The Start of the Joke Section 8

Chapter 14:
Harley's POV

I sat in my room looking at the ceiling being bored out of my mind. I need to do something but Jason said he was busy which he has been very busy lately and it has been bugging me.
I push myself out of bed. Selina was busy being dragged into plant crap with Pam and I did not want to join them. Thinking about who I could spend time with I wonder off to Jason's room. I bet Eddie is in there reading poems or something.
Like always I fling open Jason's room door without knocking. Jason always locked it went he was changing so I never had I problem with him. I had a problem here though.
I walk into James pulling off his shirt and reaching over to grab another one.
"AHHH! Sorry! I-I didn't mean to see anything!" I held up my hands to only see James laughing.
"It's fine." he shakes his head making his black hair fly. He grabs a shirt and pulls it on. Anyone else would freak and Jason would make fun of me. I like this James kid. He was short, about my height and sorta scrawny. I could likely beat him in an arm wrestling match.
"I was here to see if there was anyone who would spend time with me. I am really bored." I tell him. He sits on his bed laying down and smiles.
"I'm always here." a smile came over my face as I walk over to sit by James' bed.
"Jason would really be shocked if he saw how much you were talking." I commented.
"Is that a good thing?" he looks down at his hands.
"Yes."
"Oh, well then." he turns to me with a new sparkle in his eyes.
"James, you're like glowing." I say.
"I am?" he turns away.
"Ya but it's fine, hey how come you were all fine with me walking in on you?" he stares at me not saying anything. "It's not like you're gay or anything..." I look up to see him staring at his hands. "Holy Monkeys you are!" I jump up grinning.
"No..." he says quietly.
"This is amazing!" he looks at me shocked. I lean forward and ruffle his black shaggy hair. He fixes it quickly after.
"Good?" he asks.
"YES! One second!" with that I ran out of the room all the way to my room pulling a box out from under my bed and running back.
"What's in the box?" he asks.
"Well I found out how to get things delivered here and had a few of these come. Wanna look at them with me?" I open the box to see magazines with men on the cover. His eyes widened.
"What if...?"
"If anyone walks in I'll say I made you!" he nods and I sit on his bed with him flipping through the magazines.
"I never thought you would be ok with me being gay. Miss. Numb said that being gay makes me lower than dirt. Then she said that she would act like I never told her and that I would have to fix my feelings myself. I thought you would act the same." I felt sorry. Lower than dirt? Harsh.
"You are better than dirt and I mean dirt is amazing because I walk on it." I beam.
"Full of yourself much?" he asks.
"Oh course!" I fling my arms around his shoulders and give him a quick squeeze. "I won't tell anyone about your feelings ok."
"Ok."
"this means we can be gossip buddies and share all our secrets."
"Umm...." I cut him off.
"Do you like anyone?"
"Ja- um no one. Me. I like me. James!" he starts to fiddle with his fingers.
"Jason! It's Jason! I could see it I mean he is dreamy. Just so you know he is MINE. I still love your guts though."
"You're not mad?" he looked pretty shocked.
"Now why would I be mad?" I fling myself off of his bed grabbing the magazines and setting them back in the box.
"Well... I like Jason. That's why."
"Jason is a babe! It is easy to love him." I explain to him setting the box on Jason's bed. I hold out my hand to James and he grabs it letting me pull him up.
"He is..." he trails off.
"Sooooo... What should we talk about?" a smile spreads a crossed his face.
"Well! Guess what I heard about Sam?" just then the door swung open and Jason came in looking very tired with a small bag in his hand.
"Harley, what are you doing here? Why does James look so happy and talkative? I mean Woot Woot James you're talking but you never..." I cut him off by pulling him in a huge hug. He sounded so tired. He needed sleep.
"Shhh Jason you need sleep." it was James who said that.
"I-I guess I do need to sleep... But why worry so much James? I thought Harley would be the one to flip." I exchange knowing looks with James. I squeeze Jason tighter.
"I do care. What's in the bag?" I lean back and gaze down at the small bag.
"Oh! This!" he pulls bag up a new glow in his face. "here." I take the bag and pull out what's inside. Oh my gosh.... I love it!
"Mista J! This is amazing! I love it! I love you!" I hold the disc close and set it in my box. Jason then looks in the box.
"How in the-"
"Eddie showed me and Selina how to hack computers. Selina said I had to get these swim magazines because the boys are really hot. When I saw them I had to agree they were pretty. Trust me they are nothing." I grab the box and slide it under the bed. I sigh and push Jason onto his bed.
"Hey!" he shouts. I climb in the bed and snuggle with him.
"Sleep." I gave James one glance and he was looking at Jason with loving eyes. I felt Jason's heavy breathing beside me and I felt safe. I felt like I belonged. That I was loved.


Chapter 15:
Harley's POV

"Jason! You ass! Stop running! You long legged freak!" I shout crossing my arms angrily.
"Since when did you swear like a sailor?" He turns and calls to me.
"What Jason? I'm not ten years old anymore! I'm fourteen! Deal with the fact that I got a mouth just like you?"
"I know it's scary." he says walking over to me in long strides. For a sixteen year old boy he was freaking tall! He was 6' 2" and still growing! He wraps his arms around my waist and leans down to place a kiss on my lips.
"I love you."
"I love you too." Jason pulls back and raises an eyebrow at me resting his hands on his hips. "And really? Long legged freak?"
"Uh Hu." I laugh. Jason pokes me in the stomach. "Will you stop that!" I throw my hands in the air.
"Now why would I do that?" he asks then turns and blots the other way hopping over the backyard fence.
"Jason!" I call running after him. He was a much faster runner than me because he was much taller than me. I was 5' 3" so he towered over me. I see Jason hop over another fence and I know where he is going right away. Soon I was over the fence and running to the arms of the boy who I love whole heartedly.
"Hey, Harley guess what I have planned." Jason had a huge smile on his face and that worried me.
"What's that?" I ask my worry was clear in my voice.
Jason laughed, "You're going to learn to drive stick."
"W-what?" I ask my mouth hanging open.
"That's right, Selina is in the front of the school with the car."
"Wait, one who's car? Two how do you know how to drive?" I was shocked.
"Miss. Numb's car and Eddie."
"How did he know?" I ask.
"It's Eddie, he read about it!"
Shrugging I say, "Makes sense... So are we going now?" Jason nods and links arms with me a sweet smile on his face and just then for the first time I noticed a hint of dimples on his cheeks. Damn! I have known Jason for eleven years and I never noticed dimples till now? They are hard really hard to see but come on! I come in front of the school to see a black 1986 Volkswagen Rabbit.
"Get in the drivers seat Harls!" Jason yells running to the passenger seat.
"O-okay." I walk over to the car, slowly sliding into the drivers seat. I buckle my seatbelt the same time I see Jason kick his feet up on the dashboard and see Selina buckling her seat belt from the rearview mirror.
"So this is really basic Harley. I mean you have never driven a car before but I learned really quickly so you should too." He was beaming at me and I couldn't say no. I mean he is just to... How do you say it? Beautiful?
"Are you sure I can do this?" I ask shaking my head making my pony tail fly around.
"Hey Harl, you should do those pigtails again. I really liked them." Jason says ignoring my question, I nod. Tomorrow I will be having pigtails.
"Jason?" I ask.
"I hate that name," he mumbles.
"That does not change the fact that it is still your name." I tell him shaking my head again.
"Oh Harley you will be fine." he say. "So this is how it will all go down. Listen to me and no one will die!" I gulp. Did he have to put it that way? Yes he did, he is Jason.
"Well then how does this work?" Jason starts telling me the basics about how to drive and I pay very close attention not wanting anyone to get hurt.
"Just drive!" Selina yells at us.
"Okay okay." I press my foot on the gas and made a small squeaking sound when we lurched forward.
"It's okay Harley. You are fine." Jason says to me pulling down his feet and patting my back. "We will get through this together."
We drove around for a little while chatting away and I did everything Jason told me to.
"You ready to fly solo?" he asks. I shake my head no. "You are Harls."
"I'm not." he sighs.
"Turn here." I made the turn just like he taught me. I stole a glance at Jason. His hair had come darker sense he was little. Now it was ash blond and was longer then when he was young. It was shaggy now and just barely grazed his eyes. He loved his hair long like that he tells me all the time about how much he loves it in that style. I love running my fingers through his hair. I see his square strong face and bright green eyes. So bright and filled with mischief and trouble. I love his eyes, I love every part of him. I see his lips. So kissable and amazing. I hear a scream it belonged to Selina.
"HARLEY! Break now!" Jason yells and I look to see a tree coming closer and closer. I slammed my foot on the breaks and we all jolted in the seat. I sigh then look over at Jason and all the blood drains from my face. He was out. Like a light. When I slammed on the breaks he must of hit his head on the dashboard because he was not wearing a seatbelt. I did the only thing I could think of doing. I screamed. Selina looked at me and I pointed at Jason.
"Get him out of the car," she snaps at me and we both quickly get out and rush over to Jason. Selina looked at me straight in the eye. "I'm going for cops. Stay here!" with that she was gone. She should have just had taken me with her. Whatever.
I feel a tear slide down my face as I pull Jason onto the grass by the tree. I lay against it and put Jason's head in my lap. Another tear slides down my face and landed straight on Jason nose sliding down his nose and cheek.
"Oh Jason. I'm so sorry I did this to you." I run my hands through his hair and he didn't move. Tear fall freely now because I couldn't hold it back any longer. I don't know how long I was there but Selina shows up with police and stuff and they take Jason away staying he is going to the hospital.
"The cops want to talk to me after they see what's up with Jason. I crashed Miss. Numbs car." Selina whispers. If what was going on right now was not happening I would have laughed.
I get brought to the hospital and the first thing I notice is white. White walls, floors, outfits. I think the doctors are getting their patients wanting death so they can get rid of all that white that is logged in there brains from being in this place. At least back at the orphanage there is brown. White is just so... Maddening? I don't understand all that white. The hospital must spend tons of money on bleach every year to keep this place as white as it is.
"This is where we need to stay to see how Jason is," Selina tells me, sitting in a seat in front of a door. "He got here before us so who knows how long it will be before he comes out." I plop down by her tears streaming down my face.
"You mean if he comes out." I feel Selina run her thumb over my cheek wiping away my tears.
"No, I mean when." Selina sounded like she knew what she was talking about but I couldn't be too sure. Selina patted her lap and says sweetly, "come here"
I sat down on the ground by Selina and sat my head in her lap. She started to play with my hair, spinning the blonde locks in her fingers. Jason always did that to me, Jason. My sobs grew louder and Selina just played with my hair some more.
"Harley, Harley... Jason will be okay. He just got knocked out... The doctors will be able to fix him up. He'll be okay. He'll be okay." Selina whispered to me.
"It is all my fault! If I just listened to the damn driving lessons he was giving me instead of fantasizing about making out with him I would have never gotten close to wrecking the car!" I balled up my fist. The car may be wrecked but it was all my fault. If I didn't hurt Jason then Selina would have never needed to drive the car and she would have never wrecked it. All the bad leads back to me.
"It's going to be alright. Anyone who looks at Jason wants to make out with him. If anything it is your fault for being too damn cute, and catching his eye." Selina then slipped her hands under my arms and pulled me up so I was sitting on her lap. I moved so my legs were hanging over Selina's lap and I flung my arms over my eyes.
"He's going to be totally fine. I've gotten worse injuries falling out of a tree- remember when I was twelve and I tried to climb up that really uber tall tree in the schoolyard and fell out, broke my arm, knocked myself and Joseph out because I fell on him?" Selina said playing with the hem of my pants.
"Oh my god, was that hilarious! Well, it would have been funnier if you didn't fall out and break your arm, Kit-kat." I hear the voice I loved deeply say. I fling my arms off my eyes so I could see a pair of glowing green orbs.
"Jason! Are you okay? I am so sorry!" I fling myself off of Selina's lap and ran to Jason. "I should have listened to you- I am so awful with stick shifts, you got hurt! I'm so, so, so, Sorry! I will never ever, ever, forgive myself!" I was now crying in Jason's green shirt.
"Whoa, whoa! Cool your tits, woman. I am completely fine. If I wasn't, well, I wouldn't be here letting you snot on my shirt. I would be in the morgue, okay? So calm down." He put his hands on my shoulders. It was his way of telling me to stop.
"I guess so... Rather a crude way to tell me that you're fine... but that's you. Also, cool my tits? Seriously?" I hear Selina laughing behind me.
"Yes, seriously. Now look at me. I wanna see your beautiful face." Jason said sickeningly sweet-like. I shoved my face into his chest a little more. I was not pretty right now. My eyes were red and puffy and my cheek must be stained with tears. "Oh, come now Harley. Just let me look at you."
I sighed knowing if I didn't listen Jason would just do whatever he wanted. I tilted my head back to look into his bright green eyes. So full of plans of upcoming adventures.
"Now was that so hard?" he asks.
"Yes, I look awful," I mumbled.
"Does this face look it cares?" with that said he leaned down and softly pressed his lips to mine. "Now Harley. Brace yourself, Miss. Numb will show her wrath soon. At least she will be horribly pissed." I smile and wipe away my tears. Jason is okay, you can tell because he is not being super sweet but his cocky sorta rude self. That is what I loved about him.
"When will she get here?" I ask.
"I have no idea." Jason tells me.
"Well it better be for the cops take me away. I crashed a car!" Selina threw her arms in the air.
"I don't know which is worse. The cops or Miss. Numb." Jason says to us. Well all look at one another and at the same time we all say,
"Miss. Numb." I hear to sound of heels clicking the ground and I was scared. Miss. Numb had to come so soon? I look up at Jason and saw that his eyebrows were stitched together.
"Dana? Zador?" He asks and I turn my head down the hall.
I see a woman with long wavy brown hair and golden brown eyes. She is tall and slim and her hand is holding tightly onto a man who was close to her age. He had black hair that was gelled up in a way were it look he had bed head. He was about a head taller than the woman and was amazingly tan. He was strong and his eyes were an extremely dark shade of brown, they were very close to black. These two people looked to be around twenty eight. The woman got a huge grin on her face, letting go of the man's hand she rushed over to Jason.
"Oh my god! Look at how much you have grown! Is it really you Jason?" Jason nodded. "Oh Jason, who is this sweet looking girl?" I let go of Jason to look at this woman. I hoped I looked better.
"Harley, this is Dana and Zador I met them when I was younger. Dana, Zador, this is Harley the girl who I got that CD for." Dana's eyes widened.
"You're her?! You are so pretty!" she pulls me into a hug.
"Thanks," I breath out.
"I'm Zador, Dana's husband." Zador sticks out a hand and I grasp it.
"What bring you here Jason?" Dana asks.
"Got knocked out. Nothing too bad. It's my own damn fault for not wearing a seatbelt," Jason explains.
"See Zador! This is what happens when you swear around children!"
"It was what? Four years ago? Maybe even longer. Give it up already." Dana sighs at Zador and grasps his hand.
"Well Zador's dad got shot in some heist at the bank. We are going to visit him." Zador went cold and Dana waved goodbye walking down the hall dragging Zador behind her. "Bye!" she screams then goes down another hall. I turn to Jason.
"I like her."
"I do too." Jason pulls me into a hug and it was ended by the sound of shoe clicks and Miss. Numb's voice.
"You three are in so much trouble. Selina I have some police that want to talk to you and you two come with me." She brings up two fingers and points them at us then makes a 'come hither' sign with her pointer finger.
Miss. Numb's hair was frizzy and she looked truly pissed. She was wearing a long sleeved gray button up dress shirt and a matching gray pencil skirt. She had on two inch black high heels and held a small black purse. Anger was written in her brown eyes.
"Umm Miss. Numb it wasn't Harley's fault. I made her drive the car," Jason says and he took a few steps forwards.
"It is my fault. I drove!" I didn't want Jason to get in trouble.
"I made you."
"I could have said no."
"I would have never let you." I knew that was true. If I said no he would have just kept pressing till I said yes.
"Jason come! Harley we will talk about your punishment later. Right now I have some things with Jason to deal with." Miss. Numb walked away with Jason trailing behind her.
"How will I get home?" I ask.
"I'll take you but when you get home you are to go straight to your room and not come out till I give the order to do so. Lucky for you I have a seconded car," Miss. Numb tells me without even turning around. I ran forwards and grasped Jason's hand.
"I am so sorry, I should have never made you drive that car," Jason whispers.
"No, I'm sorry. It is my fault we are here," I whisper back. We stopped talking because we didn't want to get in trouble. Wherever Selina is I bet she is having a better time than me. We came to Miss. Numb's other car and sat inside. The drive was long and slow. No one said anything.
The orphanage came into view so I let out a deep sigh. I hate knowing this place is my home. It will most likely be my only home forever till I can move out on my own
"Out," Miss. Numb orders. Jason and I get out of the car and hug each other goodbye.
"Love you," I whispered.
"I love you too." We parted ways and I was scared. Not for me of course but for Jason. Who knows what Miss. Numb could do to him. He has gone in there before and somehow manages to always come out looking strong and unharmed. Knowing Jason as well as I do and I can see through that hard and cold strong look he gives. I can see pain. I don't want to see him in pain. I don't want to see the pain in his eyes. I don't want to see him cry ever again. That hurt too much. Just the thought of that memory and I was shoved into it.

*****Flashback*****
"Jason are you okay?" I ask pushing open his room door. He disappear after we had that mini food fight in cafeteria.
"I'm fine." I hear someone mumble. It must of been him. I came over to Jason who had his head stuffed inside his pillow.
"Jason, what happened?" I ask. Jason looked up at me his face was tear stained. I was shocked. Jason never cried.
"It was nothin’," he tells me. It was not nothing. I was his girlfriend I know when he is not okay. Jason was a fourteen year old boy, he should be old enough to just man and tell me. I sigh and rub his back. He is not going to tell me.
"Well I'm all ears if you ever want to tell me." I just kept rubbing his back for a while then Jason sat up quickly looking at me in the eyes.
"Harley... You okay? Are you hurt?" he asks. He looked so worried, his eyes were red and puffing and a tear ran down his face.
"Oh course. The question is are you fine?" I was worried. Why would he care about me? He pulls me into a tight hug.
"Oh I'm glad. Miss. Numb told me she was going to get you for what we did. I didn't want her to touch you. I didn't want her to hurt you." Jason pulled away and another tear ran down his face. I whipped it away with my thumb looking into deeply into his eyes.
"Well, I'm okay. Miss. Numb never came near me."
*****End of flashback******

I come back to reality and discovered that while I was lost in my own thoughts I had made my way back into my room. I shoved open my door and ran to my bed jumping onto it. I cried. I cried for Jason, I cried for hurting him. I cried for the life I have here along with everyone else here in this hell we call home. I cried for my parents death and though I barely remember them I missed them deeply. I cried for everyone and everything. That's all I did there in my room. I just sat with my back pressed against a wall and with my legs brought out to my chest and cried.