I woke up and smelled breakfast, I rolled over and saw Jesus beside me,
"Morning sleeping beauty." I said softly as I went to stand and I heard,
"Don't." I looked at Jesus as he stood up and walked over and crouched down, I rolled my eyes and got on his back, he carried me downstairs and sat me down at the kitchen table,
"Was Jesus here all night?" Mom asked, I nodded,
"He'll be going home soon to tell his moms where he's been and then change for school." I said looking up at Jesus and he looked at me with a smile as if he were annoyed,
"Alright as long as you two didn't do anything." Mom said dismissively as she got Jesus and I plates of breakfast.
"No!" Jesus and I said in unison as we looked at our plates,
"Jesus is with Emma mom!" Chloe yelled rolling her eyes as we all ate breakfast.

After Breakfast I directed Jesus out the door and wished him luck before school,
"Go get your wheelchair!" Mom yelled, I nodded with a smile as fake as barbie's chest. I went up stairs and got dressed before I did anything,
"Courtney you're totally falling for him." Chloe said as she poked her head in my room while he coordinated outfits for the day,
"Who?"
"Jesus" I nearly scoffed as I shook my head,
"No way! He's with Emma. Plus he and I have only been friends."
"Whatever you say." Chloe rolled her eyes and I shook my head as we started getting ready for school

I giggled as we chose to be black and white today, I went to my wheelchair and sat down letting Chloe push me around. We got in the car and we drove to school, I have a couple classes with Chloe but that's it.

Once we got to school Chloe wheeled me up to the entrance where I looked down,
"I hate this!" I yelled as I continued rolling this time by myself to my home room,
"Hey Courtney!" I heard someone yell, I turned and saw Lena,
"Mrs. Adams Foster?" I asked, she nodded as she walked up to me and gestured to the back of my wheelchair. I nodded slowly,
"I need to talk to you about a couple things." She said as we wheeled to her office and she positioned me so she couple talk to me behind her desk,
"What is the problem?" I asked softly,
"Jesus." She said with a serious tone,
"Oh um." I said as I sat up clearing my throat,
"He has been very flakey at home and I wanna know why?" Lena asked,
"Last night we were hanging out and I hurt myself walking so he helped me get into my bed. I guess he fell asleep after helping me because I fell asleep shortly after my head hit the pillow. I'm sorry that he wasn't home last night and the other flakiness I have no idea about." I said softly as I looked her in the eye clearly concerned,
"He wasn't at the house this morning."
"What?"
"Courtney was he with you?"
"No, I'm scared now." I said softly.
"He's not at school either, I'll let you be marked here. You can go look for him, here are my keys." She said handing me her keys, "be careful sweetheart." She added. I nodded and stood up shaking off the "rust" from not walking as I ran out of the office and got into Lena's car and started patrolling the neighborhood.

Then it hit me and I went to the prison that is holding my father. There I saw his car, I parked and walked inside as my heart beat out my chest. I walked in and saw someone at a desk,
"Hello has anyone been to visit Jason Wyatt?" I asked looking at the lady, she nodded,
"A Jude Adams Foster." I sighed and slightly surprised he used his brother's name,
"Is he tall, dark hair, and kind of clueless?"
"Yes. If you're not here for anyone you must leave." The lady said,
"I'm here to visit Jason Wyatt." I said as quickly as possible, not really knowing what I had said,
"What's your name?" She asked looking down at her sheet.
"Courtney Wyatt." I said looking at her as she looked up and met my glance.
"Should you be here?" She asked,
"He's my dad, and the boy in there talking to him might do something he'll regret so let me in." I demanded calmly as I looked at her intensely, she nodded and sighed as she gave me clearance to go through. I went into the room and saw Jesus talking to my dad, I saw him and I almost shut down.
"Courtney... what are you doing?" Dad asked,
"I'm here for Jesus, nothing more. Jason." I said confidently trying to keep my poker face,
"You shouldn't be here." Dad said with a sigh.
"Neither should Jesus."
"Hold up, why are you here for me?" Jesus asked glaring at me,
"I'll tell you in the car." I said crossing my arms he looked at me and he was crying before hand, I sat down beside him and melted slightly,
"What happened?" I asked
"He wanted to come here to talk to me about how it feels to be dumped." Dad said with a shrug,
"Emma." I said breathlessly,
"Please, don't tell my moms." Jesus begged,
"Get. In. My. Car." I said loud enough for a guard to look at me as I stood up,
"Fine." He said softly before sheepishly walking out,
"And for you, I never would have come here because I know better but Jesus did this and I came here to protect him from his moms, so don't get flattered. Yes it's recorded I'm here and if they bring it up in court I'll tell the truth. Something you'll never do." I snarled before turning on my heel and walking out of the prison and to the car where I got in and sat behind the wheel as Jesus got in. I broke down and started crying,
"Courtney..." Jesus said softly,
"Are you stupid?! Jesus, Lena sent me to find you. I have to tell her where you were and what I've said. I have to tell all our parents what I said, I came here to save you from getting your ass kicked, you used Jude's name! That'll be shown in court and so will me going in!" I yelled as I sobbed,
"I'm sorry Courtney, I saw how hurt you were and I wanted to talk to him but Emma called me when I was in my way to my house and broke it off." He said looking me in the eye. I turned away and turned the car on and called Lena and put it on speaker then put it on the center console,
"Hello? Did you find him?" Lena asked picking up quickly,
"Hi Mama." Jesus said shyly as I drove,
"I found him, and you don't really want to know where he was." I said as I drove home,
"Where was he?" I heard Stef ask, I sucked in a breath.
"Both of you are there good, Jesus was at the prison." I said as I turned onto the highway,
"Why?"
"I was with Courtney last night and heard how hurt she was about everything with the trial so I wanted to visit Jason." Jesus said looking at me as I saw out of the corner of my eye,
"I went in so when the defendant shows that I was there and that Jude Adams Foster was there, that was Jesus." I said while driving as quick as I could to get home.
"Jesus why were you thinking?" Stef asked in a clearly agitated tone
"He wasn't!" Lena started in her normal motherly tone
"I'm sorry." Jesus said quickly as if in defense,
"Courtney are you okay?" Lena asked as if she thought about me for a second,
"I'm shaken up a little but I'm glad Jesus is safe and a little less broken-hearted."
"Broken-hearted?" Stef asked,
"Emma dumped me this morning that's why I went to the jail to talk to someone I knew had been dumped before." He said
"I didn't wring him out but I did wring my father out." I said as I pulled into our neighborhood,
"Alright, Uhm are you home?" Stef asked,
"Almost." Jesus said, I could hear a sigh on the other end,
"I'll pick up the car with Mama and then the other one that's at the prison." Stef said,
"I understand." Jesus said softly,
"You two stay at the house until we get home and I call your mom Courtney." Lena said,
"Yes ma'am please make sure Chloe knows where I am."
"Will do." Lena soothed,
"I love you." Jesus said into the phone as we arrived,
"We love you too buddy." Stef said before I heard the line click. I got out of the car and went inside waiting for Jesus as he carried my bag and phone inside, I held the door open and he walked in and locked the doors behind us. I sat in the living room and looked at Jesus,
"Are you okay?" I asked softly,
"You shouldn't ask me tha-"
"I know, Jesus I shouldn't have told your moms but it's for your safety." I said looking at him as he sat beside me,
"I was going to ask if you were alright, I didn't know you'd show up or if anyone would find me." Jesus said sadly as he turned the TV on and a movie came on, the only one we'd ever agree on, Transformers. I let out a giggle,
"I'm fine, now let's please watch Transformers." I said softly as I cuddled into his side.
We sat watching Transformers when I heard it pause. Jesus looked at me as he held the remote,
"Wanna go change into something more comfortable?" He asked, I nodded and stood up and went to walk out the door,
"Before you go change wait for me to come back so you can let me in." I said before I ran out the door and to my house where there was a letter on my doorstep, I picked it up and saw it was addressed to me. So I just went into my house to change and after I'll probably read it. I ran up my stairs and got some pajamas to put on.

I walked back over to the Adams Foster house and knocked on the door,
"Jesus!" I yelled before I saw the door opened and Jesus let me in, I walked in still clutching the letter,
"What's that?" Jesus asked as he looked at the letter,
"I have no clue but it's addressed to me." I said shrugging as I sat on the couch and waited for Jesus to go put his pajamas on. I looked down at the letter and started to open it,

Dear Courtney Wyatt,
I know you have been flirting with Jesus and I want you to know I don't appreciate it. Mariana told me how close you are and so I made a decision that Jesus wasn't man enough to make. I broke up with Jesus because I know he's cheating on me and that I'll never be you because you are a whore.

Also I want you to know I'll be preventing you from going to the birthday party and the celebration of you next Friday because I don't want you there. Mariana will help me and keep you from going anywhere near Jesus.
Sincerely,
Emma

I sucked in a breath as I read the whole thing,
"Hey, what's wrong?" Jesus asked, I looked up suddenly and shook my head as I placed the letter down,
"Uhm let's just watch the movie okay?" I said trying to avoid talking about how shocked I was, Jesus nodded and sat beside me. We watched the movie and eventually I fell asleep on Jesus' shoulder.

I woke up and heard a door open and close, I turned and saw Lena and Stef followed by Mariana who stared daggers at me,
"Are you guys okay?" Lena asked, I nodded slowly as I sat up, I turned to Jesus who had a haunted look,
"Jesus, what is it?" Mariana asked rushing over  next to him, I looked down and saw the letter,
"Oh no." I said softly looking at him cautiously,
"I can't believe this!" He yelled standing up and turning to Mariana, "You are insane! I never cheated on Emma, she broke up with me over something so dumb!" He said loudly as he threw the letter. I caught it and looked at Stef and Lena,
"Emma broke up with Jesus because, she believes he has cheated on her with me." I said handing over the letter. "I never intended for Jesus to see it, I opened it while he was changing upstairs and read it before I watched a movie with him and fell asleep. He must've read it while I was asleep." I said softly as I looked down,
"You know how bad this is? Mariana did you allow and give permission to be involved with this?" Stef asked as Mariana looked down,
"I was mad, I was losing my friend because Jesus has a crush on Courtney." Mariana said as her expression softened,
"Mariana, Jesus and I are just friends and you know that. I told you I wouldn't do anything with your brother if I didn't ask you, and if you weren't okay with it. I know you're not so I'm not going to do anything but you can't take all your aggression about the world out on me, I thought you trusted me." I said before I grabbed my phone and keys, "thank you Stef and Lena for being so nice to me but I feel like I shouldn't come into your house or be around any of your family unless I am forced to, I don't want to start any trouble. Oh and here are your keys." I said handing Lena her keys before I walked toward the door,
"Stop!" I heard Jesus yell. I turned and looked at him,
"Don't argue, Jesus it's okay and it needs to happen, family first." I said before I walked out the door and across the lawn to see my mom sitting on the steps,
"Where were you?" Mom asked as she looked at me looking extremely disappointed, I went to open my mouth to speak but I didn't hear my voice come out, it was Jesus.
"I did something really dumb and Courtney was saving me from myself. My moms asked her to get me, I'm very sorry for all of this, you and your family don't deserve to be upset by my actions." He said looking at my mom as I stood still looking down,
"Is this true?" Mom asked looking at me,
"Yeah."
"We'll talk about it after you come inside." Mom said softly before she walked inside. I turned and looked at Jesus,
"Thanks but I could have handled that myself." I said softly as I looked up at him shivering against the cold night air.
"It's no problem, I was taking responsibility for what I did." Jesus said as he took his sweatshirt off and put it over my head allowing me to put my arms through,
"I'll uh see you around." I said softly before I turned to walk away, but it was like something stopped me. Myself. I turned back around and Jesus was standing there with a smirk as he made eye contact with me, I walked close to him,
"Courtney... we shouldn't" Jesus said softly as he looked down at me, his eyes sparkled in the moonlight,
"We really shouldn't, but I have to just once." I said softly as we were chest to chest and I lifted onto my top toes, Jesus wrapped his arms around me as I jumped up and wrapped my legs around his waist in a fluid motion,
"Just once right?" He asked, I nodded slowly before I locked lips with Jesus and it was crazy but cool that I was kissing my neighbor but it didn't feel right, he smelled amazing and I don't know if it's his sweatshirt or his hair, his hair! It's so soft, I ran my fingers through his hair as we kiss and I held the sleeves of his sweatshirt in my hands as we kissed. We pulled away eventually but it was really delayed, we didn't want it to end. It had to though, so I got down, kissed his cheek and then walk inside probably bright red.

I ran past mom going to my room as I felt all of my emotions rush to the surface after the day I had. I sat in my bed and started crying, letting it all out.
"Courtney?" Chloe asked as she poked her head in. I looked up knowing I looked a wreck,
"I'm fine I swear." I said quickly as I wiped my tears, until I shook my head and started balling, Chloe shuffled in quietly and sat beside me wrapping a comforting arm around my shoulders as she smoothed my hair,
"I know that you had to go get Jesus. You saw Dad didn't you?" She asked,
"Yeah, I gave him hell and left. Mariana hates me because she and Emma think Jesus cheated on Emma with me. The worst part is, I told the whole family I'd step away to prevent a rift in the family instead, I started a rift in my relationship with Jesus."I said as I cried and held onto Chloe,
"I'm sure you two will bounce back, you're best friends right?" She asked, I pulled away slowly and shook my head,
"You were right, I was falling for Jesus but I can't, not only is it wrong but I can't just do this to Emma and Mariana. Plus I need to step away from everything." I said softly as I looked down with a sigh,
"What do you mean 'was' ?" Chloe asked softly,
"I kissed him. He kissed me, it wasn't right and part of me wishes that he chased after me, but that's a part of me that needs to stay gone, it's selfish." I said softly.
"You kissed Jesus?" I looked up and saw Lena who was standing in my doorway, I immediately regretted everything as I scrambled out of my bed.