Enjoy! T M I stands for 'too much info' just so you know.
(Chap 2: Out of the frying pan, into the fire) (Ash's POV)
Jack grabbed my, now bleeding wrist, and ran outside. Why was I so stupid as to get into an argument with my 'dad' (I still had to call him that, even if he was only adopting me).
"What was all that about?" He asked as he slowed down, taking out some bandages.
"I don't know. There's a girl that he likes, he wanted to know what he could do to get her attention. He didn't ask me rely but I suggested dinner and he jumped on me."
"He what…" I glared, hoping he would get the hint "Oh! Ok, T M I."
"You asked-" I winced as Jack tightened a bandage around my wrist. "You have to do it that tight?"
"If it's any looser you'll bleed to death." He replied, emotionless. His readable eyes hidden behind his bangs. "Lets go."
Then I spotted something lying in the grass behind us. I nudged Jack and walked toward the little lump in the grass. "Jack?"
"What?" Jack said from a good 18 feet away from me.
"You said you had a dog called Zero?"
"Yea."
"Golden retriever?"
"Yea"
"Really small and skinny?"
"Yea."
"Red collar and silver tag?"
"Yea, why?"
"I've found him." Jack had always thought he was dead, and yet here he was right in front of me. I gently picked up the dog, who was shaking with fear, and gently rubbed it's back in an attempt to calm him, and brought him to Jack.
The dog stopped shaking and jumped into Jacks arms, licking him. He put the dog down, smiling. "We better get going, we're gonna be late."
"For what?"
"School stupid." He replied as we reached the school gate.
"It's a Saturday."
"What?"
"Why else are the school gates locked? It may be winter but it's never snowed. And even if it did we would still have to go."
"Really?"
"Unless we suddenly found ourselves under 10 feet of snow."
"Wait, what'd you say?"
"Snow… fluffy, cold white stuff that falls from the sky."
"No, what day did you say it was?"
"Saturday, why?"
"Shit! I invited Sally over."
"That girl you ran into last week?"
"I… like her." I looked at him, smirking. "ok, so I'm head over heals for her… I was gonna ask her if she wanted to be my girlfriend tonight. She'll be at the house any second, probably just when we get there!"
"You do realize dad will kill her, and I mean that literally."
"… I have to do something."
"What?"
"I have a plan to catch all the evidence I need, show it to the police. You where right when you first came here. It's time I told someone and got help, but I can't be with you. I need you to go home and help Sally. Trust me, ok."
I nodded, even if dad did hurt me, at least he would get the dirt on him this time.