Chapter 19 SUSPICIOUS
My blood ran cold, and my breath caught in my lungs. I felt all the blood drain from my face. Jaxon fighting Axel?! I knew they already had a problem before all this, but Jaxon was about to make the biggest mistake in his life.
What was wrong with him?!
Axel was going to kill him, LITERALLY! I had to stop them. I crawled off the bed carefully and slid both of my feet on the floor. My ankle was still aching, but I bit into my cheeks and suppressed the pain.
I had to save Jaxon before he got the living shit beat out of him. Trent grabbed my forearm quickly, stopping me from getting up.
“Woah woah woah, what's the rush?”
“I have to go stop him!”
“Why?”
Why did I have to explain? “Why do you think?!” I tried peeling his hand off of my forearm, but he refused to let go. “Let me go!” I growled, but he refused. I never like playing the sympathy card, but I had to, “Ow! Please let go, it hurts!”
Trent let go of my arm immediately. I pushed him onto the bed as hard as I could, and ran out of the office. It hurt like hell, but I kept going. Dustin rushed to my side, “how do you even know where they are?”
I held onto his arm for support and speed walked instead of run, because my ankle just couldn’t take it, “B-Hall, Axel’s locker.”
I could hear Trent yell from a distance.
“We need to go faster!” I complained.
He stopped, and lowered himself, “get on my back.”
I was caught by surprise, “really?”
“Quickly!”
I hopped onto his back and hooked my arms around his neck. I secured my legs around his waist as he held onto my legs and stood up. I almost fell off.
Dustin wasted no time; he started going as fast as he could carrying me on his back. The wind whipped around my head, making my hair fly all over the place. I had to tuck my head behind his neck to stop hair from getting in my eyes.
As we entered B-Hall, I heard people chanting 'fight' over and over again.
There were people formed in a big circle blocking our view from seeing what was in the center. My hands started to get sweaty as we neared the crowd. I felt a drop of sweat roll down my back, and Dustin's body heat radiating onto mine wasn't helping either.
I patted Dustin's back telling him to stop. He put me down gently allowing me to rush over to the crowd. I pushed people out of the way trying to get through.
“Look, I don’t want to hurt you.” Axel said.
“FUCK YOU!” Jaxon yelled.
After a minute of apologizing to people who I pushed and shoved, I ended up in the circle. People probably thought I was a crazy nerd just sticking my nose in other people's business.
I was shocked to see there were four people in the circle. Axel was being attacked by Jaxon and his two friends. My mouth fell open in horror, there was blood splattered all over the floor.
A random girl nudged me, “it was four against one, but Axel already took one down.” Why was she so excited about Axel getting attacked?!
Jaxon’s flaming red hair was wet from sweat and his face was smeared in blood. The smell made my stomach churn. Jaxon had a large bruise forming on his jawline and a black eye forming while Axel had a small cut on his lip.
One of Jaxon’s friends lunged for Axel, but Axel grabbed him and twisted his arm until there was a crack. The guy cried out in pain. Just then, Jaxon and the other guy knocked Axel down while he was distracted. Jaxon positioned himself on top of Axel as I screamed for them to stop. The other guy grabbed the broken-armed one and helped him out of the circle.
As Jaxon was about to throw a punch at Axel's face, Axel somehow knocked Jaxon off of him and switched places. Axel was now positioned on top of Jaxon preparing to throw another punch at Jaxon. The guy came back into the circle and yanked Axel’s hair, catching him off guard. Axel fell backwards, banging his head against the tiles of the floor.
“STOP!” I screamed, but the chants were too loud.
Jaxon got on top of him and started throwing punches at him. As Jaxon was about to hit Axel again, Axel grabbed his fist in mid air before it could hit him. He squeezed it and twisted it making Jaxon groaned in pain.
I kept screaming for them to stop, but they completely ignored me and kept fighting. I couldn’t stand seeing the two guys I loved most hurting each other. I tried pulling Jaxon off of Axel, but he wouldn’t budge.
Axel’s emerald eyes met mine.
That’s when the tables turned.
Axel spun him around and got on top of Jaxon. With one hand on Jax’s throat, he knocked the other guy out with the other hand. He beat Jaxon over and over again, even when Jaxon was knocked out cold. Jaxon’s face was bloodied, almost lifeless.
The bad boy’s eyes were cold and held no emotion. A cruel smirk tugged at his lips as I backed away from him. The person in front of me was not the Axel I had met the other night. This Axel in front of me was cold blooded with no conscience.
His face scared me. I didn't want to go anywhere near him. He threw punch after punch at Jaxon's face, until Jaxon was knocked out cold. I don't know what got into me, but a burst of confident flooded me. I had to stop him from killing my best friend.
I yanked Axel’s arm, but he didn’t even flinch. It stayed in its position as he continued to beat the life out of Jaxon. My fingers felt hot against his skin, I was touching him. But I was too freaked out to enjoy it. I kept yanking on him, but he didn’t even turn to look at me. I screamed until my voice ran out.
I couldn’t stand it anymore, I couldn’t stand seeing my childhood best friend unconscious and covered in blood. I jumped onto Jaxon and sheltered his body with mine. I half expected to get hit, but I didn’t. I looked back up at Axel.
His hard eyes met mine.
Everyone had stopped cheering, it was almost completely silent.
He placed a hand on my waist, and tried gently moving me out of the way, but I refused to budge.
“NO!” I screamed at him.
But he still tried to move me.
I did the unthinkable.
I brought my hand up and slapped him across the face.
Some people in the crowd gasped.
Axel glared down at me for a solid moment. He was… hurt? Disappointed?
Realization struck me like a bullet in the chest.
I had slapped the guy I had admired from afar since day one.
I wanted to apologize and beg him for forgiveness. He had defended himself after all… but he should’ve stopped when Jaxon was out, yet he still continued. He was outnumbered, but brutally beat them.
I felt like I had ruined my entire life.
I could’ve called the teacher to pull them apart- well they probably wouldn’t be capable of doing so, but they’d at least call security. Instead, I had to get myself involved and ruin my chances with Axel by hitting him.
But if I didn’t hit him, who would’ve stopped him from killing Jaxon?
Jaxon was lying there in a small pool of blood on the floor, his chest moving up and down slowly. Axel's eyes drifted to Jaxon's body before he looked down refusing to meet mine. The crowd around us stayed completely silent.
Axel looked up again, but this time his emerald green eyes were filled with anger and misery. He got up off the ground and glared at me.
“Thanks for enlightening my fucking day,” he spat out sarcastically before walking away. The crowd parted for him as he left.
I felt my heart break into a million pieces. What did I just do?
~*~
“Are you sure you're alright?” the nurse asked for the thousandth time.
I sighed and smiled at her sweetly. She was such a kind woman, but she was a little too worrying sometimes.
“I really am, thank you for checking.” I replied politely.
She nodded and gave me a small smile before walking back over to her desk. I watched Jaxon in awe. He was utterly adorable. His features looked so calm when he was asleep.His flaming red hair was dried off and his face was wiped clean.
All the blood from earlier was completely gone. He had a black eye and a bruise on his jawline. His pale lips were formed in a straight line.
I might’ve sounded creepy describing how adorable my best friend looked when he was knocked out cold, but if you were in my situation, you would too.
My eyes drifted over to his chest before I mentally slapped myself. Day dreaming about my best friend was a no-no! I sighed as I started thinking about Axel again.
Axel.
The only name that could make my heart flutter and give me butterflies.
The only name that could make my face heat up. There was no one who could make my heart beat faster than him.
Axel Storm Spencer.
The guy who beat up my ex boyfriend and my best friend in the same week. I don't know whether I should be the one apologizing to him, or he should be the one apologizing to me.
My life was so messed up. I was supposed to be in I.S.S, but ended up in the nurse's office because I fainted when I received a compliment. Then my best friend got in a fight with the guy I was head over heels for. At the end of the day, I ended up in the nurse's office again, watching over my best friend who was knocked out cold by my crush.
I buried my face into my palms and tried to calm myself. Could life get any worse?!
I couldn’t stop thinking about Axel.
I desperately wanted to talk to him.
Suddenly, the nurse's office door flew open revealing none other than Layla. Oh shit, karma proved me wrong.
Life could get worse.
Layla rushed into the office and started talking to the nurse. The nurse nodded in our direction, before Layla rushed over to us. I looked up at her expecting her to say something rude to me, but surprisingly, she didn't.
She put her palm on Jaxon's forehead before behind down and pressing her ear against his chest.
What the hell?
Was I missing something?
I was completely baffled.
Why was she touching him like that?
Did he know?
Did he give her consent?
Why wasn't she bullying me?
How the hell were they connected in any way?
Layla looked at me with a blank expression on her face.
“I'm not here to make your life a living hell,” she stated, “I'm here to check on him, so if you excuse us,” she looked gestured over to the door- asking me to leave.
My mouth fell open.
I scurried out of the nurse’s office.
Why wasn't she mean to me?
I was honestly expecting at least a rude remark from her, but I got… nothing?
I left school rethinking everything.
Was she finally growing a heart inside that empty rib cage of hers?
~*~
“But what if she doesn't like me?!”
“Dustin! You do not have to worry about a thing! She'll love you!” I exclaimed throwing both my hands up into the air.
“What if-”
“Cut it with the what if's! She will love you! I've known her since sixth grade.” I sounded like I was trying to reassure myself rather than him.
“But-”
I interrupted him once again, “no buts! She will love you.” I got out of his car and slammed the door shut.
Kasay had agreed to sneak out so that we could talk about everything that happened. And I thought it would be a great chance for Dustin to get to know Kasay too! I was playing Cupid here. I went up to her front door and texted her.
I'm here. –Rosie
My phone beeped in reply almost immediately.
Ugh! Finally!!!xXxX ~KasayxP
I jumped when the front door opened. Kasay got out and shut the door quickly and quietly. She held her index finger up to her lips motioning for me to be quiet. I nodded as we both walked over to Dustin's car.
“Whose car is this?” Kasay asked as I opened the back door and slid in.
“It's one of the twin’s car. I'm sitting in the back, so you should sit in the front.”
She nodded and slipped into the front seat. She turned to meet him before she let out a small shriek and backed away from him.
“What's wrong?!” I asked.
He looked completely shocked from her sudden outburst. He backed away until his head hit the car's ceiling. Kasay started hitting the car's windows trying to get out. I grabbed her by the shoulders making her stop.
“It's thing number one..” she said quietly.
I laughed to myself before shaking my head at how she was acting.
“Firstly his name is Dustin,” I started. "As you already know, he’s one of two twins. The one you might be thinking about is the asshole, this is the nice one.” I explained.
She stayed completely silent.
“He’s very sweet, very kind, and caring. You’ll like him, trust me.”
I nodded, giving Dustin the green light.
Dustin extended his hand out to her for her to shake. She looked down at it, unsure whether to take it or not. Finally, after staring at it for a solid minute, she grabbed it and shook it. I could tell she was squeezing hard on his hand, because his face was clearly in pain.
She was enjoying every minute of it. She grinned as she squeezed harder onto his hand making him wince aloud. I slapped her shoulder and gave her a don't-you-dare look before she let go and laughed.
“So,” Kasay started grinning at him, “nice to finally meet you, Rosaline’s crush!”