Psycho (Under Editing)

Chapter Six - May Tenth (part1)

It was an icy Friday morning. I had just exited my house with my school bag and rushed over to Jess. He unlocked the car and we hopped in. This had quickly become our routine. We met in the morning, enjoyed a peaceful ride and then we had school, where we spent most of our time together. I did manage to go and teach him the day before after school, but suffice to say that most of the time he watched me stuff my face with muffins, not that he was holding any back from me or complaining. Even his mom was more than happy to egg him into giving me more.

"Good morning." I chirped, trying to seem a bit cheery. He greeted back with a warm smile. We had quickly become close, it wasn't hard to, especially with all that we had in common. Sometimes I would think of how scarily similar our tastes were.

"Hey, are we studying again today?" I asked, exiting the car as I threw my bag over my shoulder. The many stares we got hadn't died off, actually they got a lot worse. But that was something I'd rather Jess not find out about.

Just the other day I found a letter, it was a very childish one at that. Not only were people trying to stop me from approaching Jess because they thought I was trying to seduce him, they also were trying to protect me from the oh so dangerous Jess Andrew. "Stay away from the murderer." is what I'd usually find. I never cared about them picking on me, but when it came to Jess, my tolerance was very low. Jess was not a killer, he just experienced the bad side of rumors.

"If you want, you can pop on by the bakery to hang and then we can head home to study. I have an early shift." Jess suggested as he tugged me  closer to him to let the crowd pass. I was very comfortable around him, it was a bit eery at times. He just fit into my life perfectly. Not that I was complaining, don't get me wrong.

It was just becoming harder to hold back from him, right at that moment we were just friends, I had no idea if we would remain that way. It was new territory that I was treading on. I'd never actually had a boyfriend before. Besides that, I couldn't get a good read on Jess. All expect for the oddly placed question that he'd asked me in the library, he hadn't done anything since to hint a romantic relationship, forcing me to play the waiting game. I was satisfied with where we stood, it seemed like I was the closest person to him, which definitely did feul my ego a little bit.

As it turned out, he didn't speak much to anyone. Though he did speak to me, whenever we were alone. I took it that he was a man of a few words, my dad being the same, so that meant I was quite fimiliar with how to converse with him. 

"Babe!" I was yanked into a hug from behind, automatically freezing to a stop, unable to even move a muscle from the anxiety rush that possessed my body. The bullying had escalated, much to my dismay. So I was excepting it to be a foe rather than a friend. I was still a bit shaky with sudden sounds or movements. But, thankfully, I quickly saw who that person was, it was just Mel, and when she saw my reaction she knew exactly what to do. She was one of the few that had I actually talked to about my issues. She reassuringly pulled me into a hug.

"You are safe." She whispered, rubbing my back until she noticed me relax a bit.

"Sorry about that Mel." She just gave my head a pat with a smile before she connected arms with both Jess and I. Jess obviously was a bit confused about what just happened, but he didn't pry. Instead I could tell that he was more concerned with the lack of space that Mel was allowing him, I knew that he wasn't comfortable by the twitch in his right eyebrow. Though once again he said nothing and followed along as she dragged us.

"So are you guys free this afternoon? Wes and I were thinking of going bowling." She asked as we approached the school entrance.  I was about to turn her down like I usually did, I preferred to stay at home, though this time I decided to give it a shot.