Jacks POV I was sat in the reception since Carlile door was locked and the school had phone my dad up so he could come into the school. Which he did along with that bitch. "You just had to bring her didnt you!" I said sarcastically. "Whether you like it or not she is part of this family and she will get involved with you and your behavior at school. So Jack what did you do this time?" He said. "Well she ain't part of mine!" I spat and Carlile showed up. "Mr and Mrs Barakat..." He started but I stopped him. "She isn't my mother and I don't see why she is here." I said loudly. "My apologies." He said and we walked to his office. The meeting was long and boring and I was given 3 weeks instead of 4 weeks suspension since it was coming up to exams and I still had loads to catch up with still. "Thank you for coming Mr Barakat. Jack will stay with me until school ends and then his suspension will start when he goes home tonight." Carlile said. "Okay, and your grounded for them 3 weeks young man." Dad said. I scoffed. "You don't own or control me so I will do whatever I want." I growled. "We'll continue this later at home." He said and walked out with barbie following. "I don't think so." I muttered to myself. "Have you always had a short fuse when it comes to your temper?" Carlile asked. "No, I havent been able to control it since my mum left." I said quietly. "How long ago was that?" He asked. "Why do you care? Shouldn't you be finding Alex?" I spat. "I care because I don't want a student to lose their temper and then goes around and betting other students up. And also I want to be able to help you try and control that temper of yours. Alex will be okay." He said and looked down in a worried manner. "He didn't fight back, why? Normally people will fight back but he didn't. It was like he was afraid to stand up for himself." I said. "Confidentiality. But I will say things aren't nice at home for him. Which was why I was hoping you could be a friend to him." He said. "Yeah, something tells me he doesn't want to be friends with someone who beat the shit out of him." I said and looked down. "He wants a friend Jack, has he spoken to you part from the other day in this office?" He asked. "Yeah, sort of bumped into him at a park and had a small chat about how our mums had left us and how women so go to hell or something." I said and looked at Carlile. "Alex rarely speaks to anyone so he must like you if he speaks to you." He smiled. I smiled and small smile and someone knocked on the door. "Yeah." Carlile said and Alex walked in a d stopped when he saw me. "You know what I won't even bother staying." He said and went to turn round when Carlile stopped him. "Alex why is your jacket sleeve red?" He asked seriously. "Got some paint on it." He said making a excuse for something. "You didn't have art today and you look really pale as well." Carlile said and Alex just collapsed on the floor. I just stared not knowing what to do. "Shit Alex." Carlile muttered and went over to him and picked him up bridal style and sat him on the sofa. "There's a first aid box under my desk can you get it for me." Carlile said and took Alex's jacket off and there was on hell of a big cut on his wrist. I went over and stared because I've never seen a cut this big before. "Fuck that's big." I muttered. "And dangerous if we don't stop the bleeding." He said and held Alex's arm in the air. "Hold." He said to me and I held it while he cleaned the cut up. "He's skinny." I said quietly to myself. Carlile heard me but he bit his tounge to stop himself from speaking. "There hopefully it'll stop the bleeding." He said and got his phone. "What you doing?" I asked. "Phoning ginge, he's not going back to his." He said and nodded towards Alex. "Ginge?" I asked confused. "Ashby, the bitch." He chuckled. "He can stay round mine." I said. "Alex will run off he always does. It better if he stays with me for a while so then he won't have to be worried about the amount of shouting which is going to happen in your house when you get home." He said. I sighed. "Forgot about that." I muttered. Carlile chuckled. "Anyway, if Alex does run off at least me and ginge will know where he. So you don't have to worry about losing him." He smiled. "Where does he go?" I asked. "Other side of town. To his fuck buddies place." He said. "How long will he stay there for?" I asked. "Dunno, normally its a few days but I sense it's gonna be a week or 2 week no show at school." He said. He looked at his phone again. "Shit, I have a meeting. You go home and speak to your dad." He said and picked his phone up and called someone. "Hey, I know your dying and everything right now but can you come and pick Alex up." Carlile said. Im guessing Ginge was whining about something. "I'll cook you your favorite tonight." He said bribing Ginge. Carlile smiled. "Your the best." He said and hung up. "Go home Ashby has this one sorted." He said and looked at Alex. "I feel bad for why I did." I said quietly. "Don't, he had worse and he's a tough cookie. He might just be scared of you for a while. But I can tell you if you want to get a smile on his face, you either make him a cuppa or buy him them really nice chocolates they have going in the cafe right now." He said. I chuckled. "I see what I can do." I said quietly and Ginge showed up. "Hey babe." Carlile chuckled. "Not funny, I was in the middle of Orange is the new Black!" He huffed sounding really rough. "I'll make it up to you tonight." Carlile said and ginge walked over to him and kisses him. "Better fucking do! Leaving me on my own like that asshole!" Ginge said and slapped Carlile chest. Carlile chuckled. "Well Jack will help with Alex. I have to go. I'll see you later." He said and quickly kissed ginge and walked out the office.

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