Chapter 24: A new friend

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Jeff's POV

Today is the first day of my senior year. I should be happy, it's my last year. But the thing is; I no longer have any friends at school. All my friends are older and graduated last year, except for Steph but she doesn't even live in this state, so I don't have anybody here. As I'm walking to class I see this beautiful girl and she looks lost, I think she might be new though. This is good, hopefully she won't judge me like everyone else does. Everybody hates me for the smallest, stupidest reasons, like because my brother's gay, because of the whole thing with Steph that somehow everyone found out about, because I'm close with Darci. Like I said, stupid reasons.

"Hi, I'm Jeff" I walked up to her "Are you new here?" I asked

"Ya, how can you tell?" she smiled

"You look lost" I stated

"I am. Ummm, do you know where room 123 is?" she asked, looking down at her paper.

"That's my first class too" off to a good start.

"Cool. By the way, my name's Domonique" she held out her hand and I shook it.

"It's a pleasure to meet you. What grade are you in?" I asked as we started walking to class

"Senior, you?"

"Same here"

"So Jeff, how's the people here?"

"Ummm, I'm not the best person for you to ask that to"

"How come?" she asked as we got into class.

"Nobody likes me" I stated

"Why? You seem really cool" she sat next to me

"I'm glad you think that. But I'm sure you'll hear throughout the day why everybody hates me"

"Oh come on, just tell me. I don't want to hear a bunch of lies about the first guy I meet" she looked at the clock "Besides we have 15 minutes before class starts, I'm sure that's plenty of time" she offered

Do I really want to tell this girl that I just met about all this stuff? She seems real cool and it's my only shot at having a friend this year, maybe even a girlfriend. She's right though, I don't want her hearing lies. You know how high school kids are, they embelish on EVERYTHING. "Alright, I'll just sum it up for you. Is that OK?" I asked

"That's cool, go ahead"

"There's a couple reasons; one is because my brother's gay"

"So. I'm assuming people here have a problem with that?"

"Ya. That's where another reason comes in. One of my best friends used to live here with her aunts, both of them are gay and everybody knows them so they know I'm close with them, well one of them now"

"What's wrong with the other?"

"She… ummm… she got shot and died"

"I'm sorry"

"Don't worry about it. And the last reason is because of a bunch of shit that went down last school year that somehow everyone found out. They just think its outrageous or something so they don't like me"

"Well what was it?" she asked, interested

I took a deep breath "OK, there was this new girl last year, her name is Stephanie but everyone calls her Steph. She's the one that lived with her aunts. Well she's my best friend and had become my best friend when she moved here and we eventually got together. I was her first boyfriend. She is friends with a bunch of guys and I knew that, it didn't bother me, they're just friends. Well she traveled with 2 of them for the summer so she could see her dad"

"What?" she asked. OK, I guess that last part doesn't really make sense, does it?

"Steph's dad is Mark Callaway and two of her, well our friends are John and Randy. Randy's dad being Bob Orton. Steph had a bad past; her mom abused her, that's why she moved in with her aunts. Her mom never let her see her dad so, not having to put up with her mom anymore she found a way to see her dad"

"Gotcha, you may continue" she smiled

"Alright, well on the day Steph, John and Randy left Steph and I got into an argument because I thought something was going on between her and John. Well there wasn't and she got on the plane pissed at me. Turns out she was somehow able to sneak alcohol with her and they all got drunk in the hotel room that night and passed out, she woke up not remembering anything and John in the bed with her"

"Wow"

"That's not all"

"Damn!" she stated

"Ya, I know. They were gonna keep it a secret cause they couldn't remember anything anyways"

"I would have done the same. That would have scared the shit out of me. Wake up with your best friend in the same bed, forget that"

"I know, right. But she eventually found out she was pregnant. But we stayed together. She moved in with her dad which is down in Texas"

"Oooo, long distance" she winced

"Ya, plus John had moved in with them"

"Why?"

"Once they told his parents about the pregnancy they kicked him out and he had nowhere to go and he told Steph that he would be there for her, through it all"

"That's good, I'm glad he stepped up"

"So are we, but come to find out she had always had some feelings for John. I guess before Steph and I even started dating she was kinda torn between John and I. John loved her though and he made it known. I don't blame him, she's an amazing woman. And I had realized that and let her go"

"So you guys stayed friends?"

"Not to begin with. She wanted to but I said we couldn't. It took a while but we went back to being best friends cause in the beginning I always told her we would be"

"That's good. None of that stuff is that bad for people to hate you" she stated obviously

"I know, but that's how people are here. I have a bunch of friends its just that they all graduated last year"

"Lucky them. You think I could meet them sometime?"

"Of course you…"

"Good morning class" the teacher walked in

"Let's talk more during lunch" I whispered

"OK" she agreed

During lunch…

"OK first, I gotta ask. Are you a wrestling fan?" I asked her as we sat down at an empty table.

"Of course" she answered

"Who's your favorite?"

"That's easy, the Phenom, he's so kick ass"

"I totally agree. But he doesn't really like me, I think it was just cause I was dating his daughter though, maybe now he feels different"

"You know him?" she was shocked

"Ya, I told you that Steph's dad is Mark Callaway, that's Undertaker"

"Duuude, that's awesome"

"Ya, but you've heard so much about me. What was your life like?" I asked her

"Well, not the greatest. My dad use to beat the crap out of me and my mom"

"Use to? So he doesn't anymore, right?" why do people do that stuff?

"No not anymore but then he left us when I was about ten and his girlfriend didn't like me so I pretty much didn't exist for a couple years" I could tell by looking into her beautiful brown eyes that it really hurt her. A father isn't supposed to do that.

"That's shitty"

"I know, he tries to make up for it by giving me money and stuff but screw that, you don't forget shit like that"

"I know I wouldn't. Is your life better now though?" I asked, hoping it would be. I think her and Steph would get along, they seem similar.

"Ya, it's getting there. My mom was recently in a car accident and her brain is kinda screwed up. It's kinda hard cause it's just me and her but we'll get through it"

"Here, here's my number. If you ever need ANYTHING just call and ask"

"Thanks Jeff, this means a lot" she smiled; I love it when she does that. She has the biggest smile.

"No problem"

A/N: SO HOW WAS THIS CHAPTER? SO DO YOU GUYS LIKE THE NEW CHARCTER? MIZZPOET, ARE YOU ALRIGHT WITH HOW I'VE PORTRAYED HER SO FAR? OBVIOUSLY THERE WILL BE MORE OF HER THOUGH. IT IS YOUR CHARCTER SO I WANT YOUR APPROVAL :)