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

Part 6

Jojo pov:
The next day, I woke up to a quiet, warm day. I got up and woke up Aileen. I sat down on my bed again and put her onto my lap. I played with her and read a story from a book for children for her. I warmed milk for her and fed her. Then I dressed her up and put her into her cot. Suddenly, my thoughts turned from my little angel to school. I didn't want to go there. Should I just stay at home? Oh yeah right, my uncle was still alive too. I'd be alone and bullied again anyway. And that Nick-guy has probably already forgotten about me, just like everyone else. I guess I can make myself invisible pretty well. I left my room and looked to my uncle. He sat there and looked sober for a change. I just ignored him. I drank a cup of water and got ready for school. Then I took little Aileen and locked my room. Before I left, I took a knife and cut my uncle lose. Then I left the flat. Just like everyday, I brought Aileen to the nursey and then I went to school. I was glad when I reached the class without them catching up with me. During the break, I sneaked behind the school again and sat down on the bench next to the tree I always sit on. My knee still hurt too much to climb up there. Suddenly, someone came closer and closer. I expected to be kicked or punched or pulled on my hair. But instead of that, Nick suddenly hopped over the bench and sat down next to me. 'Hey there',he said. I was kind of shocked, but in a good way.'How did you find me?', I asked since nobody ever comes here. 'Well I saw you come over here and thought I look how you're doing.' 'I'm fine, thanks for asking.', I lied. I'm never fine, to be honest. 'You don't seem fine, Jojo. How's your knee doing?' 'It got better.' 'Did they do anything to you today?' 'No, I haven't  passed them yet.' 'Did they do this to you too?', he asked as he stroked over the back of my hand, right where a big scar was. 'No it wasn't them.', I answered. 'Then what happened?' 'Nick, please...', I said, close to tears. 'Hey, Jojo, what's wrong?', he asked, when he noticed my tears. He put his arm around me and comforted me. I felt so save. I sighed and started talking,'It was my uncle. He tried to stab me but he missed and 'just' slit the  back of my hand. It was a year ago.' 'Oh my god, I'm so sorry, Jojo. I didn't mean to bring anything up.' Well it's not really bringin up something that happens every day, right? I looked down onto my hand and stroked over the hand. Tears ran down my face but I just wiped them away. Nick pulled me closer and calmed me down. The bell rang and we had to go back to class. Nick went next to me. He probably noticed the sad look on my face, so he said,'Hey Jojo, I'm sorry, I really didn't want to make you sad.' 'It's fine, Nick, really.' I gave him a faked smile. 'Will you be at the bench again tomorrow?' 'Yeah, why?' 'Would you mind if I accompany you?' 'No, not at all.', I said smiling. 'Alright, see you tomorrow.' 'Wait,Nick? What about your friends? Won't they think you're weird hanging out with a loser like me?' 'Jojo,first of all, I don't really have friends, plus you're not a loser. You're just surrounded by the wrong people.' 'What do you mean you don't really have friends? Everyone admires you. You made Tyler go away yesterday. Everyone else is afraid of him.' 'Well, I'm not really a social person, that's why I choose to stay alone most of the time. I think that's why everyone thinks I'm 'tough' or 'better than them' but really I'm just a loner by choice.',he smiled. 'Then why are you talking to me?' 'I don't know. You're just so different to everyone else, in a good way.', he smiled. 'Okay.', I answered, slightly smiling too. I didn't think anyone would ever say such a thing. He said goodbye and left. After school, I picked up Aileen and went to the store with her. I hate the store. It's a too big chance to see people there. I entered it and quickly got what I needed, milk and fruits. I paid and left the store. I went home and expected the worst since I had tied him to the radiator.

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