Chapter 16

More Friends, More Problems

[November's POV]

3 Weeks Later/Friday, September 19th

Coughing/Gagging Sounds

My mother sat beside me and rubbed my back as I threw up in a bowl.

"Baby are you okay?"

Do I freaking look okay!?

I nodded as I leaned back on my bed. She handed me a water bottle in which I rinsed my mouth out and spit it out in the bowl.

I just…I don't get it. What the hell is making me so sick!? I go to Tori's house a few weeks ago and I felt fine the whole weekend. I get back home and it's starts back over again. I started to think well maybe it's something I'm allergic to? Maybe it's my house. I searched through everything to try and figure out if there's something in this house making me sick as in dust, something in the air…just…anything and I couldn't find anything. I then I figured maybe it's something I'm eating and then I thought about the tea my mother has been giving me. I thought I must be allergic to that and I brought that idea up to her in which she gave a shocked reaction. She said there's no way her "Special Trina's Delight Whatever" is what is causing my sickness and to prove it she told me I could stop drinking it and I did. Comes to find out I got even sicker after I stopped drinking it and turned to water. I just wish somebody could tell me what the hell is going on with me it's so frustrating!

Something just….doesn't add up. If I can go to my aunts house and get 95% better, it has to be something in this house making me sick it just has to be, but what?

But what...?

[Isis's POV]

I smiled as I watched Monica put books in her locker before I walked up to her and covered her eyes from behind.

"Ohhh, I wonder who in the world that could be?" She said sarcastically before she removed my hands and turned to me.

"Hey babe." I said as I held out a rose for her that I bought from a nearby gas statipn this morning.

Hey…it's still a rose it doesn't matter where I got it.

She took the rose before she smelled it and then smiled at me. "Awww, thank you baby." She said before she wrapped her arms around my neck and placed a kiss on my cheek.

"Can I have one now?"

She smiled as she backed away. "Soon, I promise."

I rolled my eyes playfully, but really deep down I'm really frustrated and irritated.

Monica and I have been dating for weeks and still she will not let me kiss her! She said it's a trust thing. Like what the fuck!? It's just a kiss! It's like, you're my damn girlfriend. Kiss me! But whatever. I might just have to steal one soon because she's playing around. Isis West-Valentine don't play games. I'm too old for that.

"Awww cutest couple!" Italy joked as she walked passed us but I grabbed her arm stopping her. "Hey are you better?"

Italy nodded. "Much."

"What? What happened?" Monica asked as she looked at Italy with concern.

"She threw up all in my car this morning." I stated irately as I turned to her.

"Never eat breakfast from a gas station." She threw her hands up as she smiled and kept backed up to her class. "See you in class!"

Monica laughed. "Why is she eating gas station breakfast?"

"She was hungry and wanted to stop. She ate it in the car and right when we pulled up in school she threw everything up in my car. It was…disgusting. She cleaned every bit."

"Ew." She giggled.

DING, DING, DING

"Well I got to go. See you in 8th babe." Monica said as she placed another kiss on my cheek and started to her class.

"See you!" I called after her.

"Yeah." I said with disappoint.

Monica and I have been keeping our dating life a secret from both of our parents. Jade does everything to make sure I have nothing to do with her. She checks my phone, my emails, she calls at random times when I'm out it's just….annoying. Ridiculous.

I'm just glad I can spend time with my babe and hopefully after so long my parents and her parents will just forget about it all and I can bring her around again.

One of these days…

[Jade's POV]

~Flashback~

"Jade I can't!" My little sister Jewel pouted as she dropped her jump rope to the ground.

I chuckled as I walked over and picked up for her. "You can do it. It's not hard. Do an extra jump like this when you jump." I said as I demonstrated.

She took the rope from me and tried again and succeeded with a huge smile on her face.

"See!" I said as I grabbed her into a hug.

All of a sudden my room door busted open hitting the wall behind it with so much force the nob knocked a hole in the wall.

"What the hell is going on up here!?" My dad yelled. "The whole house is shaking!"

"Jade was just teaching me how to jump rope." Jewel said as she grabbed my hand and stood behind me.

"Where the hell did you get a jump rope!?"

"School." I stated plainly.

"Give it me." My dad held out his hand in which Jewel held tighter onto it.

"No." She wined.

"Give him the jump rope Jewel, it's okay." I said as I tried to take it from her but she held on tight.

"It's my only toy." She whispered as she finally let go.

I handed the jump rope over to my dad who snatched it from me before folding it and pushing me out of the way to the floor.

He grabbed Jewel and started to beat her hard with it making her scream out in pain.

"Dad stop! It was me! I was the one jump roping! It's my rope!" I yelled.

But he didn't stop. "Well next time maybe she'll give it up the first time I ask!"

I tried to push him out of the way and grab the rope from him but all I got was a slap and a hard push back to the floor in return.

I was never a match for my dad. He was 10 times bigger than me and there was nothing I could do but sit on the floor and cry as I watched my 6 year old sister get beat with an all hard plastic jump rope. I covered my ears and closed my eyes as I just sung to myself.

"There is no upper hand I'm giving you mine

It doesn't have to end up wasting your time

There's things that I could say

But hear it my way I want to let you know

That it's all okay…"

~End of Flashback~

"Jade?" I heard Cat say as I felt small hands on my arms.

I opened my eyes and removed my hands from covering my ears.

"It's okay. I'm here." She whispered as if she knew exactly what I had been thinking about.

Tears started to fill my eyes before she wrapped her arms around me and pulled me into a tight hug. "I love you Jade. Everything is okay now. They can't hurt you anymore."

But they can.

In time I've healed, but scars never fade away….

[Ikenzie's POV]

DING, DING, DING

"Alright Everyone take your seats, get settled."

I took my same seat in the front of the class as always. I mean I'm not a nerd, I just don't like to communicate much with these people in my class. I like to just stay to myself.

"We have a new student joining our class today. Everyone welcome Kaylee Oliver." The new student Kaylee who just so happened to be sitting right behind me smiled as she waved around the class room with a pageant girl wave.

Is that necessary?

"She started out in Ms. Carey's class a couple of weeks ago but has been moved here. So make sure to welcome her. Now for today's lesson…"

I listened in on the lesson before I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around to see Kaylee with a smile on her face.

"Hey? What's your name?"

I didn't want to answer her because I don't like talking when the teacher is trying to teach. It's rude.

"Ikenzie." I whispered quickly before turning back around.

I felt her run her fingers through the tight curls of my pony tail. "You have pretty hair. Are you mixed?"

Why is she touching me?

I shrugged as I kept my eyes on the teacher. And it's true though….I ask myself the same question…

"How long have you been living here?"

I turned around slightly and whispered. "L, listen, I'd love to chat with you, b, but you have to wait until lunch or b,b, between classes. Okay?"

She nodded as she sat back. "Teacher's pet." She whispered as I rolled my eyes.

DING, DING, DING

"Okay class, project is due Monday. Have a good weekend!"

I gathered my things as I headed out the door and to lunch before I felt a body walking beside me.

"So are you from here?"

Why is she so determined to talk to me!? Please let me be!

I nodded. "Y, yes I am. I was born h, here."

"Are you nervous or something? Why are you stuttering?"

I sighed. Just walk away!

"I have a speech problem sometimes. It's gotten w, way better though."

"How can you have a speech problem sometimes? Either you have one…or you don't." She said as I rolled my eyes.

"Is there something I can help y, you with?" I asked irately.

"Oh…uh no. Just trying to make a friend." She said in an offended way and I immediately felt sorry for the way I'm treating her. I just don't like a bunch of friends. One friend is enough. The more friends, the more problems.

"Sorry. I didn't mean to o, o offend you."

"You didn't…it's just…I don't have a lot of friends here. I just moved here about a month ago and for some reason it's not easy for me to make friends."

"W, why not?"

She shrugged.

"Come on. Eat lunch with me." I smiled as I put my books away and started to lunch with her following beside.

Well I guess one more friend wouldn't hurt…

[Cat's POV]

Friday Night

"Night!" Ikenzie yelled out as I was closing our room door.

"Goodnight baby."

I looked over to see Jade standing in our bathroom just staring at herself before walking in behind her. I wrapped my arms around her waist and let my head rest on her back as I listened to her heart beat through her back.

"I love you Jade."

She turned around in my arms before she placed a kiss on my lips.

"I love you too." She said as she embraced me in a huge hug.

In the past few weeks we have gotten Jade into some anger management classes and to be truthful I don't think they are helping her at all. Sometimes when she comes home from her sessions she actually seems more angry than ever! She'll come in and throw things around the house, but doesn't quite take her anger out on me as usual even though she still does sometimes. I can tell there is a little change in her anger…but it hasn't cleared up and I know that process will be slow. I was thinking maybe to get her some…real professional help as in someone to talk to. I actually brought that up to her once and she denied saying she is fine that she doesn't need any low life… bitches asking her about her feelings. I think she needs the help. Jade's been through a lot growing up. She needs help. She does even though she's in denial.

Remember when I almost left her? I thought I could just do that. I thought that her threatening to kill me if I leave and stuff was just a lie. A story to scare me, but a couple of days after that incident she came to me with it. She did hurt me for it. She cried and cried and beat me she told me I could never leave her, that I've lost my mind and I fell for her. I felt bad for her. I…I am the only one that she can sincerely love. I'm always here for her and no one else is. I can't leave her if I wanted to. She's my wife my love, always. I don't know what I was thinking. I wasn't even really going anywhere. I didn't have anywhere to even go!

I might be crazy to say these things…but….you guys wouldn't understand. I love Jade. I always loved her. I loved her since the first time we shared a kiss on her back porch. I knew what I felt for her was different and I even brought it up to her one day but she shook it off. I was happy that she made me marry her though after Beck. I'm so in love with her and she's so in love with me. She just needs help letting go of the past. She hurts me because she doesn't know any better and yes I am tired of getting hurt but again I'm not and I…I'M SO CONFSUED! I don't know what to feel? I don't know if I'm mad at her or ..or what!? I just don't know! Am I supposed to be mad? It's not her fault! Ugh! I just hate feeling this way. Lost. What should I do? I feel that one day I'll just accidently hurt her back, and I don't want to do that… but I might not be able to control it. Sighhhhhhh!

I just want everything to stop!

[Beck's POV]

"It's been a longgggg day!" Tori said as she crawled into bed next to me.

I wrapped my arm around her as I kissed her forehead. "It has. How do you like the new job?"

She shrugged. "Its okay. I mean studio work is fine. It's just annoying when the artist doesn't cooperate. I mean it's your album, do the work!"

I chuckled. "I know. You should be the one behind the mic though."

She sighed. "I'll get there. I'm working toward it."

"I know you'll get there."

BANG!

Tori and I both jumped at the sound before we hopped out of the bed and ran into the hall.

"Kaylee? Monica!?"

Kaylee appeared in the hallway with a huge guilty smile on her face. "It was nothing. Sorry!"

"What was that?"

"Nothing, hey I want to tell you all about school today! You guys weren't home! SO I met this girl today, Ikenzie she's a new friend! And Oh my classes-"

I held up my hand to stop her. "Kaylee it's late. We'll talk about it tomorrow okay?"

"But you weren't here earlier. I just want to tell you about-"

"-Baby in the morning okay." Tori said as she caressed her face.

"Whatever!" Kaylee yelled as she stomped to her room and slamming her door making pictures fall off the wall.

We both sighed.

What am I going to do with her…..?

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