Assumptions

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JJ had ended up agreeing to give me a ride home. He had half hour detention for starting a food fight.

I got into the passnger seat silently.

Confused I looked at JJ who hadn't started the car.

"What?"

"You were with mr.Ried weren't you." He muttered.

"Nope." I lied.

"Don't lie to me Rogue."

I turned away, "Fine, I was. But only to hand in some paperwork. Nothing happened.''

"I can see the Bruise forming on your wrist!" He retorted "And your face is red! Did he hit you!?".

"I fell!"

"Stop lying!"

JJ turned to face me somehow looking both angry and concerned at the same time.

"He..didn't do anything." I whispered my lip trembling.

"Rogue.." he pleaded.

"Everybody's probably worried about me..We should get going." I muttered.

"Rogue. Did he hurt you." He repeated.

Figuring that lying isn't getting me anywhere, I caved.

"Only a little.."

JJ clenched his fists, "Son of a Bitch. We gotta tell somebody."

"NO! They'll take me away! I don't want to go!" I began panicking.

He put a hand on my shoulder, "Ok! Ok. I won't tell."

Sniffling I wiped my eyes.

Then there was a tap on my window.

I turned paling at the familiar face.

"Rogue! You forgot your homework in my room. I'll walk you in." Mr.Ried said with a smile.

Looking back to JJ I shook my head no wildly.

"JJ please go." I murmered.

So JJ promptly flipped him off before starting the car and speeding away.

After a few moments he glanced at me.

"What would he have done."

"What?" I asked.

"If I let you go with him, what would he have done."

Noticing the way his fists were clenched around the steering wheel I decided to stay quiet.

He decided to change his question, "Did he ever touch you?"

I squirmed, "A little bit.."

"He didn't go all the way did he?" He asked tensing up.

"No..well I mean almost. But I stopped him." I awnsered honestly.

"Good." He sighed in relief.

"We never talked about the time we.." JJ trailed off looking uncomfortable now as well.

"I wonder who was who." I wondered aloud glad to have nudged the conversation away from Ried.

"What are you normally?" He asked.

Neither of us really felt uncomfortable asking this, we had talked about stuff like this plenty of times before.

"I've topped once, and bottomed once." I awnsered with a yawn "you?"

"Well to be truthfull, if we actually did end up doing it. You may have been my first time with a dude." He said quietly.

I was mildly suprised.

"Well I mean if you bottemed you would've been sort of.." I trailed off.

"Sore." He finished for me "yeah probably."

"Damn, that awnsers that I guess." I chuckled.

JJ pulled into my driveway where a very concerned Boone was waiting at the door.

"He's hot when he's worried." He commented.

"Don't even think about it." I warned him "but yeah, he is."

"He's giving me mixed energy's though." He said turning the car off.

"What do you mean?"

"When I first met him I thought he was a total bottom, but now I'm not so sure." He said looking Boone up and down "Have you guys talked about it?"

"No. We're not even official yet."

JJ getting out of the car and walking over opening my door for me.

"What a gentlemen." I rolled my eyes.

"Shut up." He laughed pulling me into a hug.

"Be safe ok?" He whispered in my ear before pushing me towards the front door.

"Thanks!" I called before making my way to the door where Boone was still waiting for me.

"Hey.." I said quietly.

"Hey!? Where were you!? I was so worried!" He exclaimed hugging me tightly.

"I'm sorry." I murmered pulling away and walking through the door quickly. Running up the stairs I went into my room shutting and locking the door.

I still had one more thing to worry about.

"Bailey?"

"Yes?"

Turning around I sighed in relief to see him lying casually on my bed.

"You were joking earlier..right?" I asked smiling nervously.

He couldn't leave me now.

He just couldn't.

"No Rogue." He sighed  "you dont need me anymore."

My face fell, "what do you mean!? Of course I need you Bails!"

"Your not the helpless little boy on the street anymore Rogue. You have a home, a family, a boyfriend."

"Hes not my boyfriend!  And who would be there to talk with me. To help me when I have a nightmare! And even if im just feeling lonely!" I ranted.

"Your Friend with benifits sorry. He'll be there for you! And besides we never talk anymore. You always send me off so you can have time with Boone anyway."

I could see the pain on Bailey's face.

"Bailey.." I pleaded "Your my BEST Friend.. I love you so much please don't go."

"I love you to, and you know that. But what if there's another scared little boy like you out there? What if he's all alone." Bailey argued standing up now.

"But I'm still scared.." I whispered tearing up "please, just stay a little longer."

"Ok heres the deal, once you graduate highschool. Get a steady job, maybe a house. Basicly, once I know your really grown up. Thats when I'm going to leave ok?"

That was enough for me.

I ran forward wrapping my arms around somebody who wasn't really there.

Except he was there.

He was always there.

There for me.

He was there when I was, happy, sad, angry, confused.

He was there through it all.

And know I knew for sure he would be here to get me through this.

For the first time in awhile.

Things felt pretty ok.

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