"It's alright" I quickly grab his wrist, dragging him away to safety, "come on, we should go."

We quickly run through the maze of hallways, trying to find our way out into the unrestricted part of the school. Luckily I've been over here a couple of times, so I know where I'm going. Though this time is a little tricky since this time we were in the far corner of the school. In all honesty, I haven't explored that area yet, so at the moment it feels like we are running in circles.

"Where are you taking me?" I looked back at the guy and gave him a reassuring smile.

"Back to class" I turn my head forward and kept walking.

"You are not going to do anything about what just happened?" He suddenly pulls his hand away from my grip, shocking me. Stopping in my tracks, I turn around looking at the guy. His face turned, looking away with me with his hands in a fist- that gave me a clue that he was pissed.

"What do you mean?" I asked stepping closer.

"You are just going to drop me off at my class as if nothing ever happened?!" He yells, turning to face me, "that's not the first time that they beat me up! Just because I look in your general direction, Jonas automatically assumes that I'm a threat to him. I don't even see how he's into you in the first place-"

"Will you just shut up and let me help you?" I said looking at him hopelessly. His eyes widened, and his mouth gapes open at my response. I pinch the bridge of my nose out of annoyance, thinking on what to do next.

"Look" I let go of my nose and look up to him- since he's WAY taller than me, "I just wanted you to be safe in an area surrounded with people. It's less likely that Jonas would attack you with other people around." I sigh and turn around, having my back towards the guy.

"After getting you someplace safe, I was going to report the incident. Since we were in the restricted part of the school, they would at least get into trouble for that," I turn around to meet his gaze, "I thought it was best if I reported it myself since other people would be too traumatized by the incident. The last thing I want to do is to put them in a place that they don't feel safe or comfortable. The office for sure isn't one of those places, so I usually drop them off with their current class."

"Usually?"

"Yes usually" I laughed, "you aren't the first victim that I helped" My face quickly goes to worry when I didn't get a response.

"Um... Hey, are you-?"

"Carter" he finally says.

"What?" He turns his face away from me, but it's pretty noticeable that his face is becoming pink with embarrassment.

"My name is Carter, Carter Barlet," Carter says turning his face towards me. I couldn't help, but to smile when he told me his name.

"Nice to meet you, Carter. My name is (Y/N), (Y/N) Taylor" I greeted.

"Likewise"

"Well then, should we get going" I stated, grabbing his wrist again, "to the office we go!"

~*~ Time Skip: After School ~*~

I quickly jumped out of my seat and dashed through the door as soon as the bell rung. In all honesty, I'm glad that this day is over with. Most of my day was sitting in the office with Carter to report the incident. The principal took our report and our watches when he was finally done with us. By the time that we finally have gotten out, we only had one class to go.

"I can't wait to get home," I said out loud to nobody in particular. Without running into any hurrying students, I finally got to my locker. My locker lock was set to the number zero, which is the ending of my combination. Having a bad feeling about this, I quickly opened my locker- taking a step back.

"Hey (Y/N)- WHAT THE HECK IS THIS?!" I quickly turn around towards the sound of the voice. Dozens of multicolored roses were scattered onto the dirty floor that surrounded my feet.

"It's what it looks like," I said in a whisper. I quickly turn around towards the mess of my locker. Sighing, I kneeled and started collecting the roses-trying to be careful not to poke myself.

"Are you going to stand there or are you going to help me, Carter?" There were way too many roses to even count by hand. I could probably fill a dozen or more vases with 12 roses each.

"There are so many roses" I couldn't help but giggle at his comment. I mean- it's super obvious.

"Well, at least they will replace some of my flowers at home. Probably even more from how many there are"

"I bet you get gifts all the time."

"I guess" I shrugged, "it's not the first time, nor it would be the last" I get up, laying the roses against my shoulder due to the excessive amount of flowers. Carter, from the looks of it, has the same amount of roses that I'm carrying. Though, there's still more on the ground that we have to pick up.

"Follow me," I said walking towards the entrance of the school, "let's bring this to my car" My locker isn't that far away from the doors, however, with the students still running out and the excessive amount of roses- it felt like forever.

"So do you know where these flowers are from?" Carter said finally catching up to me going down the stairs, "Cause whoever it was, you must be some special girl to them."

"It was Jonas" I state rolling my eyes.

"How do you know?"

"Well, this hasn't been the first time that this has happened. Somehow he figured out that one of my favorite flowers are roses. So ever since then, I've been getting them in my locker... Though, it's never been this much" we quickly approached my car- well a limo that I don't even drive. It wasn't until I saw the passenger side door open that I finally stopped walking.

"What's with all the roses?" It was her, standing right in front of me. She has never picked me up before from school- even to be here without reason. Judging from my reaction- probably like a deer in headlights- she couldn't help but laugh.

"M-Mom" I choked, "why are you here?"

"Can't a mother pick up her daughter from school?"

"Well, Yeah. But you are usually busy with design work and the company" I couldn't help but look past my mom- towards the driver. From the angle that I was at, it was pretty hard to see.

"Whose driving mom?" I asked.

"Your father" I took a little step back in surprise, bumping into someone in the process. I turn my head to the side, realizing it was just Carter. I sigh and faced towards my mom again- who had a weird smirk on her face.

"Anyways," my mom continued, "Whose is that boy behind you? The one is holding the roses."

Oh, he's a friend that I met a couple of hours ago that was getting beat up by one of my 'admirers'? What kind of explanation is that?

"My name is Carter Barlet. I was helping (Y/N) move the roses from her locker to here." Carter said from behind me. My mom raises one of her eyebrows in curiosity, looking at both of us. She suddenly turns her head towards my father in the car, motioning him to open the trunk. Thinking that I am in the clear, I dash to the trunk, throwing the flowers in and running back through the school doors to grab the rest of the roses. As I finally reached my locker, someone was leaning by my locker, looking as if they were waiting for me. That, someone, was no other than Jonas.

"What do you want?" I asked walking towards the mess on the floor, placing the rest of the roses in my arms.

"I was just waiting for you."

"And the reason is?"

"So we can have a chat."

"We don't have anything to talk about" I scoffed and picked of the last flower, standing up, "I don't know about you, but these kinds of encounters are starting to get boring." It wasn't until my back slapped into the locker that I realized that I should have said things differently.

"What was that, Taylor?" Jonas asked using my last name, "Just remember who's the one with their back against the wall" I froze, thinking carefully on my next step. My mind is too scrambled even to think now.

"(Y/N), dear! Are you almost done grabbing the rest of the roses?" My mom's voice echoed through the hallways, just barely reaching our ears.

"Yeah, I'm almost done! I'll be there in a minute!" I yelled, hoping that my mother heard me. Looking into Jonas' eyes to look for some clue to get out of this mess, he did something that caught me off guard. I felt a pair of lips against my neck, making my body cold. Kissing from the bottom of my neck to the bottom of my earlobe, I could feel his lips turn into a smirk. (When I was writing this, I was cringing so hard at myself. I was like "I can't believe that I'm writing about this." Anyways let's continue)

"I'll see you later," Jonas said whispering in my ear, "my little rose" I quickly shove him away from me, getting away from him as soon as possible.

~*~ Another Time Skip ~*~

"What the hell was that," I said out loud to no one in particular. Leaning against the cold wall, I let the steaming waterfall against my skin. After I got home, I quickly ran to the bathroom to shower off the grossness on my body. Scrubbing my skin until my skin turns red from the rawness. Now I'm just standing in the shower trying to put together my sanity, though I don't think I will be able to anymore. My thoughts get interrupted when I heard ringing from my Bluetooth speaker. I look at my speaker, that was on the wall next to me, pondering on if I should answer it.

"Whose calling me at this time?" I answered the call, in defeat., "It's (Y/N)"

"(Y/N)?" A male voice echoed through the bathroom.

"WHAT THE-!" I gasped, losing my footing and falling, yet again, in the shower.

I should put something on the ground, so it's not so slippery.

I mentally cursed to myself, trying to get my heart beat back at an average pace.

Why do I have to be so jumpy?

"(Y/N)! Are you okay? What happened?!"

"Y-Yeah, I'm fine" I replied, my voice cracking just a little, "Why are you calling me?"

"Because I'm bored."

"Adri, you know I'm in the shower right?" There was total dead silence from the other side of the line. The only thing that I could hear is the water hitting the ground from the shower.

"Adri?" I asked, calling his name.

"Y-Yeah?" It was evident from how his voice cracked; he was embarrassed. I couldn't help, but to smile at his innocence- something that I don't have since I'm dirty minded. Yeah, you can blame Lexie for that one- I swear she did it on purpose. After a while, my smile turned into a smirk.

This is going to be fun.

"What? Are you embarrassed that you called me in the shower?~" I asked holding out the question, waiting for his reaction.

"N-No? It's not t-that!" I heard him quickly reply- he's lying.

"Uh, huh" I reply, quickly getting off the floor. I walk over to the wall with the Bluetooth, making sure that I don't slip again. Still having the smirk across my face, I lean my back towards the cold wall; crossing my arms in front of my bare chest.

"Are you sure?" I whispered, tilting my head towards the speaker, "You're not embarrassed about calling me in the shower? Knowing full well that I'm... Naked?" After that, all hell went loose on Adrien. How do I know this you may ask me? Well, if it wasn't for Adrien's squealing, it was the incomplete sentences coming out of his mouth. He couldn't finish a whole sentence, making me feel victorious in the flirting battle. One Point for (Y/N) - Zero Points for Adrien. After a while, I couldn't help but laugh at his silliness.

"Adri-" I laughed, "you are too innocent for your own good" I turned off the shower, knowing that I've probably been in there for too long.

"You are so mean (Y/N/N)!" He whined. I laughed again, wrapping myself in a towel. Before going to my room, I took my phone-taking it off of Bluetooth- and listened to Adri's muffled whines.

"Anyways, how's school?" Adri said changing the conversation. I paused, wondering if I should bring up Jonas. I mean- I don't know if it would be a good idea. Everything was so rushed and squished together that I don't know how to start.

"(Y/N)? What happened?" Adrien said in a more demanding, but soft voice. You can tell that he's worried.

Sighing, I told him- not leaving any detail out- from the beginning to the end. Only pausing, to get a breath of air or when my voice was about to crack.

"I hate it; I hate myself for my reactions that lead up to that moment. I hate that I was powerless against him. I hate that I couldn't speak up for myself. I hate that this is affecting me so much" I whimpered, using my hands to wipe away the falling tears off my face, "This is a different side of him. He isn't the type of person to act aggressively towards me..."

"Well, either way, you should report it" Adri stated, in an angered tone, "That is harassment, he should not get away for what he did to you."

"Your right" I sigh, laying down on my bed. I stare up at my ceiling wondering on what Adri is doing.

Maybe he's laying on his bed too and just staring at his ceiling?

"Earth to (Y/N)"

"Huh?" I asked, getting out of my thoughts, "what's up?"

"The stars."

"The stars?" I restated questionably, forgetting that there is a 9 hour time difference there.

"It's 2:00 A.M. here and the skies are clear here."

"Are you outside?"

"Yes?"

"Is that an answer or a question?" I asked, laughing at his cuteness.

Cuteness?!?! I just called him cute?!

"Answer?" I laughed again, grabbing a fist full of my towel, so it doesn't slip off.

"So why are you-"

"Hey, (Y/N/N), I'm going to have to cut this short! I have to go back to patrolling. Bye!" Adri quickly states, ending the call abruptly. Before I could think more about it, someone knocked on my door. Forgetting that I'm only in a towel, I walk over to the door and open it.

"Ah, Miss (Y/N). Your parents-" Mr. Tucker suddenly stops, staring at me with wide eyes. Wondering on what he's looking at I look down, finally remembering that I only have a towel on. I clear my throat, trying to undo the heat rising from my cheeks from embarrassment.

"Anyways continue."

"O-Oh yeah sorry, well your parents invited some guess over for dinner. She wanted to let you know to get ready for it," he said, clearing his throat, "and from the looks of it, you have already started."

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Word Count: 2718

Hey guys, sorry for taking so long to update. I hope that you enjoy this chapter- a chapter closer to be going to Paris. I decided that I should take my time to lead up to being in Paris. I don't want to rush things with this book- to also get more depth with the home town of our character. Well, I hope you joyed this chapter, and I will hear from you soon.

~Alexis