“That’s where you’re wrong…” Blair says.
“It’s completely our business…” Miller continues.
“You see, this girl right here is our roommate, and she’s under our protection. So if she thinks there’s a problem with some low-life, scumbag, piece of shit, then we have no problem stepping in and dealing with it” Lucas says, placing a warm hand on my back and taking a step forward.
Jacob swallows hard, realizing he fucked with the wrong girl. I can see the panic as he looks back and forth between the guys.
“Now,” Lucas looks down at me, “is there a problem here pretty girl?”
“Yes,” I reply quietly. I’m too afraid to speak any louder because the guy still has his hand wrapped around my wrist.
Lucas looks back to Jacob, “now, you can either walk away and hope to god none of us ever see you again, or we can go outside and get to knoweach othera little better.”
Jacob releases my wrist and runs off into the crowd, while the guys step in front of me. I massage my wrist, trying to ease the pain throbbing up my arm, and even though I’m still shaken up… I’m glad the guys are here with me. They make me feel safe.
“You okay Claire bear?” Miller asks.
“Yeah, thanks guys.”
“You don’t need to thank us, we’ve got your back.” August smiles warmly, pulling me into a hug.
Lucas gives him a weird look before shoving his hands in his pockets and looking around, “just make sure to stay close, I don’t want him coming back if we aren’t around.”
I move over to the couch –sitting next to Steph– while the guys chat with some of the football players.
“You okay?” Steph asks.
Smiling towards the guys I nod my head, “I am now.” She pulls me into a hug and holds onto me tight.
“Wanna go dance?”
“Fuck yes.” I pull her off the couch and into the crowd of people dancing in the kitchen, we sway our hips and sing our hearts out, but I make sure the guys can still see us.
Davis finally comes back down and joins the others, Blair leans in close to him, saying something. Davis’s smile instantly disappears, his eyes search frantically around the room until they finally land on me.
He makes a beeline towards me, ignoring any protests from the guys as he pushes his way through everyone. When he reaches me, I get thrown over his shoulder and brought back to the living room.
“Davis, put me down” I scream.
He doesn’t say anything, instead he stays silent until I’m placed on the couch. Davis crouches down so he’s eye level with me, “You are not leaving this spot for the rest of the night. You’re going to stay here –where I can see you– until we leave.”
“But-”
“Actually, scratch that. I’m going to sit here with you for the rest of the night and beat the crap out of any guy who dares to come close.”
“Blair told you what happened?”
He nods his head and plops down next to me, ignoring all of my protests as he watches the party going on around us.
“Davis, I’mfine. Seriously, you don’t need to go full protective brother mode. I just want to have fun and I can’t do that if I’m on time-out for the rest of the night.”
He stands back up, “fine, but I’m sticking by your side until we leave.”
“Great, that works for me. As long as I get to actuallyenjoytonight I don’t care.” I get back up and walk over to Steph —who is now standing with the rest of the house— my newly found shadow following close behind.
“Do I get my best friend back now?” Steph asks him.
“Yeah, but you’re gonna have to share her tonight Cupcake” he smirks.
