Joe entered Math class which he shared with Demi alone, Willa and Nick had their own classes but Demi was glad that they weren't here. Joe could sit with her and it would help him settle a bit. She knew what was going on and wanted to help him get through it. He saw Demi at the back of the class reading over notes seeing his friends at the front.
"Joe come sit down!" One of his friends called but Joe shook his head heading to the back of the class taking a seat next to Demi who smiled up at him.
"Feel better for a fag?" Demi questioned Joe nodding his head gently, she could smell it on him, she gathered he had more than one but it was his way to get through the stress of what he's been going through. She planned to help him eventually quit.
"Yeah a little bit but I still don't know if this is what we should be doing, I already know what they are thinking." Joe stated putting his bag under the desk once he had gotten if notebooks out and on the table so he could get ready for class to start.
"You shouldn't care what they think Joe, this is about you and getting you enough confidence to speak up and being with your friends won't do that. I'll help you," Demi assured him Joe nodding his head gently. "So how many sisters do you have?"
"Three, they are all older and I live alone with my mom and step dad. All my sisters have their own lives now, all have kids." Joe explained.
"So you sometimes feel like an only child?" Joe shook his head gently.
"I love all my sisters and nieces and nephews, admittedly I don't see them enough but I do try." Joe explained Demi smiling.
"I am an only child or was so I don't know what it's like to have any siblings." Demi answered as they begun to note down what their teacher had wrote on the board.
"It was weird growing up with three older sisters, I've seen the pictures as evidence. They used to dress me when I was barely old enough to know they were girls clothes," Joe rolled his eyes Demi giggling. "It's not funny, wearing makeup as a three year old." Demi continued to laugh as Joe shook his head gently at her.
Joe and Demi exited the classroom along with their classmates as the bell echoed throughout the school. Joe had ignored his friends taunts all lesson and continued at they made their way down the hall. He was finding it hard to change who he was all at once but he was just thankful Demi was there to help him through it, he knew he wouldn't be able to do it himself.
"Just ignore them." Demi encouraged.
"I'm trying." Joe mumbled looking behind him seeing his so called friends making kissy faces at him. Demi grabbed his arm forcing him around the corner so they would go straight on to their lesson. She bit her lip gently when his body hit hers but released looking up at him as he backed off a bit his eyes on her.
"Um you don't need to even look at them Joe, just trust me alright? You'll be fine, I'll make sure that things get better for you without your step father knowing that I know." Demi urged Joe sighing nodding his head gently.
"I just don't want to bring you into this either, I don't want someone else getting hurt because of him." Joe stated as they begun walking again. This class was with Nick and Willa, Joe couldn't lie. He wasn't looking forward to it.
"I've been hurt too many times now for it to bother me." Demi shrugged her shoulders.
"That doesn't make me feel better though, if you were to get hurt because of me I don't know what I'd do about that." Even though Joe had only just let her in he didn't want anybody to get hurt from his step father which is why he had been taking the beatings. To protect the women around him and now Demi was just another name to add to the list of people he had to protect and take beatings for.
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