Falling for a Cloud

Chapter 16

*JC's P.O.V*

She's honestly the craziest girl I've ever met.

Mentally: Depressed

Socially: Forgiving

Physically: Beautiful

Willingly: Strong

I take her sacred hands into mine and Kian's crying in the doorway. He runs to her. He's never been fond of her existance. But he falls to his knees and hugs her like a child would hug his mother.

She was a safe place. For everyone, even for the people who despised her the most. For the people she despised the most.

Kian nearly knocks her over, but she stands still, fingers still intertwined with mine. She won't move, because she's done. She can't hold on anymore. I pull Kian away from her knees.

*Lia's P.O.V*

Kian cares. Kian really cares about me. After a while, JC pulls Kian from his knees. But I can't move. I'm done. These days of Sam harrassing me, they won't end. He doesn't care.

Mentally: I'm tired

Socially: I'm ruined

Physically: I'm a mess

Willingly: I am weak.

Why would anyone like JC ever even like someone like me. He wouldn't, and couldn't.

JC suprises me and picks me up bridal style and it catches me off guard. My mouth opens, to order him to put me down. But no words leave my chapped lips. So I don't try to fight back. I'm defenseless towards JC. I' putty in his hands as he carries me into the elevator to go back to street level.

I have one problem.

I can't face Sam. Not yet.

*Kian's P.O.V*

After JC pulled me away from Lia, I ran down to Sam. He wasn't about to get away with that. I storm out the doors with tear-stained cheeks, Sam sits in his car on the phone with someone. I can't make out the voice, but he sounds.. Upset?

"I didn't know it was going to go that far! I swear! Please. Stop! NO! Stop! Don't you dare! UGH." Sam punches the steering wheel and hangs up the phone.

"Why are you such an ass?" I question as I open the driver's side of the door.

"I didn't mean for it to go that far." Sam angerly states, looking at the floor. His hands are still at the top of the steering wheel.

"I know you didn't Sam, but look what you've done!" I gesture to the building and back to the banner hanging from his car.

Silence. Complete silence. Until Lia storms out with much more emotion than she had then when she was on the roof. She stomps over to Sam's car, and steps infront of me, facing Sam. Sam slinks down in his seat.

"I'm sorry Sam. I'm sorry I sunk to your level. I'm sorry that I made you feel horrible. But I expect an apology. Not now, but in the next two days. You need to think about it."

That might just kill him.

Sam quietly nods and stands up, walking to the back of his car. He unties the banner and neatly folds it and puts it in his trunk. He gets back into his car, and drives away. And Lia's sad emotions go with him.

A smile smears her face as she looks to me and JC.

"I know Sam, and if that doesn't kill him. I don't know what will." She lightly giggles to herself. Looking very pleased with her choice of words.

"You got over that situation very quickly." JC awkwardly states, I nodd my head. Agreeing with his confusion.

"I've had depression and been suicidal since the fifth grade. I've learned how to get over it quickly." I will never understand that girl. And if I ever finally do understand. It will take so long to process, I'll be dead before I figure it out.

Lia walks to JC, intertwining their fingers, a kiss shared by the two of them lingers for a good 15 seconds.

Gross. Couples.

*Lia's P.O.V*

The car ride home was the quietest ride Kian and JC have ever had, and frankly, I wanted to talk. I get over strong emotion fast. I don't think they get that.

I think JC is horrendously mad at me for this whole deal. I scared him. And I love him. And I think maybe. Just maybe he maybe someday will love me too.

We get home and I barely have time to get out of the car before JC picks me up and throws me over his shoulder and runs up the stairs. One turn to the right, then one to the left. Then through the third door on the left. Known as, the bathroom. I'm sat on the closed toilet and JC dissapears.

Where'd he go?

He reappears minutes later with a... tool box? The tool box is placed on top of the counter and opened. I try to peer inside, and I finally get a glimpse.

The toolbox is filled with gauze, neosporin, band-aids, and other first-aid items. Only JC would keep such items in a tool box. I stares thoughtfully at the tool box, rummaging through it a couple times, until he finds something at the very bottom. I carefully wraps gauze around it, and encloses it in his hand.

"I need to tell you something important." I nod, and he puts the bundled item in my hand.

"Go ahead. Open it." I opened it cautiously, I would've never guessed what was inside.