Shooting Stars

I love YOU

-after Christmas break and back to school-
I walk into school and see adam talking to jay.
"Hey guys." I say, throwing my bag down. Jay smiles and adam hugs me.
"Hey Gracie." Adam says. I smile.
"Guys, people are staring at you two." Jay says.
"Let them." Adam says. I nod. He grabs my hand and gives it a slight squeeze.
"I can't believe it." I hear ally hiss. We turn around.
"Your dating the slut?" She says.
"She's not a-" Adam starts.
"Why date a child when you could date a women?" Ally says, walking up to him. She bats her eyelashes. Adam looks disgusted.
"I love grace." He says, wrapping an arm around my waist.
"But I'm so much better than that slut." Ally says. I flinch.
"Your just a piece of white trash." Adam says through clenched teeth. He grabs my hand and walks away towards the cafeteria.
"Guys, over here!" Max calls. We walk over and sit down, and jay does too.
"You guys are so cute together." James says. I smile and look up at adam. He's smiling too.
"I'm one lucky guy." Adam says. I blush. The bell rings and we go to class.
-time skips-
"Grace! Wait up!" Jay calls. He walks up beside me.
"Hey." I say.
"Hey." He says. He smiles. I smile back.
"So, we're meeting at adams tonight for a band meeting." He says.
"I'll be there." I say.
"Good." He says. We walk in silence for a while.
"He really likes you you know. Adam." He says.
"I really like him too." I say.
"You were all he would talk about. I can see why. Even with all those stupid rumors, you always seemed so nice. Like, a fragile piece of glass. Who got shattered." He says. I look down at my feet.
"But now your a stained glass window, beautiful and shimmering in the sunlight." He says. I look up at him.
"That's really deep, jay." I say.
"Yeah. I write poetry a lot. I have a notebook filled with lyrics and poems." He says.
"Me too." I say. He smiles.
"Cool." He says.
"Gracie!" Adam calls. He runs up behind me and picks me up.
"Adam! Put me down!" I yell. He laughs.
"No way." He says. Jay stands there laughing.
"Jay, a little help please!" I say.
"Nope. Your on your own sweetheart." He says. I sigh.
"Thanks for that." I say. He smiles. Adam puts me down.
"Guys lets go to my house now I want food." Adam says. I laugh and he takes my hand. Ally glares at us. I smile. We meet up with the other guys and we all pile into jays car and drive to adams house.
"Hi grace." Megan says. I smile.
"Hi." I say. Adam wraps an arm around my waist.
"Come on." He says. We all follow him to his room. I sit on his lap on the floor, and he wraps his arms around my waist.
"You guys are the cutest couple ever since ally and cam." James says. I look down. Jay hits James on the arm.
"Oh. Yeah. Sorry grace." James says.
"It's okay." I say, smiling. He smiles back.
"You guys, I think we should have a party. And we can perform at the party." Adam says.
"That sounds cool." I say. He nods.
"I'm in." Jay says. Everyone agrees.
"We can have it here." Adam says. Soon enough, we have plans for the party.
"It's getting late, we should head home." Max says. Everyone gets up and grabs their stuff. I grab my bag. I feel my phone vibrate in my pocket. I answer it.
"Hello?" I say.
"Grace." His voice echos through my head.
"W-what-" I stutter.
"I'm coming for you grace. And I'm going to kill you." He says. I can hear the venom in his voice.
"I-I..." I say, at a loss for words. He hangs up. I stare at the phone in my hands.
"Baby you okay?" Adam asks, walking over to me. A tear rolls down my cheek.
"Baby don't cry. What's wrong?" He asks.
"He's going to kill me..." I say.
"Who?" He says. I shake my head.
"Grace, who?" He asks, looking in my eyes.
"Elliot..." I say, quietly.
"Elliot?" He says. I nod. Another tear falls.
"Shhh. It's okay. No ones going to hurt you. I won't let them." He says, hugging me. I sob into his chest.
"We won't let him. We'll all take turns watching you. We'll take turns driving home and to school. We won't let him hurt you grace." Jay says, putting his hand on my shoulder.
"Yeah. Your a part of our group now. No ones gonna hurt you." Max says. Everyone agrees.
"Thanks you guys..." I say. Adam wipes a tear away.
"Come on grace, I'll drive you home." Jay says. I grab my bag and adam grabs my wrist.
"I love you baby." He says. He kisses my forehead.
"Love you too." I say. I follow Jay to his car. I climb into the passengers seat and stare out the window. We drive in silence. Then, jay breaks the silence.
"Listen grace, I don't know who this Elliot guy is, but he won't lay a finger on you. I know the guys will protect you with their lives. Adam Expecially." He says.
"Thanks." I say. We arrive at my house. I get out. Staying bye to jay, I walk inside.
"Hey honey. You alright?" My aunt says. I nod and walk upstairs. I see a text from adam on my phone.
"Hey baby. I love you so much. Don't forget that <3" I read out loud. I smile to myself. I set my phone on my side table and put on some pajama pants. I climb into bed and fall asleep.