"Juno," a soft voice rings in my ear, followed by a soft shaking. "The bell is about to ring"

I groan, before wiping my face and looking up, only to be met with grey eyes.

"oh.." I speak, my cheeks slightly heating up and my eyes feeling drousy.

The memory of my dream had fallen upon me, automatically I feel my eyes begin to water, and once again, I was frozen. I dont even remember putting my head down, what was real? I could probably tell later on, when I woke up a bit, but for now I was completely in the blue.

"Are you okay..?" Her voice echos in my ears at the same time as the bell. She looks around before biting her lip and speaking. "Listen, I'm skipping fifth and sixth, you have a while to decide, but you can come with me."

"You haven't even been here for a week, yet youre already skipping" I chuckle, graabbing my things and walking out of the doot beside her.

I hoped she wouldn't notice how badly I wanted to cry.

"I dont favor school, I do extra work and stuff at the end of each year to gather my points for graduation." Her voice began to get drowned out by the rest of the crowd.

"They let you do that? I thought you had to move at the pace of the school," I readjust my computer and binder in my arm.

"Well they uh, let me make things up.. I had a time in my life where I couldn't do work, and I'm only now catching up.." A low voice lets me know I'm getting into dangerous territory, so I change the subject.

"I could tutor you sometime! I never get below a C unless I just dont do my work, so I have pretty good grades." I plaster a smile on my face.

"That wou-"

"Junooo!" a voice comes from infront of us. I raise my head to see Ace. His khakis over a white shirt. I have no idea why he dresses like this, for we have no type of uniform. Maybe he hasn't washed laundry in a while..

Either way, he was approaching me and Ava, so I quickly pull down my sleeve.

"Hey, I'm right here.." he coos, picking me up bridal style as he begins to walk back to the bleachers. "What happened?"

I feel guilty, more than last time. But that was no reason for me to let them feel the same way I do. I'm going to keep them to myself untill they heal, and let them pass off as old.

"Hi Ace," Ava greets, smiling his way.

"Hi Ava." He looks at her with... lust. My heart drops. I was begining to like her. Not in a lusty way, but in a she would be a great companion way.

Maybe one day more than a companion.

But Ace does know about my sexuality. Nobody does besides Talyn and James. They knew since I knew. I always go to them for advice. But I can't tell anyone.. Noah tells me that liking girls is wrong.

Noah tells me if I ever feel anything towards a girl, to 'let him show me what a mans touch is like'. I don't think he understands thats the whole reason of being with a girl. Not having a guys touch.

Unfortunately for me, there were so many girls I liked, and they liked me too. But I'd rather keep my jaw in place.

"My class is right here, I have to go, Ace. I'll see you later." She smiled at Ace, and he smiled back.

When she walked into the room, Ace began to follow me to our class.

"We have to get Aries," I spoke, trying to avoid the topic of Ava. "Shes at her locker."

"Okay," he walks with me to her locker.

"I have a question.." Ace smiles at me, and grabs Aries' attention. "Is it possible to know someone for less than a week and really like them?"

There goes that feeling in my chest again.

Aries smiles while I stay quiet.

"Its possible to be attracted to them, but liking is a whole 'nother thing, buddy," Aries chuckles and pats Ace on the back.

"Hey," A deep voice comes from behind me, and the owner of that voice wraps his arms around my waist.

I plaster on a smile, and he kisses my cheek. I knew he wanted me to kiss him, but I just couldn't.

I couldn't get my mind off of that dream. Well, until he began to pinch my side, right where my last bruise was. I wanted to scream, and tell everyone in the hallway just so he would leave me alone. But I knew exactly what would happen.

He would tell them about my depression. Say that I had harmed myself on purpose. In a way, I have, but only because of him. He was the source of my pain.

But he was charming enough to pull me in. He's charming enough to play it off as if I'm the crazy one.

The pinch only got worse, and I tried my best to resist, to fight through the pain, but it was near impossible. So I gave up and place my lips on his. It was a sloppy peck, and I'm greatful it didn't turn to more.

He showed all his teeth and laughed when Aries made a gagging noise.

"I haven't had a choice.." I sob. "He told me if I told anyone.. he would-"

"This is my class, I have to go." I tell Noah sternly, he still hasn't taken his arms from around me nor has he stopped pinching my bruise.

"oh.." Everyone is in their classes excluding a few students who were wondering or somehow got held behind. He looked around and saw noone was looking at us, and nobody was really around. "I saw you talking to that girl, Juno"

My heart begins to speed up and my hands start to sweat. I doubt he would do anything so out in the open, but when we first met, I didnt expect him to be like he is. He's a bucket full of surprises.

"She's my friend." I reply, my voice coming out shakier than I wished it to be.

"You didn't look at her like a friend." He grabs my wrists, and began to squeeze them. He knew about my cuts, he laughed at me for it, and any time he wanted something, he would squeeze them. To others, it was just a cute coupl-y thing to do. To me, it was torture.

"Well she is, Noah! You already told me I'm not allowed to like girls, I know that!" I whisper, but my voice is still strained.

"Stop lying, you probably fucked her last night!" His voice was also a whisper.

"If I won't have sex with you what makes you think I would with a girl I barely know!?" I exclaim, hearing the late bell ring.

Great, just fucking great.

"Because youre a whore!" He yells, not caring about anyone else, for there wasnt anyone anymore.

"So youre dating a whore, what does that make you?" I snap back.

"You have a point," he places a sweet smile on his lips, and leans into my ear, so close I could feel his breath on me. "Just remeber Juno."

I shot him a confused look before realizing he couldn't see from his angle. "what..?"

"I will kill you."