Cesca slumped onto the stairs sobbing, tears ran down her cheeks and dripped off her chin, she could hear Jonahs cries drifting further and further away as her whole world came tumbling down around her. Her only comfort was the thought of her baby, his baby, their baby.
Cesca's hand found its way to her stomach as she lay back against the wall, her body shuddering with no desire to stop. She looked around at her fellow colleagues each one wearing a different expression, each one as unfriendly as the next. Closing her eyes she hoped that they would leave her alone and give her some privacy, she heard someone move over to her and place a comforting hand on her shoulder. She opened her eyes to find Ruby crouched beside her a concerned look across her face, "Oh Cesca" she sighed, "What have you got yourself into" Cesca looked up with a blank expression on her face as a fresh wave of tears hit and rolled down her cheeks.
***Jonah***
Jonah struggled against his Fathers hold, trying with all his might to break free, he needed to get back to her, he needed to hold her in his arms and tell her it would all be ok.
He was wrong.
How stupid he had been! To think that everyone would except them together and move on, of course they wouldn't of! They don't understand what he and Cesca have together. No one does. Not even his Dad.
"Get off me!" Jonah cried lashing out at his Dads face, "Cesca! Cesca! CESCA!" he tried kneeing him between the legs but was blocked halfway, "Stop it!" Marcus Kirby shouted trapping his son against the wall, "You stupid boy! How DARE you disobey my orders! I'm your FATHER!" "And I'm going to be a father!" Jonah retaliated, "and a better one than you!" Marcus slammed Jonah into the wall,
"A better father? A BETTER FATHER?" he spat into his sons face, "I'm stopping you from making the biggest mistake of your life!" "Are you calling my baby a mistake?" Jonah twisted Marcus's arm round and escaping from his clutches in the process. "A mistake?" Marcus Kirby's face turned a deep shade of red, "That woman used you, screwing a 17 year old boy! I hope she rots in a cell"
At that moment Jonahs fist connected with his fathers jaw bone resulting in Marcus staggering backwards, clearly stunned by his sons actions, "I love her" Jonah replied simply "and I love our baby". He ran back towards the stairs searching for the woman that had captured his heart.
Chapter 2
Jonah lay in his bed staring up at the ceiling; he let his mind wonder back to yesterdays dramatic events. Most of it was a blur, it happened oh so fast. They had everything, their world was perfect but its funny how that can change in an instant, nobody understood him, understood them. People are too quick to make judgements. They all see what there mind tells them, if anyone had the sense to look into their heart and question him and Cesca's actions then they would have clearly seen that they were utterly and deeply in love.
Jonah's mind drifted back to the moment when Cesca saw him, bounding up the stairs with a stern yet desperate expression carved into his face. He loved the way her eyes lit up at the sight of him, how her heart started to pound in her chest as he wrapped his arms around her. He loved how she buried her head in his neck, breathing in deeply so his scent so it would stay with her forever.
It was at that very moment Jonah knew there was no one else he wanted to be with, he only wanted Cesca.
Jonah's door started to open softly, letting in some light that dimly lit up his room. Closing his eyes, Jonah breathed in slow deep rhythmic breaths hoping. The sound of heavy feet attempting to tiptoe came over form across the room and paused beside his bed. Jonah let his body go limp; the troubled expression on his face earlier had disappeared and was replaced by a look of comfort.
He waited.
He heard the intruder move towards the door, obviously satisfied that his son wad not escaped during the night. The man's footsteps were not as quiet as they were when he entered; evidently he was not concerned about waking up his son. As soon as the door closed Jonah sat bolt upright, he had a feeling his dad was going to check on him, Whipping out the mobile that was hidden under his pillow he scrolled through his contacts till he found what he was looking for; Cesca.
A small smile played at his lips as at the other end someone picked up,
"Ces? It's me. I've got a plan"
Marcus Kirby pulled up outside the school gates it was his sons last week at school, Karen had insisted that he finished the week so that he could say goodbye to everyone properly before he left.
Marcus didn't like the idea.
He couldn't stand the thought of his son being at the school where it all began, he knew everything would remind Jonah of her. He looked in the mirror at his son, who was staring vacantly out of the window, his fingers were scratching at the bag and he was clearly agitated, "Jonah" Marcus said, "Don't even think of trying anything, the teachers will be watching you very carefully today" Jonah didn't bother to acknowledge his father, he continued to look out of the window half expecting Cesca to pull up in her little blue car, he knew she wouldn't. "See you later" he heard himself say as he opened the door and walked towards the school.
The building cast a shadow over him as he drew closer and closer, it once seemed a cheerful place, a place where he could escape his father and see the woman he loved everyday.
That had changed.
It was now cold and looked more like a prison, a few news reporters were scattered around the entrance snapping pictures as he walked past. Suddenly a woman blocked his way, "Jonah Kirby? How does it feel to come back to this place?" She questioned thrusting a microphone into his face, "Is your father happy you were allowed to come back? Did you realise that Cesca Montoya was using you? How do you feel about being abused?" Each question felt like an individual blow, as if someone was punching him again and again and wouldn't stop until he fought back. Jonah took the microphone trying hard to keep his hands from shaking due to the anger that was pulsing through his veins. "Cesca did not abuse me" he said taking deep breaths, "We loved each other, she didn't push me into anything", "But she shouldn't have started to flirt with you, she shouldn't have used your sister to blackmail you into having sexual intercourse resulting in her pregnancy." "WHAT!" Jonah roared at the woman, he could see her consciously take a step away from him, "Where are you getting your information because you seriously need to know the facts before accuse an innocent woman of a crime like that!"
"So it's not the true", the reporters eyes lit up at the prospect of Jonah telling all, her boss would definitely be paying her well tonight. Jonah knew he should stop before he said anything he regretted, but he knew he needed to try and clear Cesca's name, he owed her that much.
"No. I flirted with Cesca she didn't want anything to do with me! She tried so hard to resist her feelings; she even went out with another teacher in hope that she would distract herself!" Jonahs breathing became erratic and his heart began to pound. It suddenly felt so good for someone to hear their side of the story, he forgot all about the fact the woman was a reporter. So there he stood a few feet away from the school pouring his heart out to a camera and mic.
"I tried to kiss her twice! One of the times she even slapped me!" he let out a small chuckle at the memory before becoming serious again, "But she couldn't resist it, neither of us could. We took it slow, we didn't have sex the first time we spent alone together and she didn't blackmail me! We are just two normal people who happened to fall in love is there any crime in that?"
Jonah looked into the woman eyes and saw them soften slightly; she opened her mouth to speak but was interrupted by a door swinging open, "Jonah! What do you think you are doing?" Karen Fishers voice rang out, "I'm telling the truth miss", Jonah replied smiling slightly, "this woman had her facts all wrong" Before she could speak again Jonah marched into the school a lot of determination on his face.
Chapter 3
***Cesca***
The reporters voice echoed around Cesca's living room making her head pound, "But she shouldn't of started to flirt with you, she shouldn't of used your sister to blackmail you into having sexual intercourse resulting in her pregnancy." Cesca closed her eyes as a few tears escaped and trickled down her cheeks, why didn't anyone understand? She thought to herself, why do people always see the worst in people? Her thoughts were interrupted by a male voice, "WHAT!" Cesca's eyes fluttered open to watch the scene unfolding, Jonahs normally calm expression was replaced by a rather intimidating look. His lips curled up into a small snarl and his hands clenched into fists, the reporter was obviously shocked as she took a step away from him.
Cesca stood up and automatically tensed, she had never seen Jonah so angry, it made her wonder what else he would do or say.
But instead of shouting at the woman he took a few moments to compose himself before answering the woman's next question, "So it's not the true?". Jonah shook his head before looking straight into the camera, his dark chocolate coloured eyes filled with emotion.
"No. I flirted with Cesca she didn't want anything to do with me! She tried so hard to resist her feelings; she even went out with another teacher in hope that she would distract herself!" Her heart wracked with guilt at the thought of Tom, she hadn't meant to lead him on but she was scared. Scared of how she felt when she was around Jonah; no teacher should ever feel that way towards her student.
It was forbidden.
"I tried to kiss her twice! One of the times she even slapped me!", She heard Jonah let out a small chuckle, any other time the sound would of filled her with happiness but now it made her feel broken. She may not ever see him laugh again; their lives had been torn in two. A wave of loneliness washed over her and silent tears rolled of her chin, staining her jeans.
Turning her attention back to the TV she watched Jonah finishing off his little speech, "But she couldn't resist it, neither of us could. We took it slow, we didn't have sex the first time we spent alone together and she didn't blackmail me! We are just two normal people who happened to fall in love is there any crime in that?"
"No Jonah", Cesca whispered, "But we should of been more careful", She sighed as Jonah turned and walked towards the school, pushing past a stern Karen Fisher.
"And now we have to face the consequences".
***Jonah***
Jonah stormed into the school only to be stopped by Ronan, "Hey mate! What was all that about?" he asked a puzzled expression on his face. "Sorry, I just lost it, the way she was talking about Cesca she had no right!" he explained frowning at his best friend. "Yeh I heard, the TV in the sixth form lounge was on, a lot of people saw what went on Jonah" "Oh...", Jonah looked down sheepishly, he hadn't noticed it before but the students around them were whispering, huddled together in small groups and throwing him the odd glance. I should have guessed I would be the talk of the school by now, he thought. He felt Ronan place a hand on his shoulder, "Look Jonah" he started, "I understand that this is not your fault or miss Montoya's but drawing attention to yourself won't help" "I think it's a bit late for that don't you" He said viciously "It would have always drawn attention to us! A teacher 'abusing her position of trust' shagging a school boy" Jonah spat the last words, his hands starting to shake again. He was getting more looks as the people around him picked up on the topic of their conversation. "Jonah..." Ronan spoke softly trying to calm the clearly agitated teen down, "I'm only saying that talking to the reporters won't help her, it's only drawing more attention to your situation. You need to think what's best right now". "Yeh" Jonah said he gave his best mate an apologetic smile, "I know I wasn't really thinking about what I was saying, I just. ... Your a good mate Ronan and I know your looking out for me" Ronan grinned, "Id do anything for you Jonah" suddenly he pulled a face, "Urr I just noticed how bad that sounded, I would do anything for you in a friend way" Jonah laughed and pulled him into a hug and whispered in his ear,
"Well there is something"
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I want to apologise for the layout of the story….
I write the chapters on my IPod touch then upload them, so I'm sorry for that!
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