2+2=4~Jenzie (COMPLETED)

Happy Place

Mackenzie

It's been a week and a half of Johnny's tutoring sessions with me. He's still very quiet and only has conversations with Hayden and Carson, but I've gotten him to talk to me a little more.  He talks to me in math now since we have to sit next to each other but he never really initiates the conversation. He doesn't trust me. I don't know why. I'm not going to hurt him, but I'm scared Brandon might. He hates it when I hang out with guys, even Jacob and Joey and we've all been friends for years. I was standing by my locker with the group when we all heard screaming and running. When we looked Johnny, Hayden, and Carson tore out from around the corner and raced past us. Johnny's  cheek was bleeding and he looked scared. We spun our entire bodies to see where they was going. They kept sprinting and turned a corner. Three seconds later, Zack and his gang emerged from the same corner Johnny and his friends came from. They were mad.

“GET BACK HERE FAGGOTS!!” They screamed. Johnny had avoided them all week and they were mad. Behind me I heard Brandon laugh as they raced past us. It was quiet after that except for some faint screams from far away. The bell rang soon after that and we all went to first period. I kept thinking about whether Johnny was OK or not. I ran to Mrs. Hopper's room as soon as the bell rang. I was the first one there and I sat in my seat quickly to catch my breath. Soon enough, students started to file through the door and Johnny was one of them.  He sat on my right and I turned to him. “You alright?” he just nodded and took out his algebra book. The only thing that looked wrong with him was that his right cheek had a cut on it. His injuries from last week had mostly healed. He was quiet for the rest of class and in all of our others too.

When the bell for last period rang I went straight to the library with Johnny. We were walking next to each other talking about Mr. D’s weird haircut when suddenly Johnny was shoved to the ground from behind. I spun around to see Brandon with an angry look on his face. “Was he bothering you?” Brandon asked. “ No Brandon, no he's my math tutor. I get tutored by him for math everyday after school. Mrs. Hopper assigned him to me.” I looked back to Johnny who was standing up.

Brandon laughed. “Wow Kenz I'm sorry. I didn't know that you were being forced to spend time with filth like him.” Brandon went to shove Johnny again but Johnny stepped out of the way. “Brandon please. He's not bothering me.” “You know I don't want you hanging out with other guys.” he scolded. “ I know baby but Johnny's just a friend.” Brandon sighed and unclenched his fists. “Alright. But you're not going alone. You can't be alone with guys even if they're our friends.” I just grinned and kissed him. One kiss turned into two and soon we were making out. Eventually I broke away and turned back around but Johnny wasn't there. I was confused for a second. “Let's go check the library. “ I said grabbing Brandon's hand. “That's where we go for it.”

Johnny's POV

I was going to be sick. At first it was just one kiss but then Brandon tightened his grip on her waist and held her there. The made out for about thirty seconds without a sign of stopping so I just turned around and left. I went to the library and waited. I finished my homework and pulled out a book. Half Brother.  It was about a kid whose parents bring home a monkey as an experiment. He has to take care of the monkey like it's his brother and he hates it but eventually learns to love it. It's a really good book, I've read it twice. I was so engulfed in the book that I didn't even notice Mackenzie and Brandon come over until my head was shoved. I looked up to the left and saw Brandon there grinning with his arm around Mackenzie's shoulders. “What's he doing here?” I blurted.

“He just-” Mackenzie started but was cut off by Brandon. “I'm here to protect my girl. You got a problem with that, nerd?” I shook my head and put my book away. Mackenzie went to sit next to me as always but Brandon stopped her. He pulled her over to him in his seat across the table from me. I sighed quietly and put the book in the middle. I started to go over the lesson but Brandon closed the book. I looked up at him and he was just grinning like the idiot he is. I opened the book again and started talking but he closed it once more. “Really?” I said annoyed. “Baby please?” Mackenzie said turning to her. He kissed her and she smiled. I just went back to the book and looked for the page I was on. “Hey I'm gonna go to the bathroom okay?” Shit. “Alright babe see you in a sec. “ she smiled and walked out of the library. Brandon's smiled faded as soon as the library door closed. His face got really serious, a little angry. “Listen here, Johnny.” he said my name with disgust. “ You might have to tutor Kenzie but that's the only time you will ever spend with her. She doesn't like you and never will so don't try anything.”

“I don't like her. And I never will either. Even if I did I wouldn't do anything. She's not my girlfriend and she's a popular.” I told him. His evil grin came back immediately when he heard this. “Good. I'm glad you know where you stand. Just know if anything happens I'll fucking kill you.” Mackenzie walked back over at this time and Brandon's face changed from scary and mad to happy and nice. He smiled at her and pulled her onto his lap. They started making out again and I looked away. Fucking disgusting. I waited about two minutes for them to stop but they didn't. I put the book back into my bag and got up. They broke away and Mackenzie asked, “Hey where are you going?” I didn't respond. I didn't even look at her. I just started walking away. She tried to get up to go after me but Brandon pulled her back into a kiss.

I made it to the band room and saw that no one was there and smiled. I love having the band room to myself. That's where I would store my guitar during the school day. I opened the door to reveal the barely lit room and walked in. I put my bag in the corner and walked over to my guitar. I sat down against the wall and started to play. I wasn't really playing anything specific, just letting my fingers flow. This was my happy place. I wish I could stay here forever.

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