AN: I apologize to all of you that I haven't been able to update any of my fan fictions lately. I've had a hectic past couple days and I've also been on the road without a computer or anything so I haven't been able to do much. Now I finally have one to work on and I'll be sure to update as much as I possibly can before school starts for me. I'd like to thank MenmaMaou32 for the OC.

Chapter 6: The Boy

September 1st, 2012

The past week had been one of the worst weeks of school I could ever remember. Every day from that day I confronted the bullies kept getting worse for me. Those bullies started to pick on me as soon as I got to school the next day after that confrontation. They started out with just shoving me into lockers, but by the end of the week, the bullying got more and more serious. They started to call me names (which were so bad that I don't want to say them) and started taking my things. And throughout all this, none of my friends came to help.

Ella was probably the most hurt upon hearing that I was being bullied. She kept telling me that she wanted to help so much but was afraid that something bad would happen to her if she started helping me. I kept telling her that it was alright, even though that it clearly wasn't. Zoey and Mike were angered by Scott, Lightning, and Jo and wanted to show them what happens when you messed with one of their friends, but they had yet to do anything at all. B was thinking of inventions that he could make that would help me with them, but he had yet to figure out how to do that and Cameron was in the same situation as I was. Gwen tried to keep me positive throughout this entire thing by telling me that they were nobodies and that they weren't worth my time. Basically, I was on my own throughout all this week.

Today, I didn't want to go to school. I didn't want to have to deal with anybody. This was basically what had happened at my old school and it worried me more and more.

"Dawn, why aren't you up?" my mother asked.

"Mother, can I stay home today?" I asked.

"Why?" she asked. I knew that if I told her that I was being bullied she'd have a field day with the school and I'd probably have to move again.

"I feel sick, I can barely stand up." I told her.

"No Dawn, because I know you're lying. When was the last time you had actually gotten sick? What's really going on?" she asked me.

"Nothing mother, I'll start getting ready." I told her with a sigh. She slowly closed the door and shot me a concerned glance while she was doing so. I knew she was only looking out for me, but I really wished at this time that she wasn't.

At the bus stop,

"Dawn…" said Zoey. I turned around to see Zoey and B looking at me with a concerned look on their face. A buzz came from my phone.

"How have you been doing?" said the text from B.

"How have I been doing? Haven't you seen what's been happening for the past several days?" I said. I normally don't get very angry, but this was one of those few exceptions.

"Dawn, I know we haven't been doing very well when it's come to dealing with those idiots, but…" said Zoey.

"I know what's been holding you back. You guys are afraid of what'll happen to you if you decide to go and fight. And I know that all you guys are is sorry. Just leave me alone." I said to both of them. B was a bit angered by what I had said while Zoey was very tearful. I got on the bus first and took a seat in the far back.

I didn't have much time in the morning to read my tea leaves, so I decided to bring them with me. I was a bit confused on what they had read.

"You will witness a sign. Whether the sign is good or not is up for you to decide."

Luckily for me, I didn't see the bullies in the morning and got through my first period class without trouble. But on the way to Pre-Calculus,

"Oh look who's here." said Scott. All three of them surrounded me.

"What do you want?" I asked them.

"Oh, we want nothing, except everything that's in your bag." said Jo. I had no intentions of letting them do that, so Lightning grabbed my bag from me. It looked like that Jo was also going to hurt me until…

"Hey, why don't you mess with someone else." said the boy. They turned around to look at the person who had said that. I also wanted to see who it was. This boy looked to be about 5'7, had messy shoulder length black hair, and had a dark tan skin color. I could already tell he had an affinity with the color black, because all he was wearing was black. He wore a black sleeveless jacket that read the words "Believe That" on the back, a black skull t-shirt under that, black cargo shorts, and black military boots. I began to read his aura which surprised me. His aura wasn't dark, but it was light, like a white but not exactly that. There was good in him.

"Oh sha-crap it's Joe." said Lightning.

"Why are you messing with this girl? Do I need to teach you guys a lesson? Maybe you'll actually learn something for once if I teach it to you." Joe said. He cracked his knuckles.

"Oh no no no, that's fine, we were uhh, just leaving." said a scared Scott. Lightning then handed my bag back to me and Jo let go of me immediately after. Then all three of them ran off.

"I hope those jerks weren't causing you much problems." he said to me. He offered me a hand, I grabbed it and he pulled me up.

"Unfortunately, they have been." I told him.

"I'm sorry to hear that, I'm amazed I haven't seen you around. Aren't you in Pre-Calc 2nd period?" He asked me.

"I am." I told him.

"Well I really am amazed; we have Pre-Calc second period together. Wow." he said to me. Now when I began to think about it, I do remember seeing him in Pre-Calc. He sat in the back without many people around him.

"We should probably get going." I told him. As he started walking, he turned around to tell me something.

"Oh by the way, the name's Joe, Joe Valentine." he said to me.

"I'm Dawn." I told him.

"I was wondering…would you be interested in a cup of coffee after school today? I work at a café most of the time after school." he said. I was about to say no because I don't drink coffee and I felt horrible, but then I began to feel like I owed him for what he did.

"I'd like that." I told him.

"Sweet, just come by around 4:30. It's really close to the school, you'll be able to tell what it looks like." he said to me. We began on our way to class. As we walked, I continued to read his aura. I had never met a person who had such a mysterious aura. He dressed so depressingly yet he was so upbeat. Maybe having coffee with him wouldn't be so bad.

At Home
4:00 P.M.
September 1st, 2012

"Mother, can I ask you a question?" I asked.

"Well sure Dawn, feel free to." she said to me.

"Someone asked me if I was interested in having a cup of coffee, so I was wondering if I could get a ride there?" I asked her. She gave me a confused look.

"But, you don't drink coffee Dawn, why all so sudden about this?" she asked me.

"I know mother, this certain someone helped me in school today, and I wanted to be courteous to him to show up." I said to her.

"Oh, why that's lovely my dear! It's nice to hear that people are helping you out! Of course you can go." she said to me. She got her coat and shoes on and we left to the car.

Outside the café
4:30 P.M.
September 1st, 2012

I slowly began to walk into the café, not really knowing what to expect. The place smelled like cigarettes and coffee, two things I couldn't really stand. I also looked completely out of place when I stepped in. Everyone shot me glares and it freaked me out a little bit.

"Hey Dawn!" said Joe. I tried not to giggle at what he was wearing. His clothes looked like something that a butler would wear.

"Yeah I know, I look ridiculous, but I have to wear it." he told me as he was walking up to me. He then offered me a chair near one of the windows and he took a seat right in front of me.

"So Dawn," he said, "Did you just recently start going to this school?"

"I did, I moved here only about a few weeks ago." I told him.

"Oh wow, so you are basically brand new here. I see you've had the unfortunate experience of meeting the three biggest assholes at our school?" he said to me.

"Yes." I said to him. I didn't want to think of them at this moment. I was already irritated with my friends and thinking about those bullies and how my friends have done nothing to help me would only make me angrier.

"I'm sorry. I can tell you don't want to talk about this, so let's change the subject. Where are you from?"

"I'm from Ontario, and you?"

"Oh believe it or not, I'm from America. Well I was born in America anyway, so that makes me American."

"You're from America? May I ask what are you doing in Canada?"

"Well I'm pretty sure you don't want to hear the whole story about why I'm here." he said to me. I began to notice that he smiled after saying that. That I really didn't expect, so I began to read his aura some more.

"You don't know how to control your emotions, do you?" I asked him.

"How did you know that?" he said.

"Joe, I read auras, and I can tell a lot from a person when I do read them. Something happened to you a long time ago that's lead you to be this way." I said to him.

"You really are something to be able to tell all that with just…reading my aura did you say?"

"Yes, I read auras." I felt more and more like I was creeping him out, and as I was thinking about leaving,

"That's amazing! I've never known anyone to be able to do that." he told me. I gave a little sigh of relief upon hearing that.

"I'd like to hear why you moved here though." I told him.

"Oh sure, would you like any coffee or anything? This might take a while." he said to me.

"Do you have any tea?" I asked him.

"I'm pretty sure we do, and don't worry about paying, it's on me." he told me. He then got up and went back to go make a cup of tea for me and a cup of coffee for himself. As he left, I felt something. I didn't know what it was, and it felt kind of good. I don't know how to explain the feeling, but it felt nice. This boy really did fascinate me, his aura, his appearance, everything. I thanked my tea leaves under my breath for telling me that I'd have this sign appear to me. I began to think that this sign was him.

"Dawn, you alright? You kind of spaced out there." he said to me. I immediately jumped to see that it was just Joe with the cup of tea and coffee.

"Oh yes, I'm quite alright. Thank you for the cup of tea." I told him.

"You're welcome. So where would you like me to begin?" he said to me as he sat down in front of me.

"Tell me everything." I told him.

AN: That's the end of Chapter 6. I hope that all of you enjoyed this chapter. I do apologize if it was a bit boring. Next chapter will be the actual discussion between the two. You'll learn more about who exactly Joe is and why Dawn is amazed by him. Feel free to leave any reviews. Lastly, again I'd like to thank MenmaMaou32 for allowing me to use his OC in this story.

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