Can you keep a secret? (Justin Fanfic)

Chapter Twelve. Just your average day

I woke up with sweat pouring down my face. My room was pitch black besides the green light from my clock which said that it was 5:28am. 

I sat up and wiped the sweat off my head and sighed. I had the worst nightmare about Jacinta and the three people that I had confronted yesterday. I dreamed that Jacinta told everyone about Noah and the three people that beat me up took him. It was the worst nightmare I have ever had.

I decided that going back to sleep probably wasn't the best idea as whenever I closed my eye I saw my nightmare so I got up and had a shower. 

I didn't stay in there for long as the water felt like it was hitting me like a tonne of bricks. I guess yesterdays beat up was really getting to me today.

I changed into what I was going to wear to school which was skinny jeans and a singlet but it was quite cold so I slipped on my hoodie. I dried my hair and tip toed downstairs to get something to eat, but as I got to the kitchen door I remembered last nights fight and suddenly I wasn't hungry anymore.

The sun was just coming up and I opened the curtain in the lounge room to reveal a beautiful sunrise. I stood and watched it thinking about why something so beautiful would happen in a world like this. Everyone is just so self centered these days and the behaviour of some people just sickens me.

I sighed and left the window to turn on the tv. I flipped through the channels but there was nothing good on. I turned it back off and layed down on the couch.  

I must have fallen asleep because I was woken by mum shaking me.

"JUSTIN! Get up. Why are you down here?", she said and continued to shake me.

I pushed her hand away. "I'm awake! I'm down here because I couldn't sleep this morning.", I told her and yawned.

She rolled her eyes. "Well you're going to be late for school."

I looked over at the clock on the wall. "OH MY GOSH! Chaz will be here to pick me up in, like, one minute!", I yelled and jumped off the couch.

I ran upstairs and brushed my teeth, grabbed my bag and as I was fixing my hair my phone rang.

I answered. "Justin! Where are you man?", he asked.

I took one last look in the mirror and walked out my room.

"I'm on my way out now.", I told him and hang up.

Mum watched as I put my phone in my pocket and ran down stairs. When I got downstairs and went to walk past her she stopped me and handed me a paper bag.  I held it up and looked at it, I hsd no idea what it was.

"What's this?",  I asked still confused.

"Your lunch.", she told me looking at me like I was an idiot.

"See you later tonight.", I said putting my lunch in my bag and ran out the house.

Chaz was waiting in the car and as I opened the door he bit his lip. "What happened to you?" he asked.

"I had about one minute to get ready.", I replied and jumped into the car.

He shook his head. "No, I mean the black eye and bruises", he said as he pulled away from the curb.

I sighed. "Jacinta's 'favour'. That's what happened to me.", I told him and looked down at my feet.

Chaz stopped at the traffic light and turned to me "What happened there?", he asked.

I shook my head. "They just beat me up is all and Chaz look at my feet... am I wearing shoes?", I asked and studied my feet.

"You got beat up!?", he yelled and looked down at me feet before laughing, "Um, no. No shoes there. You must have had a hard morning."