♥Jenny's POV♥

After soccer practice I went straight home and didn't even bother using the school's changing rooms. I lived close to the school so it wouldn’t make such a difference if I showed there or not. The ride to my house was quick and for once I didn't think of anything in particular.

The first thing I did when I arrived was chug down a few glasses of water because I forgot to walk with my water bottle at training. I then took a bath and got dressed in a pair of baggy jeans and one of my old shirts. The house was filled with food but for some reason I didn't feel for anything at the moment. Being bored with myself, I went up to my room ready to blast music. As I laid my head on my pillow, I received a phone call.

"Hey Ty," I say, answering the phone.

"Sup, Jen? Did you miss me today?" He questions and I couldn't help but laugh at how cocky he sounded. I mean, my day was the exact same way without him just like it was with him.

"Ha-ha, sorry to pop your bubble Ty but I didn't even notice that you were gone. Feeling better?"

"I’m feeling much better. Sorry that I can't come over this afternoon, Andrew literally kidnapped me at my own home. Talk to you tomorrow?" Tyler suggests and I simply nod and hum in response. He gets the hint that I agreed so we said our goodbyes then hang up.

Folding my arms behind my head, I laid on my back while staring at my plain ceiling. I felt restless and I knew that music and rest wouldn’t help me one bit. I just needed to find out what to do to keep myself occupied. Something simple, for free and won't take up much energy.

"Oh dang it, I'll just go to the park," I say to myself, finally coming to a conclusion.

Hopping off my bed, I put on one of my old Nikes and then made my way out of the front door. Making sure to lock up, I made my way to the park. The park was only a ten minute walk from my house so I didn’t really need to use my motorcycle. It was a fine day and a breezy one at that. I wonder what the park has to offer me today.

The walk to the park was peaceful and short. Standing in front of the park’s gates, I still battled with myself whether or not this was a good idea. I mean, there wasn’t much to be done at the park anyway. Letting out a sigh, I shoved my hands into the back pockets of my jeans and then made my way inside.

Taking a few minutes, I searched for the perfect spot to put my mind at ease. Seeing that mostly all the good spots next to the pond were taken; I took a seat on one of the benches closer to the woods. Our town’s park was ridiculous; if I do say so myself. Who in their right mind attaches a park to a forest which is, trust me, far from safe. Persons have been raped here before and killed. You needed to have guts of steel to be so close to the woods as I was.

Seeing that there was nothing much to do, I decided upon counting the trees. Turning to face the forest, I began my limitless and boring count of trees. Suddenly, I heard the sound of cries. Not the wild cries in movies where someone was about to be killed but the sound of weeping. Having a really good ear I could tell that it was coming from behind that big oak tree directly in front of me.

Not thinking twice about the matter, I approach the tree slowly, making sure to not make any sounds. Like always, I went along and screwed something up. As I took a step so that I could round the tree, my foot landed directly onto a dry twig. Muttering a few curses under my breath I stopped in my tracks hoping that the person didn’t hear the breaking of the twig.

The individual heard me and made a run for it. There was nothing that I could do as I watched this brown haired girl depart from behind the tree. Her outfit looked familiar –black long sleeved jacket, dark jeans, read tee shirt-. Searching my mind, I try to recall where I’ve seen this person before. She ran and disappeared behind a tree once more, whipping her tears away.

You idiot, that’s Casey. Go after her, she’s maybe hurt because of you anyways Jenny. My subconscious was right but I was too stubborn to listen.

Oh come on!

The more I thought about the matter at hand, I saw it necessary to go comfort her. The only problem was, I pushed her away so many times in one day and I don’t know if she’ll accept my comfort. Screw it then, if she accepts it or not, at least I cared about her feelings for once.

Jogging towards the direction where she was seated, I tried my best to not scare her away again. Stopping next to the tree, I decided to take a seat at the trunk too. The twist in all this was that Casey was on the other side and our backs practically faced each other.

“U-Um Casey, are you okay?” I ask soothingly, making sure that my voice didn’t come out hard. Oh gosh, you’re so stupid Jenny, of course she isn’t okay! Where have you seen a girl cry that way and she ‘was’ okay. Idiot…

“I-I… y-you… you won’t understand,” She sobs even louder as the words escaped her lips.

“Try me,” I say, knowing that no matter what it was, even if I understood it or not, she would feel better after getting it off her chest.

“I-I feel so broken Jenny… a-and I was almost mugged on my way home. I-I tried to run them off but they wanted payback. O-One of the g-girls mentioned your n-name that’s why I came back in the school to ask you for a ride. I-I figured that I’d be safe with you…”

After her statement, she broke down into tears once more. My mouth hangs open due to all this information. How stupid can I be? That’s why she looked so tired and that’s why she was jogging towards me at practice. Ugh, who the f*ck could have done this to such an innocent looking girl! This is serious; I need to get to the bottom of this soon.

“T-Then you stood me down and so I went home. I-I was cornered Jenny, t-they beat me up. S-So I came here to cry it out. M-My day was horrible… I-I thought that I could have made a new friend and not be picked on b-b-because of… m-my …. Oh my God, I’m such a failure.”

At this moment, I don’t know what got over me. Action on instinct, I went around the tree and held her petit body in my hands. At first she tensed up but then broke down once more. Before I hugged her I noticed that she had a bruise on her right cheek and that her shirt and jacket were ripped a little. They had her good.

While having her in my arms I still whispered a few comforting words to her so that she could calm down. I could feel the rapid pace of her heart and her rushed breaths. Her head was now resting on my chest as I still wondered what she meant by the last part of her outburst… Of her ‘what’ exactly did she want to say?

“It’s going to be alright Casey,” I whisper into her hair, trying my best to calm her down.

“No it’s not Jenny. They’re out for me,” She says, her voice coming out in a mere crack.

“Don’t worry about them Casey, I’m here now,” I respond, still comforting her.

“You’re only going to her now. At school I’m screwed. I don’t have any friends to defend me Jenny. From the time you rejected my lunch invitation, the onlookers didn’t want anything to do with me.”

So all of this was my fault after all, I didn’t want to hurt her; I only wanted to keep my distance. She’s annoying and from the first time she spoke to me she had me thinking about her perfect lips. I mean, that’s not normal! I’ve never thought about a girl’s body part and wonder how it would feel before. This was just too weird for me to handle.

“I’m not only here now Casey. Don’t worry, I’ll be here as long as you like. I might be the cause of this but I think I can fix it now. Do you still want to become my friend?”

“Of course I do Jenny! Thank you so much,” She says, wrapping her arms around me and pulling me closer. The time I felt her breasts press against my stomach and her face sinks into mine; if I didn’t know better, I would think that she was enjoying having my breasts against her face.

“Come on; let’s go to my house so that we could have you cleaned up.”

"Okay,” She agreed, getting up together with me as we made our way to my house.

Oh Jenny, what the heck have you went and done now. Becoming friends with this chick wasn’t the wisest decision that you could make but let’s just see how this cookie crumbles.

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