Naomi's Pov

I was laying on my bed doing my homework, no texts from Jake, and I'm bored as hell. Someone knocked on my door and I looked to see Jake, I flipped over and smiled. Until I saw his face, he was about to crack any second.

"Jake baby," I said softly and he walked me and climbed on the bed. "Come here," I pulled him into my chest and he cried, I played with his hair. "Jake, what's wrong?" He was making me tear up, this was Jake Monroe. He doesn't cry.

"Just be quiet," he said and I tried to wipe his tears, but he pushed my hand away. "Go away." I kissed his cheek and I intertwined my hand with his and he kissed it. I was playing candy crush and he got up and walked to the bathroom. I felt so bad I couldn't help him, he walked back in and he got on the bed.

"You ok?" I asked and he looked at me, he shook his head no.

"No." he said.

"Baby, what's wrong?" I asked.

"The stuff they did to her," he said. "She's 14."

"Who Jake?" I asked.

"Justice," he said and wiped his eyes. "Her parents left her in a trap house when she was only 3. What 3 year old needs to know what a trap house is?"

"Welcome to how bad parents can be." I said and he shot me a look that made me flinch.

"The stuff they did to her in the foster homes was, disgusting and just ridiculous," he started and he looked so mad. "What you went through, is nothing what she went through Naomi." his eyes were tearing up again.

"Babe, stop crying before I cry," I said and chuckled but he didn't. "That bad?"

"The stuff she knows, is stuff I didn't know until I was like 15," He said and I moved his hair from his face. "I told her she shouldn't joke about her battle scars, they were battle scars. She cuts, she still does, she gets scared every time she's hungry because of what they use to feed her. They feed her dog food, one of the families treated her literally like a dog. She had to sleep in a kennel, she ate and drunk from a dog bowl, and they heard stomach growl. She would have to do tricks to get dog treats."

"Jake, you're not use to this stuff." I said and he looked at me.

"What's that suppose to mean?" He asked harsh.

"The abuse stories." I said and he looked at me.

"I've seen kids walked into some of these foster homes with bruises and scars up and down their body." he said.

"You've seen it, but baby you haven't heard the stories," I said. "They can get worse Jake."

"Well I'm so sorry I just listened to what they made that little girl do," he hissed. "She's already got high, got drunk, her brother gave her a cootie shot as she calls it, she's not a virgin, and she's not even 15." I flinched and blinked back the tears.

"Jake, calm down that's not what I meant." I said.

"Why are you crying?" He asked.

"Because you're yelling at me Cameron," I said softly. "I'm sorry." his face softened.

"Babydoll, come here," he said and pulled me into his chest. "We're not doing the crying."

"I know." I said and he wiped my eyes and pecked my lips.

"I love you." he said.

"I love you too," I said, I walked to the bathroom and washed my face. I walked out and Jake looked at me. I struck a pose. "Werk it, werk it, werk it, fierce." he laughed and so did I, my phone rang. "Yeah?" I climbed on the bed and laid on Jake.

"Get down to borderline now." Ethan said.

"What? Why?" I asked and sat up from Jakes arms.

"WS, it's Dre." he said, I laid back in his arms.

"The name doesn't sound familiar." I said.

"Naomi Skye! Just get down here." he said.

"No, I might cause someone to end up in the hospital." I said.

"No Brice!" Ethan yelled. "Get him." the line went dead.

"Who was that?" He asked.

"WS is apparently fighting ES." I said.

"Then go down there." he said.

"I'm not ES anymore," I said and he slapped my butt. "Hey!"

"Go." he hissed.

"Fine, fine, grouchy pants," I said and I kissed him.

I took off running downstairs and grabbed my keys, I jumped in my car and I took off driving. I got to the stoplight and I slipped on my shoes. I parked and I got out, I walked down the side walk to borderline. I saw them sitting on the ground, eating pizza.

"You came." Ethan said.

"That's what she said," I said. "I knew you were setting me up."

"Even when you're mad, you still have that dirty mind." Brice said and smirked.

"So, what do you want?" I asked annoyed, then suddenly my butt hurt, like worse than when you get whooped by a belt. "What the f-"

"Naomi!" They yelled.

"Yes! Do you know how long I've been waiting to do that," A voice that I really didn't want to hear, I turned to Dre. He walked to me and smirked, my fist collided with his jaw. No one made a sound, but he looked at me. "What the hell, Skye?"

"Don't come up to me and act like you didn't say all that shit, Dre. You've always been straight forward with us, but this. You couldn't say it to my face. Even Halley did but I didn't think my family did," I snapped. "You were like my dad, Dre, you were always the man I looked up too. I made mistakes and you taught me from them, you made me who I am, just to fucking bring me down," He looked away. "How many years have we known each other?"

"Skye-"

"No, answer it." I hissed.

"Since you were in 4th grade." he answered low.

"Exactly, you disciplined me more than my own parents did, you knew my grades before my parents, you taught me to fight, you taught me to win and you taught me to lose, you taught me to always have people's backs. You didn't teach me what love was, we have our own love and I was fine with that. You didn't teach us none of that fairytale shit, you taught us reality. I've always respected you Dre, even after you didn't believe me," I spat, I couldn't stop spilling my feelings. "You couldn't have told me this before I was 17 and got attached to them."

"Skye, I didn't you were there. That's the only reason Trey did it." he spat.

"No, he did it because he knew I deserved the truth," I snapped and a tear slipped, I wiped it quick.

"Don't cry, Skye." he said.

"You did it," I retorts and I chuckled. "I just don't want to care anymore. Here's something for you though, Lizzie's cheating on you just so you know."

"I dumped Lizzie." he said.

"Here's some advice, date a girl that has self respect. You made me a douche, but you deserved better," I said. "Maybe, go to the mall and not a club, you'll find one. Once again, bye." I done a two finger salute and turned to walk away.

"You know, I remember when you were 13 and there was a daddy daughter dance you were invited to," Dre said and I stopped. "You didn't have your dad, I filled in for him."

"So?"

"I also remember the time we threw you a surprise party because your mom wasn't home. We literally dressed up as ninjas and scared the crap out you but then you got cake and was happy."

"Oh yeah, Skye gave me a black eye." Brice spoke up.

"I always remember your first crush, you didn't know a thing about boys except Ethan and Brice," he said. "Who helped you talk to him?" I turned to look at him.

"Getting Brice to shove me into him, wasn't exactly help." I said.

"Who did you go out for ice cream with?" He asked and I rolled my eyes. "You may be a pain in the ass, but you're my girl, Naomi Skye," he walked to me. "I'd do anything for you." he hugged me and picked me up, I wrapped my arms around him.

I got down and looked at him. "You go apologize to them." I looked at them.

"Fine." I mumbled and I walked to them, they looked at me.

"Yes?" Simone asked with attitude.

"Ok, ok, I get why you're mad, but I was being a bitch," I said. "I shouldn't have taken my anger out on you," Ethan got up and walked to me. "Yell at me, but I've already had enough bruises, so please don't add to it." He hugged me and kissed my head.

"It's ok," he whispered. "I'm just glad I got you back."

"Ok, I gotta get back before Jake thinks you guys kidnapped me." I said.

I got back home and walked upstairs, I walked into my room but no sign of Jake. I walked to Casey's room and Casey was in the floor on her belly. Jake was in front of Casey laying on his belly.

"Case, you gotta go to sleep." He said.

"No." she said and Jake got in his hands and knees.

"Did you just no me?" He asked and she got in crawling position.

"No."

"Yes you did."

"No, no."

"Stop lying to me, yes you did."

"No."

I covered my mouth to keep from laughing. He crawled forward and put his forehead against hers.

"You wanna go?" He asked.

"No." she said, Jake picked her up and laid her on her back and tickled her. She laughed and squealed. He stopped and her face got serious, he sat her on his lap.

"Look, you're going to sleep," He said and she went to say something, he done his look. "Don't make me get your little butt McKenna." she laid on his shoulder and closed her eyes, he put her down. This is one of the reasons I love him.

~*~

"I smell pancakes." I said.

"Yep, but hurry, we can't be late." Jake said and we ate, we walked out and Jake drove to school.

We walked to the group and Rachael tackled Rico into a hug. I laughed and my phone buzzed,, I put the phone to my ear.

"Um, I'm kinda in school." I answered.

"I know Naomi, but I have a doctors appointment today, I get to figure out the gender." mom said.

"What?" I asked. "You aren't even home."

"I've been going to the doctors office down here." she said.

"But Jason." I said.

"We broke up." she said.

"You're telling me this now?" I asked. "The bell is about to ring, just text me what you find out."

"Ok, I will," she said. "I love you."

"I love you too." I said and she hung up.

"What's up?" Jake asked.

"I'm sorry, Jake. I love another person." I said.

"You're not that stupid," he said. "but really."

"Moms at the doctors, she's finding out the baby's gender." I said and the bell rang, we walked to class and sat down.

The bell rang and I walked out of my third core class, I saw Caden. I went up to him and tapped his shoulder.

"Caden," I said and he looked at me. "Why didn't you tell me they broke up?"

"You had too much going on as it was." he said and my phone beeped. It was from mom, I looked at it.

"It's a boy." I said.

"The baby?" He asked and I nodded.

"Seriously? Another brother?" I asked.

"Hey, be grateful." he said and we laughed.

"So, why'd they break up?" I asked.

"I don't know." he said.

"This is just great," I said, I saw Jake with Aaron and Ethan. I looked back at Caden. "I'll talk to you later."

"Ok." he said and I walked to Jake and pecked his lips.

"Naomi." He said and I smiled.

"Hey babe," I said and looked at Ethan "Mom found out the sex of the baby."

"Really, what is it?" He asked.

"A boy," I said and he smirked and I rolled my eyes. "I hope she comes home soon."

"Yeah, she's been gone a while." he said.

"I've had people to keep me company," I said and he smiled. "Those Oreos really give me pleasure," he playfully glared at me and he kissed my lips softly. "And kisses like that."