Angel vs. Demon

~*~Justin’s POV~*~

School ended faster than I wanted it to. I was walking down the halls extremely slow trying to buy myself time but nope god was being a bitch today. James and Gage found us quickly.

“Hey guys, what’s up with the slow walk?” He asked. Sam shrugged, “Maybe Justin’s going to be a turtle when he gets older.” I gave her a look and she laughed but looked away. I turned to James “um can I talk to you privately?” I asked. He looked at me worried suddenly but nodded and we headed off.

I walked slowly and James was fine with that, probably just as nervous as me. When we made it down a hall it was empty so we stopped. He turned to me obviously not ready like me. “So uh what is it you wanna talk about?” He asked really quietly. My heart was beating faster than I wanted it to.

I sighed, “Um about yesterday-”
“Sorry, please just forget all about that, it was just this and that happening!” He said quickly. I held my hand up and he stopped. My face turned a soft red “o-okay,” I said. He looked at me surprised. “W-what?” He asked.

“Okay I’ll go out with you,” I mumbled quietly. A bright smile spread on his face and he hugged me tightly. “Thankyouthankyouthankyou!” He squealed. “You won’t regret it,” He said winking to me.

I blushed and looked down away from him. He grabbed my hands and kissed my forehead making my face flush brighter. He led me down the hall not saying anything. He just held my hand and smiled happily.

We walked outside where Sam and Gage were waiting for us. They looked up at us, Sam looked happy yet sad at the same time, the look on Gage’s face was too confusing to understand. We walked up to them and Sam hugged both of us. “Oh congrats!” She said. James rubbed the back of his head embarrassed. She elbowed Gage and he rolled his eyes. “Yeah what she said,” He said not happy at all.

James frowned but turned to me and put his fingers under my chin moving my head to the side. He kissed my cheek and smiled “I’ll call you later,” He said letting my hand go and walking away to his car with Gage next to him.

We started walking away from the school. When we got alone Sam got me in a headlock and gave me a noogie. “Ahhhh so what’s this? You and James huh?” She said. I squealed and pulled away. “Aww my hairs messed up,” I whined fixing my hair. She laughed and hugged me. “Maybe things will look up from here,” She said. I nodded and smiled.

We walked into my house laughing when the air suddenly got tense. The smell of cigarette smoke made me freeze. My jaw clenched and I turned my head. I saw a figure sitting in the comfy chair reading the newspaper smoking a cigarette. My dad. My whole body screamed run but I stayed right where I was.

He looked up at me and set the paper down. He plucked the cigarette out of his lips and blew out smoke. “Hello Justin.” His cold voice sent shivers down my back. Bad memories rushed into my head. I looked down and saw he was wearing his special belt buckle. One that was extremely heavy and the one he used to hit me with. I know he wore it just for me today.

He looked over at Sam and squinted his eyes. “Why is she here?” He hissed. She glared at him and put her hands on my shoulders. “Justin is sleeping over at my house tonight, we came to get his stuff and I’m going to walk him to my house.” I couldn’t speak or move. My mom walked in and spotted me and her face paled. We gave each other similar looks.

He looked up at her making her flinch. “Did you say Justin could stay over at Sam’s today?” He asked. She looked up at us and our pleading looks. She nodded, “Y-yes dear,” She said. He just gave us an unhappy look and went back to reading the newspaper.

Sam managed to pull me up to my room where I broke down crying. I clutched onto Sam’s shirt “n-no, h-h-he c-can’t be h-h-here, god no!” I said. Sam pulled me into a tight hug and tears fell onto my back from her crying.

After a few minutes she pushed me away. “Let’s hurry and get you packed,” she said. I nodded and we grabbed some random clothes and stuffed them into my bag and quickly ran out of the house but not before my mom hugged me tightly and whispered, “Stay as long as you like” in my ear.

We made it to Sam’s house and we sat on her bed, suddenly the happy atmosphere had dissipated. I hugged my legs tightly to my chest and bit my lip to keep the tears from falling.

“It’s only been about a week, I thought he said he was going to be away for half a fucking year!” Sam said punching the wall. I bit my lip harder to hold back a sob. Sam turned to me when she heard my small whimper and hugged me. “Oh honey don’t worry, you can come over whenever you’d like, I’ll be here with open arms.” I buried my face in her shoulder and sobbed.

Suddenly my cell phone started ringing loudly making both of us jump. Sam scrambled for the phone and looked at it. “Its James,” she said turning to me. I wiped my eyes off on my shirt and she handed me my phone.

“Hello?” I said trying to keep my voice from cracking.
“Hey sweetie what’s up?” He asked. I looked to Sam who sat next to me listening in.
“N-nothing,” I lied.
There was a small pause. “Is something wrong? You don’t sound alright.” I unconsciously shook my head even though he couldn’t see it.
“Nothing’s wrong, Sam and I just finished watching The Notebook.”

I sighed as he said, “Oooooohhhh.” Sam slapped her hand to her forehead. “Was it good?”
“Y-yeah, pretty good.”
“That’s good, hey do you and Sam want to come over? We are having a party tonight at my place and I would love it if you would come.”
I turned to Sam who didn’t look too happy but nodded anyway. “Sure,” I said softly.
“That’s great!” I couldn’t help but giggle at how happy he was.
“Okay, I’ll see you tonight um around 7 see ya later babe!” He said and hung up.

Sam started laughing, “See ya later babe!” She mimicked. I elbowed her and stood up. “Let’s go ahead and get ready!” Sam said and grabbed my arm pulling me off to her bathroom for an ultimate make over.