Holding On (Janoskian Fanfiction)

Chapter Nine

Daniel's P.O.V

What the hell just happened?

Some girl just came and talked to Beau and Jess went mental.

I did hear some of the things the girl was saying and they were mean, but still, Jess punched her in the face!

I pulled her off Ashlee and we started walking back. I put my arm around her shoulders and she wrapped her arm round my waist and rested her head on me.

Her hair smelt so nice, like strawberries and she felt like she was meant to be at my side. Ew that was cheesy.

When we got back we all gathered in the living room and Luke started the questions.

"Why did you punch her?" he started. "Good punch by the way," he whispered to her.

Jess smiled and thanked him. "That cow went to high school with us and she never liked me or Elodie, but she hated Elodie more."

"Why doesn't she like you?" Beau asked, glancing at Elodie, who was looking at the window in deep thought.

"Because her boyfriend dumped her, but then asked Elodie out, but she declined and then she picked on me cause I'm best friends with Elodie,"Jess said.

"And you called her a cake face bitch with no friends, just followers," Elodie said, facing Jess, but smiling at the thought.

"What did she say about falling down stairs?" James asked, concern in his eyes.

"In year 10, we were walking down the stairs and Ashlee pushed me and I fell and broke my leg. She told everyone I had slipped and she never got caught," Elodie said and pointed to a mark on her calf that I had never even seen.

Jess shook her head in disgust. "The hate got worse and Elodie was tormented after her Mum died in year 11," Jess grumbled, looking at Elodie, who was just looking down at the floor.

My jaw dropped open and I could see the boys were shocked too. Bullying wasn't nice full stop. But if you bully someone and bring their dead parent involved, that is awful.

Elodie shrugged and carried on. "It's alright now though," she smiled slightly. "It doesn't get to me anymore and Jess is always there to shout back and throw some punches." She looked at Jess and smiled, Jess did a thumbs up and I chuckled.

Beau stood up and hugged Elodie. "Even if you're fine with it, you shouldn't have to live with that! That is so wrong and hurtful it even makes me upset," he said, giving her a hug.

Everyone agreed with his comment and Elodie thanked everyone for understanding.

Beau's P.O.V

I hugged Elodie. It hurt me to think that Elodie had lost her Mum just two years ago and people were bullying her and saying things about her Mum!

-

It was evening and Jess decided to stay the night, no one minded and Skip seemed happier with her here.

We decided to play truth or dare using a bottle and we all gathered in a small circle.

I span the bottle and it landed on Jai. "Truth or Dare," I asked.

"Dare," he said, his eyes glinting.

"Ummmmm..." I was thinking when I was interrupted by James.

"I dare you to go next door and ask the neighbour if they have a daughter you can marry."

Jai jumped up and we followed him outside. Luke grabbed a camera and started recording. We heard the door bell ring and a woman in her mid 30's answered the door.

"Can I help you?" she asked politely.

"Yes, do you have someone here that would make a suitable wife for me?" Jai said, raising an eyebrow.

"No, sorry," the woman looked really confused.

"Will you be my wife?" he said, going down on one knee.

The woman slammed the door shut and we all laughed. Jai came back into the house and we carried on. The bottle landed on Elodie. "Truth," she said.

"Do you fancy anyone at the moment?" Skip asked.

"Yes, I do," she giggled, giving me a quick glance.

"Who?" Luke screamed.

"You're only allowed one question!" she shouted back and glared at him, trying to keep serious, but they both started laughing.

I had to admit I was jealous, but I knew we were kinda together.

-

The game went on for a while and Jess was dared to ask some random to go swimming with her, Luke had to eat a chilli, I had to do the cinnamon challenge and James, being the weeny he is, chose truth. We found out that he would rather lick the pavement than drink a bottle of ketchup.

We all decided to go to sleep and I lay down.

I couldn't sleep and I heard everyone around me breathes deepen. I sat up and looked around, I saw a light from a phone and saw Elodie awake. I crawled over to her and she looked up and smiled.

"Couldn't sleep," I whispered.

"Same," she whispered back and I lay down beside her and she put here head into my chest. I rested my head on her head and I felt our breathes deepen. I fell asleep with my arms wrapped around her.