Yes, I realize that it has been a long time since I've updated this. Like two weeks lol but it's here now! YAAAAAAAY! Sorry, I'm on a sugar rush-ALKJDSOFDSFOIIJSDFOSJFIO-and the candy tastes so good-SJFS9OFJLSDHFOISH AHAHHAHAHAHAHA DOINK!

Oh, and I apologize for the bitchiness in this chapter. .

"Truth."

"Hmmm…" Asuka seemed to be in deep thought. "Who's your crush?"

Why didn't I just pick dare?! Sydney asked herself.

"She's hesitating!" Manjoume laughed.

That was followed by an echo of, "Oooooooooh!"

Sydney cleared her throat as she blushed. "Do I have to answer that?" she whispered.

"Yes, you do have to answer it," Asuka said aloud, ruining the point of why Sydney whispered.

"No she doesn't," Jim snapped.

The snickers stopped as all eyes landed on Jim.

"Not if she doesn't want to," he finished.

"At least tell me," Asuka said as she flicked her blonde hair behind her shoulder and batted her eyelashes.

Sydney didn't want to be rude but she just met these people. How was she supposed to trust them all of a sudden?

"Please?" she begged.

Sydney shook her head.

Asuka cringed slightly as she growled mentally. She didn't like this girl. She wasn't sure why she ticked her off so much, but she didn't.

No, it wasn't because she didn't tell her who her crush was, it was something else. Whatever it was, she didn't like it.

"Fine, Sydney pick someone else," Asuka said a little annoyed.

Sydney was relieved that the spotlight wasn't on her any longer. "Um, Judai, truth or dare?"

"Dare!" he yelled.

Everyone flinched at his loudness.

"Sorry! I'm on a sugar rush! And I can't seem to control the volume of my voice!" He started jumping in his seat.

Jim laughed a little.

Sydney smiled at his randomness. "I dare you to…kiss Johan."

The two shrugged and shared a tongue swapping kiss.

"They're kinda together," Jim informed her.

"Oh," was all Sydney could say.

Through the rest of the game, Sydney felt like she had been getting the could shoulder. Except from Jim, of course.

"Um, you know what?" she said awkwardly, "I have some homework that needs to be finished. I'll see you guys in class?"

Everyone mumbled something like, "Sure," or "I guess," or "Whatever."

She stood up and left the dorm. Jim followed her.

"I'm sorry about them," he said as he caught up with her pace.

Sydney tried to be polite and ask, "What did they do?"

"You don't have to tolerate it. It was mean. They're not usually like that."

"It's fine. They didn't do anything to upset me."

Jim looked into her eyes and searched for that spark that told him she was lying. But he never saw it.

Absentmindedly, he lifted up Sydney's sleeve and saw her bruise hidden behind a dragon tattoo.

"What are you doing?" she asked.

"Huh? Oh!" He rolled her sleeve back down. "Sorry."

She giggled. "It's ok." Something buzzed in her pocket. She dug around and found where it came from.

It was her phone. She had gotten a text from Mike. She resisted the urge to roll her eyes as she began to read:

Where r u? I swear I don't get u. u always say that u don't like it wen ppl hit u but ur askin for a beatin rite now! Ur parents r gonna kill u

"Who's it from?" Jim asked curiously.

"My ex," Sydney said furiously.

Jim stiffened as he looked over her shoulder and read the message. He growled as he finished reading. "He makes me so mad."

"He makes you mad?" Sydney asked rhetorically. "He makes me mad! I wanna strangle him sometimes!"

"Who stopped you?"

Sydney laughed half heartedly. His fists stopped me, she thought.

It was quiet until Jim broke the ice. "So, who is your crush?"

Sydney stopped walking and looked at the Australian incredulously.

"I'm kidding!" he laughed.

She smiled and continued to walk forward.

Jim followed her. "How many 'pretty's do I have to put before please for you to tell me who your crush is?"

"Jim!" she scolded.

"Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty please, Sydney, please?!" Jim was determined to know who this boy was and wanted to know what he had that Jim didn't.

Sydney groaned. "There is no crush."

"What?"

"There is--"

"I know what you said."

"I didn't say it when we were playing Truth or Dare because if I did, they would ponder me until I exploded," she lied.

"Wow, you're smart."

"And I wasn't before?" she challenged.

"No! I-um--"

"Relax," she laughed. "I was joking."

Jim sighed. "You're mean," he said childishly.

Sydney chuckled and walked into her dorm. "Thanks for walking me home," she said mocking the old romantic movies.

Jim rolled his eyes. "You're real funny."

Sydney couldn't help the words that slipped out of her mouth when she said, "It's you."

"I'm what?"

"Nothing!" She tried to close the door but Jim caught it with his foot.

"I'm what?" he repeated.

"It's nothing," Sydney said in a calmer voice.

"Pretty please?" Jim offered with a smile.

Sydney smiled back. "Goodnight, Jim." Then she closed the door making a soft click sound.

She jumped on her bed and scolded herself for almost telling Jim.

Sydney woke up to a loud slam. She tried to open her eyes but they would no matter how hard she tried.

"Sydney get up!"

She didn't recognize the voice but it sounded familiar. "What?" she said tiredly.

"You have to get up!"

"Is the building on fire?"

"No."

"Is anyone hurt?"

"No."

"Then get out!" She finally opened her eyes and saw Mike. "What are you doing here anyway?!"

He snatched her arm and pulled her out of bed.

She hissed in pain.

"I'm trying to protect your ass! You've gotta get out of here."

"Why?"

"SYDNEY!"

"That's why," he whispered. "Bye!" He ran out the door.

Sydney stared fearfully at her mother and father.

"Why are you here?" Tony growled.

"This is school," she said hesitantly.

"Schools don't just give away houses!" Michelle snapped.

"Well this one did."

"Get your skinny ass back home."

"But I have to learn!" she complained.

Michelle stepped up to the brunette and slapped her across the face. "Don't talk back to me!"

"Screw you!" Sydney covered her mouth immediately.

Tony pushed her against the wall that shot pain into her shoulder blades. He pulled his arm back and sent a punch forward.

Sydney screamed as loud as she could, hoping someone would hear her.

.

Jim was in the middle of his shower when he heard someone scream.

Who could be screaming at six-thirty in the morning? he thought.

The screams came again. Jim rinsed his hair one more time before he got out and dried himself off. Then he looked outside the window and saw an unfamiliar car there.

Another scream sounded.

Jim found out it was coming from Sydney's dorm. He ran out and into the school and charged into the principle's office.

"Jim," he said as he spun around in his chair. "You're up early."

"There's," he stopped to pant, "an…emergency."

"What is it?"

"Sydney…Dolla's…dorm," was all he could get out.

He seemed to understand and followed Jim to Sydney's dorm.

When they opened the door, Sydney was on the ground.

Her father kicked her and she rolled over and showed the two her beat up face.

Jim gasped.

"Sir, I'm gonna have to ask you to leave."

"This isn't any of your concern," Tony growled.

"My student, my school grounds, my concern."

"We'll handle it, thank you," Michelle said, her sentence dripping with anger.

"I'll ask you one more time. Please leave. Before I call the police."

They seemed to hesitate. Then the scurried out of the area.

When they were out of sight, Jim dropped down next to Sydney. He helped her sit up.

She wiped the blood that was trickling down her chin.

"Are you ok?" Jim asked.

"I will be. I just need to rest," she croaked.

"Oh my god," he whispered. "You're eye…"

"It'll be fine."

The principle spoke up then, "Jim, why don't you stay with Sydney until she's back on her feet."

"Yes, sir," Jim agreed. He helped the brunette to her feet and helped her get into her bed.

He left the dorm leaving Jim and Sydney to themselves.

"What the hell happened?!" Jim asked angrily.

"Don't yell at me!" she yelled as sobs erupted from her mouth. "I've been through so much crap today and I don't need it from you too!"

Jim jumped up and held her in his arms. "I'm sorry," he said softly. "I didn't mean to yell. But, what happened?"

"I don't know," she wailed. "My ex just ran in and told me to get up. So when I did, my parents came in and started beating me." She shook with more sobs. "I don't even know why."

Jim rubbed her back and waited until she stopped crying. When she did, he let her sleep.

He liked the way she looked so peaceful when she slept. It gave him the right amount of reassurance he needed, to let himself fall asleep without worrying.

Jim woke up, not an hour later to Sydney mumbling.

"It's you," she said. "It's always been you."

He sat up and listened more carefully.

"Don't leave. Please?" She started whimpering.

Jim got up and shook the girl awake.

"Hm?" she said as she opened her eyes.

"What were you dreaming about?"

"Nothing," she mumbled and closed her eyes again.

"C'mon, tell me."

She sat up and winced a little. "What do you think of me?"

"Is there a point to this?" Jim asked.

"Yes, just answer the question."

"Well, you're funny, cool, brave, strong- you're like my sister except we get along."

Sydney laughed. "You're like my sibling too. It's really easy to talk to you. I like that."

Jim smiled. "Are you gonna answer my question now?"

She took a deep breath. "I was dreaming of you."

"Me?" he laughed.

"Yep."

"Well, what was 'It's you. It's always been you'?" he asked mimicking Sydney's voice.

"Um, I don't know." Her voice sounded alarmed.

Jim lifted a brow that made her breathing hitch.

"Um, uh--"

"Sydney, relax. You just said it was easy to talk to me."

"I…"

"You…"

"I really like you, Jim," she finally said.

Jim tucked her brown hair behind her cartilage-pierced ear. "I like you too."

Sydney was filling her lungs with oxygen but it felt like she couldn't get enough. She wanted Jim to move so she could breath. He was just so stunning, she couldn't breathe.

"I'd kiss you but I'm afraid I'll hurt your eye."

Sydney laughed again. "Just kiss me you fool."

Jim chuckled. "You think your funny, huh?" he said as he leaned in.

"I know I am," was the last thing Sydney said before their lips touched.

Sydney pulled away first and started gasping for air.

"Are you ok?"

"Yeah you just take my breath away."

"There you go again," Jim laughed.

"I'm serious. I can't breath when you're this close to me," she said joining his laughter.

Jim smiled and gently rubbed his thumb over Sydney's black eye. "I think you should put some ice on that." He smiled again and added, "Girlfriend."

Sydney giggled. "Ok, can you go get the ice, boyfriend?"

"Sure, girlfriend."

"Thanks, boyfriend."

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