Promise you won't leave...(Nick and Jojo)

Part 4

Jojo pov:
Finally, he released his hand from my throat and I took a deep breath. Apparently he wasn't done yet since he told the two guys to let go and pushed me onto the floor brutally again. Most of the people had left by now. I whimpered when he pressed my head against the rough ground. Suddenly, when Tyler was just about to break my arm, someone shouted,'Hey asshole, leave him alone!' Tyler didn't even think about looking at the person who said that. The others were suddenly quiet. I heard steps coming closer as he pulled my hand even further up my back. I whimpered again. Suddenly, he got pulled off me and pushed away from me. Tyler was very irritated because he obviously didn't think that someone would try to help me. He looked at the person who pulled him off of me. 'Whatever man, he fucking deserves it.', Tyler said. 'Shut the fuck up now.', said the boy and seemed to be pulling him up and threatening him. He pushed Tyler away from him and Tyler went away swearing angrily. I still lay on the floor. 'Hey, are you okay?', the boy said calmly snd kneed next to me. His voice just changed from threatening to somehow comforting. The boy touched my shoulder and turned me around. He had very pretty blue eyes, black, styled hair and he smiled caring. I sat up and held my hurting knee. I wiped away my tears.'Who are you? And why did you do that? Nobody cares about me or that I get bullied, so why?', I said with a shaking voice. His hand was still on my shoulder and I put my arms around my feet. 'I'm Nick Mayorga. I helped you because I don't want anyone to be bullied. And when I saw you, I knew that you'd need help.' 'Thanks Nick, I think he would have killed me if you hadn't stopped him. I'm Jojo Sim, by the way.', I answered. 'I know who you are. They talk a lot of bad stuff about you. I'm 18, so one school level over you.' 'I know they do.' He stood up and reached for my hand. I grabbed it and he pulled me up. Nick was taller than me and looked pretty well-trained. My knee still hurt like hell and I couldn't really put pressure on it. Nick noticed that I had problems walking back into the school so he put his arm around my upper body and supported me while walking. 'Should I bring you to the school nurse?', he asked. 'No it's okay.' 'Are you sure, I mean you have to walk home, you know?' 'Okay, fine.' He brought me to the nurses office and sat me down onto a chair. The nurse looked at my knee and put a supportive bandage around it. Nick stayed next to me while she was doing it. 'What happened?', she asked. 'Someone stepped o...', Nick started talking but I interrupted him,'I just fell down the stairs.' Nick looked at me confused. After the nurse was done, she told me to walk carefully snd that it shoud get better during the week. Nick and I left the nurses office. 'Why did you lie to the nurse? Don't you want them to get the punishment they deserve?' He looked into my eyes. 'I don't want to give them a reason to kill me right away.', I said with an emotionless face,'because they would, trust me.',I added and showed him the still bleeding wound on my neck. 'Oh god I'm so sorry. How long have they been doing things to you?' I looked away. 'Jojo, how long?', he asked caring and lifted my chin so I had to look at him. He actually looked...worried. 'A few years.', I answered quiet. 'I'm so sorry, Jojo.', he said and stroked over my shoulder. The bell rang, that means the last lesson for the day started. 'Hey Jojo, I gotta get back to class now. Will you be okay?' 'Yeah, sure.' 'Okay. See ya.', he said and left, after stroking over my shoulder one last time. Then I stood there again. Alone. I probably will never see or talk to him ever again. Thats how everyone else is. They play nice but leave you alone after all. I don't blame him. Why wouldn't he? Why would anyone want to be friends with a mental wreck that gets bullied? I didn't even notice that I started crying again. Yes, I've already gotten used to it but it still hurts.
After the last lesson, I hurried out of the school and picked up Aileen from the nursery again.I walked around with Aileen on my arms for a pretty long time, just to avoid going 'home'.

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