The next day in english class, Isaac greeted me with a huge smile on his face as he whispered in my ear "Good morning, precious one." as I sat down. I blushed and he continued "Blushing becomes you..........look." as he handed me a tiny mirror, shaped like a heart that said "This is all the love I see." and when I handed it back to him, he refused to take it and said "No, it's yours now." and gently held the mirror in my hand as our fingers clasped. We exchanged a lingering gaze and continued to hold hands this way and I announced to his ears only that his family would be welcome to stay at my house. He flashed a smile that lit up his entire face like a Christmas tree as he said " That's WONDERFUL! I can hardly wait to introduce my whole family to my new girlfriend, and how cool is it that they'll be staying AT HER HOUSE to boot! I'll have an excuse to spend even more time with you, this is going to be SO GREAT!!!" and just at the moment of the most joy, a boy in the row behind us, a football player type named Alex, put his face right between the two of us and separated our locked hands, cutting mine on the mirror Isaac had just given me. He snarled "Looks like Mr. Girly boy has a crush on the prune here! Isn't this just adorable! Where's your body guard TODAY, Mr. Rock Star? I don't see him hanging around you any more, what's the matter? Is he yellow just like YOU?"
Isaac stiffened in his seat, and as I sat there putting napkins on my bleeding hand, he took one look at me, sucked in his breath, and slowly stood up to face Alex .
I could feel the anger rising in Ike's voice when he said to Alex "I DON'T think you want to say that to my face, do you steroid boy?" Alex then sized him up and declared to the entire class "You're way too small and weak for me to waste my valuable time on. Besides, I don't have to. Once the Enquirer gets hold of this little tidbit of information, your so called CAREER as a teenyboper pop star is OVER." Pop Star? I now had some SERIOUS questions for Isaac, but knew that now was NOT the time or place for them, and as I as about to grab Ike to get him out of there in one piece, I watched in slow motion as Isaac's fist made contact with the much larger boys face, knocking him to the floor in a shower of papers and books. Isaac picked up his books, mine too, then grabbed my uninjured hand and walked out of the classroom, leaving Alex on the floor clutching his nose as the rest of the class looked on in stunned amazement.
When we got out of the building, he finally broke down. "I didn't want to do that." he said as he sat down on the bench beside the main building with his head in his hands. "He hurt YOU! I couldn't stand for the fact that HE HURT YOU! I'm really a nice, easygoing , normal guy, and once I saw what that monster did to you, I just lost it. Can you ever forgive me Jenna? I didn't mean to..." but it was now my turn to sweep him up in an embrace, just as he had done with that wonderful kiss just the night before to me. I cradled him in my arms as he softly wept from the rush of adrenaline that had obviously drained him greatly. I stroked his hair as he lay on my shoulder with his knees drawn up close to his body as I spole "There, there, sensitive soul. It's not that bad. You were only trying fo protect me, and I'm forever grateful for that. Shhhhhhh, don't you worry my Isaac. I could never be mad at you. You care enough to protect me like you just did, and you have my unending love and gratitude for that. I know you didn't mean to it, and besides, he had it coming to him anyway.' I continued to rock him ever so gently until I felt his body relax and the tension in his back subside. He looked up at me with the most intense adoration in his eyes, I knew I was reading his soul, and we kissed. It wasn't a pleasure seeking kind of kiss, but something far, far deeper and much more meaningful than that. It was something buried within BOTH our souls that could only be satisfied by this one holy binding of mind, of sprit, and of selves. It was at this exchange that I knew he would be forever a part of me, and I most definitely, of him. For the rest of our living days I hope it would be this way, and now I knew in my heart that I was prepared for it.