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Chapter 4: Jackson's P.O.V. flashback...

*FLASHBACK*

I could feel the heat radiating off the body beside me. I was on my hands and knees as the person knelt next to me. They put their hand onto the back of my neck, pushing me into the cold hard ground. Dirt and grass being pushed into my face. I felt a powerfull kick to my stomach. I could feel my lip split, from the force in pushing my face to the earth. I was trying to keep my mouth closed, but i coughed trying to get in any air i could. I coughed loudly, several times, spitting out blood and a bit of dirt that managed to get in my mouth. My face was pushed forcefully into the ground again and i swear i heard a crunch. I felt a rush coming from my nose. Oh joy! A blood nose along with everything else, and it's probably broken too. Must remember to go get that checked. And all because i couldn't keep my bloody mouth closed. Huh, funny that, now i have a bloody mouth.

"OI! What the bloody hell do you think you're doing to him?!" Great now i'm hallucinating that someone is sticking up for me.

"Look at that guys! It's Sasha Gay Pace!" One of the guys sniggered. Or not.

"Are you making fun of me because i'm gay?" the guy laughed, with no humour present whatsoever. "How, pathetic." he laughed again.

"Did you just call me pathetic, you worthless piece of..." the guy was cut of when i heard the loud sound of something like a slap, but more defined i guess? I don't know i'm so out of it right now.

"You just punched me!" Ah that's what it was. Probably in the face i'm guessing. Huh serves him right. "You asshole! You just punched me in the face!" The guy closest to me yelled in anger. Well there you go.

Most of what happened after that was a bit of a blur. Well it would be for you too when you're laying face down in the dirt. I felt a strong pair of arms wrap around my body and pull me up. I felt dizzy and everything was still a bit blurry. It took me a couple of minutes for me to see a little bit better.

"Are you ok?" The guy, who i'm guessing saved my ass asked me.

"Ah, yeah i'm fine. Thank you...?" I didn't know his name.

"Oh sorry, i'm Sasha. I think you go to school in the same year as my younger brother, Emlyn?" he asked.

"You're Emlyn and Logan's older brother?" I asked curious.

"Yeah, how do you know Logan?" he asked puzzled.

"Oh um, huh, i oh well, like you said i'm in the same year as Emlyn and i kinda know him a bit." I said not really answering the question.

"YOU like my little sister." he chuckled, quite matter of factly.

"What, uh no, no i don't." Dude how can you convince him if you can't even convince yourself?! I growled to myself. Obviously not aloud.

"Sure, sure." he grinned.

"So, what are you doing here?"

"i could ask you the same thing." he laughed.

"Oh, and I'm Jackson Heath." i answered, again avoiding the almost question thing.

"I know." he answered smuggly.

"Really!? How?!" i asked surprised.

"Those idiots, when they were going off at you." he chuckled.

"Oh, yeah that."

"What was it about?" he asked curiously.

"Rhetorically speaking of course, I may have called one of them a bigoted populous pig who doesn't know anything, and still speaking rhetorically of course,"

"Of course." he said cutting in.

"They may have taken it badly. Although i was surprised any of them knew what i was talking about." I chuckled and Sasha laughed along with me.

"So," he said taking a large gulp of air. "What is it they said, that made you respond like that?"

"Well they said that gay people shouldn't live on this earth. That they infect everyone with their diseases and that they're are stupid animals!" I answered getting quite wound up.

"I see." he replied calmly.

"I mean, i'm not gay, but i have two dads and it really upsets and angers me when people talk about them like that. I know they don't mean specifically my parents, but i just... i just can't see how people can think like that. Their is absolutely nothing wrong with it. Love is love!" i huffed. I couldn't stand people like those guys just before.

"Yeah."

"One of those guys said something before about..."

"Me being gay?" he cut me off again.

"Yeah." i said curious as to what he would say next.

"I am," he said proudly. "And thank you. It's good to know there are people around who aren't so closed minded." he said with a sour grin.

"Thanks again for saving my ass." i laughed.

"Ah crap, we better get you cleaned up." he said taking in my appearance fully. I had blood dirt and stuff that i didn't want to even know about on me.

'Yeah, i don't know if my parents will be for all this." i gestured to my body. We drove in his car to his place and he took me into the bathroom to help get me cleaned up.

*END FLASHBACK*

This was 3 years before the accident. 5 years ago. This was how i became very close with the Pace family. I became bestfriends with Emlyn, seeing as he was my age, but i became very very close with Sasha. I could go to him and talk to him about anything. He was like a big brother for me, but we were super super close. I even had a crush on his little sister, Logan. She is 2 years younger than me and 5 years younger than Sasha. Yes i was 13 when i got in that fight! 13 you ask? Yes 13. I was smart for a kid my age, wasn't i? And anyway, i loved my parents and i still do! I wasn't going to let someone say that and get away with it.

When, when Sasha and Logan were in that accident... Anyway, it's been 2 years since then it's in the past. No one ever talks about it. Especially the Pace family, especially after what happened to Logan because of it. It's just known that you never talk about it around Logan because of what happened to her...

Don't i just love having those sorts of flashbacks and memerising about those things? HA! Note my sarcasm.

"Jackson, are you ready to go?" my dad called to me from downstairs.

"Yeah, coming." i called back, grabbing my hoodie. We were going into town to get some things from the shops with my dad, whilst my little brother stayed at home with my other dad.

Yes, if you haven't already picked up on the fact that i have two dads well yes i do. I am adopted and so is my little brother, but i wouldn't give up my family for anything. I pulled on my shoes then ran down the stairs to meet my dad, ready to go.

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NOTE:

bigoted populous pig: intolerant/prejudiced large pig.

Hey!!!! so this is the fourth chapter or whatever. Anyway i hope that when you're reading this it makes sense. If not just ask me haha. So pretty much this is one of Jackson's flashbacks of how he met Sasha and really became involved in the Pace family. Yes Sasha is Logan and Emlyn's older brother and there is a reason why he or the accident is never mentioned, especially around Logan. This will all be explained in the future. I really hope you are enjoying this so far. I am having so much fun writing it and i can't wait to write the next chapter.

Anyway, i hope you, yes you are liking it so far haha :) I won't have this *gestures to stuff writen by me (not story bit.)* all the time at the ends haha, just occasionally. :)