Loved By a Killer - A JTK Love Story

Love Blossoming?

For the past few months Jeff has been visiting me at least two times a week. I'm surprised he's been able to sneak out that much without getting caught by Slender. Every time he visits it seems we get closer and closer, and I found myself trusting him, something I don't usually do. In fact one time we were sitting on my bed talking about I-forget-what and this came out of my mouth:

"Hey...I just wanna say I'm sorry for what happened to you."

He looked at me in surprise. "What?"

"You know," I said nervously, "The burning and the bullying and the murdering and stuff. Nobody deserves to go through that, and the fact that you did is just horrifying...I can't even imagine. I actually don't blame you for going insane, because I know I would in that situation."

He just looked at me with a stunned expression, long enough that I began to freak out.  Uh oh, I did something I shouldn't. Did I let my fangirl side show? Shit, shit shit...I'm dead.

Except I wasn't dead. To my surprise Jeff lunged towards me and smashed his lips on mine. He held the kiss for about 5 seconds before drawing away and looking at me with a holy shit did I just do that expression. 

"Uhh....." I said.

"I can explain," said Jeff.

"Please do, because I..." I couldn't finish.

"Look..." he started. "Normally any person who said that would be dead. They don't really mean it, they're trying to spare their own lives. You...I can tell you're genuine just by the look in your eyes...and thank you." He walked over and hugged me for a bit.

A couple weeks after that I was under my tree reading. I had decided to rebel a bit by wearing a rainbow LGBT shirt with a lacy back, so that half of my phoenix tattoo showed. As I was walking downstairs a pastor stopped me and said that all gays are evil and are going to burn and if I don't change my ways and follow the path of the Lord I'm going to end up in the same place they do and blah blah blah. I calmly told him I didn't share his views and turned to walk away when I felt something splash my back. I knew it was holy water, as I often get splashed with the stuff, so I decided to mess with the guy, and after he splashed me I turned back around and hissed like a cat. He clutched his bible to his chest and ran to the chapel, and I laughed as I walked outside.
 

Of course the four douches walked up to me the moment they saw me. I clenched my fists when I saw them approaching.

"I can't ever get a moment of fucking peace in this place can I?" I said. I heard Reagan say "She's still reading that trash," and I struggled to remain calm.

"What the heck are you wearing?" snarled Jess.

"Um...a pride shirt?" I said.

"How many times do we have to tell you? Being gay is a sin! Do you want to burn in hell?"

"Have I ever actually cared what you guys think? It's called love. Go away, zealots." I got up and turned around to find another tree, but I heard footsteps behind me and then sharp nails scratching my back. "What are you doing?"

"Trying to scratch this abomination off your skin! You just love defying the Lord, don't you?"

"You can't scratch tattoos off, idjit," I said, turning around and pushing Reagan to the ground. Her friends gathered around her, then Haley picked up a rock and threw it at me, where it slammed into my forehead. I felt hot liquid pour down my face and knew I was bleeding.

"God cries, Phoenix!" yelled Skylar. "God cries because of you! God cries because He sees His children in the presence of evil!" People nodded and laughed in agreement. I gave up on a peaceful afternoon and ran back towards my room