Jackson was having a good day. That was until he got hit, but it did start off perfectly. He woke up nice and early, worked out, showered, ate. All while texting Analise. They had started to talk to each other more often since the beach party. Since the kiss. That had been a great night for him. Extremely unusual, but just as great. At school, things seemed to be going his way too. School was easy, for once, and they were even serving his favorite french fries at lunch.
Back to getting hit though.
It wasn't the first time he got hit, for heavens sake, he boxed a lot. All too often he would end up in bed, face covered in blood, and slab of meat over his eye. It wasn't even the first time a girl had hit him. What caught him off guard though was that it was Audrey doing the hitting. She came out of nowhere and hit him with all the force she could muster. It didn't hurt much, he didn't stagger at all. Even Lily had hit harder than her. He was used to that sort of impact, but it was very surprising. And she made him drop his fries. The
fucking fries.
Standing very still, this time muscles tensed, waiting for her to take another shot at him, Jackson listened as she quaked out angry line after line. Venom spilt from her mouth, most of it not even making any sense. Did she think Anna and him had fucked? And now Audrey was breaking off their 'best-friendship.' True, Jackson and Audrey had had a thing in the passed. But that was all that it was. A thing of the passed. After they had broken it off they had sort of become friends, but in truth Jackson didn't give a damn about the friendship he had with the girl he used to fuck. It wasn't healthy doing all the pretending that he actually cared.
"My reputation exceeds me. You actually think we..?" Jackson laughed at Audrey before turning serious, a deadpan look in his eyes. The dead look that turned his chocolate brown eyes as black as a sharks.
"Even if we did you have no right interfering Audrey. It's none of your concern what I do in my spare time, and the same goes for Anna." He paused for a moment to let his next words sink in,
"You're not the Queen." Jackson began to walk away dropping the now disappointing tray of fry-less food in the trash. He moved away from Audrey and her whipped boy-toy without a second glance.
As soon as Jackson was a few feet away the dead look in his eyes dropped. For a moment Jackson almost let himself go. He almost let his emotions get the better of him, and if he had he definitely would have said something he had regretted later. Now all he cared about was finding Anna. What if- he cut himself off before he could think of all the bad things Audrey could have done to her. She was too innocent for Audrey's rage. If Audrey had laid a finger on her...
Turning into the hallway, Jackson eyes locked onto Analise. She looked about ready to cry, hands pressed into her eyes, hoping to press the tears back in. Thankfully it didn't look like Audrey had touched her, but she was covering a large part of her face. Without a word he walked over to her and wrapped his long arms around her body pulling her in close to his big chest. He held her there, strongly, but gently, knowing that now was not a good time to say anything, hopefully the hug would help.