(Troubled Girl, Troubled Boy)
Avalon's P.O.V
I walk into school the next day feeling completely and utterly refreshed.
This is the first in a long time that I'd gotten such a good sleep.
Apparently me being happy that morning wasn't something that could happen.
Because as soon as I took a step into the school, Ryder was by my side, looking confused.
"Why the fuck are you so happy? " He sneers and grabs my arm.
I gulp and look down "a good day at the restaurant" I say nervously.
He stares at me for a second before shoving me over to his friends.
"Jace needs you to help him with math homework" Ryder says, sounding bored.
Wasn't that due yesterday? Immature of him to wait so long to finish it.
"W-what? " I ask in shock.
"You heard me" He raises his eyebrows and pushes me closer to Jace.
I turn around and Jace grins at me while pulling me after him, I try to resist but his grip tightens.
"P-please let me go" I struggle and attempt to get away.
"No." He states.
"I'll help you with your math, just let me walk ok my own! " I yelp in pain as I almost trip.
He looks down at me and raises an eyebrow.
"You really think I want to study? " He guffaws "I've wanted you longer than you've known. "
My eyes widen "Ryder's going to be angry at you! " I struggle against his hold again.
"No he won't. Because he won't know. " He pulls me closer to him as we speed walk.
I try to yank my hand from his grip but fail miserably.
"What the fuck are you doing? " I hear someone ask from besides me.
I know that voice....
"Xavier?" My eyes widen and I almost trip as Jace tugs me again.
"Let her go you prick" Xavier demands, pushing off of the locker and walking over looking very pissed.
"I don't take sexual assault lightly" Xavier cracks his knuckles and gently but firmly removes my wrist from Jace.
"Who are you? " Jace scowls and crosses his arms.
"None of your business" He squints his eyes and sizes Jace up.
"H-hey, no arguing" I pipe up from the side.
Jace gives me an un amused look, "shut up, whor-" Before he can finish his sentence, Xavier uppercuts him and Jace goes flailing back into a locker.
"Prick" Xavier frowns and clenches his fists again.
I gasp at what just went down and Xavier looks at me looking bored and tired, "now would be your time to leave dramatically" He laughs without humour.
I contemplate actually doing it, but the gratitude I feel overcomes the fear.
A worried look crosses my face and I walk up to Xavier.
"Your.... Fists are bleeding" I lightly trail my fingers across his spilt knuckles and frown.
"Yeah, well Goldilocks, this is what happens when people don't know their place" He grabs one of my curls lightly and holds it in front of my face as if to explain the nickname.
"I can bring you to the nurse" My hands cup his fist and I start bringing him to the nurse but I stop when I hear someone speak.
"Ava, when I tell Ryder what's happened, you'd better be ready" Jace hisses and leaves.
I fake a laugh as Xavier frowns.
"He must have hit his head pretty hard on that locker" I smile and pull Xavier along again.
"What was he talking about? " Xavier asks, sounding annoyed.
"Hm? Him? Oh he's a nut case, he says weird things all the time and usually we just ignore him. " I whisper the last part and check to see if Jace left.
He did.
Xavier raised one brow in amusement and we walk into the nurses office.
"Avalon sweety, what happened this time? " The nurse asks sympathetically.
So yeah, I'm kind of a regular patient.
"I'm here with someone else actually" I smile and Xavier sits down on one of the uncomfortable cots.
"Oh! What seems to be the problem? " She asks Xavier in shock.
"Its nothing major, I'm just bleeding a little. " He says sounding bored.
I look at his scarred hands and then at the one that's bleeding.
"He'd like to get it cleaned up" I smile at the nurse and she nods, looking at his hand and walking away to get supplies.
"That's a nice name" Xavier suddenly says.
"Mine? " I furrow my brows in confusion.
He nods and lays down on the cot, stretching out.
"So what's your last name? " He asks with his eyes closed.
"Jones" I play with one of my curls and watch him relax.
"Mmkay, AJ, the nurse implied you come here a lot? " He kept a calm demeanor and I could feel myself getting jealous of how relaxed he could be.
"Well yeah, like I said, I'm clumsy" I laugh knowing full well that that is not the reason I'm always here.
"I perfer Goldilocks" He states.
"Pardon? " I hum while dropping my curl.
He opens his eyes and his blue ones meet mine, "I perfer the nickname Goldilocks, it suits you. Not like AJ. Goldilocks seems softer" He hums while looking at the ceiling.
"Oh." I stand up.
"I really hope your knuckles get better, thank you feel helping me back there but I must get going" I smile but frown as he stands up.
"Goldi, the only reason I'm here is because of you. I'm not letting you leave me in this disinfected place of sicknesses" He groans and signals me to follow him.
I do and shyly step past him.
"Jesus, you act as if I have a disease" He gives me a perplexed look.
"I-I have to get to class" I say whilst looking down.
"Okay." He sounds bored again.
"Um I uh, yeah bye! " I smile and wave, quickly walking away.
God I'm so awkward.
I run to my class, knowing I'm late but not wanting to make it worse.
I sigh and step into the classroom.
"Miss. Jones, a pleasure for you to join us" Mr. Lorenes voice is filled with sarcasm.
"I apologize, I had a girl accident" My cheeks tint red in embarrassment and I sit down at my desk.
"Just, don't be late again" He frowns and continues the lesson.
~ ~ ~ ~
The teacher dismisses us and I pick up my bag, scared to see Ryder's reaction about what happened.
Although he wasn't there firsthand so maybe he'll believe me more?
I step out of the classroom and frown as Ryder places his hand on my shoulder tightly.
"Hey babe" He hisses at me.
"H-hey babe" I smile sweetly.
He rolls his eyes "don't act all innocent, Jace told me what happened." His grip tightens as we walk to the cafeteria.
"I feel like you're getting too comfortable here. Communicate with whoever that boy is again and I'll make sure that you won't be able to talk to him physically with how much pain you'll be in. " He frowns.
"And what boy likes that? You're worthless. If you think that one day you'll be with someone else, you need to open your eyes. I'm not leaving." He growls at me.
I look down and nod "I know Ryder. "
He smiles and releases me"now I need to go to talk to the boys, you be good" I nod and he walks away.
I sigh in relief and walk to my locker, there's no point in going to lunch if he won't let me eat it anyways.
I open my locker and jump when I hear someone speak.
"Hey Goldi" Xavier says sounding tired.
I ignore him and close my locker.
I don't want to but I have to.
I make sure Ryder isn't anywhere near by and I glance up at Xavier who looks confused with his arms crossed as he leans against a locker.
I open my mouth to speak but quickly close it and just offer him a smile.
He raises an eyebrow but doesn't say anything as I walk away quickly.
As I walk I feel someone place the arm lightly around my shoulder.
I stiffen up "Ryder I-"
"Actually its Xavier, I have a question" He pulls me back over to the lockers and quickly gets his arm off of me.
"What's up with your boyfriend? He acts like there's always a stick up his ass. "
I laugh lightly and feel someones presence behind me.
"Hey babe.... Who's this? " Ryder asks, making himself sound happy.
I'm too smart to know that that's not the case.
"Hey, I'm Xavier" He puts his hand out and expects Ryder to shake it.
Ryder does and Xavier laughs.
"Not to be rude, but you have a weak grip" Amusement flashes in his eyes and I tense up.
He notices this and frowns.
".......... Yeah well it was nice to meet you Xavier, Ava has some business to attend with me. " Ryder pulls me along with him and I send Xavier a sorry look as he looks like he's thinking.
"What did I fucking tell you? " Ryder hisses when we're out of earshot.
"Not to talk to him.... " I whimper slightly as he slaps me.
And of course everyone's at lunch so no ones here to witness it.
He drags me outside and to his car, we're he shoves me in and drives in silent anger.
I feel myself start to tear up. I know what he's going to do, he's going to hit me.
~ ~ ~ ~
I'm in my room after having been to Ryder's house and I was right.
I have bruises all around me that are slowly forming.
It hurts.
I choke on a sob and go to my vanity to cover it up with makeup for my job.
I don't wear makeup, but it's nice to keep for situations like these.
I tie my hair up and apply concealer to my arms and face.
There's a giant bruise forming on my stomach and it throbs when I walk.
I get into my work outfit that consists of an apron and black clothing before I make my way to work.
~ ~ ~ ~
"Ava hunny, table three wants specifically you to take their order" I can practically hear her frowning as I make my way over.
I spot Xavier and gasp.
He has a busted lip and part of his jaw is swollen.
I rush over to him "what happened?? " I ask in concern.
"Not even a hello? "
"Hello Xavier, what happened" I pry.
"Hello Goldi-what happened to you? " He frowns and gently grabs my arm.
Oops missed a spot.
I smile and pull my arm away "I'm clumsy, have I not told you? Now, no answering my question with a question! " I scold while staring at his busted lip and bruised jaw.
"I don't feel like sharing the details, but I got caught up in a small fight" He shrugs and I hand him a napkin.
"Use this." He puts it on his lip and I ask my mom if I can take my break, to which she reluctantly agrees.
I come back to Xavier with a med kit.
"You're a mess" He laughs at me and I look down at myself and realize that I'm covered in flour and sauce.
"I wouldn't be talking if I were you" I squint at him and fumble with the latches.
He carefully pulls my hands away and smoothly opens it.
"Are you sure I should be trusting you to tend to my wounds" He looks skeptical.
"Sure, why not" I shrug and glare at the bandaid that won't open.
"Well, I feel like instead of cleaning my cuts, you'll make them bigger" He raises his eyebrows and sighs.
"Did you just paper cut yourself with a bandaid? "
I hold up my damaged finger, silencing him.
"I've got this. " I lift up a random ointment and squint at it.
"Goldi-" He starts.
I shush him and read the label.
"What the fudge is this? " I ask in defeat.
"That's neosporin" He laughs "please don't be a doctor. "
I frowns and undo the cap, I lightly squeeze it to make sure its good and some squirts onto the counter.
I look at Xavier, daring him to say anything.
"Usually people clean off the cut first" He ignores my warning glare.
"I....... I know that" I scoff and search for some disinfectants, "this is hard" I grumble and pull out some square sealed things.
"Holy shit Goldi-" He swiftly throws it back into the medkit with wide eyes.
"I'm questioning your family's healing methods... " He clears his throat.
"I've got it. " He says while I sigh in defeat and look at the mess I've made.
"Give me your finger. " He demands and I do as he asks.
"Jesus, you dork, how'd you get this bad of a paper cut.... " He grunts like an angry mom as he cleans up my paper cut.
"I don't know, things happen" I shrug and pull away my bandaged finger.
"Now heal yourself" I cross my arms and frown at him.
He lifts up a different sealed packet, "these, are disinfectants. What you had before were not." He looks amused and I tilt my head in confusion.
"Bless you pure child" An old woman says from the table beside ours.
Xavier shakes his head and gets to work on cleaning his cut.
When he's done I hold up a bandaid and he quickly grabs it.
"Your going to hurt yourself again" He jokes then realizes he's holding a band aid.
"Why... Do I need this? " He questions while moving it around in his hands.
"For your lip" I poke the bandaid and he grins.
"I'm not putting a bandaid on my lip. " He states and puts it in his pocket.
"Fine, but when you die, don't blame me" I throw my hands up and scowl.
He looks at me perplexed "you're not serious right? They have a special bandage for lips" He cleans up the empty wrappers and dumps them in the trash.
"You seem to know a lot about all this, is there a reason? " I spot his bandaged up knuckles.
He must have done that himself, but I'm confused as to why both of them are bandaged up.
"Let's not pry Goldi" He smiles softly and sits down again.
"Okay, but.... What happened to your other hand? " I question while fixing my bun.
"Things. Plus, you're prying." He states, sounding bored again.
"Oh." I scrunch my face up in thought and nod.
"That's.... Reasonable" I shrug and stand up.
"Bye, Xavier" I wave and get back to work.
He's odd, but its nice to have an acquaintance.
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I'm tired.
And I really wanted to do a crossover from Raspberry but I contained myself.
Speaking of Raspberry, I still need to edit it.
Bye~QBWð