Rebellion Love 6

     I’m a musician, not a future English major, and there for I don’t give a rat ass about what the fucking author meant. I swear this language class could not drag on any longer.  I would be texting Andy, but he has gym this period and so I’m stuck with my thoughts. ‘Shank me with something sharp! Please!’ I mentally scream to myself, now trying to stay awake. Language Arts 3 is not my forte and I wouldn’t mind if I just spontaneously combusted. I mean, my next hour was Geometry, but at least my Panda was in it with me. I was so tempted to pull out my packet of Fun Dip to eat, but I needed it for later. It was only ten minutes into class and I was already to pass out. I spent last night texting Andy into the wee hours of the morning. He was leaning towards that damn razor of his again, so no way in hell was I leaving him alone.

Mrs. Way was droning on about Shakespeare and I doubt she even noticed half the class was texting behind their text books. Within the drowsiness of my brain, an idea had hatched. I raised my hand in the air and waited for my teacher to answer it.

“Yes, Mr. Purdy?” Mrs. Way said in her monotone voice that put everyone to sleep. How her husband loved it, Lord give him strength.

“May I go to the bathroom?” I asked as politely as I could. It took all my self-control to stop myself from darting out of that room then and there. It had the appeal of a graveyard and was as gloomy as a dungeon.

“Very well.” She answered before returning to her lecture that no one was listening to. I nodded and took off as quick as possible. The halls were empty and I could run to the bathroom without fear of being caught. I slid into the corner and walked inside, and to my surprise, CC, Jinxx and Jake were in there as well; hiding out as well.

“Let me guess, no interest in class and came here to hide out?” CC asked fixing his eyeliner, which was already heavy enough, in a small hand held mirror that was in Jakes hand. I learned, that even though Jinxx is straight, CC and Jake are bi, and my Panda was the only one gay, they all carried small mirrors with them.  Future rock stars have to keep them around; can’t have our make-up smearing as is, well, that’s what Andy would tell me.

“Hell yeah. I had to leave before I passed out,” I said, leaning against a wall, pulling my phone out, “what about you three?”

“Mr. Finn could care less what Jake and I do, so we can leave when we please. We just got tired of hearing every last girls plan to turn either you or Andy straight. You two are gossip central now a day.” Jinxx said, pulling his tight as hell pants up.

“I mean, damn. If I have to hear one shittier plan after another from some desperate slut about turning you two straight, well, let’s just say Mr. Finn will need some new guitars. Not that I’m one for damaging instruments, but they all need to shut up, before I make them shut up.” Jake grumbled darkly, now checking his black hair in the hand held mirror. I had to roll my eyes at the thought of me leaving Andy for some chick (read whore). They can go kiss my lovely ass for all I care.

   CC propped himself up on the wall next to me, pulling out a lollipop. The boy had a never ending supply of candy in his pockets. The dude might as well be a human piñata with all candy he has with him. He pulled out another one and offered it to me, but I just shook my head. He shrugged and tossed it to Jake, who caught it easily out of the air. I smirked, wondering when those two would finally admit to liking each other and get together.

 “Did you hear what Good was going to do?” a deep voice asked, coming from down the hall. Footsteps followed and we all froze, looked up, and Jake pushed us all into a stall. CC closed it and locked it, and minus Jinxx, the rest of us stepped up onto the toilet. Now, it looked like someone was just using the toilet. CC was huddled close to Jake, and I stood over Jinxx, trying to sneakily look out the crack of the stall.

“Bits and pieces. Tell me.” Another voice, this one slighter higher, told the first voice. I caught a glimpse and recognized the two meat heads that had us cornered into a stall. Tim Steele and Scorpio Phat, two dick head jocks that idolized Good and Tosh. They were also the two who had started the game of “Andy Hunting”.

  “Well, you heard how the fag Biersack confronted Kina when she was trying to hook up with Purdy? It seems the queers little bitch friend had slapped her, and so Kina told Matt. He and Jacob are planning to get back at him during their gym class. Now, why Kina was trying to get with Purdy while she has Matt, I’ll never know. Do not tell him that I said anything about that.” Tim explained, and I heard the water running, so I assumed they were washing their hands. I almost didn’t hear the rest as the blood was pounding in my ear. Andy was going to get the shit kicked out of him, and it was because he went to defend me.

  “Ha! Fucker deserves it, anyways.” Scorpio added simply, and their voices faded away as they left back to class. I busted out of the stall, the door slamming against the metal frame. I was well on my way to kick some ass. You don’t mess with my friends, and you have a death wish if you think you can harm my boyfriend. He hurts himself enough, and assholes here don’t need to add onto it. At least here, I can protect him from the hurt and pain. I was striding out of the bathroom, but CC had stepped in front of me, hands up to stop me.

  “Ash, let Jinxx and Jake go get Andy. If you go, it’ll tip Tosh and Good off that you knew, and they’ll just after Andy again. Or they’d go after you next. Please, just wait here.” CC pleaded.

   “Move, Chuppy.” I growled, but didn’t try to force myself past him. He was slightly smaller than me, but he was also the sweetest kid next to Andy. I couldn’t bring myself to be an ass to him. I just needed to get to Andy, and beat the two idiots into next week for hurting him. Every second, I felt worse and worse for not being able to protect him.
“Ashley, listen to me. Andy would feel absolutely horrid if you got in a fight because of him. He never let Jinxx or Jake fight for him. He sure as hell wouldn’t let you fight for him. Not to mention, he’ll get mad because he can defend himself to a point. You defiantly don’t want Andy mad at you for that. Just give it five minutes, and then you and I can go as well, okay?” CC asked, gently pushing me back and I didn’t resist. My back hit the dirty wall and I slid down to the even dirtier floor. Jinxx and Jake took off, and CC just waited by the door, in case I tried to make a break for it. I never did.
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 Five painfully long minutes later, I tore out of the dingy bathroom and down to the locker room. I raced passed the gym class, avoiding basketballs as I did. The doors flew open as I raced through them, and turned to knock the locker room doors open. I barely remembered CC behind me as I slid into the room on the concrete floor. I quietly slowed my pace, walking into the main area and not trying to alert them that I was there.

“Please tell me he doesn’t know.” I heard Andy asked desperately, and my heart broke a little. He didn’t want to seem either weak or god knows what. I stepped around the corner, and finally, became visible to the trio there.

“I already know, Panda.” I stated simply in a soft voice, watching them jump and Andy winces at the sudden movement. His face still had blood on it from a split lip and I could already see a black eye forming.

“Hey, Outlaw. What are you doing here?” Andy smiled, trying to hide the pain he was feeling. I walked over, and took Jakes spot. Jake walked over to CC, who was panting and bent over from having to keep up. Three years of football did not go wasted. I looked over at Jake and he went and collected Andy’s stuff for him. Together, Jinxx and I helped Andy walk to the office, ignoring the coach as we walked past him. We didn’t stop and went straight into the principal’s office and sat in a chair.

“What do you…Oh my.” Mr. R exclaimed sharply, watching as Jinxx helped Andy sit down onto my lap. My arms curled around his hips gently, as I didn’t know how badly he was hurt. I glared at Mr. R who through a disapproving looks at us.

“Mr. Purdy, care to tell me what happened here?” Mr. R requested flatly. Jinxx, Jake and Andy all told him their sides of the story, piece by piece. Jinxx left out that Sammi had struck Kina, to keep her from trouble, but I knew she would still get in some sort of trouble. My blood was boiling by the end of the tale, and fiercely wanted to punch someone’s teeth down their throat. The only thing keeping me grounded was Andy, and how much it would hurt him if I did something stupid. I wanted to protect him from everything that tried to harm him.

While I was planning my revenger Mr. R had given us permission to leave school early. Twenty minutes later, after grabbing all of our stuff, I had Andy at his home. Luckily, his parents weren’t home so I didn’t have to explain why their son was home early and hurt. I put Andy to bed, after pulling off his shirt and shorts. I could see every bruise that was left onto his body. Each one was a dark mark against pale perfect skin. His face was so innocent, despite being bloodied and bruised. I stood at the edge of his bed and watched him roll over and unconsciously curl towards me. I couldn’t help but smile a sad smile.

I kicked my boots off and slid under the covers next to him. Instantly, he curled up next to me and I wrapped an arm around him. I could plan revenge at a later date. My Panda needed me now and I was going to be there for him. He needed me, even if he was too proud to say it himself. We were going to talk tomorrow. I couldn’t let it go that Andy was planning to hide being attacked from me. It hurt me inside and I hated it. The more I thought, though, the more my eyes began to droop. Before I knew it, I was out as well, curled around my world and my heart.