Here's Chapter 3! Hope you'll like it :)
"Simon. Would you like to talk about it?" Jeanette asked him. Simon wiped his wet eyes with his sleeves. He slowly looked up to her. They sat very close, and he liked it. She also did.
First, he didn't answer. He couldn't get himself to speak. Jeanette took her arm around his shoulder and pulled him even closer. "I don't know" he said with a low, cracking voice. He was not completely stopped crying, but he was calmer. It felt weird for him to be comforted. It was always him who comforted the others, when they were sad.
Simon sobbed weakly. Jeanette pulled him in to a closer hug. He hugged back, but didn't hug as tight as she did. He felt very weak. "Simon, I will not pressure you at all" she started. "But I really want to hear it all". She pulled back from the hug, and looked into his grey-blue eyes. Simon sighed softly. He sniffled and began to tell the story.
"Well.. It all kinda started... four.. no... five... years ago and-"
"FIVE YEARS? You've been bullied for five years?!" she interrupted. Simon didn't really answer. He only looked down at the floor. "I'm sorry... Please tell me" She said sweetly.
"Uhmm.. That day, we were supposed to perform for the school. And..." Simon told the story to Jeanette. She gasped and felt sorry for him. "And since that, I.. I've been bullied.. Like... Every.. Day" Simon ended and looked down at ground again. He groaned softly, and started to blush deeply.
"Simon... I-I... I don't know what to say" Jeanette said sadly. He looked over at her.
"Please don't tell Dave..." He mumbled nervously. Jeanette glared in shock at him.
"What? I mean... What? Why?"
"Please" he mumbled and a tear fell down at his red cheek.
She smiled warmly at him. Actually, she really wanted to tell Dave. But she would do anything for him. "I won't" she smiled at him. again, she pulled him in to a close hug. Simon could feel himself starting to cry again, but didn't want to now. Jeanette could feel that he was tense as they hugged. "Simon, calm down. You can cry if you need to.
"Jeanette?" he asked and they pulled away from the hug.
"Yes?" she looked him in the eyes.
"I uh.. I.. I don't know what I should do, if you weren't here" Simon said, looking into her beautiful eyes. She giggled sweetly.
"I don't know what I should do if you weren't here, Simon" she said and Simon finally smiled, after a lot of crying.
"Jeanette?" He asked again, but even more nervous.
"Yes?". Simon looked again into her eyes. 'It's now or never, Simon. C'mon, you can do it! Don't be stupid, and for once do something!' his inner voice yelled.
"I love you" he finally said. Simon still looked into her eyes. First she just looked at him, like she didn't understood it. 'Simon.. You just ruined it all.. typical, huh?' he thought to himself. But then, she started to make a small smile, which got bigger.
"Simon, I-I love you too" she said, looking into his grey-blue eyes. She could still see he'd cried. Simon started to smile too. He felt himself leaning in. She did too.
They weren't far apart from each other now. They still looked into each other's eyes, filled with love and joy. Simon took the last step, to move his lips, against her soft lips, and they shared a lovely kiss. The kiss got a little more passionately; Jeanette placed her arms around his neck, and Simon, his hands on her waist. They made the kiss more passionately, and stayed like that for some minutes. When they finally pulled away for air, Jeanette said: "Woow... that was... amazing".
"Well, I agree" he chuckled gently, like always.
"Uhm.. Si?" she asked.
"Yes, Jean?"
"Is there something I can do to help you?" she asked nervously. Simon's smile disappeared and he looked nervous, but serious.
"You don't uh... need t-to worry, it's erhh.. Yeah, just ignore it" he said, looking over at his piano.
"What? No, we-we can't you ignore it. The problem won't go away, if you don't do something!" Jeanette said a bit too loud. Simon got a little scared, but still looked away from her.
"It dosen't matter" he said low. "You don't need to worry" Simon repeated.
"Simon... I want to help you... We want to help you.. Please" she kinda begged.
"Uhm.. N-no please stay out of t-this"
"Simon , if we-"
"Please!... just stay out of this" he shouted, still sounding sad. She looked at him with a confused look.
"Why?"...
Simon didn't know what to say. "Uhm... I, uhh.. It's just.. Uhm.." he couldn't find out to say it.
"Hey, calm down" Jeanette said, placing a hand on his shoulder. He felt cold. "Take it easy. You can tell me anything"
"...It's just!... I'm supposed to be the smart and responsible! It's like... Like... Like I need to stay strong! A-and if I do not even dare to sing in front of my own family, I'm not that person! I'm not a person who people like. I'm the person everybody hates! I mean, look at me! I-im just... an untalented, ugly nerd, who doesn't have any friends... I guess the bullies were right..." Simon said, just about starting to cry. Jeanette looked shocked at him.
"Simon! Don't ever think about to say something like that again! You're perfect like the way you are! People doesn't hate you. Maybe, they just don't know as a person. But I'm glad I know you. Simon, I love you.. really! Don't underestimate yourself, you're the best person I've ever meet! Try to look at yourself again. You're a talented, smart, handsome, sweet, kind boy" Jeanette said. Simon looked ashamed down.
"...Di- did you m-mean that?" he asked, like he didn't believe her.
"Sure, I did! Love yourself for who you are!"
Simon smiled weakly at her.
"I didn't knew you had a low confident" she said calmly. Simon looked ashamed down. He could feel his eyes tearing up again, and tried to hold them in, but couldn't. Jeanette noticed it, and gave him a tight hug.
"Please don't cry" she said, rocking him back and forth. He didn't say anything. When they pulled back, Jeanette wiped his tears away from his cheeks and kissed him again. "You know, it's the best to tell the others, right?" Simon nodded weakly, and sniffed. She took his hands, and he smiled.
"I'm tired" he suddenly said. Jeanette smiled at him.
"You should get some rest. I'll go into the others. Shall I tell them, or do you want to later?" she asked sweetly.
"I um... I-I'll do it... later" Simon said, laying down.
"Well, then sleep tight". Jeanette gave him a little kiss on the cheek, as he closed his eyes.
"Ellie, where's my curling iron?!" Brittany shouted to her sister, while she rummaged in her own closet.
"I don't know! Look in your bag.." Eleanor shouted back.. Brittany looked in her bag, but couldn't find it.
"It isn't there! WHERE IS MY CURLING IRON?!" Brittany yelled, desperate. Alvin and Theodore got a little shock, of her outburst. Alvin rolled his eyes and sighed.
"Britt, calm down... It's just a stupid curling iron, it's now the worlds end..." he said in a boring tone. Brittany turned slowly her heard over to Alvin and glared evilly at him. Alvin gulped in shock.
"It's NOT just a curling iron..." she said trying to calm down."IT WOULD BE, LIKE IF I TOOK YOUR HAIR GEL!"
Alvin looked at her with big eyes. He stood up, and walked over to her. "DON'T YOU DARE TO CALL MY HAIR GEL, STUPID!" he shouted back.
Theodore sighed. "Guys, please don't-"
"WELL, DONT YOU DARE TO SAY SOMETHING BAD ABOUT MY CURLING IRON!" Brittany cut him off, and shouted to Alvin.
"And here we go again" Eleanor sighed.
"BRITTANY!" Alvin shouted her name again. Actually he didn't want to argue right now with her. "Can't you just shut up?" he asked a bit hard. Brittany placed her hand on the middle of her chest.
"Exuse me?" she sounded shobby. Alvin was about to answer when they heard knocking. They both looked over at the door.
"It's me, Jeanette" they heard her say, outside of the door. Jeanette walked in. She smiled to them, and sat down at Brittany's bed, beside Theodore and Eleanor.
"How did it go?" Alvin asked, sounding curious.
"Uhm..." Jeanette didn't really know what to answer. Simon said that he would tell them later, so she couldn't tell them it all. "We talked a bit about it. He said that he'll tell you later, I said to him that he should get some rest" she said. She didn't tell them about that they kissed. Jeanette kinda forgot it, even though it was so wonderfull! His lips were so soft, and it was so fantastic! It wasn't just a small kiss, but still it was not 'making out'-ish. It was their first kiss for both of them. But was they girlfriend and boyfriend, or was it just a kiss? Jeanette thought about it, but Alvin interrupted her thoughts.
"Did he cry?" Alvin asked worried. No one had ever seen Alvin so worried. Not even that time in Paris, when Dave kinda broke everyting in his body!
"Yeah, he did" Jeanette replied shyly.
"Woow..." Brittany said. "I haven't seen Simon cry before"
"Me either" Eleanor agreed.
"Was he really sad?" Theodore asked worried.
"Unfortunately yes" Jeanette looked down at her feet. "But he'll be okay, if we help him, I think"
"But... He didn't even want to tell me! Then how would he want our help?" Alvin cried. Jeanette was a bit shocked.
"One thing he told me was that he felt that he needed to me the strong one. The one, who's responsible and the one who can take care for other people. I think he's... you know, kinda stressed" Jeanette said. Alvin tried to think about some periods, where Simon had been sad or weak. But he couldn't really remember something.
"I need to talk to him" Alvin suddenly said. He was about to open the door, when someone grabbed his arm.
"No!" Jeanette shouted. "I.. I think we should give him some time alone" Jeanette said, more calmly than before.
"But..." Alvin started. For him, it didn't make any sense to be alone. "Why? I mean, when you're sad, you don't want to be alone, would you? He needs to talk with someone!" Alvin protested. "We should talk to him".
Jeanette sighed. "Alvin, I'm sure he want some time alone right know. Just to relax and think about it all".
"Yeah Alvin" Theodore agreed. "We can talk to him later. He's probably asleep now anyway".
"Theo!" Alvin hissed. "It's supposed that you have to be on my side!"
"Sorry" Theodore mumbled. Alvin sighed. He moved his hand away from the door handle, and put his hands in his pockets.
"Fine" Alvin muttered and sat down at the bed again.
Some hours later:
Simon awoke from his sleep. It felt good to get some rest. He glanced over at his watch. 4:21 PM. Simon's eye widened when he saw it. Had he slept for that long? He took his circle formed glasses on, and sat up in his bed. He still felt tired, but more fresh than before. Simon thought about what happened today. The bullies, the punches he got, when the others found out, the tears, the talk with Jeanette, the hugs with Jeanette. And the kiss. With her. Jeanette. Oh, he loved thinking about it! He felt so safe when she's around him. But right now, he did actually felt like a looser. He thought about how much he had cried. And he hated when he cried. He felt so weak. More than he already was.
Simon remembered what Jeanette said. It was the best to tell them, and she was right. First of all, he should get in to them. Where were they? Simon got up from his bed. He stretched his arms and looked at himself in the mirror. He looked so.. Destroyed! But right now, it wasn't something to think about.
All Simon thought about, was how he should tell them. How he should begin and how he should end it. Should he tell them it all?
Simon walked out of his room and looked down at the hall. When you came up stairs, you could go in to Brittany's room. If you went from her room to the left, you would find Theodore's and Eleanor's. If you went from Brittany's room to the right, you would find Alvin's room, Simon's and then Jeanette's.
He considered going down and look in the living room, but first he would look in the others rooms. Simon walked over to Alvin's door. He slightly knocked at the door and waited for someone to answer. There wasn't coming any sound from in there. Simon sighed. A bit in relief, cause he was a little nervous.
Simon walked over to the next door. Alvin's. Again, he slightly knocked at door. "Come in" Brittany said. She did probably think it was Dave.
Simon sighed again before he opened the door. He looked down at the floor. When he opened, he didn't look up at them. "Simon!" Theodore said loudly. He walked fast up to him, and suddenly gave him a hug. Simon didn't hug back, he just stared awkwardly down. Jeanette gave him a weak smile. Then Alvin walked up to him. He didn't gave him a hug, but just looked at him.
"Simon, are you ok?" Alvin asked shyly. First Simon only nodded. But then he could feel the tears came in his eyes. He hung his head down, and then he shook his head. Actually, he didn't knew why he started crying. He just did.
Alvin pulled his younger brother into his embrace, and hugged him tightly, but brotherly. Theodore hugged him too.
After some minutes of hugging, the three brothers walked over to Brittany's bed. "Do you want us to leave?" Eleanor asked softly. Simon didn't move his head.
"No, it.. doesn't matter" he answered with a low, weak voice. There was a long silence. Simon found it quite awkward.
"How long has it lasted?" Alvin asked shyly, moving closer to his brother. He tried to make eye-contact with Simon, but he did still not look up.
Simon hesitated. "...5 years..." he mumbled. Alvin's eyes widened a little.
"5 YEARS?! you've been bullied for 5 fucking years?!" Alvin cried. Simon got a little shock, but he didn't answer. He didn't move his head either. Instead of yelling, Alvin laid his arm around Simon. "Why didn't you say anything?" he asked with a low voice, wiping Simon's tears away from his cheek.
"I... I don't know... I guess I just... Couldn't admit it" Simon replied.
"Admit what?" Brittany asked confused.
Simon sighed. "Admit that I am being bullied. The fact that I don't have any friends, and I don't like getting much attention" he spoke with a little louder voice.
"What do you mean about attention?" Alvin asked just as confused as Brittany was before.
"I..." Simon said but couldn't finish his sentence. It was quite hard to admit that he had stage fright for singing solo.
"Simon... Do you.. have... like, stage fright?" Alvin asked, a bit shocked.
Ok. They got it.
Simon sniffled and wiped his tears away from his eyes. "Kind of" he said slightly.
Alvin looked at his brother. He felt a little guilty for not looking out for Simon. That wasn't something Alvin would just admit, he had already been enough sensitive for today.
Alvin hugged his brother again. "We'll help you" he said simply, looking over at the four other, who nodded in agreement. Simon would normally cancel that, but maybe it wouldn't help. They were, after all, only trying to help him.
Immediately, Dave came into the room. "Hey fellas, I'm going to shop for dinner, what do you- Wow! Simon, what happened to your eye?" Dave interrupted himself, when he saw how Simon looked. Simon sighed. They all walked down in the living room, to tell Dave the whole story.
"Simon, that's terrible! Why didn't you say anything?" Dave asked, with a loud tone that shocked Simon a bit. He didn't answer; he just looked kinda ashamed down at the table. He noticed the spot on the table, as Alvin spilled some time ago. Suddenly, after a long silence, Dave asked "Simon do you wanna move school, or shall I just call them?". Simon eyes widened, as he shook his head wildly.
"No, no! Please don't. Don't make it worse than it is" he said.
Dave sighed. "Simon, we need to do something. We can't just ignore school bullies. It's a problem for many kids, and it's awful. You know what, I'm going to call the school" he said, as he looked for the telephone.
"No don't!" Simon cried and he ran after Dave. He suddenly jumped on Dave's back and tried to stop him. "Please!" he begged.
Dave looked at his second oldest teen, with a weird look."Simon, would you please get off me?" he asked, and Simon got off him, realizing it was a weird thing to do. "Like I said before, you can't just ignore it. What did you thing we should do then?". Dave looked into Simon's hurt eyes.
Simon hesitated. "...I... I don't.. really know" he said, looking down at his skinny body.
"Uh not to intrude or something, but I think we should give Ryan again, after being a bully!" Alvin said.
"Alvin, revenge is not the answer" Dave said, sounding so responsible.
"But no one bullies MY brother!" Alvin shouted. Simon smiled a bit of what Alvin just said.
"Alvin, take this seriously" Dave determined.
"I do!" Alvin shouted once again. "I am actually trying to help, Dave". He sounded a little hurt.
Simon thought this was a little awkward. "Guys, it doesn't matter!" Simon said. "It's OK, I'll survive..."
Dave thought for a moment. "Maybe you six kids should-"
"Teen. Agers." Alvin said slowly, so Dave could understand it, interrupting. Dave sighed.
"Maybe you six teenagers" he said, looking over at Alvin "Should try to figure this out by yourself" he smiled at the six teenagers.
"Wh-what?" Simon stammered. "N-no we can't"
"Simon, give it try" Dave put his hand on his middle eldest and youngest son.
"K, Dave" Simon mumblered, looking down". Jeanette came over to him.
"We'll help you Simon. Don't worry" she smiled sweetly at him, and he smiled to her.
The clock was already 9:30 PM, and Simon was sitting in his own room again. They had just eaten, and he was sitting with his math homework. Well, classes and other school stuff had never been a problem for him. But right now, Simon didn't really paid attention to his home works. He just sat there with his desk, and stared out of the window. The sun was gone down, and you could see the stars. He thought about the day. Today and what had happened. He couldn't believe it, it actually, he didn't like the fact that they found out. Simon just wanted to ignore his troubles, but he did already knew, that he just couldn't. It doesn't help to just ignore your problems. But what would happen tomorrow? Would it even help, or will it just be worse? Ryan was not the type of a guy, who just gave up on what he wanted. Or what he wanted to do. Simon knew that.
He got broken out of his thoughts, when he heard knocking on his door. Simon turned around to face the door. "Come in" he said with a low voice. Dave came in, and smiled.
"Hey Fella, how are you?" he asked, caring. Simon didn't answer. He just looked down at the floor. He didn't know what to answer. Well, he didn't felt very good or happy. And he hated the fact, that he still was sad and unhappy.
Dave sat on Simon's bed, and motioned him to do the same. Simon came over, not looking up to Dave's calmly, but worried face. "How do you feel, Simon?" he asked again. Simon looked up, and could again feel the tears coming up to his eyes. He tried to ignore it.
"I'm fine" Simon replied slightly. Another little lie, whooops.
"Simon, I can see you're not" Dave said. "May I guess why?". Simon didn't respond, and Dave continued. "You're still hurt about the bullying?".
Simon sniffled. "Yeah" he simply said.
"Don't worry" Dave said, pulling Simon into a 'Adoptive father and adoptive son for almost the teen's life' hug. "Tomorrow, I'll call the school, and we'll get this problem solved". Dave still knew, that Simon didn't want them to interfere in this, but what kind of father would he be, if he just ignored it?.
"Ok" Simon said, without any tone filled with disagreement. He just didn't want to argue or something right now. Dave pulled back, and placed his hand on the blue-eyed teen's shoulder.
"You should get some sleep now" Dave said. Simon laughed slightly.
"Trust me, I really want to, but I have plenty of home works"
"Simon, you need some rest. Or at least, to relax a bit." Dave said smiling. Simon nodded, and Dave rubbed his shoulder, and then he went out of the room. Simon looked over at the window again. One thing he always had liked, was to look at the stars.
Simon decided to go out in the garden for a while. He did always relax, looking up at the sky. He was about to open the door, when Alvin came in. "Hey Si" he said, smiling weakly.
"Oh hi Alvin" Simon said, smiling slightly at his older brother.
"Are you ok?" Alvin looked into his brothers blue eyes, who only nodded short.
"Yeah" Simon replied.
"Simon, I'm sorry" Alvin suddenly said, after a little silence. Simon looked confused over at his brother, who looked hurt.
"Alvin, what are you talking about? Why are you sorry?"
"It just..." Alvin looked down at the ground. "I kinda feel it's my fault" he muttered sadly. Simon shook wildly on his head, and walked closer to Alvin.
"What? No, no, it's not your fault!" he said with a slight grin. "How can it even be your fault?".
Alvin sighed loudly. "Because.. I'm your big brother! It kinda my job to carry on you! And I didn't... And I understand why you are feeling pressured to be the responsible one, when I'm not... And then, in fact that you were getting bullied, you are doing it very good! I'm sorry Simon, not for taking care of you, I... I'm feeling like at stupid brother..." Alvin looked into Simon's eyes.
Simon looked into Alvin's warm brown eyes. "Alvin, no don't say that! You're the best brother I ever could want! And.. I don't know what I should do... if you weren't here" Simon said, muttering the last part. "Alvin please don't think that! You had taking care about Theo and I a lot of times, and I'm sure he's just as thankful as I am"
Alvin smiled to his brothers words. "Really? I have?" he asked. Simon smiled, moving closer to his brother again.
"Sure" he slightly said. "Thank you". Alvin pulled Simon into a close, brotherly hug.
"I'm not very happy to admit this, but I... I love you Simon" Alvin said, with a little grin. Simon laughed a bit too.
"Well, I love you too, brother" Simon said, still hugging his brother. When they pulled apart, Alvin smiled. Simon did too. "Woow.. How sensitive you are today, huh?" Simon teased playfully. Alvin laughed.
"Yep, I don't know what's going on" he said.
The two brothers smiled at each other for a moment.
"But if you don't mind, I will go out and watch the stars". Alvin nodded and walked out of the room with his brother.
"There you go, goodnight" Alvin said as Simon walked down the stairs.
Simon looked up at the dark, shining sky. The stars were very clear to see, and Simon loved it. He sighed loudly, and again, he started to think about what could happen tomorrow. Suddenly, he felt and hand placing on his shoulder. Simon jumped a little bit, he quickly turned around and saw Jeanette, smiling.
"Oh, sorry if I scared you" she said, sitting beside him. Simon chuckled a little.
"Hah, it doesn't matter" he replied, looking into her eyes. Such a beautiful sight.
Jeanette looked up to the sky, as he did. "It's beautiful" she said, sighing.
"Yeah, just as you" he said, still looking up. After realizing what he just said to her, his eyes widened and he quickly looked over at her. Jeanette had a surprisingly expression on her face. She smiled at him, and he blushed. "Uh, did.. Did I just said that out loud?" he asked, with a nervously grin. She kept smiling.
"Thank you" she said, moving closer to him. Simon blushed even harder, but in a way, he liked it. "Simon?" she suddenly asked. "Did you mean, what you said earlier?".
Simon looked over at her eyes and remembered their kiss. Not that he had forgot it. "Sure I did. I love you" he said nervously. Jeanette kept looking into his blue eyes.
"I love you too" she said.
Simon and Jeanette learned forward to each other, and shared a kiss. It felt good for them both. Simon deepened the kiss a little, and she did like it. After some minutes of kissing, they slowly pulled away, looking into each other's eyes. They both smiled, a suddenly Simon let out a small grin. "Well, I guess that means we're together?" he asked. Jeanette giggled too.
"It does, silly" she said. They pulled into a kiss more, and enjoyed their time together.
Inside:
"AWWWW!" Theodore and Eleanor said, looking at their siblings kissing. "That's just so cute!"
Brittany sighed. "I want a boyfriend too!" she hissed to herself. Alvin smirked.
"I'm still here, Britt" he teased. Brittany rolled her eyes and sighed quickly.
"Ugrh Alvin! Shut up. Like I'd ever would date...you" she said, pointing over at Alvin. Alvin rolled his eyes.
"Too proud to admit it?" Alvin smirked and Brittany rolled her ice-blue eyes.
Eleanor sighed. "They are soooooo much in love" she whispered to Theodore, who started to chuckle.
Done! Haha, I love writing this story! I think Chapter 4 will be out soon (: