Chapter Fourteen

Adam POV

I was heading down the corridor when I heard it, the sound of choking… no, the sound of someone being sick and possibly crying. I came to a halt outside the girl's bathroom, it was definitely coming from here and I gently pushed the door open.

"Hello?" I called, looking into the deserted bathroom and trying to see who was crying.

"Go away!"

Marley?

I hurried into the room and found Marley crouched by a toilet, the smell of sick hit my nostrils like a kick in the stomach and I had to stop myself from reeling back in disgust. Marley had just made herself throw up, why would she do that?

Her blue eyes were bloodshot and tears were still pouring down her face, she looked a total mess.

"Marley?"

"Leave me alone!" Marley snapped, getting to her feet and storming past me. I hurried after her and caught her arm, bringing her to a stop and she breathed a shaky breath "I'm just so tired, everything is ruined!"

"Hey, come here," I said gently, wrapping my arms around her and giving her a hug "it's okay… it's okay."

I kept repeating those words and let her cry silently against my chest, not knowing what to do or say. Marley was such a sweet and positive person, she always looked on the bright side of life, I would never have thought that she was bulimic… she was perfect and such a beautiful person, inside and outside.

"I'm such an idiot," Marley muttered miserably, pulling back and wiping her nose on her sleeve and avoiding my gaze "I messed things up with Ryder, Jake doesn't wanna know and… it's just too difficult!"

My heart sank when she mentioned Jake and guilt filled my insides, she wanted to be with Jake and left Ryder for him… but Jake wanted to be with me and now Marley's making herself ill, this was all my fault. I fought back the tears as Marley sat on the bathroom floor, leaning her back against the wall and putting her face in her hands. She looked so broken and defeated and it was all because of me, but she didn't even know it.

"Marley, I'm so sorry…" I said sincerely, sitting beside her on the floor and taking her hand in mine "but you don't need to be making yourself sick, you're absolutely incredible and have such an amazing personality."

Marley rolled her eyes and scoffed, shaking her head and frowned at the floor.

"No I'm not and you have no reason to be sorry," Marley said bitterly and pulled her hand from mine "I know this is all my fault… I took advantage of Ryder and Jake's in love with someone else, I caused this."

What? How could she know Jake was in love with someone? My mouth began to dry and I coughed awkwardly, knowing this conversation was headed into dangerous waters.

"But you can still be friends with them, a boyfriend doesn't defy who you are," I reassured her, but I was secretly thinking how ironic my words were - I never had a boyfriend and here I was, in a relationship with the school's bad boy and someone I was completely opposites too… but I can't deny that I was completely crazy about him.

It's been three weeks since Jake got suspended, but that doesn't mean we haven't seen each other outside of school. Thanks to my Dad's reluctant agreement, Jake was able to come over twice a week to write our English assignment - this was only achieved when Jake's mum came over the day of Jake's suspension and asked Dad to come up with some agreement so Jake wouldn't fall behind. I thought this would be impossible, but once Ms Puckerman explained Jake's side of the story - I had also tried to tell Dad that Blaine was being a racist arsehole and Jake was provoked, but he wouldn't have none of it - Dad agreed to let us study together. We did study… mostly, but two teenage guys having a house to ourselves and you can guess what was going to happen - some brilliant make out sessions and Jake knew my boundaries, so he wasn't pushing me to do anything more than that.

I was really liking how our relationship was going - slow and sweet, but hearing that Marley was depressed over Jake liking someone else was killing me… because I was to blame.

"I know, but I just…" Marley began, but her voice became filled with emotion and I put my arm around her and gave her another hug.

"Marley, you've got your mum, your friends in Glee Club and your fantastic singing and writing." I told her honestly and she gave a small nod, resting her head on my shoulder "you're not alone, okay? But any time you wanna talk, I'm here for you… us gleeks have to look out for each other, right?"

"Yeah, I guess so…" Marley mumbled, but I saw a small smile on her face.

Once I walked Marley to the canteen, I left her in the very capable hands of Unique after filling her in on what had just happened and hurried down the corridor. I had to tell Mr Shue that Marley was making herself sick again, he could get her help from a councillor or let her mum know. Her mum… God, I was such an idiot!

I need to tell her mum.

I turned and sprinted back down the corridor, but nearly ran into the scary blonde coach Sue and just managed to stop myself from barging into her. Sue caught my arm and steadied me on my feet, but the frown on her face made me feel uncomfortable.

"Granger," Sue said sternly and I rolled my eyes in exasperation - I really hated my new nickname "running in the corridors, if you're late for Glee rehearsal you can just use your Time Turner and stop being a health and safety hazard in this school!"

Okay, Sue may be a rude and crow faced bitch but she was serious about her job and Marley needed help. I took a deep breath and looked at her seriously, pulling my arm out of her grasp and stood with my arms crossed over my chest.

"I actually need to talk to you," I said quickly and Sue frowned at me in confusion "it's about Marley…"

"Big Mamma's raven haired beauty of a daughter with a voice of an angel," Sue nodded, a look of concern crossing her face "go on."

"She's making herself sick,"

Jake POV

I threw myself on the sofa and grabbed the TV remote, flicking aimlessly through the channels without really caring what was on. I had been keeping up with my homework - with Adam as your boyfriend you kind of have to keep up with him academically, I had just worked out like a crazy person at the gym and Noah and Mom were both at work. So I was home alone and fucking bored out of my head, never thought I'd say this but I was missing school… actually I was missing one cute guy with gorgeous green eyes. Things with Adam were going awesome, he's absolutely the best guy ever and I'm officially head over heels for him.

The only downside was Adam's sexiness and how much he turned me on, also the fact that Adam wanted to take things slow was making me want him in my bed even more. Those full lips, his toned muscles, handsome face and his ass was just… perfection. It kind of sucked having to wait to get to third base with my boyfriend, but I knew it was going to be worth the wait because I really cared about him and he was the most genuinely sweet guy I'd ever met.

I pulled out my phone and wrote a text to Adam, needing to speak to him and hear about his day because that boy always put a smile on my face these days.

Me: Hey babe, you OK? Really missed you today xx

Okay. I'm never usually the guy to add kisses onto his texts, but Adam was a rare exception. I only had to wait a short while for his reply, but his text made the grin disappear from my face.

Adam: Bad day. I really need to speak to you, can I come over?

My heart filled with dread, fearing the worst possible scenarios - had his dad found out about us and gone mental? Had something happened at school or with his family? Adam wasn't the type to get upset over nothing, something was seriously wrong.

I quickly sent him a text back:

Me: Yeah, get over here ASAP… I'm here If you wanna talk.

Adam: On my way, thanks.

I leapt off the sofa and pulled my sweaty vest and went to the bathroom where I quickly stripped naked and got into the hot shower. While washing my body, I tried not to freak out about what could be wrong with Adam and concentrate on freshening myself up - I want to be presentable for my guy and be a shoulder to cry on, so I can't smell like a piece of shit.

The doorbell rang when I was in my bedroom and was just pulling a pair of jeans on over my boxers, I hurried to the front door while pulling on a T-shirt and opened the door to see a tearful Adam.

"Adam, what's happened?" I said softly, pulling him into my arms and placing a kiss on his cheek "what is it?"

"It's a long story," Adam mumbled as he started to pull away, but I kept my arms around his waist and looked at his face with concern.

"Well start from the beginning," I said gently and kissed him softly on the lips, looking imploringly into his beautiful green eyes.

Of all the things I was dreading him to say, I wasn't expecting the one he told me.

Author's Note: Hey guys, thanks for reading and make sure you leave a review to let me know what you think of this chapter - feedback is always appreciated :)

The next fanfics to be updated (hopefully soon) will be A Timeless Love, The Darkness From Within and The Doppelganger & The Werewolf (when I find the time to write them, I will as soon as I can) and the sequel to Teen Wolf - Imprinted will be published this month (the title will be Teen Wolf - Changed)

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