My Last Year..

Chapter 31: Bruised Knuckles

Matt's POV

Jenny Walked Away From LJ And Started To Walk With Derrick And Me... "So What's With You And Your Prince Over There?" Derrick Said Trying To Joke With Jenny. "Why Don't You Shut The Hell Up You Cunt!" She Snapped At Him.... "Sorry... I Just... Ugh" She Said Apologizing.. It Was About Eight So We Had About An Hour Til We Needed To Get To Vans... Jen Didn't Want To Explain What Happened To Her Parents So I Let Her Come Over And Chill For A While.... "I'd Always Wondered What A Gun Shot Would Feel Like... Now I Realize That's Not Fun And Games.." She Giggle As She Spoke.. "The Only Thing Worse Than This Thing On My Arm Is Jas.." She Put Her Head Down On The Table.. "Awwee Cheer Up Buddy!" I Said Setting The Cookies And Ice Cream On The Table As I Turned To Look For Cups And Bowls.. We Sat And Ate While She Explained What Happened With LJ And Tina... "What's So Great About Her? She's Got A Different Guy On Her Dick Every Two Second!" Jenny Said Ranting... She When On For A Good 15 Minutes... "Sorry To Interrupt But We Need To Head Over To Vans Now.." I Said Cutting In... "Oh Yea Sorry I Forgot..." she Said Apologetically.. We Got In The Truck With Silence And Drove To Vans Still More Silence.. Jenny's My Best Friend.... And Jas Was Like My Fourth Friend.... So I Dont Really Know How She's Feeling...

We Walk In And Everyone Was Already Sitting Down Laughing... I Sat Next To Mariah And Jen Sat Next To Derrick.. We Were All Sitting Eating And Enjoying Ourselves... No One Was Worried About The Shooting We Were All Just Happy.. And Mariah.... She Just Looked So Beautiful... She Was Smiling Again... And I Was Just So Mesmerized.... "I Love Her.." I Said Thinking Aloud... Everyone Was Staring And Me And I Was Staring At Mariah... "I Love Her Fries!" I Said Shoving Greasy Potatoes In My Mouth... "Those Are Justin's.." Mariah Said Calmly... "I- I Knew That But Sometimes I Call Justin A Girl.." I Said Trying To Cover Up My Mistake... "Dude You've Never Called Me A Girl.. And You Just Shoved My Fries In Your Mouth.." Justin Replied... "Can We Just Go Back And Forget This Happened..?" I Asked Everyone Laughed And Went Back To Their Conversations.. Mariah Stayed Staring At Me... She Was Blushing... She Smiled And Turned Back To Abby... I Felt Soo Humiliated... I Know Mariah Doesn't Like All That Love Dovey Couple Stuff Like Abby And Justin Are.. But She Didn't Seem Mad... "Alright Well I'm Gonna Chill Outside After I Pay My Tab.." Derrick Announced.. "I Think I'll Go Too.." Abby Said Starting To Stand Up.. "Are You Paying Or Me Babe?" She Asked Justin.. "Well Seeing How Matt Ate All Of Our Fries... And Your Saving Up For Your Surgery I'll Pay.." Justin Replied.. "Sorry Man.." I Said Before Paying And Getting Up To Leave With Everyone Else... One By One We All Eventually Went Outside... The Guys On One Side The Girls On The Other... "Soo Fatty What's Up With That Little Outburst?" Derrick Asked... "I Know Man! You Ate Up All My Damn Fries... And I Sure As Hell Wasn't Gonna Order Anymore.." Justin Joked.. We All Laughed... "Hey Who's That..?" Justin Asked Pointing To A Truck That Pulled Up A Few Yards In Front Of The Girls... And Some Short Guy With Messed Up Hair Wobbled Out And The Truck Left.. "I Don't Know But He Looks Like That Thing From Harry Potter.. What Is It Dobby Or Something?" Derrick Joked... But He Was Walking Towards The Girls... The Way He Looked It Was Familiar But It Was Really Dark.. And Then He Started Talking... "Oh Shit That's LJ... Jenny! I Need To Go Help Her!" I Said Making My Way To The Girls.. But Jenny Looked At Me And Held Up A Hand Telling Me To Stay... The Boys Were Behind Me... "What's Happening?" Justin Asked. "Just Hold On" I Replied.. We Watched As He Was Speaking... He Kept Moving From Girl To Girl.. But He Was Drunk He Probably Couldn't Keep Still... He Spit Twice.. Wiped His Mouth And Kept Going... The Girls Listened For A Bit.. Mariah Stayed Quiet.. The Girls Started Telling Him To Go Away... He Was No Longer Moving Girl To Girl... He Was Planted Right In Front Of Mariah Talking To Her.... She Kept Moving Back And He Kept Moving Closer.. Jenny Waved A Hand Telling Me To Come... He Had Mariah Up Against The Wall... I Started To Rush Over There... And Just As I Did He Grabbed Mariah... He Better Not.... I Thought.. But He Did...He Kissed Her... She Pushed Him Away Immediately.... But My Anger Was Already Taking Over My Actions... I Tackled Him To The Cement.. My Fist Were Weightless... I Punched Him Over And Over... "Hey Man Stop!" Justin Shouted.. But I Couldn't Stop... There Was Blood On My Knuckles But He Was Still Breathing... For Once I Wanted Him Dead... Derrick And Justin Tried Pry Me Off But I Kept Going... I Just Couldn't Mariah Is Mine... Who Does He Think He Is... "Matt... Stop!" I Heard Mariah Yell... I Paused... And Looked At LJ.. He Was Unconscious His Face Was Swollen... There Was A Cut On His Cheek.. And There Was Blood Coming From His Nose And Mouth.. It Was Horrid... "I'm Sorry- I Just- He Kissed You- And- I'm So Sorry..." I Quickly Got Up... I Moved To Hug Mariah.. She Backed Away... "Hug Me When You Get The Blood Off Your Hands.." Mariah Said Looking Down And My Bloody Hands.. "Fair Enough.." I Replied.. I Looked Back At LJ.. Justin Was Kneeling Next To Him.. "Well We Can't Just Leave Him Here Someone Has To Take Him To His House.. And I Have A Curfew..." Justin Stated... "I Can Take Him." Derrick Offered. "But I Don't Think He's Gonna Wake Up Anytime Soon.. And I Don't Know Where He Lives..." Everyone Looked At Jenny.. She's The Only Other Person Who Knows Where He Lives...

"I Guess I'll Go..." She Said Looking Kinda Worried.. "Don't Sweat It He Won't Touch You... He's Passed Out.." Justin Assured Her.. "Ok But Maybe We Should Clean Him Up First.." She Replied.. "I Have Wipes In My Car..." Mariah Said Walking To Her Car... She Came Back With A Box Of Baby Wipes.. Jenny Slowly Cleaned His Face... And I Just Stared... Amazed By What I Saw... Once They Were Done... Abby And Justin Left... I Helped Them Put LJ In The Truck.. And Then They Left Too... It Was Just Mariah And Me... I Stayed Quiet..

"What's Wrong?" Mariah Asked Me... "LJ.." I Started My Reply.. "He Wasn't Even Recognizable... I Did That To Him... I Feel Like Such A Monster.." She Looked At Me... "Hey You're Not A Monster... You're Human You Make Mistakes... You're Anything But A Monster..."

She Paused..

"You're Matt.... And I Love You..."

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