DEFENCELESS ; jordan kent

chapter nine

clarity's mom and her mom's boyfriend were taking her to school today. which would've been fine if her mom didn't call jordan and jonathan kent over to the car.

"mom, please," clarity complained, her cheeks turning all red. "hi, mrs. diaz!" clarity leaned forward, looking at how awkward jordan and jonathan looked to be standing there. clarity's mom smiled, "the flowers you gave, clarity were absolutely beautiful! thank you."

"these are the boys that got clarity those flowers?"

jonathan shrugged, "uh, jordan got them for her. i didn't even know about the flowers until i got there." "well, thank you jordan! they're beautiful," clarity's mom smiled. clarity blushed, "okay, mom! time to go, thanks for dropping me off. bye, mom. bye, adam." "bye, sweetie!" "bye, clarity."

clairty's mom smiled, "bye boys! i can't wait to see you perform with jack tonight, sweetie!" "bye, mom," clarity awkwardly smiled, closing the car door.

clarity looked at the twins, "i'm really sorry about that. she and adam have been in this weird happy, bliss mood lately." "really? is adam the famous boyfriend you've talked about," jordan asked. clarity nodded, "oh yeah. he's even moved in. i have nothing against him, but he could never replace my dad. she says they're in love and all this, but i can't but feel that's they're going to come crashing down. like how jon's about to."

"what?"

"i told you, jon. stay away from tegan wickhem, she's bad news. trust me, i'd know. yeah," clarity asked, glaring over at tegan. jonathan looked back over at the older girl, not really listening to what clarity had said.

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clarity was sitting in the gym, next to jordan. "thanks for coming yesterday. i really appreciated it. you're probably the only boy i know that thinks about bringing flowers to an audition."

"you sounded really great," jordan smiled. clarity smiled, "thanks." she then turned fully to look at him, "so when're you going to play piano for me?" jordan shrugged, "well, i have a piano at home, so i guess next time you come over?" "i'd like that. you know, besides jack, you're the only other person that's been there for me lately," clarity softly smiled.

jordan stared at the girl, "i want to be here." clarity began to lean in, going to kiss jordan, but he turned away, sneezing. clarity leaned back, "um, bless you?" "i, um- i must have allergies or something," jordan stated, getting up, his hand slipping into his hoodie pocket. clarity nodded, "it's okay-" jordan didn't wait to hear what clarity had to say, he just ran off.

clarity called after jordan, but it didn't stop him from running out of the gym.

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"yo, clarity."

clarity smiled as she rushed to jonathan, "hey!" "hey, are there gonna be, like, refreshments at this thing or what," jonathan joked. clarity looked around, "uh, have you seen jordan?" "no, he's probably just putting on his best black tee for you and the show. you know how it goes."

"do i? he ran off earlier, something about having allergies or something. he said he wanted to be here, but it seemed like he wanted a reason to not be here," clarity frowned. jonathan began to look worried, "clarity, i don't think that's it. he does want to be here. i'll go find him." clarity nodded, "i think i'm the first up, so you might want to find him, like, now." jordan nodded, "relax, i'll find him, okay?" clarity nodded, breathing out.

clarity couldn't relax so she ran off to find jack. she really wanted jordan to be here, she liked jordan and she thought he felt the same, but now she wasn't so sure.

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jack and clarity were going on. the only friend of clarity's that she could see in the audience was sarah. even sarah's parents showed up. andie showed up too. of course, clarity's mom and her mom's boyfriend came to support clarity too.

they did good, they had fun which was the only thing that mattered to the two teens. but as quickly as clarity's happy mood came, it went. jordan still wasn't here. neither was jonathan. both of her friends that she thought would be here, weren't.

what disappointed her the most that after she gave her mom and adam a hug, they were suddenly pushing the girl off of them, telling her something about coming back in a minute.

clarity sighed as she watched her mom and adam walk out of the gym, they seemed like they were both in a trance. avery phan's mom left during her own daughter's performance which was weird to clarity. first her mom then adam and now emily phan? she knew something was up, she didn't know what though.

just like how she knew something was up with jordan, he wouldn't just bail on her, unless jordan didn't like her and really didn't want to be here tonight. then, yeah, maybe nothing was up with him.

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clarity was sitting at her kitchen table, all by herself, eating mac n cheese when she got a text from jordan, 'can we talk?' clarity looked at the text, she placed her phone face down, not really having the energy to talk to jordan right now.

suddenly her mom and adam were walking into the kitchen, covering in dirt. clarity stated at them, "what the hell? where'd you guys go? i had to get a ride from jack and he wasn't even headed in this direction, he had to take andie home and she's in the opposite direction! so is jack!" "just go get ready for bed, clarity."

clarity scoffed as she stood up, "whatever. i'm taking my mac n cheese with me!" "whatever," her mom yelled back, all of a sudden having a sour attitude with her daughter. clarity rolled her eyes as she went to her room, clearly upset over everything that was happening lately.

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also this is not edited but i couldn't stop writing so if there's any typos that's why because i literally just wrote this whole chapter right now and couldn't wait to post it!!