Chapter 6-Schooled

The next day was slightly confusing. Jeremy's family had moved to Idaho, leaving him with no home. My parents agreed to let him stay at our house until he was on his feet again. I woke up Thursday morning the warmest I had ever been at that time. I turned over and was surprised to find Jeremy laying there beside me asleep with his arm around my waist.

"Jeremy! Jeremy, wake up!" I whispered frantically, knowing my parents would be up any minute. I shook him awake, and he slowly and lazily opened his eyes.

"Good morning Beautiful." He said quietly grinning from ear to ear.

"Ha ha, I know, I look like an ogre. We have to get up, time for school lazy-butt." I said teasingly.

"Ugh! Five more minutes MOM!" He said.

"Get up now or I'll push your lazy ass out of bed." I said warningly.

"Alright, alright...your a feisty one in the morning aren't you?" He replied.

As soon as we had got to school, we got out of my car and he slipped his arm around my waist and kissed my forehead. I helped him find his classes, even though we had all the same ones, and he just had to follow me around all day. The agents followed us too and that made me slightly nervous. Mr. Beach was trying to usher them out by the end of his class because they were profiling the hell out of him.

I walked into the lunchroom and sat down at my regular table, but the only person who joined me was Jeremy, I figured everyone else was still scared of him.

"Not many friends huh, Kitten?" I got shivers as he called me by my old nickname. Only he had ever been allowed to call me that because I hated my first name.

"There just intimidated by you is all." I replied, hoping this was the truth. I had never had a whole lot of friends, ever since my only friend was arrested, I had only made a few others.

"That better be the case," he punched his hand playfully, "Or else!"

"You aren't gonna do shit, now eat your salad!" I said, realizing I was acting kind of like his mother.

"Hey, you guys look, it's Scare Me and his cat!" I turned and saw the bullies coming our way. Eddie Sims, Jimmy "Meatball" Crook, and Fabio Martinez. I knew there would be trouble when he uttered the old nickname that Jeremy had been burdened with.

To my surprise, he didn't even respond to them, I followed suit and continued our conversation. Eddie slammed his fists down as hard as he could on the table, and we continued ignoring him, although I wasn't sure why.

"Hey, barf bag, I'm talking to you!" Eddie said loudly. Jeremy kept talking and I just sat there listening.

"Answer me!" Shouted Eddie, attracting some mild attention.

"I'm sorry, I only talk to PEOPLE not wannabes like you." Jeremy replied calmly. I felt chills prick up at the attention we received now.

"What did you say to me? PUNK!" Eddie attempted to shove Jeremy, but I blocked him.

"Go away and pick on someone your own species!" I shouted at the lot of them.

"Shut up Kitty Cat!" Eddie said. He slapped my face and I fell to the floor by the force of impact. That's when an all out fight broke out between Eddie and Jeremy. One second, I'm sitting in my chair, and the next I'm on the floor watching Jeremy trying to strangle Eddie, while Eddie punched at his head.

"Stop! Now! Both of you, back away from each other THIS INSTANT!" Said Agent Morgan, pushing them both away from each other, " You listen to me and you listen good! If I see you trying to pick another fight, and hurting another girl like that, I will put you into jail! Do you understand me young man?" He continued, addressing only Eddie now, who nodded weakly and ran out of the cafeteria.

"Good job protecting what you love most Jeremy, but try not to strangle anyone else okay?" Agent Rossi said, trying to contain a grin. I was surprised they didn't jump on him for attacking. It was strange seeing him cool off that quickly, then I realized it was his new medicine helping.

"Thanks." I said to Jeremy as I hugged him.