okay, okay, chill guys.

i have an update...i didn't send it to phili to be beta-ed since her profile says she hasn't been online in four days, and i didn't want to bother her.
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Deryck's POV
I could feel tension building between me and Avril. My heart was hammering against my rib cage. I wanted to kiss her. I had to chide myself, thinking,
You can't kiss her. She'd freak out! You barely even know her!
But there was something pulsing between the two of us. Something neither of us could ignore. As if we were being drawn together by a magnetic force, Avril and I drifted closer and closer to each other. She was a few inches shorter than me, and she turned her face up. Our lips met, and the energy flowed through both of us.
I began to deepen the kiss, and Avril put her hands on my shoulders. It probably would have gone farther, if not for what happened next.
"Avril, what the
hell is going on!?" yelled an angry voice. I pulled away from her, being snapped out of the most blissful moment of my life.
Avril's boyfriend was towering over both of us, looking dangerously mad. "I came back here to see if you were alright! But you're
kissing DERYCK?" Avril looked a bit nervous. I waited for her to say something. I got the feeling that if I said anything, things would get worse.
Part of me was nervous about what Avril was going to say. The possibilities were all running through my head.
What if she was going to apologize? What if she was going to say that she had made a mistake, and that she obviously wasn't thinking clearly? It was a thought that depressed me.
But neither Avril or I could say anything before Jesse smacked me across the face. I felt a stinging pain as his palm collided with my cheek. I stumbled away, holding my face.
I leaned against the wall and watched Avril restrain Jesse. It was actually an amazing sight: her 5 foot tall frame wrestling Jesse, who was at least eight inches taller, and actually winning.
"Jesse, please!" she begged. "Don't hurt him! It was my fault."
Jesse lowered his hand, which he'd had raised and ready to strike with again. "Why were you kissing him?" he glowered at her. "I thought you said you wanted me."
"Jesse...." Avril looked at him with pleading eyes. "I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. Just don't hurt either of us, please."
He stared at her for several seconds and then said, "If I
ever see you kissing anyone but me...there'll be trouble."
"What if I don't want to date you?"
"Then you're a slut. You're not going to leave me, Avril." Avril had no reply. She looked at her shoes, almost in tears.
Bastard. How dare you take out your own insecurities on a little princess like Avril! She deserves so much better than you! I wanted to get up and smack Jesse, but I couldn't.
He glared at both of us before putting his arm around Avril and leading her away. She looked over her shoulder and started to say something, but then leaned against Jesse and walked back to the booth with him.
My heart broke.
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Avril's POV
I was scared. I didn't usually get scared. Not of people. I could defend myself. I was a girl, but I knew how to fight.
But I could still remember that incident in Europe. The whole gang had gone out drinking, as usual, and Jesse had gotten into a bar fight. It was absolutely horrifying -- he had beaten the other guy to a bloody mess.
I knew what Jesse was capable of, especially under the influence of too much alcohol, and I was too afraid to stand up to him. I had been hoping Deryck would do it for me, but I didn't want him to get hurt, and he was obviously afraid too. So I let myself be sucked into Jesse's embrace. I knew I had no choice.
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okay, i'm obviously straying from the realism a bit. i want to get avril and deryck together soon, but not too soon. they might get together a bit sooner than they did in real life, cause i'm making myself hate jesse.

bottom line, i want this to be as accurate as possible AND still be entertaining. soooo...yeah. whatever. lol