~Eleven'sPirouette~ and counting stars

[bibliophile;]

JJ hurried up to Sarah. "Sarah are you okay?" He asked, tossing his bag down. Having both a father and pretty much uncle in the military tought him a thing or two. He rolled his shoulders. JJ had been in a few fights herr and there and he always rolled his shoulders when he was going to his someone.

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Sarah had sunken down to the floor, her back against the lockers. She still had her hand over her cheek where Jake had slapped her. She bit down hard on her lip, trying to keep herself from crying. Her cheek and eyes stung. "Not really," she whimpered, but that's when she saw him roll his shoulders. Sarah immediately sat up a little straight and grabbed his arm. "JJ, don't." She knew exactly what it meant when he rolled his shoulders.

[bibliophile;]

He looked at her. "He hurt you, Sarah," he said but sat by her.

[twofrogsinacoat]

Sarah squeezed her eyes shut and nodded slightly, taking a shuddering breath. "I know." She didn't want to cry. Not at school; not right then. Her cheek still throbbed as she held her hand over it. If she were to take her hand away and let JJ see the welt that was undoubtedly forming on her cheek, then there was no way he'd let Jake get away without a scratch. At least he'd stayed with her for now.

[bibliophile;]

JJ sighed and kissed her other cheek. "Come on lets go home and get ice on that," he said bit didn't rise. He waited for her.

[twofrogsinacoat]

Sarah nodded slightly and slowly opened her eyes. "Okay," she whispered, slowly getting to her feet.

Just then, Jake rounded the corner again. When he saw the two, he immediately came over. "Are you kidding me? You cheated on me with HIM?"

[bibliophile;]

JJ looked over at Jake and sighed. "As opposed to some other jock jerk?" He asked.

[twofrogsinacoat]

"As opposed," Jake spat, "to someone who's actually worth something."

Sarah stepped forward, fire in her eyes. Her hand dropped from her cheek. "You can say anything you want about me, but you say anything about JJ and you can expect that I will not go down without a fight." Her fists clenched.

Jake laughed, mocking her. "Are you kidding? What are you going to do about it?" He pushed her backwards into the lockers.

Sarah hit the lockers with a loud metallic clang.

[bibliophile;]

JJ clenched his jaw and punched Jake in his. JJ didn't fight like most boys. He wouldn't trade punches or dance around. He wouldn't be fair either. If you were trying to hurt him or someone he cared about he would do whatevwr to prevent that. If that meant breaking a jaw then so be it.

[twofrogsinacoat]

Sarah slid down against the lockers, her head pounding from where it had them. "Don't fight," she pleaded, though there were two JJs and about three Jakes in her line of vision. Was it just her, or was the room spinning?

Jake staggered back in surprise, his hand going to his jaw. He hadn't thought that JJ would actually fight back, but now that he had, it was on. He growled and threw a hard punch to JJ's stomach, his jaw throbbing painfully.