A/N: Here's the newest chapter! Hopefully it'll be a bit more interesting than the first. You'll learn more about Will's troubled background.
-Chapter 2-
Surprisingly enough, Tessa made it to lunch without any more events. She stood in line for lunch with Cecily and Sophie, staring into space as they chatted. Suddenly, Sophie tapped Tessa's shoulder.
"What?" Tessa asked, dazed.
"We were talking about Cecy's brother. You think he's an ass too, right?" Sophie asked.
Tessa nodded. In truth, Will was all that she could think about. Why did he want her to go to the gym after school? What was so important that one of his precious girls couldn't do? Why did he have to bring Tessa into his life? She decided that maybe she just wouldn't go. She thought that she had chosen right until she remembered Will's desperate tone. Tessa pondered this over lunch, with Sophie and Cecily leaving her more or less alone.
The afternoon seemed to drag by. Tessa's favorite class, Literature 2, seemed longer than usual. She was okay with this, though, because she sat next to Jem Carstairs. He was a popular, but a nice enough one. Unlike Will, he had never treated Tessa badly or publicly embarrassed her. She cringed, remembering the famous spaghetti incident of last trimester.
Thinking of Will, she tapped Jem on the shoulder. He stopped talking to Jessamine and turned toward Tessa. Before she could fully think about what she was doing, the words were out of her mouth. "Has Will talked to you about needing help with something?" she asked.
Jem frowned worriedly. "No," he said, "is something wrong with him?" His frown deepened as he thought about this more. "Has he been fighting again?"
"I don't know," Tessa whispered back. "Wait. Fighting?"
"Oh, yeah," Jem reminisced. "That was before you came here. Will used to get into fights all the time with the Lightwood boys. Luckily, Cecily talked some sense into him and got him to stop."
Tessa, remembering Cecy's newest tattoo, grinned to herself. "Oh?" she asked. "And you think that might be happening again?"
"I don't know," Jem said, sounding more worried. "Will's seemed so distant lately. This isn't like him."
Just as Tessa was about to respond, the bell rang. She thanked Jem for talking with her and hurried off to her next class.
*Switch to following Will*
Will frowned to himself in the bathroom mirror. He pulled his shirt up once more, inspecting the new tattoo that had appeared on his ribcage. He hoped that no one else had discovered it. Covering himself up again, he walked to gym class.
Walking out of the locker room, he immediately locked eyes with Tessa. Since he had been checking out everyone's tattoos to see whose he had taken, his eyes went to her ankle. He groaned, rushing to the bathroom to look at his tattoo again. It was exactly as he had feared. Their tattoos were exact matches. He tried not to think about it and went through the rest of his day in a daze. After all, he really needed this help.
A/N: And that's Chapter 2! Sorry it's so short; the chapters will increase in length as I go on. Please leave a review!
