A Warrior Of Youth

Jakes POV

I walked into school with Jinxx waiting for me by our first class. I was a little surprised. I figured he'd be with Andy and the rest of the crew. We hung out all afternoon yesterday like we always did. Me and Jinxx go way back. Been friends since I remember.
"Hey, why aren't you with Andy and the guys?"
"You're right" he said simply.
"About what...?" I said unsure of what he meant.
"About the group. What we have become. I'm not gonna hang out with them anymore."
"Well I hope for your sake that Andy doesn't get too pissed off. What about Sammi? She's friends Scout..." I said trailing off. Sammi had been Jinxxs long time girlfriend of two years. They are perfect together and they aren't in each other pockets like most couples. I actually liked her as opposed to Scout. Sammi is the reason I got with Ella, but we all know how that went.
"They'll deal with it. And Sammi, well I'd never ask her to choose between me and her friends. I just won't be able to hang out with her when she's with them" he shrugged.
"Well it means a lot to me. That you would give up the status to stay friends with me" I said lightly punching his arm.
"The status means nothing to me. Not if you're not up there with me. I rather have one good friend then ten shit ones."
This is what I liked about Jinxx. He was loyal and actually gave a shit about people. I knew he would get uncomfortable with me breaking off from the group and he would always follow me.
"Thanks man" I said giving him a small smile. "Well, its gonna be hard today. They all know I kissed Lissa. They're all just so pissed off with me. I didn't really do anything!" I complained.
Jinxx gave me a look of sympathy. "I don't know what to tell you Jake. They warned you. Ella warned Lissa to stay away."
"But I didn't want to. I feel something with her. I don't know, the day I saw her I just knew she was different. I feel like I've caused her so much pain by talking to her though."
"She probably feels the same way. She's the new girl and look at the stir she has created and not in a good way."
I thought about Jinxx's words and it dawned on me that certain members of our class hadn't yet arrived. We were now settled into our seats and our English teacher Mr Bates was preparing for the lesson.
"Scout and Ella are in this class aren't they?" I asked Jinxx.
"Yeah, they aren't usually this late..." Jinxx said looking at his phone.
I jumped out of my chair and started to rush for the door.
"Where do you think you're going Mr Pitts?" Mr Bates asked.
"Sir, I think my friend is in trouble" I said as I halted at the doorway.
"I'm sure they will be fine. If they are in trouble it is their own fault, now sit."
I unwillingly took my seat next to Jinxx and quickly sent a text to Lissa, hoping I would get a reply.

Lissas POV

As I got out the car Sandra noticed me limping a little.
"Why are you limping? Did you trip or something?" She questioned.
"Uhhh... I hit my hip on the corner of a table. Getting a nasty bruise here" I said pointing to where my cuts were.
"Ohh, that sucks... So what's happening with you and Jake?" She asked changing the topic. She wasn't able to get much out of me yesterday. I was too worried about the outcome today to tell Sandra why I was so upset.
"We kissed, bu-" I said, but she interrupted me
"AWWWW! I knew it! I knew he liked you! Why else would he risk it?!" She rambled.
"It's not that big of a deal" I said trying to calm her.
"Are you kidding?! It's a huge deal! In the the whole time those guys have been at this school they have never hooked up with anyone else other than their girlfriends. And I'm only meaning Jake, Jinxx and Andy. Ashley and CC are whores" she said bluntly.
"But I never see any girls around them" I pointed out.
"Don't be fooled. Those two are masterminds. After CC dumped me, Ashley showed him the ropes to owning every girl at the school. Ashley might be all cute and sweet, but his intentions are to get in your pants" she said rolling her eyes.
I just shook my head.
We headed off in separate directions towards our classed, but I had to stop my locker before the bell.
As I rounded the corner to the hallway that held my locker, I saw Ella standing nearby.
"Shit" I said under my breath.
I was about to turn around and go straight to my class, but she saw me.
"Hey! Where the hell do you think your going?!" I heard her shout.
I kept walking a brisk pace to get away from her, but she ran up behind me and pushed me.
"What the fuck do you think you're doing?!" I yelled at her, recovering from my stumble.
"What the hell you doing with Jake?! Do I have to remind you to stay away from him?!" She spat as she stalked towards me.
"He broke up with you! You brought that on yourself!" I spat back.
"He wouldn't have if you never showed up! You should have just killed yourself like your brother!" She yelled in my face.
I felt something snap inside me and I slapped her. Hard.
She gave me a look of complete shock. She didn't say anything, just took a slow couple steps back from me.
"Don't you dare speak about my brother! You didn't know him! Just leave him the fuck out of all this!" I yelled. My voice echoed through the corridor, making a couple of students stop and stare. And a teacher.
"Hey, whats going on here?!" A female teacher said angrily.
Before I could react, Ella just started crying on the spot. "She hit me Ms!" She blubbered.
"No! I mean yes, but..." I had no real argument.
"Okay, that's enough. You, to the principals office" The teacher snapped at me. "You okay Ella?" She asked all sweetly to Ella.
I scoffed and just walked towards my class.
"Missy, the principals office is the other way!" The teacher yelled after me.
"I'm not going. She put me in hospital last week and nothing was done about that!" I yelled back and kept walking.
The teacher didn't bother chasing after me, she was too worried about Ella, who was being a cry baby.
I finally made it to my class and checked my phone. I had a message from Jake that was sent ten minutes ago.
Hey, Ella and Scout haven't made it to class yet. Please tell they aren't terrorising you? I'm worried :(
My thumbs shook nervously trying to figure out how to reply to that.
I sighed and just wrote.
I'll explain later.

Notes

Hey guys,
Sorry this took ages, just haven't had the time this weekend. I will post more during the week.
Please leave comments on what you think! I love reading them :)
-Tina xx