Haru Haru

Justin POV ~ Part 14

I knew as soon as I dropped her off yesterday that I shouldn't have. She started acting weird as soon as it was time for me to take her back. Now I guess I know why. I mean I had suspicions that they were not that great given just how she has talked about all of her foster families. I just didn't realize that these ones were as bad as all of the rest of them. 

Last night taking care or her was a lot, those new cuts are deep. I should have argued about taking her to the hospital, she wouldn't have had it though, at least this way I know that they are being taken care of. I hate to think what she would have done if she wouldn't have called me. I didn't miss the other new cuts on her arms, I just chose to not bring them up. There definitely seams to be enough to stress her out I didn't need to pile that on also. 

All of that aside what took me by more of surprise than what I had expected was how skinny she is. I know she doesn't eat, I think partially because I am sure they aren't feeding her and the other because sure she isn't feeding herself either. I notice how her clothes hang of her, yes they are mostly all oversized but aside from that. When she stood in front of me and started to take her shirt off. I honestly had no idea what to expect and it certainly wasn't what I saw.

Her hips stuck out jarringly so from the waste band of her pants. Her ribs, jeez, I think I could count every single one of them all the way up to her collarbones. Hugging her without all the fabric was more than I anticipated. I had to stop myself from crying at the state of her. Not even thinking about everything else that this girl has gone through in her life, just how she stood in front of me.

I didn't see her back but the feel of that scar that ran the entire length of her back almost made me recoil when I felt it and realized what it was. Someone did that to her.

Some bastard thought that was an ok thing to do to someone as delicate as Jale is. No one deserves that, let alone her. 

I know I am having more feelings for her than I should. But I don't know how to not. The more I learn about her and the more time I am around her to discover how fantastic she is, it just makes it all worse. She is spirited, and sarcastic and funny, she is even becoming more comfortable with all the guys and will even joke around with some of them on occasion. She has come out of her shell so much over the last couple of weeks.

I lay in my bed for a while longer still running over the events of last night in my head before I get up knowing I have to wake her up so we make it to school on time today. It is about to be a long week if this is how Monday is starting out.

We got ready and I cleaned her arm up.  I threw some extra supplies and a couple protein bars in my bag before we headed to school. I know I need to eat something or I will be dead all morning, and I know that she hasn't eaten anything since yesterday morning at my house. Pulling up at school I park in my normal spot next to Austin's Jeep and the other guys.

We both get out and walk over to where the guys are standing I grabbed the bars out of my soccer bag before I head over, Jale slowly walks beside me. As soon as they see her though they seem happier to see her than they are to see me.

"Jale what are you doing here early, I never see you until pretty much at class." Yells Joe from a couple yards away.

"What Jale is here? Where is Justin?" I hear Austin question confused.

"We are both here you losers. Good to know who you guys are actually happy to see." I say sarcastically to them hitting Austin's arm once I am in range of him.

I only hear a small chuckle beside me as a response to my words meaning she was actually listening and wasn't completely in her own world how it seems she has been for most of the morning.