Adopted by Our2ndLife

Chapter 5

At 10:30 I finally decide to roll off the couch, I stand up off the couch and stretch my arms.

"Finally" I hear someone grumble, I turn my head and I see Jc sitting at the kitchen island.

"How do you keep popping up when I wake up?" I say annoyed. Why the hell does he keep following me and babysitting me?

"We need to talk about yesterday." he says, he stands up and walks over to me.

"Talk about what?-" I roll my eyes "-and you need to stop babysitting me. I'm only 1 year younger than you... I think"

"I'm not babysitting you, and talk about why you ran away from me." "I didn't run, I was stopping myself from slapping the shit out of you" I say, a little bit of steam rolls off me.

"Oh so you think you could beat me up?" Jc says, clearly amused.

I snort, "Maybe-" I jut my hand up and am 1 inch away from his face before he catches me wrist.

He raises an eyebrow, dammit he's good. I shake my wrist out of his grip and stick out my tongue, "You aren't acting your a-age." he tease me.

"Maybe that's why I babysit you." Jc smirks and I send him mental death threats.

I stare him done and he does the same, I stare right into his soft content brown cocoa eyes. They flicker at my hazel eyes, I notice slight intensity. I shrug my shoulder back but don't break eye contact, my eyes start to dry up and I blink and lose contacts.

Jc and I awkwardly straighten up, "So... why did you run away from me?" Jc asks softly.

He looks a bit vulnerable so I answer honestly, "Because... I was just so annoyed and I felt shot down. This whole time I've stayed here you've criticized me and babied me, when I was living with my stepdad he abused me. Not only physically-" I tug my shirt down a little bit so he can see a bruise on my collar bone "-but emotionally. He told me I was a waste of breathe and I could have just left my mom and she would have been better off. For 2 years I've been subjected to depression and beatings for no reason, I ran away to get away from that but now I feel like you're putting me down- just like him."

Jc looks at his feet and stays silent, I shake my head and grab my bags of clothes and head to the bathroom to get changed- I hope he understands what I just told him, because he's the only person I've ever told about my step dad.

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When I'm changed and groomed I exit the bathroom, someone grabs my wrist and whisks me into a room. It's none other than Jc, he locks the door and I'm suddenly scared.

"Why'd you lock the door?" "So we can talk." "And we can't talk outside because..." "I'm about to tell you something very personal"

Shocked, I sit down on the bed and stare at him.

He takes a deep breath and starts, "Ok I'm sorry. I'm sorry for being a possessive little shit, I'm sorry for criticizing every little thing you did, and I'm sorry for observing you like a 3rd grade science project."

I laugh at that last part, he continues. "I just get possessive over stupid little things- and I'm sorry. I just want you to know that I never meant to hurt you at all, ok?"

I nod, "So are we cool" he offers me a fist bump.

I hesitate to make him nervous but end up bumping back, "That wasn't very personal..." I say.

"Well I'm not used to-" "Admitting your feelings?" I laugh.

He rolls his eyes and unlocks the door- pushing me out. Jc will never learn- will he?

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For lunch I decide to eat some chips I found in the pantry, I gobble down half the bag and put it back right before the door bell rings.

I look at it skeptically, I slowly open up the door and thankfully it's not another boy.

It's a brunette girl with tab skin and beautiful eyes, she smiles at me. I smile back and let her in- hopefully she comes her often and it's a robber.

"Hi-" she waves to me "- I'm Andrea."

I wave back, "I'm Tori."

She nods, "Yeah, I'm just crashing here for a while."

She nods again in understand meant, "So, are you a friend?" I ask her.

"Yeah, yeah. Actually I'm dating Kian." "Oh, cool."

I have no idea what to say to this girl, she unbelievable gorgeous and has impeccable taste in clothing.

I hear footsteps behind me and Andrea walks past me. I turn around to see Andrea and Kian kissing- ok awkward...

I slowly edge away from the couple and into the kitchen again, "Happy couple kissing?" I hear a voice behind me.

"Yeah" I laugh, I sit down next to Connor on the couch.

For a while we just it there flipping through channels before he breaks the silence.

"So... what's going on with you and Jc?"

I drop the pillow I'm holding in shock, did he really just ask me that?

"Nothing." I say, he looks at me like I'm a moron.

"Tori, what's up? I've never seen Jc so... protective over anyone."

I roll my eyes, "Maybe he's just a pain in the ass that likes to annoy me."

"Oh he's definitely a pain in your ass..." Connor winks at me.

I don't understand at first, then I smack him in the arm for his sexual comment.

"Oh shut up. There is nothing going on, he's just an annoying guy who I happen to share a house with." I shrug.

Connor observes me without trying to hide it one bit, "Whatever you say... But I do think he's growing on you."

He leans back in his chair and puts his hands behind his head, "Fine, think what you want. But I do not like Jc."

Then I storm off to the back yard, what's with him? How can he not see Jc and I do not mix, I mean we don't! Do we?