking down the hallway hand in hand. When they reached Mrs. Collins' classroom Jack sighed, he didn't want to let go of Chris.
"I wished we could stay out here forever but we have to go in there. And as much as I don't want to I'm going to have to let go of your hand." Jack whispered.
"I wish we stay out here too." Chris said.
"I know we have to go in." Chris added.
They let go and Jack knocked on the class room door. A second later a middle aged woman with short brown hair opened the door. She was too short and pudgy to have that Jamie Lee Curtis hair do.
"Mr. McCallister." She said smiling ruefully.
"Mrs. Collins." Jack said coolly.
"You must be our new transfer. Christopher Perry? The other teacher and I had a pool going to see whose class you would actually show up to. I guess I win." She said.
"Actually Coach Davis wins we just got out of gym class." Jack said.
He was all too eager to wipe that smirk off her face. Her smile melted just as expected. She moved aside to let them in.
"Class I would like to introduce our new student. Chris Perry." Mrs. Collins said.
Chris froze because he knew what was next,
"Chris why don't you tell us something about yourself." Mrs. Collins said.
Jack walked on ahead of Chris after giving him a playful pat on the shoulder and mouthing 'Stay strong' Chris steeled himself. It felt like all of Truman High was trying break him.
Principal Richards, Coach Davis, Goth girl Dex, Mrs. Collins, and the very building itself may have been conspiring against him.
"Well, my name is Chris as Mrs. Collins already told you. I like long walks on the beach, mass amounts of sugar, playing the guitar, and not having to do this ever again." Chris said.
The students laughed. Jack smiled. Chris didn't even have to turn around to know Mrs. Collins was scowling at him. He knew she didn't like him already.
"You can take that seat next to Mr. McCallister." She said. Chris went and sat down by Jack.
"You were so lucky." Jack whispered.
"She usually totally slimes the new kids."
"Today we will be studying about the Revolutionary War. We will begin with an oral quiz." Mrs. Collins said.
Chris couldn't help snickering quietly. However he wasn't quiet enough Mrs. Collins had heard him.
"Mr. Perry, where was the final battle of the Revolutionary War fought?" She asked with a smirk.
Chris knew about the Revolutionary War but he had never studied the battles. Chris tried his best not to have a snarky reply.
School wasn't taught like this in the future. Everything was computerized and easier. Not cramped and embarrassing.
"I don't know." He whispered hanging his head.
"What was that Mr. Perry?" She asked.
He didn't have to look up to see that self righteous smirk on her face.
"Mrs. Collins I think he said Yorktown, Virginia." Jack said.
She shot Jack a hateful glare.
"Is that what you said, Mr. Perry." She asked.
Chris nodded.
"Next time speak up." She said stalking off over to the other side of the class room.
Chris mouthed 'Thank you' at Jack once Mrs. Collins had her back turned.
Chris managed to get through 6th period unscathed. But he had made an enemy in Mrs. Collins.
"That wasn't quite as horrible as I thought it would be." Chris told Jack as they were going back down the stairs.
"You were lucky today. But I've got a feeling she's gonna be riding you all year." Jack said.
"That's the last thing I need. I had no idea what she was talking about for most of the period! I'm not so good at remembering things like that. I've never studied the Revolutionary War before! This is the first day I've been to school all year!" Chris said.
"School has been going on for almost a month." Jack said.
"I was in a group home for a while and I didn't go to school." Chris said.
He hated lying to Jack but he could just say, 'Hi I'm from the future and I'm here to guide you to your destiny.'
"I was late getting to school I was getting my apartment set up and lining up a job interview." Chris said.
"You've got a lot going on." Jack said.
"Tell me about it. I don't know how I'm gonna do it all." Chris moaned.
He wasn't a whiner but this was way more than he had ever taken on.