The Unfortunate Love

Chapter 5

"So, John, could you please explain to me what happened" Mister Clearview had a note pad and pen at the ready to record what the raven haired boy would say. John looked rather nervous and both the girls with glasses grabbed one of his hands as he let out a soft, but still noticeable, shaky sigh.

"W-well umm, I was getting changed as fast as I could like I usually do to avoid the wave of guys that pick on me. So once I was fully changed I left to go to my next class but was dragged into the bathroom by a whole bunch of awaiting guys. They started to beat me up asking things like what I was hoping to do with a friend out of my league and if I had planned on dating him and calling me a fag, homosexual creeper, and crap like that," John's eyes were watering as he bit his lip with his buck teeth "I kept saying that he was the one who came to me but they didn't believe me. The next thing I knew my head was being pushed into the toilet and I was left to hold my breath. I tried to get them off but I'm not strong enough to do anything so I just gave in knowing that nobody would be there to save me. Everything went black and the next thing I knew I was coughing up water and Dave was wiping water from his mouth. I still don't know what he did to me to bring me back but I only saw him. All the guys were gone." Mister Clearview nodded as he wrote everything down word for word then looking at John who wiped his eyes dry and was smiling softly "I don't know why but I wasn't afraid, I was just neutral as I almost died. It was like I knew in my heart that someone would save me but my mind didn't believe it." John sniffled a few times before a soft laugh came out and Mister Clearview smiled up at John then turned to Dave.

"If you wouldn't mind sharing your side of this story Dave and tell us everything. We are your friends here." the councilor smiled warmly at the blond who nodded.

With a great deal of reluctance Dave pulled up his sleeves showing his cuts, "At my old school I was just like John. Everyone picked on me. So the day before yesterday I cut myself knowing it would probably be the same here then we got to our new house and I just went to bed. I woke up and cut up my bicep," Dave pulled up his sleeve to show his shoulder and how his upper arm had cuts all over it, "I came to school and was greeted by Vriska who took me in right away and not wanting to be picked on again I joined her. Soon after I met John and they wanted me to beat him in the middle of the gym, well I'm pretty sure that that's what they wanted, but I stood up for John and showed him my cuts. We spent gym together and then I went off to math. My arm started to sting and I asked to go to the bathroom not saying why of course. I got there as fast as I could and saw guys around a bathroom stall. I went to check it out and saw John getting a slurry and told them to stop. They attacked me one at a time and I made most of them hurt themselves by dodging them or blocking them like Bro's been teaching me to do. I then pulled John out of the stall after all the guys ran off and checked his vitals before I performed CPR. I was really surprised that brought him back. I never knew that it actually would work but it did and John here gave me a mouth full of water" The room broke out in a soft laughter with Dave snicker and John blushing and laughing as well.

"Well we're all just glad that you saved our friend" The other blond said with a small smirk in his Texan accent. Dave smirked back and nodded slightly as to say 'no problem'.

Mister Clearview looked at everyone in the room then to the new blond "Well Dave I think that you'll get along fine here with people like this who care." Everyone was looking at Dave with a warm smile except the other Strider who had a smirk and the one on the opposite one on the couch who had a straight face but warm look in his eyes and the drug addict to nest to Dave who had a lazy smile on his face. "Now I'll leave you guys to get to know the new boy and I'll talk to you after, Dave, to try to get the identities of the people who were beating John" Dave nodded and Mister Clearview left with a sudden up roar of everyone in the room. It wasn't exactly loud but almost everyone was talking.