Christian
"Well can't we just go to your brother for help?" she said with a shrug
"Impossible he will be the first one to make a loud joke and get me in trouble." Well what if we just hide her in the garage? No way moms car is there. We can just skip school? They will call mom first period
"Why wouldn't he help get me out? He's the one who let me in." Ana said confused.
"Elliot let you in?" I asked shocked
"Yeah when I got in the neighborhood I kind of had to hide behind your flowers to keep your local neighborhood cops from seeing me. I kind of looked like a burglar for a minute. And by the time I made it to your garage, thinking it might be open and he was standing there smoking a cigarette. He said your mom didn't like it and when he asked me why I was there I told him that I couldn't sleep so I came to see you. He actually showed me where your room was and everything." She said
I can't believe my brother actually helped me out and helped sneak a girl into my room. This is insane. I think this girl can get anyone to do anything. I believe it is her eyes that tell people that she is a good person.
"Well maybe." I said
I opened the hallway door to find him right there staring at me
"Well hello there baby bro. Have a good night?" he smirked
"Yes I did. You?" I ask
"It was an interesting night if I do say so myself." He smirked.
"Good morning Elliot" Ana said from behind me
"Hello Ana, its good to see you this morning." Elliot said
"Thank again Elliot for last night. I really appreciate it." She said coming into the doorway with me.
"No problem Ana. Anything for my bro." Elliot said with a smile.
"We are in a bind as to how to get me out of here." She told him honestly
"Look how about I distract mom as soon as you want to leave and you can grab Ana and get to school, Alright?" he said looking at me
"O-okay" I couldn't be more shocked at my brother right now
I take Ana to my room and we get my bag and coat and I lend her an old sweater from my elementary school days. She put on her shoes and walked behind me. I walked down the hall to knock on Elliot's door and gave him a signal to go distract mom.
I rush to the garage and fly out of there like a bat out of hell and went to school. All the while Ana is laughing a nervous and confused laugh.
"We made it!" she celebrated with a little jig in her seat. She obviously cant dance.
"Yes we sure did my Ana." I hold her hand by the shift
We make it to school and I kiss her on her lips. Just a friendly little reminder of what we had done in the bathroom that morning. Oh how I love her
Love her?
Did I just think that?
Did I just FEEL that?
HOLY SHIT! I LOVE THIS GIRL
wow
I kissed her harder after realizing that I love her. She is officially MINE and I know that I will keep her even closer to me. I follow her to her first period class and then go about my day.
The day zooms by and on my way to lunch I see Ana being yelled at my some guy. I approach carefully
"Come on I know you don't have a boyfriend I don't know why you keep saying no you little bitch!" and he shoves her back into a locker
"Stop it Jack I just said I am not interested!" she yelled the best she could after being winded by his shove.
"You are lying!" he shoved he again and she hit the floor
I don't know what came over me and I hit him straight in the face and kept hitting him.
I NEED TO PROTECT ANA
I NEED TO PROTECT ANA
I NEED TO PROTECT ANA
I can't lose Ana to anyone. I don't know how long I kept hitting him but when I felt Ana's hands on my shoulders, don't ask me how I knew but I knew they were hers, I stopped.
"Are you okay?" I looked her over and saw fresh bruises forming
"Yeah I am okay. Are you?" she asked
"He didn't get a shot in." I said as Ana, jack and I got herded into the office.
The principal started yelling and Jack and I started yelling at one another.
"Hold on right now! What happened?" and that started me and Jack arguing again.
Then suddenly everyone's parents were there. Mine looking pissed. Jack's looking pissed and Ana's Dad looking concerned.
"The boys have refused to give us a story" the principal said
"Ana darling what happened?" Mr. Steele asked
Ana had been silent the entire time.
"Dad Jack kept pushing me in the hall way when I said I wouldn't go out with him" Ana said with tears in her eyes. "He kept shaking me asking me why I kept telling him no and at the end he pushed me so hard that I hit the floor and got the wind knocked out of me, Dad. I was so scared Dad." She cried
Her dad hugged her and my parents looked at me differently
Ana continued "And that's when Christian helped Dad. He got Jack to stop hitting me."
"Is this true Christian?" the principal asked.
"Yes! I was saying that when I walked up and saw this I hit him. He was HURTING her! How else would a decent person react?" I said with a lot of emotion
"You didn't have to hit my son so much!" Jack's dad said while staring daggers at his son.
"HE is a 200 plus pound guy shoving at a girl who is not even a buck ten. Shouldn't he know that this would happen when you hit a women?!" yelled Ana's dad. He stepped in front of me to defend me. "Its your son that started this whole thing. If he comes near my daughter ever again I will start legal action."
"And YOU!" Mr. Steele looks at the principal "If you punish this boy for defending my daughter I will start legal action against this school for not having security in the halls!" and he stood over the short principal to prove a point.
"What proof do you have that my son even shook Ana?" Jack's mother said in a last ditch effort to cover for her son.
"There are bruises on her arms!" I yelled "I saw them start forming when I pulled him off of her."
Mr. Steele moves the sleeves up on Ana's arm and sees them getting even darker.
"If this boys goes anywhere near my daughter I am pressing charges." He says in a dangerous tone of voice.
"Yes sir. Mr. and Mrs. Hyde if you would follow me to file out paper work. Your son will be suspended for ten days and have to alter his schedule, if you would follow me please." He rises from his desk and they all follow him
This leaves my parents and her Dad here alone with the both of us and Ana is whipping her eyes.
I hug Ana to me
"Thank you Christian for defending me today. I really appreciate it. I would hate to think of what would have happened to me if you hadnt been there." She says as she hugs me.
I see my parents behind her stare in shock.
"Yeah what else is a husband supposed to do when his wife is in trouble?" I laugh but she knows what I mean.
"Well kids I believe this night Christian has to cook at my place today. How about we get a head start on dinner?" Mr. Steele proposes
"Yes I believe that will be best." My mom says
"Christian, son, me and Ana will be in the hall waiting for you." Mr. Steele said. He called me son and I really liked that. Its how my dad used to say it before I kept getting into trouble. Ana rose and followed her dad.
My parents looked at me
My mom spoke first "I am so proud of you Christian." She said with so much feeling that I couldn't comprehend it at first.
"I may not approve of how much you hit that boy but you defended your friend against a boy that was going to hurt her and I couldn't fault your for this." She stood and finished looking me deep in my eyes so she knew that I got the point.
"Yes Christian your mother is right, you protect this girl from being harmed and if her dad needs help filing charges just you tell me. You are lucky to have this girl as a friend"
"Shes more than just my friend. She is my girl friend." I know that I had yelled it at Jack and hadnt spoken to Ana about this either.
I leave my parents and follow Ana and her dad to their home.
"Come on Christian." Mr. Steele yelled from his truck.
"Yeah come on Christian, time to cook." Ana yelled from the side walk. I followed them into the house and in the kitchen.
"Okay Christian I know you have to cook but we will all help you with this one. I will make the fish. You will peel the potatoes for fries and Ana will fry them." Mr. Steele said and we all got to work.
We all talked openly and easily about school and then when I told Mr. Steele that grandfather was a keen fisherman and I would go with him fly fishing and this set us off on a long discussion on what the best birdie is.
"Mr. Steele what do you do as a carpenter?" I asked. This is a pretty old school profession
"I like wood working and it requires great detail and patience. I like turning this beautiful piece of nature into an equally intricate piece of furniture." He said with a different eye. "Well tell me about yourself son, why did you transfer in the middle of the semester?"
"Well in all honesty sir I have had multiple fighting problems and got kicked out of a few schools…but that has not stopped my grades from being really good." I was nervous because I wanted him to like me and for Ana not to be afraid of me.
I looked on with fascination as he and Ana had some kind of wordless conversation and she smiled and he did soon after.
"Son, I cannot fault a man with his poor decisions when he expresses them with regret and repentance. Today you used this past for good and I cannot be more grateful to you than I was today in that office. I see what my daughter sees. You are a good young man that just had a rough patch. We will smooth that out real well with the chance." He said and continued to eat.
We went through the dinner and I held Ana's hand when we had desert in the kitchen when her dad watched the fishing channel. We eventually went to sit on Ana's bed (with the door open after a very loud cough from Mr. Steele.) and started our paper for Pride and Prejudice and our observations so far and comparing them to how marriage was shown in the book. At the end of the night I had to leave with an affectionate hand shake from her dad and I hug her before whispering in her ear.
"I will be back tonight."
We separated and I made my way home and soon I was able to leave and make my way to Ana's in no time at all. She was asleep when I tapped on her window. And as always she rises and helps me in. This time she folds my regular clothes and puts them in one of her drawers while I change into pajamas. She crawls in and I follow closely but instead of me wrapping around her I bring her to me and lay her on my chest. Her head in my neck and my nose on the top of her head and I drift with her.
Thank you guys! Thanks for all the love and support and yeah it was one hell of an emotional weekend as well.
We let me know what you think.
I know you would appreciate the fight.
So should Jack make another appearance?!
Oh and just so you know date night is coming and for those of you who wanted to know my date night went real well and he paid for everything and even opened a door for me! Here's a fun idea that you should use on your next date. Me and my date went to a book store and laughed at the ridiculous romance titles and tried to outdo each other trying to find the most outrageous ones.