John walked out of the locker room after putting a lock on his locker. John arrived from a side door of the Gym and stood in front of some bleachers. John waited for a couple minutes with a couple other people.
Suddenly, April came running out of the locker room with tears in her eyes. She ran straight for the exit of the gym. John looked at her run out before he looked at the girl's locker room door. A couple minutes later, a group of girls came out of the locker room laughing.
John walked over to them and said, "What did you do to April."
The girls laughed together before Becky said, "We put her in her place." John raised his hand and was about to bitch slap Becky before he stopped himself.
John said, "Tell Andrew that the next time I see him, I'll break his fucking legs." John's eyes started to glow fiercely before they returned to normal, and John ran out of the gym to go find April.
John looked around the area before he passed by the girl's bathroom and heard crying. John walked into the bathroom and said, "April, are you okay?"
April said, "Please leave me alone, John."
John said, "Please come out, April."
April who was sobbing came out of the bathroom stall. John saw her face and arms had been covered in hurtful words. Words such as Slut, Freak, Whore, Fatty, Bitch, You disgust me, Useless, Dirty, Loser, Ugly, Cheap, Dumb, Loose, Dry, Fake, Weirdo, Nerd, Failure, Pathetic, Slow, Weak, Coward, Worthless, Stupid, You are nothing, and Kill yourself.
John looked at her arms and saw that they had been rubbed raw and they were red and swollen. John walked towards her and wrapped her in his arms. April sobbed even louder she pulled herself deeper into John's embrace. It was only 20 minutes later, when she stopped crying.
April looked up at John as she hugged him for a while longer. John said, "All those words written on your body, mean nothing. You are beautiful and nothing anyone says, could ever change that fact." April nodded her head as she felt John's arms wrapped around her.
April thought to herself, 'I think I am falling in love.' April looked up into John's hazel eyes, then she closed her eyes and leaned against John's chest. John rubbed her head for a couple minutes. April opened her eyes before she let go of John.
April asked, "Can you help me get this filth off me?"
John said, "There's no need to even ask. Wait here for a second." April nodded as she watched John walk out of the bathroom. John walked over to a supply closet he saw while he was looking for April. John walked in and looked around for a couple seconds before he grabbed a big bottle of hand sanitizer.
John walked out of the closet and jogged back to the bathroom. John walked inside and started to help remove all the terrible words from her body. John rubbed her arms and face gently with paper towel to dry off the hand sanitizer.
Then John wiped her with a wet paper towel to stop her skin from drying out. John stood behind April as she looked at herself in the mirror. April saw that all the words had been removed from her skin. April said, "Thank you."
John didn't reply but he kissed her cheek softly from behind. It was only a quick peck, but April saw it as much more. April's face blushed to an astonishing degree, as she looked at John through the mirror.
John smiled and said, "I'll take that as a reward." April turned around with a pout on her face. John brushed the hair that was blocking April's beautiful face. They locked eyes with each other, and both moved forward to kiss.
However, the bell rang and completely ruined the mood. John let go of April's cheek as they both backed away from each other. April said, "We should get to class."
John said, "We should change first." April nodded as they walked out of the bathroom holding hands. John walked into the girl's locker room with April to make sure she would be fine. The room was empty, so John jogged over to the boy's locker room.
John changed quickly before he shoved his gym clothes into the locker and locked it. Then John jogged out of the locker room and met up with April in the hallway. John grabbed April's hand before they made their way to English 12.
John and April walked into the classroom a couple minutes after the second bell had chimed. The teacher admonished them but stopped when John gave him a long look. John's eyes flickered for a second freaking the teacher out.
John and April sat in the back of the class before the teacher continued his lesson. About 50 minutes later, the bell chimed, signifying the end of school. John walked out of the classroom holding April's hand. They walked to April's locker, and she grabbed some of the homework she had put in there.
Nancy and Barb were there as well. Nancy said, "John, I am going with Steve, so I don't need a ride."
John said, "Okay. Do you need a ride, Barb?"
Barb said, "Thanks for the offer, but I have my own car."
John said, "Alright then, see you guys later then." John then walked away with April, holding hands.
John smiled at April as he asked, "You want a ride home?" April nodded as they continued walking down the hall. They walked out a side door closest to the parking lot. As they were walking to John's car, John saw Andrew and Becky standing next to a car.
John let go of April's hand before he ran over to Andrew. Andrew was standing with a group of friends. Steve was standing there as well, and Nancy was standing next to him. Becky saw John running over and tried to warn Andrew, but it was too late. John had already arrived behind Andrew.
John ran beside him, grabbing his hair before he slammed Andrew's head on the hood of the car. A sickening crunch was heard. John pulled Andrew by his hair and threw him to the floor before he started to pummel his face with fist after fist. Andrew was completely unable to fight back and just lay on the floor with his hands at his sides.
John was suddenly pushed off of Andrew and had to dodge a punch in the face. One of Andrew's friends had come out of his stupor and charged in to rescue him. The friend tried to punch John, but John moved his head before he kicked him in the chest pushing him off. John got on top of the friend and punched him at the perfect angle in the jaw, knocking him out. John stood up from the floor before he walked over to Andrew and stomped on both his legs, snapping his bones under his shoes.
John walked in front of Becky; his face as serious as it could be. John said, "I warned you." John walked over to April who was standing a couple of feet away. John wrapped his arm around April's shoulder as he walked over to his car.
As John was walking away with April, many people were looking at John's bloody fists. Then they looked at both Andrew and his friend. The friend's face was fine only bruised, but Andrew's face was destroyed. Blood was gushing out of his face and both his eyes were swollen shut. At least he had only lost one tooth. Looking at his legs some people vomited as bone was clearly visible.
Steve and Nancy watched John walk away before they walked over to the shaking Becky. Nancy said, "What the hell did Andrew do?"
Beck said, "Andrew fought John after class and lost. He couldn't tell on John, so he told me to corner April in the girl's locker room during gym and write mean words on her. I did what he told me to, and April ran out of the locker room. Then John walked over to me and said that the next time he saw Andrew, he would break his fucking legs."
Steve joked, "Well, I guess he poked the wrong bear."
Nancy said, "You're such a bitch, Becky." Then Nancy walked away. Steve looked between Becky and Nancy for a second before he ran after Nancy, leaving Becky alone with two unconscious boys.
Meanwhile, John was driving with April in the passenger seat. April said, "You didn't have to do that."
John said, "No, I had to. I couldn't let them do that to you."
April blushed before she said, "Want to stay at my house for a while and do our homework."
John said, "That sound's great. Tomorrow is Saturday, do you want to go on a date?"
April said, "Really?" John nodded.
April asked, "What do you have in mind?"
John said, "We can go see a movie, or go on a picnic. Anything you want, really."
April said, "Okay. We can go to a movie then go star gazing."
John said, "Sounds like a plan." April nodded.
They arrived at April house; it was a small house. John parked his car in the driveway before he got out and opened the door for April. April led John to the front door and unlocked it with a key. April led John inside and began to take her shoes off. John followed her example and did the same. April led Joh through the house, although it was small, it felt cozy. It didn't feel cramped at all.
April led John to her bedroom, they walked inside, and John saw yellow walls. John looked around some more and saw some pictures on the shelves, a full-size bed, a big bookshelf, and a small desk with a chair. John also saw some stuffed animals on the bed. April saw John looking at her stuffed animals.
She said embarrassedly, "Those are from when I was a kid." John walked over and picked up a small elephant.
John said, "Don't be so embarrassed, it's cute." April blushed as she nodded.
She recovered a little faster than before and said, "Let's start studying."
John said, "Okay." April walked over to her closet and pulled out another chair. John walked over and picked up the chair before he brought it over to the desk. John and April then sat down together and began to do their homework.
They did their homework and studied for about 3 hours. Then April started to show John all of her books. She had a lot of good books, and it was evident that every one of them had been read multiple times. John and April talked about the supernatural world for many hours as April clearly loved the subject.
Many of the books on her bookshelf were supernatural themed. John had learned a lot about April over this period of time. He learned that April's father was white, and her mother was black. She was raised by her aunt on her father's side because her parents had been killed in an unexplainable accident. Money is tight in her household and her aunt works a lot to try to make up for being a single parent. Her aunt's name is Lisa Wright, she had been living with her aunt since she was 6 years old, So, she saw her aunt more as a mother/Big Sister than anything else.
John and April enjoyed their time together and completely forgot about time. They were both sitting on the bed and discussing books when the door was opened and a blonde women walked into the room.