Stuck between two bad boys

Xavier’s POV

I liked that Emily believed me and ceased looking for Devin. I remembered the look on her face when I told her Devin had a girlfriend he kept low-key. She tried to hide it but disappointment was written all over her face.

I kept smiling at how easy it was to get her jealous. Her jealousy came with insecurities because why would she apply makeup this morning? It didn’t make sense and I disliked that she was trying hard to be validated.

Emily needs no validation from anyone, she’s pretty as hell and I’ll keep shoving it in her face even if it meant getting sarcastic.

Mom had no idea what I merely meant by Emily being beautiful with or without makeup.

She appeared natural and that turned me on whenever I see her natural beauty. Aside from her personality, I’m sure her beauty drives people nuts.

Parting, I felt happy until I saw Emily walking toward Devin with a tray of snacks.

“Fucking hell,” I cussed in an undertone. Wasn’t she supposed to be ignoring him since he had some sort of imaginary girl?

I kept looking at Emily and before I knew it Emily had ice cream splattered all over her face. Nili appeared from nowhere and tossed the tray at her. She smiled and cross her hands on her chest. It was crazy to see, why would she do that?

Emily swallowed the lump in her throat and clenched her fist. She bent down and picked the remnant on the tray and hurled it back at Nili.

I was stunned that Emily could react that way.

“Fuck you!!!!” Nili growled and tried to grab Emily’s hair but Emily was quick enough to pin her hands.

Gabby ran to the scene and hit Emily. Emily howled in pain and sent a slap in her face. Gabby struggled with Emily dragging her hair and I just couldn’t watch that anymore.

Emily had gotten more vicious than I could imagine, she was shoving the plate down Gabby’s throat. Someone had to stop her else she’d get into detention. I was enjoying the show ’cause you never get to see Emily like this all the time but I had to stop her real quick.

I took sudden strides but stopped halfway when I saw Devin already picked her up and placed her on his shoulder. “Let go of me!” She yelled but Devin kept her firmly on his shoulder. “Stop this.”

She kept kicking her legs in the air and hitting his back in resentment. Eva tried to drag Emily’s hair since Devin had her on his shoulder but Devin skillfully pushed her away.

I smiled looking at the scene. No, it wasn’t funny but surprising. The last time Emily fought with Gabby, she stayed away from school and got admitted. That earned Emily detention and I just wondered how bad the fight could have been. Now that I witnessed the fight myself, I was stunned. If this got to our parents, they’d be mad as hell. I’ll try to keep this from them and I hope no one made a video of her beating Gabby and Nili.

Emily didn’t look like someone with all that energy to throw fists and get someone down with a slap. No one would believe she did this to Nili if we didn’t see it ourselves.

I was proud of her though, I was sick and tired of hearing she was bullied every day. Now that I saw she could stand up for herself, I felt sudden contentment. I looked at the tray on the floor and scoffed at how they wasted such lunch. I was starving but I couldn’t go to buy lunch, not with this mess and my baby sister yelling like a psych.

I turned and saw Gabby struggling to stand up. Eva held her waist and helped her out of the scene. Gabby looked a mess and she was holding her neck. “I’ll teach her a fucking lesson,” she spat and I smiled.

I knew who would truly teach the damn lesson and that made me feel proud of her. Gabby had this attitude of poke-nosing and being in other people’s business. She’s irked me more than the rest of the girls because of her bitchy attitude. She always tried to demean everyone around her and she loved to be worshiped.

“My neck hurts so much,” she growled and placed her hand on her neck.

“It’s not broken but we have to get you out of here,” Eva suggested.

Good thing she almost had her neck broken, I wished she broke it and had a reason to visit the hospital like the last time Emily beat her up.

I turned my head to Emily who was already crying and whimpering. Why the fuck was she shedding tears when she beat Gabby and her friends.

I turned and kept peering at Devin’s body language. He seemed to relax and my lips twitched. The moment Emily turned her head and met my gaze, she was crying and I wondered why. I mean, she beat her ass so why was she being dramatic?

The next thing she did was she ran to me. I wasn’t expecting her to come to me, not when it was Devin who carried her from the scene.

I opened my arms and welcomed her. She held me tightly and I just tucked her hair behind her ear.

I smiled knowing she came to me herself, it felt better this way. “You did well though,” I whispered to her ear as I held her. She just shook her head and continued holding me.

When the hug broke, I used a napkin to wipe her tears and some ice cream on her face. I walked her to the restroom for her to clean up. She got inside and turned open the tap. She rinsed the ice cream off her face and came back to me.

I held her hands and smiled. “Do you want pizza?”

She took a second before replying, “it’s illegal to order stuff at school, I’ll just get into trouble.”

“Oh, right.”

I forgot about the rule, maybe it was because I was already involved in some illegal shit.This is from NôvelDrama.Org.

“Let’s go home then?”

She gave a nod and we walked to the truck.

“I think I want to tell you something when we get home.”

She rolled her eyes and turned her face to me. “Isn’t that like the same thing you said the other time?”

“Yeah but this time around I really want to say it.”

“What’s stopping you from saying it?”

“We’re not home yet.”

“Then let’s go home already.”