I'm sitting in class, like normal. I hear someone move the seat next to me. I look over. It's JJ.
"Hey." I say.
"Hey." He says looking at me.
"You're here?" I ask shocked. He smiles.
"Yeah."
As the next few days go by, JJ comes to school all of the days.
"You've been showing up recently, is there a reason why?" Our teacher asks JJ as we walk out of our last period.
"No?" JJ says confused.
"It's just weird that you've been here since someone else has been." She says glancing at me.
"Uh no. She has nothing to do with me being here."
"Okay, okay."
We start to walk out of the room and go to our lockers.
"Can you believe she think I'm here cause of you." He says scoffing. I smile.
"Bro, I don't want to do all the homework." I say.
"Oh I forgot." He says. "Can you do mine?"
"No, but I'll help you with it." I say. He sighs.
"Your house." He says.
"No can't."
"What why?"
"My dad has this thing. It has to be your house."
He gets all quiet.
"Fine. But we go now."
"Okay."
We walk outside and get in the van.
"My house." JJ says to John B.
"Okay."
He gets gets there, and I get out with him. John B gives him a look.
We walk inside.
JJ looks kind of scared as he opens the door.
"Dad?" He calls out. There's no response. He sighs. "He's at work." He says. I nod slowly as I look around.
"Let's go to my room." He says.
I follow him to a smallish room. He sits down on the bed and I sit down next to him. He pulls out his work and I get mine.
We start working as I do my best to explain everything to him.
A noise comes from outside. JJ freezes. It sounds like the front door opening.
"Stay here." JJ says. "Don't make a sound." I'm scared.
"JJ!" A voice yells. I can hear the sliding and stumbling of feet. Whoever it is must be drunk. "You little piece of shit, are you here?" I can see the look on JJ's face. He looks like he's in pain.
"Yeah dad, I'm in my room." JJ says. "Stay here." He whispers to me. I nod slowly.
He walks out of the room.
I can hear them yelling. Suddenly I hear loud noises and then silence. My heart drops. Although JJ told me to stay here I can't. What if something happened?
I walk out slowly. JJ is holding the side of his face backing away from his dad. His dad just hit him.
JJ looks at me pure fear on his face.
"Y/n." He mutters, his hand falling to his side. His face is red and his nose is bleeding.
"JJ." I mutter. I look over at his dad, who's staring at me. I take a step back in fear.
"Is this one of your little whores?" He asks him.
"No." JJ says.
"Are you lying?"
"No! She came here to help me with homework." JJ says. His dad looks at me.
"Fucking slut." He says staring at me.
"Shut the fuck up!" JJ yells.
"Look at how she's dressed."
I feel my hands begin to shake. I want the ground to swallow me whole.
"Stop." I mouth terrified to speak.
"You don't even know her!" JJ yells defending me.
"Watch your mouth with me boy!" His dad says. JJ stares at him.
"Y/n, get our stuff." JJ says still looking at his dad.
"Y/n? That's the little whores name?" I bite back tears. I turn around.
I run into JJ's room, closing the door behind me.
I let a tear fall down. JJ comes in right after me.
"Y/n." He says putting his hand on my shoulder to have me face him. I look at him. "I'm so sorry." He says.
"It's fine." I say.
"No. No. It's not." I look at him not sure what to say.
He pulls me in and hugs me tightly.
I pull away.
"You're bleeding."
"I'll be fine." He says.
"The bags." I say.
We run to our backpacks and put everything back in them.
"Come here, stay close to me." He says. I nod.
We open the door and walk out.
We go by his dad.
"What? Leaving so soon?" He says standing up. I move closer to JJ as we hurry.
We get outside and run until we can't see the house.
"Let's go to my house." I say.
"What about your dad's thing?"
"It's fine."
I call an Uber and we get there.
I walk in and dad looks at JJ and me.
"Homework." I say not in the mood to talk to him. He nods.
We go upstairs to my room.
"Woah." He says. "You're rich, rich."
I sigh plopping into the bed.
"Its not that great." I say.
He lays next to me.
"Does he always hit you?" I ask.
"Sometimes." JJ says.
"I'm so sorry." I say.
"Don't be." He says.
"It shouldn't happen." I say.
"I know but it does."
We continue to talk and get our work done.
He ends up having to go back home.
I hug him tightly.
"If you need help, text me and I'll be right there to get you out." I say. He smiles.
"Will do."
We stand there looking into each other's eyes for a moment.
"I have to go." He says.
"Yeah."
He walks out.
———— JJ's Pov
"Bro I don't want to do all the homework." Y/n says.
"Oh I forgot. Can you do mine?"
"No, but I'll help you with it." I sigh but the take the opportunity to invite myself over to her house since I wanna see what it looks like.
"Your house."
"No can't."
"What why?"
"My dad has this thing. It has to be your house." I try to remember dads work schedule. He should be at work.
"Fine. But we go now."
"Okay."
We walk outside and get in the van.
"My house." I say to John B trying not to show my concerns.
"Okay."
We stop. Y/n and I get out and I catch John B looking at me weirdly.
We walk up to the door.
I open the door nervously.
"Dad?" I yell. There's no response. I sigh relieved. "He's at work. Let's go to my room."
She follows me to my room and I suddenly feel embarrassed by all the clothes.
I sit on the bed and she sits next to me.
As we work she explains everything to me, which of course I understand none of but let her think I do.
I hear the front door open. My heart drops. He can't see her here.
"Stay here. Don't make a sound." I say. I can see the fear and confusion in her eyes.
"JJ!" Dad yells. I can tell he's drunk. "You little piece of shit are you here?" I can't let him see or hurt her.
"Yeah dad I'm in my room." I say getting up. "Stay here." I whisper and she nods.
"Did you ditch school?" He asks.
"No." I say.
"Don't lie to me!" He yells before hitting me.
"I'm not lying to you!" I yell.
"You think I wouldn't know when my son is lying to me?"
"You know nothing about me!"
"I know all you do is smoke weed, hang out around the cut, and drink beer! You're useless!"
"What do you do? Huh? Other than get drunk and hop from job to job?" I yell. He hits me. I hold the side of my face and back up.
My bedroom door opens. I see Y/n standing there. Shit, shit, shit.
"Y/n." I mutter letting go of my face.
"JJ." She mutters. Dads staring at her like shes a piece of fresh meat.
"Is this one of your little whores?" He asks me.
"No." I say.
"Are you lying?"
"No! She came here to help me with homework." I yell.
"Fucking slut." Dad says staring at her with disgust.
"Shut the fuck up!" I yell. He needs to stop fucking talking.
"Look at how she's dressed."
I can see her standing in fear.
"You don't even know her!" I yell.
"Watch your mouth with me boy!" Dad says but I just stare at him.
"Y/n get our stuff." I say not looking away.
"Y/n? That's the little whores name?" She runs into my room.
"Go to hell." I say to him before following after her.
She's sitting on the bed and she's looking down.
"Y/n." I say putting a hand on her shoulder so she looks at me. Her face is wet from tears. "I'm so sorry."
"It's fine." She says.
"No. No. It's not."
Without thinking I pull her in and hug her tightly. She pulls away after a couple seconds.
"You're bleeding."
"I'll be fine." I say.
"The bags."
We get our backpacks.
"Come here, stay close to me." I say. She nods.
I open the door and we walk out. Dads on the couch.
"What? Leaving so soon?" He asks standing up. I notice Y/n move closer to me.
We get outside and run until the house is gone.
"Let's go to my house." She says.
"What about your dad's thing?"
"It's fine."
She calls an Uber and I clean up the blood before we get there. Her house is huge. I've gone past it since she lives close to the Cameron's.
We walk in.
Her dad looks at us.
"Homework." She says and he just nods going back to his computer.
I look around as I follow her to her room.
"Woah." I say looking at how big her room is. "You're rich, rich."
She falls on her bed.
"Its not that great."
I lay next to her. Even her bed feels rich.
"Does he always hit you?" She asks.
"Sometimes."
"I'm so sorry."
"Don't be."
"It shouldn't happen."
"I know but it does."
We continue to talk and get our work done.
I have to go home. Even though I'll probably just grab stuff and crash with John B.
She hugs me.
"If you need help, text me and I'll be right there to get you out." She says. I smile.
"Will do."
We stand there looking into each other's eyes for a moment.
"I have to go." I say.
"Yeah."
I walk out.
"All done?" Her dad asks me.
"Yup." I say.
"I'm her dad." He says.
"Yeah, I figured. JJ." I say.
"Nice to meet you JJ." I nod before walking out the front door.
(A.n: ahh here's this