Backing up in to the house, I look about for something to defend myself but I find nothing, looking at Badz as he 'almost' fills the same space that Pike had filled, he stands there for a few seconds in silence before speaking, " Relax Noah, I'm not gonna do anything to you,."

I still don't trust him, " Look I just want to know what's going on with you and Jace, I know about you and Pike and I have no problem with it, but I seen the pictures on the school web, are you and Jace now a thing?," I look at him confused, " what pictures ?,."

I automatically flinch and step back from him as he steps forward pulling out his phone, he stop's and look's at me, " I told you, I'm not going to hurt you, I just want to show you the pictures that had pissed Pike off so much today .",

I still don't take my eye's off him, even as he now stands holding his phone, urging me to look at the screen, I take a quick glance at his phone screen before looking straight back at him, still not trusting him, with confusion I look back down at the screen, I see the pictures that someone had obviously taken the day Jace had hold of me, but the pictures showed a completely different scenario, this time I looked up in to Badz eye's, " Is this why Pike did what he did to me today " .

I looked at Badz from across the small table in my kitchen, still not trusting him, after he had showed me the pictures on the school web site, we had moved to the kitchen, I had placed two glasses' of water on the table for us, "So,....what's happening with you and Jace " his words spoke with a small amount of annoyance, looking him straight in the eye, " How do you know about me and Pike,....di..did he tell you ", a small smile pulled at the corner of his lips, " Kind of, he didn't really have a choice, I had started noticing things, like he would follow you around school, only turn up at the lessons he had that you where in too, but skipped all his other one's, there where a few other thing's, but it was what I heard him say to Jace, when we had to pull him off him in the car park ", with curiosity getting the better of me, " What did he say to Jace ", Badz looks at me without hesitation, " He told Jace if he put his hands on you again.....he would kill him,".

Looking up at Badz from my half empty glass, " What those pictures show, are completely different to what was happening,... Jace had me pined to them lockers, after that, he dragged me to the small toilets in S-block, he shouted at everyone to get out before cornering me in one of the cubicles and tried to force himself on me,."

I feel my eyes start to ache as tear's began to fall, my head starting to pound with pain, " You know what, I didn't ask for any of this, I just want you all to leave me alone,....especially Pike and Jace, I just want to finish school and leave this place and all you behind, all of you have made my life hell for the last three year's,. "

Looking up at Badz, " You've got your answer, there is nothing between me and Jace, and now there is nothing between me and Pike, " looking back down at my glass of water as my tears made ripple's on the surface, " So now can you leave and tell them to leave me alone, there's only five or six months, and we will all be out of each other's hair, I would like that time to get my grades back up, the better my grades, the further away from this town and all of you I can get," I practically spit the last few word's at Badz, my gaze land's on his slightly shocked face, " Listen, I'll explain to Pike what Jace did to you , once he kn..", and that's were I cut him off, " Look, I don't need you explaining anything to anyone, you and your group just need to leave me be,...and as for Pike,....he just doesn't exist to me anymore,"," listen Noah, I know as soon as I explain to Pike, I know he'll be on his knees, beg...," I cut him off once more,. " And I know if he thinks I've done something to betray him,....his soul purpose will be to hurt me again, mentally, emotionally and physically, he has no problem doing any of the just mentioned and I don't need any of it, I don't need or want any of that in my life, and I don't want or need him either, so just tell them all to stay away from me, 'now', can you leave my house,.....please," the 'please' almost a whisper, I stay sitting at the table as Badz walks past, heading for the door, he stop's at the side of me and leans down resting his hand on the table in front of me, " I'm just gonna let you know, when I 'DO' explain this whole thing to Pike, he will go after Jace and he will be around to see you, and ' NOTHING ' is going to stop him,....but I think you already know that don't you," sliding his knuckles across the table, he taps the table with them in front of me, " Don't go too far Noah, the last thing you want is for Pike to hunt you down," I take a deep breath as I here the front door close behind Badz.

Placing the glasses in to the deep sink I look out in to the back yard, I take a deep breath and wipe the tears that had found there way down my face, releasing the breath as I turn and head up to my room, my bedroom being the only safe place I felt I had left.

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