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Chapter Thirteen:
All through English class, AJ and Jack have been dismissing John. He tried to talk to them, but they would look uninterested. John doesn't understand what he did to deserve this.
"AJ-" He holds on to her arm outside the classroom. "What is wrong?"
"I can't believe you would do that, John. I thought you hated her." She turns her back to him letting her feelings guide her.
"Jack, what is she talking about?" He is hurt by her actions.
"Kourtney, told us to give you this." He hands him his shirt. "She said anytime, anyplace." Jack gives him a chance to explain himself before he judges.
John takes the shirt and realizes that they must have hear him and Ms. Silver. "AJ, that wasn't Kourtney. I would never do that to myself and you. I do hate her and wouldn't touch her like that." He explains.
"We heard you two before class started." She almost yells out.
"AJ, that wasn't Kourtney." He rubs his neck. They know about Ms. Silver, but they don't know the quickies before class.
"Then who else would be in there with you?" AJ inquires turning around.
"Oh my, John you dog." Jack smiles figuring it our first.
"What, who is it?" AJ sees them both grin.
"AJ, when we have English first, I go to Ms. Silver's class and well-"
"Oh my, John you pig." She is surprise hitting him in the shoulder. "You couldn't wait until after school or at her home."
"Sometimes we do." He smirks as Jack chuckles. Jack stops when AJ glares at him.
"John, you need to stop it at school." AJ warns.
"Why?"
"It is dangerous. Someone could overhear or catch you. You could get expelled and Ms. Silver will lose her job. You got lucky today that we only heard you. What if Mr. Michaels hears you? Or what if one of Kourtney's gang hears you two? You could be ridiculed or blackmailed to not tell your secret. John, please stop this." She panics for him.
"AJ, calm down, breathe with me in and out." Jake tells her while he rubs her back.
"John, please stop this at school. I don't want to lose my closest friend." She breathes deeply.
"AJ, I will try okay." He brings her for a hug. "Just calm down, I will not leave you. None of us will leave you here. Just remember you have Jack, Randy, Stacey, and I here to help you." He rubs her hair. Randy and he have learned how to deal with AJ's anxiety over the past years. There are times where she needs both of them to comfort her. Other times she just needs to know there is always someone there with her.
"Thank you, John." She let's go.
"You're welcome. Now I need to tell you guys something." He looks at the clock in the hallway. "Damn, it is too late now. At lunch, I need to tell everyone about something."
"Is it about your shirt and Kourtney?" Jack asks with AJ now in his arms.
"Yup, see you two later." John kisses her forehead before leaving.
Randy is at their table for lunch. Stacey is in the bathroom doing her business. He got a text from AJ that John has an announcement to make.
"Hey best friend." AJ greets with Jack behind her.
"Hey AJ. Hey Jack." Randy greets back. "So what is this announcement John wants to tell us?" He questions eating his salad.
"I don't know. He was going to tell us earlier, but we had to go to class. Where is my other best friend?" AJ ponders. She is okay now after Jack hugs, pecks, and comforts her before and after her second period class. He is such a great boyfriend and fits right in their circle.
"I am still uncomfortable with that. I mean that you would have to choose sides if we fight. If I know you well enough and I do, you would choose Stacey's side."
"Probably." She jokingly shrugs.
"Wow, my own best friend turns on me." He jokes along as well with a chuckle.
"You know I love you Randy like a brother. If that ever comes, I will listen to both sides and help you two work it out. I will be the voice of reason for you two."
"You promise." He holds up his pinky.
"Of course, I promise." She hooks his pinky with hers.
"And I will be her voice of reason when she needs it." Jack brings AJ close to peck her lips. This makes her giggle and blush.
"I don't know. You are the brother of the other side. You might persuade her to go against me?" He is half playfully joking and half concern.
"Of course not, I will be impartial like AJ." He smiles innocently.
"Right." He states unconvinced.
John joins them afterwards. "Hey guys and girl." He greets.
"Hey John." They all greet back.
"So the food is actually edible today." He sits beside Randy as he stalls his announcement.
"John, I know what you are doing just get to it." Randy catches on.
"We have to wait for Stacey." He notices that she isn't back yet.
"That's right, you never answered my question, where is she?"
"She is in the bathroom. She is has been in there for ten minutes, what is taking her so long?" Randy ponders consider that something bad happen.
"I will check on her. You three talk amongst yourselves." She stands to walk to the bathroom.
AJ enters the bathroom to see no one there. "Hello Stacey, are you in here?" She doesn't hear anything, so she opens each one of the stall until the last stall which is locked. "Stacey, are you in there? Open up it is AJ. Randy and the others are waiting for you." The door unlocks as AJ enters. She sees Stacey cuddled up on the ground shaking. "Stacey, what's wrong?" She kneels towards her.
"Someone was here." She whispers. "They said that they will hurt the person who recorded the video badly." She utters to her.
"Stacey, do you know who said it?" AJ asks her.
"No because I didn't want to expose myself. It might be the person that knows who the recorder is." Randy and Stacey haven't told anybody about the note yet. When AJ texted him about John's announcement, he thought it would be appropriate to tell them about the note.
"What are you talking about?" She hugs her.
"Before class started, there was a note on my locker. It read 'I know you are the recorder. Be afraid.'
"And you think that person was in the washroom with you." She nods.
"Okay, can you come and we will go to Randy?"
"I don't know, the person might still be out there." She is frightened for well being.
"Okay, I call Jack to come here." She takes out her phone.
"No, text Randy I don't want to explain it to my brother yet." She tells AJ.
"Okay." She messages Randy to come to the washroom.
Back at the table, John finishes telling them about his situation before with Kourtney. "So watch out for her. She wants revenge I think. Oh and Randy, I found this at my locker for you she knows I would see you." He hands him a folded piece of paper. Inside it is a picture of Kourtney in just her underwear. On the bottom it says 'This is what you are missing.' He rips it up before getting a message. He looks at it weird.
"What is man?" John asks.
"It is from AJ. She message to come to the washroom for a note." Randy reads out to them.
"Go to the washroom for a note, why would she message you that?" Jack wonders not understanding girls' language sometimes.
"Go to the washroom for… oh my goodness. I have to go to the washroom." He rushes out. Jack and John are still confused at the message. Their curiosity gets the best of them and follows Randy.
Randy knocks on the door. "Hello, anyone in there." He doesn't want to walk into another girl.
"Randy it is AJ with Stacey come in. We are in the last stall." She calls out.
He knocks on the last stall. AJ opens the door to have Stacey jump into his body. This almost knocks them both over with her vices grip on him. "What's wrong baby?" He wraps his arms around her. Stacey shakes her head as she holds him tighter. "AJ?"
"She thinks that the person who wrote the note was in here. She overheard that the person will hurt her badly." She informs him.
"Oh Stacey, it is okay. I will tell your brother and Mr. Michaels." He brings her to meet his face.
"No Mr. Michaels." She shakes her head afraid it will be worse.
"Okay." He pecks her. "Come on they are waiting for you." He smiles to have her smile back.
"Hello, AJ, Stacey, are you in there?" Jack asks behind the washroom door. Stacey jumps down to open the door. She jumps on to her brother like she did with Randy. "What's wrong, sis?" He wraps his arms around her. He knows he only does that when she is frightened.
"We guys need to talk." Randy directs them as they exit the bathroom.
Dawn comes out of the corner again. "That will scare her for a bit." She rubs her hand evilly.
Outside, under a tree, Randy mentions to Jack and John about the note. Stacey and AJ are close by with their own conversation. "Do you know who it is?" Jack asks angry at the person for scaring his younger sister.
"Nope, we don't. Stacey thinks it could be one of Kourtney's groupies or one of our teammates, John." Randy narrows down the possible choices.
"Okay, from now on we join each other in everything. We are in pairs, especially with Stacey and AJ. I don't care if we are teased or whatever. It will be safer for us to have safety in numbers." Jack declares.
"I agree. If we go to Mr. Michaels there is a chance this will be worse for Stacey and AJ. We do this as a team. We are friends and take care of each other no matter what." John says confident.
"Stacey, AJ come here." Randy waves them towards them. They all come up with a plan to face this person and Kourtney together.
Kourtney is in the lunchroom seeing her picture ripped. "Randy, you will be mine." She says evilly.
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