Scars To Your Beautiful

(15) Recharged

Four months later 

Bucky came over to the boys apartment where they were celebrating Clint's birthday. He noticed one person was missing. He pulled Natasha aside. 

"You all could of invited her?" He said 

"She isn't in town. We did invite her but she said she would be out of town. When we asked she said she was going to recharge her batteries. At her beach house in North Carolina. Naya said she has been quiet a lot lately especially since the blow up with you and she had one with her parents as well." Natasha said 

"What do you mean she had a fight with her parents?" He said 

"She isn't happy with the fact that you got wrapped up in the mess. She told us when she gave her statement to the police. In no means did she mean for you to get in trouble. We told her about how the girls had came up to you and said that they had taken care of the problem and that they said she wasn't going to bother you and your ex anymore. and like you've said many times at the time you didn't put the two factors together that they were the ones that attacked her." She said 

He looked down. 

"You need to talk to her. And I don't mean yelling at her she didn't do anything wrong. Like we all have told you now it wasn't her it was her parents. You need to remember who she was to you before you turned into an asshole." Clint said as he joined the conversation. 

Bucky couldn't sleep that night this time the nightmare was completely different from the others. This time the halls of their old middle school were solid white. 

"James! Help me!" 

"Jordan?" 

"There's glass and blood.." 

"Jordan? Where are you?" 

Bucky was running down the endless white halls. "No! Make it stop. Where are all the doors damn it!  JoJo where are you baby! Please help me!" 

"I'm here." 

Jordan was covered in blood and glass. "Why couldn't you save me? Why did you leave me? " 

"JoJo I'm sorry.." 

"Goodbye James.." 

"No no don't.." 

He went to grab her and suddenly he was in the juvenile hall room. 

"No! Damn it let me out!!!" As he pounded on the door. 

James  came running in his room when he heard him screaming. 

"Buchanan wake up son..come on." James said as he gently shook him awake. 

"Shh son it's okay." James said as he hugged him. 

He was shaking and sweaty breathing hard. "You haven't had one that bad in awhile." Brady said as he came in with some water.

Once he was calm and took a cool shower he was able to go back to sleep. Naya told him where Jordan's beach house was at in NC. He booked a flight to North Carolina and left that afternoon. Jordan had gotten a morning run in on the beach and enjoyed her pool. When Bucky arrived he found her standing on her top back porch looking out over the beach.

"JoJo.." he said 

She jumped and turned around. "How ..I.." she said 

"Naya told me how to find you. And your front door was unlocked." He said 

"Damn maid." She whispered 

He walked over to her. "What are you doing all the way down here?" He said 

"Recharging and soul searching." She said 

"Nat said you had a argument with your parents?" He said 

"I did. Bucky I'm sorry I didn't mean to.." she said but he cut her off.

"Don't. I know I did mean things and I probably should of put the puzzles pieces together better when the girls told me that they took care of it." He said 

"You were always a horrible puzzle partner." She said

"Hey shut up. I was a great puzzle partner..I got all the side pieces right." He said 

She rolled her eyes at him. "I'm sorry that I'm a horrible friend though." He said as he hugged her. 

"You are forgiven." She said as she looked into his eyes. 

"Did you really jack off to my pictures?" She whispered

"Oh god I'm gonna kill Clint.." he said 

"James Buchanan..that's gross." She said 

"What? You I mean look at you..you were the one posing half nude. And oh my god that swimsuit sports illustrated." He said 

She smiled and shook her head. 

"I can't believe you did that." She said as they went inside. 

"Well excuse me for being a teenage boy with raging hormones." He said as she found some take out menus.