SO, I'M AN IDIOT FOR NOT UPDATING SOONER, I KNOW.

But i'll explain more later!

Right now, though, i have a VERY important question!

And i won't update again until i get some answers!

here goes..

Question: should i keep this story like it is, or should i add some Si Fi and Fantasy to it?

It will still be modern, but like a superhuman kind of thing.

PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK BELOW!

and now, for the story!

.

.

.

.

.

.

The Nurse's Office

Zell sat outside of the nurse's office. She twiddled her thumbs until she heard the door open. Jack came out, rubbing his head. "Was it bad?" he asked, looking down. Zell sighed. "Yes. But at least you're ok."

She put her hand on his shoulder. "Thanks. For what you did out there. I really appreciate it."

Jack straitened at her touch. "Yeah, don't worry about it." He still had red marks on his neck from where Flynn had choked him.

"So, what happened to Flynn?" he touched the bruises softly.

"He got suspended for a few weeks." Zell answered as she looked down awkwardly. Jack suddenly remembered why.

"I'm so sorry, Rapunzel. Flynn is a huge jerk, and I shouldn't have left you alone…" he said, his face full of guilt.

Zell smiled despite the pain Flynn had caused her. "Jack, it's not your job to protect me."

He shrugged his shoulders. "I know. I just feel like I should have done something sooner. Your parents aren't going to let you come back if they think it's not safe."

Zell laughed softly. "My parents don't really care. You'd be surprised how trusting they are."

She watched Jack begin to pace. "Well what about you? You must think this place is a nightmare. Heck, somebody tried to stab you, a weird guy tried to kiss you twice…" he let his sentence drop. Zell shrugged.

"It's not that bad, once you think about it. I mean it's not like Pitch actually stabbed me. Speaking of which, what's his deal? Does he normally do that?" she asked slowly.

Jack looked down. "Yes, occasionally. I don't know why. I think he went through some sort of childhood trauma or something, and I don't know why they still let him come to Ridgewood. Honestly, he's a freakin' psycho. He doesn't even come to school half the time because of his therapy classes."

Jack stopped and looked at her directly. "Please stay away from him, Zell. He could try to kill you on accident."

.

.

.

Elsa and Anna ran down the hall towards Zell and Jack. "Jack!" they said when they reached his side.

"We're so glad you're ok!" Anna immediately hugged him tight, while Elsa smiled and simply placed her hand on his shoulder.

"We were so worried! They made us go to class so Zell volunteered to stay since the nurse wanted to check on her as well." Said Anna hurriedly. "and now were back and I'm so glad you're ok Jack like I was so mad when Flynn was kissing Rapunzel but I didn't want to get kissed too so we went and got Mr. North and he pulled Flynn off of you so now you're gonna be ok!" she squeezed him tightly.

Jack laughed. "I…. can't…. breathe!"

Anna let go immediately. "Sorry Jack I don't want you to go to the nurse's office again!"

"Is dad coming?" Jack asked. Elsa nodded. "They couldn't get a hold of him until just now. He's coming in five minutes."

She turned to Zell. "If you want, my dad can take you home too, Zell. If that's ok, of course."

Zell nodded. "Yeah." She said as her thumbs found her pockets once again. "My parent's won't mind."

.

.

.

"Jackson, I still can't believe you got in a fight today!" Mr. Frost had been giving Jack a lecture for the past twenty minutes.

"Honestly, i am very disappointed in you. Were you even thinking? What am i going to tell your step-mother."

"Dad," Jack sighed. "You're acting like I didn't have a choice. Zell-"

"Jack," Mr. Frost said, cutting Jack off. "You always have a choice."

Zell sat in the back row of Mr. Frost's car. Listening to them argue was extremely awkward. Part of her wanted to stand up for her new friend, but she also didn't want to be disrespectful.

.

.

.

The arguing continued the rest of the way home. Anna and Elsa, however, acted like this was normal.

"They do this almost every day." Anna said with a quick shrug as she walked with Zell.

"Ever since Jack's mom left, you mean." Elsa corrected. Zell sighed. How awful.

Jack shut the front door with a slam. His neck wasn't hurting anymore.

But little did any of them know, their troubles where just beginning.

.

.

.

.

HELLO!

OK, I know, I suck for not updating!

But hear me out, ok?

See, I have A LOT going on right now, and I barely have time to write!

I'm gonna try to update once a week though.

My dad has been out of work for a year, and he's trying to start his own buisness. and my mom recently got back into painting, so she's trying to make money for us from that.

And guess who's stuck babysitting?

Yep, you guessed it; me.

And that doesn't leave much time for writing!

But i am going to try my best to update!

-A