Chapter 6
~Corinne's POV~
I couldn't begin to explain how happy I was. Isaac and I had kissed, even though we both said it wasn't a kiss. We just made out in my car a few hours ago and though we hadn't talked in between classes, we both blushed when we saw each other. I hadn't been this happy since Jackson had asked asked me to be his girlfriend. That was a long time ago and this happy surpassed that one by far. I blew threw my classes hardly listening as I kept replaying the heated make out session with Isaac in my head. Stiles was next to Scott ad I knew he had been trying to talk to me but I wasn't paying much attention.
When my class ended and it was time for lunch I walked down the halls and nearly bumped into Danny who laughed at me.
"Hi there. You look really happy today." He said turning to his locker. I leaned against the locker next to his, staring off at nothing in particular.
"Today was the best morning ever." I touching my lips and giggling.
"You gonna tell me what exactly happened or are you going to stand their giggling like a girl who is madly in love?"
I sighed and turned to face him still smiling. "I'm not sure about love but it's pretty damn close to that feeling. Isaac and I made out in my car this morning."
He raised and eyebrow then smiled. "What?" I questioned crossing my arms.
"I just never thought you were the type to make out with someone in your car if you weren't dating." He shrugged.
"I wouldn't have if it was someone else." I turned my head to look at him as he closed his locker.
"Someone like Jackson?" I frowned, suddenly feeling a little uncomfortable with where this conversation was going.
"What does Jackson have to do with Isaac? Did he tell you to say something?" Danny shook his head.
"I just know h likes you, you can tell by the way he looks at you. It's the way Stiles looks at Lydia and how Lydia looks at him. How my parents look at each other and they way you looked when you were giggling about your kiss. He has feelings for you he would never have for Lydia and when he finds out about you and Isaac," he held up his hand before I could interject. "And he won't hear about it from me, he is going to be pissed and hurt."
I bit my lip. "What should I do?"
"Be honest with yourself. I see how you look at Jackson and it's the same look but it's suppressed like your hiding it. You have to really admit to yourself how your really feeling."
I hated that Danny was right. I didn't want to think about Jackson when I was doing just fine thinking about Isaac and me so after he told me good bye and headed to lunch I pushed Jackson out of my head and filled my thoughts with Isaac Isaac Isaac.
I went to lunch and couldn't help but look around for him. I didn't see him and jumped up when someone jumper cabled me from behind. I heard him laugh at the squeal that came out of my mouth and I turned around, irritated I had almost dropped my lunch.
"I can't believe your so ticklish, it's unbelievable." Jackson smiled and I couldn't help but smile back.
"I can't believe you almost made me drop my lunch." I turned around walking towards where Boyd and Erica were sitting.
Just as I was about to reach the table Jackson grabbed my shoulders and steered me towards his table. I saw Nathan sitting there across from Lydia and Allison was there with Greenburg, Danny, and a few other lacrosse members along with Lydia's friends. Jackson steered me to sit next to Nathan and across from Danny. I wasn't sure if anyone else noticed it but Lydia and Nathan were staring at each other longingly and I became very suspicious. I set my tray down and Nathan looked up at me.
"Hey, Cori. What are you doing here?" I frowned at him. They were my friends too and I had sat with them plenty of times already.
"She's my best friend. She can sit here if she wants." Jackson defended me and I felt myself smile but I forced it away which made it look more like a grimace. I didn't want to show my feelings for Jackson because I didn't want them to be there, simple as that.
Danny gave me a look but went back to eating and I zoned out as the group started talking. I saw Isaac sitting across the cafeteria alone and I felt bad. I wanted nothing more than to go sit with him and after debating it for ten minutes I got up causing everyone to look at me.
"I'll be right back." I could feel them burning hole in me as I walked over and sat with Isaac he had his hoodie pulled over his head.
"Hi, Isaac." I said shyly. I wasn't sure why since we had made out that morning. I touched my lips again without thinking and remembered how I felt when he had his hands on me and I was on his lap. I remembered how I felt when I heard him groan with pleasure and I found myself staring at his lips wanting them to be pressed against mine again.
"Hey," Isaac hadn't looked up at me but I was to distracted by my thoughts to notice. "Why aren't you sitting with Jackson?"
Hearing Jackson's name brought me out of mind own mind and back to reality where Isaac looked like he was hiding his face from me and that bothered me. He had barely touched his food and I was feeling myself start to worry that something was wrong.
"Isaac?" I slowly reached to lift up his hood but he pushed my hand away. "What's wrong?" I asked, my voice filled with concern.
He didn't answer so I put my hand on his and as he started to pull away I held it so he couldn't move it away.
"I don't know what's wrong but please don't try to push me away." I loosened my grip on his hand and he moved it so that our fingers were interlacing. I smiled to myself and we sat there quietly for a few minutes before he moved his hand.
"I can't." Was all he told me before getting and leaving the cafeteria. I could barely see his face as he hurried out of the cafeteria.
I got the feeling someone was watching me and I turned to see Lydia burning holes into me while Jackson stared after Isaac and three lacrosse players left the cafeteria behind him. I narrowed my eyes at Jackson and got up from the table hurrying out of the cafeteria. A smirk had spread across Jackson's face as the four boys left and realization had hit me. I ran and turned the corner just as Greenburg raised his fist, ready to punch.
"Hey! Stop it!" I grabbed his arm, twisting it behind his back and up so he yelled out in pain. I held it there a moment longer as the two other players took off and I let Greenburg go and he ran off holding his arm.
Isaac had already been hit in the face but it must have been before lunch because it was already bruised and his lip was bloody. I fought back tears when I saw how broken he looked and I hugged him tightly, causing him to wince.
~Isaac's POV~
Corinne squeezed me tighter and I fought hard not to groan in pain. Though it hurt that she was hugging me, I still enjoyed how it felt to have her arms wrapped around me. I wrapped mine around her and she loosened her grip but still hugged me. When she finally let go I leaned myself up against a locker and she sat on the floor in front of me.
"Why didn't you tell me?" she said staring at my bruises, her crystal blue eyes filling with tears.
"It's not that big of a deal." I said knowing she wouldn't believe me.
"They hurt you so bad that I can't even hug you without hurting you." I single tear rolled down her cheek and I wiped it away. I couldn't tell her that the bruises on my sides were actually from my father. I couldn't tell anyone, ever. The last time I had ended terribly and I never wanted to go through that again.
"I'm fine." I lied but I could tell she saw right through it.
"Whenever people tell me that their fine," our eyes connected as she spoke. "I can always tell when they are lying. I've said 'I'm fine' so many times when I really wasn't and if your not fine then that's not okay." I could tell she was telling me something personal about herself from the pained look in her eyes. She paused before taking deep breath and wiping away another tear.
"We should get you to the nurse so she can take care of your cuts." I watched as she stood then extended her hand to help me up.
She walked me to the nurse and sat outside in one of the chairs as I sat on the table. The nurse asked me to remove my hoodie and I waited until I was sure she was out of site before taking it off. I pulled it off and heard Corinne gasp as part of my shirt came up. I tossed my hoodie on the floor quickly and pulled my shirt down, accidentally hitting the huge bruise that had formed. I looked at her to see her hands covering her mouth and her eyes were all watery.
"Cori," I started but she closed her eyes and shook her head, a tear falling down her cheek. "Please don't say anything. It's okay." her eyes snapped open.
"No. No it's not." She stood and left the room, Isaac jogged after her and grabbed her arm.
"Please, Cori. You can't say anything." Maybe I could convince her it was just the lacrosse players that had done it."They will stop if they think we aren't talking." It wasn't a lie. I just pinned all my pain on three guys, four if you included the guy giving the orders.
"Please, Cori. You can't tell anyone." She spun around, her eyes filled with emotion. She looked like it was taking everything in her not to cry.
"You have no idea, Isaac. I can't let this happen to you. It's not right. Home shouold be a safe place, not a nightmare."
"Not everyone has the perfect family or the perfect life. We can't all be happy, some of us have to suffer." She looked angry now.
"You think I'm perfect? You think I don't suffer? Both my parents are DEAD! Nathan is gone all the time, my grandmother is always in her office, Derek is in jail, Stiles leaves me for Scott, Jackson leaves me for Lydia or keeps making passes at me and I feel uncomfortable! Jeremiah.." she trailed off. "You don't have a clue what I've gone through. I know what your going through now Isaac and I wish someone had been there to make it stop before I was scarred for life." She walked away from me and I stood in the hall as the bell sounded and students began to flood the halls.
~Nathan's POV~
After Corinne ran out of the cafeteria Jackson went out a few minutes later. Lydia got pissed and now she was with me in Coach Finstock's office. I had her on the desk bent over and I moved Lydia started talking, though all she been doing up until this point was moaning and asking for more or telling me where to put my hands.
"Does Jackson still love her?" she asked me.
I tried to ignore her question. The last thing I wanted to think about right now was Jackson and my sister. I definitely did not want to think about my sister while I was attempting to have sex with Lydia.
"Well? You two are best friends, don't you know?" I groaned in annoyance.
"I don't want to talk about this right now." Lydia looked up at me.
"Fine." she smirked then pushed me away from her and pulled up her lace panties.
"Seriously? You can't just stop, I'll get blue balls." I pulled up my boxers.
"Then answer me," she got in my face like she was going to kiss me though I knew she wasn't. "Answer me and I'll let you finish."
I listened to her heartbeat and I knew she had lied. She was constantly asking me questions about Corinne and Jackson and I wasn't sure I was going to be able to take much more of it.
"I don't talk to him about my sister okay? Ask Danny. I don't want them together anymore than you do so please just stop bringing it up. And enough with you giving me blue balls!" I snapped at her while pulling up my pants and buckling the belt. This was the fourth time in the past two days and the pain was starting to get to me.
"You want me to stop?" she said grabbing her bag. "I want you to tell everything about your sister. Every dirty detail."
"No." I stood tall and faced her. "Corinne is off limits to you. I don't care about the pain, I'm not letting you hurt her."
"You'll change your mind." she said matter-o-factly.
"What makes you so sure?" I challenged.
"I can be very," she grabbed me my the buckle of my pants pulling my towards her as she kissed me. I was starting to get into the kiss when she pulled away. "Persuasive."
She left the office and I grabbed my bag, wiping away any lipstick that might have gotten on my face. How in the hell was I being played by Lydia. I was a fucking werewolf and some girl half my size had me ready to throw my own sister under the bus just to get laid. I shook off any idea that might have popped into my head about giving up Corinne's secrets and I walked out of the office.
The bell hadn't rung yet and I walked around the corner, ready to back to the cafeteria, when I heard arguing and fast heartbeats. Corinne's heart stood out and I ran to where the argument was taking place. I hid around a corner and watched as Isaac grabbed her, begging her not to say anything. About how they would stop if they didn't know about the two of them talking. He must have been talking about Jackson and the other lacrosse guys. She gave him some line about home being a safe place and I wondered what that had to with the lacrosse guys. She was crying and I heard her shout that our parents were dead.
"Nathan is gone all the time, my grandmother is always in her office, Derek is in jail, Stiles leaves me for Scott, Jackson leaves me for Lydia or keeps making passes at me and I feel uncomfortable.." I didn't know that's how she felt about everything. She didn't know anything and she must have felt so out of the loop but she really didn't even know there was a loop for her to be out of.
"...I wish someone had been there to make it stop before I was scarred for life." she walked away and the bell sounded a few seconds later. Make what stop? What was she talking about? I knew about the scars but what else could have cause them? I knew about the bullies and the depression but there was more? There was something else she had kept from me and I felt the need to know what.
I walked past Isaac and saw Corinne taking his bike out of her trunk and putting it in the bike rack. I didn't know she had given him a ride. Come to think of it, since I found out Derek was back, I had been so out of touch with my sister and now she looked like she needed me but I knew she wouldn't just let me in right away. She got back into her car and cried for a minute before pulling out of the parking lot and driving away. I thought to follow her but I needed to have a word with Jackson first. He was making her uncomfortable and I wasn't okay with that in the slightest.
~Corinne's POV~
I felt like complete and total shit for snapping at Isaac. I knew how he felt and I wasn't very sympathetic towards him about it. He loved his dad,or at least who his dad used to be and I had been the same way. My dad never hit me but he did change. He wasn't the same and it was like I was the only one who noticed. He dressed a little different, he spoke different, he started calling me Hannah whenever he was in a 'mood'. For me, that was when home became a nightmare.
I shuddered trying not to remember when I was younger and I laid back on her bed. Why were things so hard? Because it was high school. I sighed as I pulled out my phone to check the time. I had promised Stiles I would go to his practice before the first game and that practice was starting in half an hour. When I came home I had drawn for a while and I watched Top Gun, my favorite movie. After I went to bed and now I was walking to the bathroom to shower. I changed into my work clothes since I was just going there after practice anyway.
Downstairs I saw Nana sitting at the table with my movie, A Few Good Men.
"Chris Argent came and returned this to me today." she said without looking up.
"Oh, okay." She wasn't smiling or acting all positive at the moment and I found it strange of her. "Everything alright, Nana?" I sat at the table int the chair across from her.
"You need to stay away from the Argent's." I shook my head in confusion.
"Why not? I'm friends with Allison Argent. Mr. Argent was nice and-" she didn't let me finish.
"What did I say? I am your legal guardian and I am telling you to stay away from them." I got a little upset with her but I would never say anything harsh to her. She got up and slid the movie over to me before going back into her office.
"Great." I huffed to myself. I wasn't going to stop being friends with Allison but maybe I could work around this.
I grabbed my keys and my handbag before heading out to my car.
I went and took a seat near the middle of the bleachers away from Lydia and Allison, but mostly just away from Lydia. I didn't want to hear her run her stupid mouth anymore. The players ran out onto field and started practice. I watched Isaac and occasionally Scott as they played against each other. Nathan was playing in the practice game too and he looked over at me a few times and I offered him a small smile. I didn't want us to have a bad relationship anymore.
Isaac walked off the field as Nathan smiled back at me and I walked down the bleachers to talk to him.
"I'm sorry." he told me when I got next to him.
"For what? You didn't do anything wrong. I shouldn't have flipped on you about it." He slid his hand into mine hesitantly and I smiled. "I just wanted to make sure we were okay."
"Are we?" he asked looking down at me.
I took off his helmet and set it on the ground before moving closer to him and pressing our lips together. He put him hands on my waist and I put my arms around his neck as he pulled me closer. I pulled away some before kissing him again and opening my mouth slightly causing him to open his. My body was growing warmer as we kissed and I pulled away with a smile on my face.
"We're okay." I stepped back and turned to go back into the bleachers when he called my name.
"You kissed me." he smiled.
"That wasn't a kiss," I said shaking my head. "That was me telling you good luck." Isaac laughed and I smiled at him before heading back into the bleachers.
I took a seat and cheered for Stiles which caused him smile up at me and get tackled. I tried to contain my laughter as he rubbed his head and tried to continue practice. By the time it was over I had to go to work. I headed down the bleachers and towards the parking lot.
"Corinne!" I turned around to see who called me. It was this guy name Matt. We didn't talk much but he he had been really nice the times we had.
"Hi, Matt. What's up?" I said giving him a smile as I unlocked my car.
"Nothing really. I just wanted to know if you were still on yearbook? We haven't seen you at the meetings lately."
I brought my hand to my forehead. "Oh crap. I completely forgot. I promise I'll be at the next one. Tomorrow morning right?" he nodded.
"Every morning an hour before school starts. If you don't have the class. I go to the morning meetings even though I haven't so I don't miss anything important."
"That's smart," I told him opening my door. "I have to get to work but thanks for the reminder." he smiled.
"Anytime. Would you wanna hang out sometime?" he asked.
"Sure. I'm going to the game with two friends and going out to eat afterwards. Wanna come? I don't know where yet but it'll be my brother Nathan, Boyd, Erica, and for right now I haven't asked anyone else but your welcome to come." he smiled.
"I'd love to come." I got in my car and closed the door, rolling down the window after.
"Great. I'll see you at the game and we will decide where to go after. Bye, Matt." I waved to him as I started the car and let the parking lot.
~()~
"Do you know why I'm the manager?" Steven asked as I stood behind the register. I had another two hours to deal with him then I could go home.
"Why?" I asked with fake enthusiasm.
"Because I'm responsible." he walked behind me slowly and I was sure he was checking me out, making me regret wearing my khaki shorts. "Women love guys who are responsible."
"Good for you then." I rolled my eyes and continued checking in the movies in the return bin.
"How old are you again?" I felt disgusted and turned around. He was such a creeper, just staring at me like I was a piece of meat.
"Not old enough for you. Don't you have something else you could be doing right now?" I smirk came across his face and he took a step towards me.
"I could think of a few things."
"Your disgusting." I was thankful when a customer came in the store and Steven let out a disappointed groan.
I couldn't see who had come in but they were mumbling to themselves. Steven had gone into the bathroom and I continued at the register. I grabbed the bin of movies I had finished checking in and walked through the isles putting the cases back on the shelves. I dropped a movie and bent down to picking it up.
"Need a hand?" I turned to see Allison behind me picking up a movie from the bin.
"I'm fine. I do this by myself on a regular basis anyway." I put the movie on the shelf.
"Where's the manger?" she asked handing me the movie.
"In the bathroom getting high probably. That's all he does. That and make comments about my ass or ask me how old I am. He's just a creep." I shrugged.
"You should report him then." I grabbed the bin and went to the next isle.
"I can't. His dad owns the place. It's whatever. I only have to work here for a few hours a day and then at the animal shelter on weekends."
"Two jobs?" I nodded. "Why?" she asked scanning the shelves for a movie.
"I like animals but I couldn't get a regular job at the animal shelter. I like movies and could get a regular job here so I did. Then that asshole became the manger when his brother left town." she scrunched her eyebrows together.
"He has a brother?" I nodded.
"Travis Henniger. The really cute guy who was super nice. He wanted to move so he moved to New York a month after I started working here. I threw him a going away party."
Allison nodded and picked out a movie. "Check me out?"
She followed me to the register. "Tell your dad I said thanks for returning my movie."
"My dad borrowed a movie from you?" I nodded.
"I need your card. He borrowed A Few Good Men I think. Steven didn't restock it but I put in the order and let him borrow mine. I still had it in the car from spending the night at Jackson's." her face lit up.
"That reminds me, you never told me why Jackson was at your house. So spill." she leaned against the counter.
"Nathan missed dinner with our family and it's really important to me. Jackson said he would come over to eat with us and he spent the night. We didn't do anything because at the time we were just friends and I was perfectly happy with that. At the party we kissed and I don't really know why I remember that over everything else but I do and I enjoyed it but I feel weird with him now." I leaned closer to her ready to tell her something I hadn't set out loud before. "I still love Jackson and the idea of us dating scraes me because I'm afraid that if we date again and break up then we won't be best friends again. I just don't want to lose my friend but I'm losing him already because I don't want to date him and it's so frustrating."
Allison was quiet for a second. "I'll come up with something. You like Isaac so it isnt fair to him or you how Jackson is acting. I'll come up with something for you okay? Promise." I hugged her over the counter.
"Thanks, your amazing."I told her.
"I know." she said jokingly. "I'll see you tomorrow."
"Wait!" I called after her as she reached the door to leave. "Me and a few friends are going out after the game. Your invited but we don't know where yet. That okay?"
Allison smiled. "That's great. Can Scott come?"
"Sure, why not." I shrugged. "Nathan, Boyd, Erica, Matt, you and Scott. That should be fine for now. I think I'll invite Stiles and maybe Danny too."
"Sounds great. I'll see you later." she waved as she left. I felt better having plans on a Saturday night.
A/N: Howdy! So I ended this one kinda weird but I was trying to hurry and update it. Thanks for the reviews, favs, and follows. I'll update as often as I can with school coming up on Monday. Thanks for reading and I hope you like it. Also thanks to whalegonetoheaven, Amber, Crystal, and Emerald0319 for reviewing :)
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