Fix You

37- Somethings Off

*leahs pov*

"I mean- I guess we could just sell the furniture you don't want." I suggest as we look around Jens apartment. "But I love all of it." She pouts and holds onto my arm laying her head on my shoulder. "Well there won't be enough room at my house for all of it." I tilt my head. "Hmm, I could probably ask if I could put it in my parents storage unit." She looks up at me.

"Ok...but what are you gonna tell them?" I ask. "What do you mean?" She asks. "Don't you think they'll be curious to why your putting your furniture away in storage?" I ask and she slowly gets what I'm saying. "Oh yeah..." She says. "I thought you were never gonna tell them about us.." I say and she looks at me.

"Leah...I can't. I can't tell them." She says, and I can hear the hurt in her voice. "Jen who cares what they say or what they think?" I say, and she pulls away from me and sits on the couch. "Leah what if they don't accept me?" She asks and I walk over to her. "If they truly love you, then they will." I say and she shakes her head.

"They won't, they'll be disgusted by me. They'll disown me!" She says starting to freak out. "Jennifer, you're an adult! I know it will hurt you, but you don't need them." I say. "Ok? But who will I have at the end of the day? All my cousins and family members that I've told all my secrets to. They'll just forget about me..." She says shakily.

"Who will you have at the end of the day? You'll have me- and you always will. Make memories with me, share your secrets with me. And I swear, I'll always accept you." I squat down in front of her and hold her hands in her lap.

"It's not that easy..." She says. "How? Having me isn't that easy?" I ask. "No- I mean- knowing that my family will want nothing to do with me..." She explains. "I know, I know. But so many people have gone through that, and it always betters them in the long run. You won't have to worry about them." I say and she just starts to cry.

"If you were me, you would understand, it's not easy to just let your family drop you like that." She cry's out. "I know! And I do understand, I understand more than Anyone else you know!" I say getting loud and she kind of jumps.

I stand up and rub my forehead as she just sits there crying. "I do understand....but either way. It'll have to be me, or your family." I say hesitantly. "What? Are you like making me choose or something?" She sniffs.

"Jennifer, you can either stay here in this apartment, and be happy with your family. But hold this secret, this attraction, in you forever without telling anyone. Or...you can tell them, move in with me, and be happy. It may be hard, but I guarantee, that I will take care of you better than your family ever has. I-I'll give you space when you need it, and I'll give you all the attention you want, when you need it....I'll cook you food, I'll take you anywhere in the world. Wherever you want to go....I'll take you to the moon..." I say digging deeper.

She looks up at me with tears streaming down her cheeks, and listens. "Just-...stick with me baby." I tilt my head and she looks down at her fingers and plays with them.

I stand there waiting for her to say something, which takes a while. "Ok...I'll tell them.." She says. I look up at her and a smile slowly forms on my face. "But you're coming with me when I do..." She says and I nod. "Ok, deal." I smile and she stands up and gives me a big hug. "I love you Leah Remini." She says still crying. "I love you too." I say.

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"Well you may have the house, but I have the better tv." Jen tilts her head and raises her brows. It's the next day, and we're starting to pack the little stuff that she wants to bring to my house.

"Fine, I've been meaning to get a new one anyways." I roll my eyes. "Yes! I love my tv." She says and smiles happily. "What about these, do you really need all these books?" I ask. "Yes- but no." She says and starts putting them in a box. "Bitch- you make no sense." I laugh. "I've only read like 2 of them, but there decorative, and it shows intelligence when you just have books laying around." She explains and I laugh.

"That's ridiculous." I say and throw a pillow at her. "It's genius." She shrugs and smiles. "So are you going back tomorrow?" I ask referring to the school. "Yeah, I'm glad we had a pretty long weekend because of holidays. I got to spend more time with you." She smiles and so do I.

"Well soon you'll be spending everyday with me, and I can't wait." I say and walk in front of her, leaning down and kissing her lips. "Oh my god, I just realized that I'll be spending everyday with Blue too." She says excitingly. "What? That little shit bird?" I laugh and she rolls her eyes.

"Don't be mean to your son." She says. "Well my son keeps chewing up my shoes, maybe you can knock some sense into him." I say and pick up the pillow I threw from off the floor.

"Put that in this box." She says and hands me an empty box. "Pack all the pillows from the couch in that one." She says and I listen to her. "Hey, at least if you jiz on my couch again, we'll have a spare." I say referring to her couch. "Haha, shut up." She rolls her eyes and I laugh.

"After school tomorrow, I'll call my parents and let them know that I'm gonna visit them." She says emotionless. "Are you scared, what's the plan?" I ask. "Well, I'll just let them know that I met someone, and that I want them to meet you." She says and I nod.

"Sounds good." I say and continue packing. "We can drop these boxes off at my house today, and we can pack some more tomorrow if you're not tired." I say. "Ooo, I don't think I'll be able tomorrow. I have to tutor the new transfer kid." She says. "Why would he need a tutor, he's older than like half the kids there-." I laugh. "Just because someone is older, doesn't mean they're smarter." She laughs and I shrug.

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*jens pov*

The bell rings, and I walk out into the hall and go down to the busses since I have bus rider duty. I wait there and chat with the other teachers. "So what's he like?" Angela asks referring to Noah as we walk down the hall. "I can tell he's pretty smart, and he's mature, obviously. But I'm surprised he's not making many friends." I say. "Maybe he's a loner." She suggests and I nod.

"I actually have to tutor him today." I say and she laughs a little. "Have fun with that." She says and I roll my eyes. "Yeah, yeah." I say as we go our separate ways.

I get back to my classroom, and Noah is just looking at some of the charts on the walls. "Hi. Sorry it took awhile." I say and he turns his head. "No worries." He shakes his head and smiles. "You can take a seat wherever." I say as I grab some papers and a pencil. He takes a seat at one of the desks, and I walk over, and pull a desk close to him so I can work with him.

I sit down and set the papers down. "So, why don't we just start with what you're most comfortable with in this class." I say and he starts talking about his strengths, and his weaknesses in english.

We get to work on some of the papers, and goes through them with no struggle. "Noah, from what I'm seeing of your work today, I don't think you really need tutoring." I laugh a little and he smiles. "Really?" He asks and I stand up. "I'm sure. But we can keep working if you want, every Tuesday is when I tutor."

I explain and he nods. "I'd like that." He says and I smile sweetly. He stands up too, and fixes the desks back to normal. "I like being with you." He says and I tilt my head a little. "I mean- you're a great teacher, the best actually." He corrects himself, and I tuck my hair behind my ear.

"Thankyou." I smile and he nods. "I'll see you to tomorrow Ms.Lopez." He says and starts to walk out the door. "Bye Noah." I say and he looks back and smiles.

I don't know how I feel about him. I mean he's sweet, and smart, but somethings off.