Counting The Stars and Scars

*Jaime's POV*

After we got to the Cafeteria and settled with Vic, Mike and Tony asking so many questions I couldn't help but realise how quiet Max is, I mean I noticed that she is naturally quiet but there is just something off, it wasn't that run in with that guy, she didn't look sad, upset or traumatized, but more like she was in thought, deep in thought, either way she looked beautiful, I couldn't help but notice her ice blue eyes earlier, she is gorgeous, words can't describe. I mean I have only saw her a handful of times and it has been one day but I think I might like this girl? She seems, quiet, self reserved and fragile, she also looks hurt, she doesn't show it but if you look deep in her eyes, behind the facade she is putting on you can see she is a hurt girl, but I just don't know why? I must have been staring at her while I was in a daydream because she leaned over and touched my arm which sent shivers down my spine, "Jaime?" she whispered, "Yeah?" I whispered back, "Are you okay? You were staring at me?" she giggled,then when I looked around I saw Mike, Vic and Tony looking at me with knowing eyes, I just shook it off, "Yeah, sorry I was just thinking about earlier" her face went serious again, "Don't worry about it, it was nobody. But thank you for being there when I needed you." she smiled, it was a fake smile, but I'll take it, I just nodded and smiled back, she poked my dimples and I just laughed.

When lunch was over I walked Max to her Math class, turns out we're in the same class, we took a seat in the back as we made small talk, I was watching the door to see who was coming in, then I saw his face, that guy from earlier that had Max pinned against a locker. I could feel the anger build up in me as I began to get over protective. Max must as noticed him too because they made eye contact and he just smirked at her, I heard her gasp and mutter something under her breathe like "He normally skips this period though?" I rubbed her arm and she gave me a reassuring smile, but I didn't believe it. Math went by pretty fast although it was boring, but I feel that it may have been 10x more boring if Max wasn't here. 5 minutes before the bell, Ms Hargrove asked me to stay at the end as she wanted to talk to me, I just gave a simple "Okay" and then the bell went, Max and I quickly said our goodbyes and she left, rushing out in true Max fashion but I saw that sack of shit, Jason, rush out after her, I tried to hurry the talk up with Ms Hargrove as much as I could, I said "Thank you" and left, running down the hall the same way as Max and Jason went.

I was in a frenzy looking for her, I couldn't let something happen to her again, not under my watch, I was looking up and down the stair well for her but all I could see was different faces, but not the face I was looking for, not Max. I heard someone shouting and peered out the window, I saw Max being dragged by Jason to a car, I heard her scream my name "Jaime!! JAIMEE!!" and something came over me, like a wave of anger and fury, I rushed outside and grabbed Max's hand, she turned and looked at me with sorrow in her eyes I then realised that Jason was dragging her twice as hard so I ran around her and punched him in the jaw, taking a second swing and hitting him in the nose he let go of Max's arm so I grabbed her hand again and rushed her off, into Vic's car, there wasn't enough room for her to sit between me and tony so I let her sit in my lap as she rested her head in the crook of my neck sobbing. I tried calming her down by rubbing her back but she was still shaking hysterically. I got Vic to drop us at my house as my parents were out until late and I don't think she'll want her parents seeing her in this sort of state.

I said my goodbyes and carried Max in bridal style into my house, and up the stairs to my bedroom as she was still crying and shaking, I ran into my parents bedroom and grabbed my mothers make up wipes and ran back through, she was sitting on the edge of my bed taking deep breathes and wiping her tears smudging her mascara and eyeliner even more. I pulled her hands away from her face, "Do you trust me?" I asked she looked at me and nodded "Good, close your eyes" she did as she was told and I started rubbing her face with the wipes, I told her to open her eyes and started again, with a new wipe, being gentle as I didn't know how sensitive her skin is, I then pulled her shoes off and put them beside my bed. I put my hands on her arm and she flinched, I looked at her with narrow eyes, "I have a sore arm where Jason was pulling me" she quickly stated but I didn't believe her, I asked if I could see, and she nodded with looking down at her thighs, I pulled her checkered shirt off and sure enough there was a red hand print, I turned her arm around and she gasped but didn't pull away, there were plasters with lines of blood coming through, I slowly pulled the plasters off and saw the self harm marks, much like what Vic had but he kept scratching his when they healed and they started to bleed again.

I looked up at her eyes, they were filled with hurt and sorrow, "Have you been scratching these?" I asked softly and calmly as I reached in my drawer for my first aid kit, "No it must have been when Jason was dragging me?" she replied, I could tell she was ashamed of them but there was no need to be. I just nodded and started applying new plasters before I wrapped them up in a whit bandage, I then pulled out a sticker and lollipop, I popped the sticker on her Baseball tee, and gave her the lollipop she laughed at how silly I was being, "Why do you have theses? she asked giggling and blushing, "My cousins hurt themselves alot so I keep them in there for when I hep them" she just smiled and replied with a "That's so sweet." we spent hours talking and watching Harry Potter movies, when she fell asleep, I pulled the covers up over her and turned the television off, taking a picture of her and putting it on my Instagram captioning it "Sleeping Beauty", locking my phone and then falling asleep too, man I really like this girl.

Notes

What do you think, Jaime's a little romeo isn't he?