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Merci POV

I drove Matt and Shannon to Matt's house and ran to my house to get changed. My mom was in the kitchen and my dad wasn't home yet. I walked downstairs and was getting ready to leave.

"Merci, come here for a second?" she asked me and I walked in there.

"Where are you going?" she asked me.

"Oh, um, Matt and Jeff invited me to dinner tonight." I told her and she smiled.

"Does someone have a crush?" my mom asked me and I rolled my eyes.

"No, mom, besides I have a date on Thursday." I said and she smiled at me.

"That will be our secret." She said and I hugged her.

"Have fun, and don't' be home to late." She said.

"If I am then you can walk next door and get me." I said and she laughed at me.

Jeff POV

I had just gotten home when Merci was walking over.

"Hey." I said.

"How was detention?" she asked me and I laughed.

"The normal." I said.

"Why did you throw Randy into the lockers?" she asked me and I really didn't want to tell her.

"Don't worry about it." I said and she just looked at me. She shrugged and walked inside with me. I was glad that she had left it alone, but I did want to know where she got the bruise from.

We grilled some hamburgers and I was glad that she was a new friend. I just wished that she didn't hang out with the idiots. They were just as bad as the sluts in the school. I was sitting outside with her while Matt and Shannon were goofing off on the beach.

"Thanks for coming over tonight." I said.

"Thanks for the invite." She said.

"You do know that our windows are across from each other?" I asked her and she laughed.

"I noticed it the other day. Now we yell at each other through the windows." She said and I was laughing, but I agreed.

"How did you get the bruise on your back?" I asked her.

"I'm clumsy and I fell against the soap thingy in the shower when I was trying to shave my legs." She told me and I nodded.

"You still not going to tell me why you were in detention today?" she asked me and I looked at her.

"Randy was saying some stuff about you and I didn't like it." I admitted and she just looked at me.

"Thanks for sticking up for me." She said and I smiled.

We kept talking until she had to go home.

"I will walk you home." I told her and she smiled.

"I promise I won't get lost." She said.

"Yeah, but I wouldn't be a gentleman if I let you walk home by yourself." I said and she nodded.

I walked her to the back door and she hugged me.

"Thanks for coming over." I told her and she smiled.

"Thanks for sticking up for me." She said and disappeared inside.

I walked back and went to my room. I waved at her when she shut her blinds and I fell asleep thinking of her.

Merci POV

I got up the next day and went to school. I listened to Mickie talk to me about why she broke up with Phil; I wasn't really paying attention to much because I really missed my old school, my friends, and my home. I left school and went to the dojo to start my new job. I walked in and found my instructor. He went over my job duties, which weren't hard, and disappeared to teach some classes.

I was sitting at the front desk doing homework and listening to the radio when someone said my name. I looked up to see John and Dave standing there.

"Hey." I said.

"When did you start?" they asked me.

"Today." I said and they smiled.

I talked to them for a few minutes before they went to spar. I recognized a lot of people that I went to school with or had seen around the island. I was sitting there day dreaming when John walked up.

"Hey." He said.

"Hey." I said.

"You hungry?" he asked me and I shrugged.

"I am going to get some Chinese, you want some?"he asked me.

"I don't have any cash on me." I said and he rolled him eyes.

"You want some?" he asked me again.

"Fine, just a spring roll." I said and he smiled.

"Be back." He said and walked away. I didn't know why he was being so nice to me, but I was going to accept it.

I was taking a phone call when he walked back and sat the food down. I finished as he pulled up a chair.

"What are you doing?" I asked him.

"Eating with you." he said.

"I will get in trouble." I said and he laughed as my instructor walked out.

"Oh, no." I mumbled; I thought I had been caught.

"John, don't run off my new help." He said and John smiled.

"Ok, Dad." He said and I just looked at him.

"Now, eat." He said and I just looked at him.

He got me spring rolls and he was fun to talk to. I got to know him and obviously I would be seeing more of him. He was supposed to help me stay and close up tonight. We were finishing up and he was sitting near the front door.

"You dating Evan?" he asked me out of the blue.

"Um, not that I know of, we are doing something on Thursday." I said and he nodded.

"And you're not dating Hardy?" he asked me and I shook my head no.

"Why?" I asked him.

"Just wanted to know if I had a shot." He said and I laughed.

"Ok, so you're dad owns all this?" I asked him.

"He owns part and Phil's dad owns the other part. We both work here so you will be seeing a lot of us. I am sure that you see Phil from school and he is with Mickie." He said and I nodded.

"They broke up." I said and John looked surprised.

We finished up and I left to go home. I was grateful that I was starting to know people. I didn't feel so left out and I was making friends. I got home and Matt was outside sitting on the steps. I walked over and he didn't look happy.

"You ok?" I asked him.

"I guess." He said.

"What's wrong, Matty?" I asked him and he looked at me.

"New nickname?" he asked me and I shrugged.

"What's wrong?" he asked me.

"Jeff is getting on my nerves." He said and I smiled.

"What did he do?" I asked him.

"He won't like it if I tell you." he mumbled.

"Our little secret?" I asked Matt and he smiled at me.

"He got in trouble again today because some of the guys were talking about you. I told him that he needed to cool it and he went off on a tangent about how he cares about you and other stuff. I got tired of hearing it and came outside." Matt said and I nodded.

"I know you just care about him since he is your brother." I told Matt and he nodded. We talked for a little longer before I finally went home.

"Thanks for talking; you're great to talk to." Matt said and I hugged him.

"Anytime, Matty." I said and went inside. I successfully avoided my dad, I thought, but he was waiting in my room. He yelled and hit me a few times for being so late. I didn't want to point out that I was early because he was already too drunk to actually process a thought. I showered and crawled in bed to try and sleep.

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