Nose in a Book

Six-Mags

THREE DAYS LATER

New rule, Jared had to start helping me with my jobs, to keep him busy. We mostly didn't talk at all during those periods. He tried to start conversations with me but I'd always end them, yesterday he got mad with my response and hit his hand against the table saying something like "God damn it, Mags can't we just try to be friends? Can't you just talk to me?" I knew he really wasn't curious about the books I read or things I did outside of school, I knew he really just wanted to talk about were we stood, but I didn't want to talk about it because either way it didn't work out for me. If he said he wanted to be more, I couldn't handle being in the public eye, If he said he wanted us to try and be friends I don't think I could after that kiss. So here i was living in denial not accepting the fact that I would adventually have to talk to Jared.

"You are so bad with detail, its almost a talent" Holly's voice comes from behind me. I turn around and give her a questioning look. She walks like she means hell with a bag on her shoulder and books in her hand, sometime I wonder why she's friends with me, but I never question it. "So spill!" Her voice brings me out of thought and I blink before thinking again.

"What are you talking about" I say looking away. I find Jared walking down the hallway, his eyes locked on mine. I break the stare and look back at Holly, grabbing her arm and pulling her the other way.

"You know our class is the other direction, right?" She says noticing the expression on my face. She turns and look behind us before getting a smirk on her face and turning back. "Oh? so the rumors aren't true? Because baby everyone is saying your Jared's girl, even though you showed up at the party people are saying that you and him had a fight and you're just trying to make him jealous."

"a) Jared and I are not together, b) I didn't use Cole to make him jealous, and c) I m not in the mood for this today so could we please move on."  Holly nods and we walk around the school in a circle to finally get to class, but right before we walk into class a hand grabs my rist and pulls me against a locker. From then on everything happens in slow motion. I meet Cole's eyes for a second before Holly starts yelling something like "What the hell fucking let her go" She starts pulling on his arm, and then he starts yelling.

"You know Maggie," I cringe at the name. " you could've jut told me you were only saying yes to make Jared jealous, but no you fucking lied to me you bitch!" I'm about to say something back when Cole is pulled away from me and pushed on the floor. And then Jared starts shouting, I know it's bad but my first thought was this is certainly not going to help the rumors. But then the fist were thrown. Cole started it but Jared was in no way scared to continue it. I blinked and then finally gathered my scattered thoughts. 

"Jared, stop it" I shouted pulling him off Cole. His eyes met mine and saw the bruise starting to form on his jaw and my hand cups his face as I pulled him in the other direction. His eyes keep searching mine but my concern is on his face. "God are you okay?" I ask my eyes finally meeting his. His eyes close and when they open I finally see the pain he's in. " Come on lets go get some ice on that."

After Jared and I maid it to the nurse, I left to go find Holly who was already running down the hall in my direction. "Holy hell, girl the grape vine is full and all the rumors are focused on you, by the way I'm totally pissed at you for lying to me about Jared"

"For god's sake Hol, I didn't lie to you about Jared"

"Well you sure as Hell did't tell me you were into him, and by the looks of it you didn't tell Cole either." She says her eyes sparkling with excitement, god she's luckily I love her because I m so not in the mood for this right now. I just want to go home and sleep, you know what I'm gonna call my grandpa and see that thats arranged because I am in know mood for the social network known as high school today.

"I'm not into him, plus I would never use Cole, honestly they're all rumors."

"Girl, you're a bad liar, you know Cole starting pounding on jared and Jared starting pounding right back but the only one you concerned yourself with was Jared, you sure as Hell didn't say 'Jared Cole you both stop it' No baby your full concern landed on Jared and weather he was okay or not" I process what she says and damn but she's right. I didn't even check on Cole my full concern was on Jared, but his urge just came over me t know that he was okay, but it wasn't because I was into him, was I? No it was because he had pulled Cole off of me, because Cole was being a dick so I didn't have to be worried about him.

"I'm gonna go call my grandfather, I'll see you later, and Holly you're right I am just trying to get out of this conversation." I sad walking away from her and heading towards Mrs.Burns office. I pass Jared coming out of it and his hand finds mine for a second squeezing it before letting it go and continue to walk away as if nothing had happend.

"Ah, Mags, I was just going to send for you please come in." i took my usual spot in the chair closest to the window.

"Mrs.Burns can I call my Grandfather I don't really think I can handle being here today." I say trying to sound sincere as possible. I was being nice and Mrs.Burns knew that if she didn't let me I'd just leave school anyway. However, my grandfather wasn't very happy when I did that, so he asked me to ask and use ditching as a last resort hence why I wasn't already on my way home.

"I'll make you a deal, just answer a few questions for me and then you can call." 

"I'll give you two questions" I say with a sharpness in my voice that I didn't mean to be there. but I don't apologize I am so not in the mood as I had said what three times now?

"Did Cole hurt you this morning"

"Cole was enraged about a rumor he had heard, thanks to you punish jared by sticking him with me in 5th period, anyway he was taking out his anger on me and he didn't hurt me but he did physically push me against a locker and had a tight grip on my wrist but nothing serious"

"Okay, Second question, who through the first punch, and i'm sorry but I have one more is it true you broke up the fight?"

"Jared tackled Cole but Cole hit him first, and I was shocked at first but when I realized what was happening I stopped it."

"Okay I'm going to excuse you for the day, go a head call your grandfather and go on home."

"Thanks" I say exciting the office and heading down the hallway calling my grandfather at work. He answers on the third ring and I calmly tell him everything that happend today. The rumors, Cole pushing me against the lockers, Jared removing him, the fight, and concluding that I was excused for the rest of the day and heading home.

"How's your rist" He mumbles and I barely hear him through the back ground noise.

"Fine"

"What?" This was normal to add on to his bad hearing there was a lot of noise in the background and he usually couldn't hear me unless I was shouting.

"FIne" I repeat.

"I ought to hit that boy right on the head for cornering you like that, listen darling you sound kind of well frazzled," I walk outside the school and spot Jared walking towards a truck him expression showing his concentration on what ever he's thinking. "I don't want you driving, I'll come and get you."

"I'm really fine grandpa, I can drive myself really." I say. He hates leaving work early, all the guys he works with are idiots and he lives by the philosophy that if you want it right do it yourself.

"No, no driving for you."

"What if I get a ride, would you be okay with that"

"I suppose but no driving, promise."

"Promise" I say hanging up and running to catch up with Jared. "Jared, Jared!" He turns and he eyes meet mine I can see I ruined the concentration on what ever he's thinking but I'm to tired to care I may have only been at school for two hours but its been exhausting. "Will you drive me home, my grandfather is ver concerned and doesn't think Im in the frame of mood to drive?" I say noticing the bruises on his face the need to ask him if he's okay runs over me again, god what is wrong with me.

"Sure, come on."