Please Stay... (A Pen Fanfic)

Part 3: Pat And Jen

Jen's POV

"Jennifer," I hear  someone's voice calling my name, "Jennifer." It's not Beth. I wake up, suddenly, and rub my sore head. A guy is standing near me. Was he calling my name?

"Jen!" I hear Beth call out, "you're ok!" She takes my hand, and helps me stand up. I finally get a good look at the guy. Omg, it's Pat Brown! He's one of the most popular guys in the whole school. He is also one of the strongest. He's so handsome, but he'd never date me. He's Frannie's boyfriend, anyway.

"Frannie, to the principal's office, now!" Mrs. Hems shouts at her, and I smile a little, and she storms off, clearly mad.

"Are you ok?" Pat asks me. Wait, did Pat just talk to me!?

"Yeah, I'm fine," I reply calmly, but I'm literally dying on the inside.

"That's good, I'm glad you're ok," he says to me, "hey, can you talk to me after class?" He asks. My mind is like YES YES YES YES!!!!!

"Yeah, I can, sure thing," I reply. We continue our game, and I sit out in the bleachers. When class ends, I walk up to Pat. "You wanted to talk to me?" I ask him.

"Yep," he replies, taking my hand. I'm holding hands with Pat Brown!!! The Pat Brown!!!!! "Why do you want to talk to me?" I ask.

"Well, I kinda have a slight crush on you," he starts to say, "who am I kidding, I think you're beautiful, absolutely gorgeous!" I blush. Pat Brown has a crush on me!!! I can't wait to tell Beth the news! "Can you come over after school?" He asks me.

"Sure, I mean, I'd love to, but my brother would kill me," I reply.

"Come on, it'll be our little secret," he says, walking away from me, "Bye Jennifer." "Jen," I call out to him as he leaves, "bye Pat!" Beth walks up to me, flabbergasted. "Guess who has a crush on me!" I shriek, "Pat asked me to his house after school."

"Pat Brown has a crush on you?" Beth asks, stunned.

"Yeah, even I can't believe it," I reply, "Bob's gonna kill me if I go to his house, but I don't care anymore."

*Timeskip To The End Of The Day*

I hear my bus being called, and I walk to the door to leave school. I see Pat and Frannie holding hands. He flashes me a quick smile, and I do the same. "Look who's here," Frannie says, "shouldn't you be in the trash can. You look like trash." I just want to punch her in the face, but instead I start walking faster. I get on the bus, and take my usual seat. Pat and Frannie sit diagonal from me. Frannie takes a straw and shoots spitballs at me. "Here, you try," she says to Pat, handing him the straw. He takes it, the puts it up to his mouth. He blows into it, and hits Frannie in the back of the head.

"Sorry," he says to her, "I have bad aim." She picks the spitball out of her hair.

"It's ok babe," she replies, cheerfully, "I forgive you." The bus doors open, and two kids get off. The bus continues moving once they exit. It makes another stop, and Frannie gets up. "Bye sweetheart," she says to Pat, kissing him on the cheek, and staying there for a while.

"You have to get off," the bus driver snaps at her, and she gets up. The second that she turns around, Pat gags. When she gets off the bus, he moves over and sits next to me. I move closer to the window to give him some more space, but he just moves closer to me.

"So... Tell me about yourself," Pat says to me, "why does no one like you?" I remember what Mr. Green said. 'You have to tell someone...' I decide to tell Pat, I feel that I can trust him.

"Well..." I start to say, "my parents divorced, and me and my brother Bob moved away from my abusive dad. We used to be really close, but Bob ended up becoming a drug addict, and he now abuses me. He slapped me this morning." I point to the red mark on my face.

"Omg, I feel so bad for you Jen. Why does everyone hate you?" He asks. I've only told Beth this, and no one else.

"Um... I cut myself," I whisper, "Bob hates me, my classmates hate me, my parents hate me. I'm just a freak accident, that's all I am and all I will ever be." I turn my head to face the window.

"No, your not an accident," he replies, grabbing my face looking directly into my eyes, "not a beautiful girl like you."

"Yes I am," I say.

"Jen... Don't doubt yourself like that. The second I saw you on the bus this morning I knew you were special. Your long, brown hair, beautiful brown eyes..." I cut him off.

"I think you're just doing this to make Frannie jealous, you really don't like me like that, do you?"

"No, I'm not trying to make Frannie jealous, and yes, I do like you like that." He starts tickling me.

"No... Stop... Please... You're torturing me... Stop it," I say in between laughing.

"I'll stop once you stop doubting yourself," he says.

"Fine... I'll stop doubting myself, just please stop tickling me," I say, and he stops.

"You really hate being tickled," he says to me.

"Yeah, I'm very sensitive," I reply. He stares at my shirt.

"You're a gamer?" He asks me. YES!!!!

"Yeah, I love video games. I love to just take a break from my life and become a video game character," I answer.

"Me too," he replies, "Frannie is way to clingy." I can't believe that someone besides Beth and Mr. Green actually likes me, and cares about me.

"Why do you date Frannie, if you hate her so much?" I ask Pat.

"My parents want me to date her because she is the most popular girl in school. I would honestly rather date you than her. You're way nicer, and prettier too." He answers, and I blush. The bus stops. "That's my stop," Pat says, and we start walking down the isle. He takes my hand once we get off, and our fingers interlace. "I'll let go when we get to the door," he whispers. We walk up to the door, and he knocks on it, letting go of my hand. His mom opens it.

"Hi sweetie, who's this?" She says to him.

"Oh, she's just a friend of mine, her name's Jen," he replies.

"Come on in, Jen, make yourself at home," his mom says to me.