*FIVE DAYS LATER*
DAWN.
"Are you sure you're going to be fine? I can just have the papers delivered here, so you can take it in your own comfort zone. "
He raises his brows at me as he sits on the bed and I chuckle, giving him a look before turning back to the mirror.
"Ryder. It's fine, it's just exams and school. I'll be fine and besides you've already decided that I go with guards no matter how much I try to convince you that I do not need them. "
I roll my eyes before grabbing the wristwatch and locking it around my wrist.
"Yes, and I'm glad that I have the power to not listen to you."
He gives me a smirk as I turn back to look at him and I roll my eyes before grabbing my handbag. I won't really be needing my backpack since it's just exams.
"Aren't you supposed to be at the office or something? Why are
DAWN.My eyes are wide, almost bulging out of their sockets with my mouth hang open, closing and opening at certain intervals as I think of what to say, but I can't get my brain to process anything. I'm shocked beyond words, I never expect something like this. Bryan? In love with me? I'm completely and utterly dumbfounded.What do you say when your long time friend tell you that he's in love with you, but you don't feel the same way towards him? I don't fucking know."You don't have to say anything. "He laughs as if he can read my thoughts and I let out a sigh, leaning against the tree with my knees pulled up to my chest."I don't know what to say. I'm sorry, I'm just surprised. I wasn't expecting anything of such. "He nods his head, mimicking my action and leaning against the tree."I know. I don't want you to say anything either because I know you don't fe
DAWN."Where are we?"I gulp in, turning to stare at him, and he smirks at me before shrugging, saying nothing not making any attempt to answer my question.He walks out of the car and I grab my bag next to me, pulling my phone out of it, my fingers shaking as I try to call his number, but the phone is grabbed from me abruptly.I turn to the other side, and he's standing by the door, wriggling his eyebrows at me. How the fuck did I not even hear the door open?"Not so fast Dawn. I and you are going to have a little talking session. ""What do you want from me?"I sigh, staring at the dark eyes guy in front of me, and I'm replied with a shrug."I just want to find out whom you really are and what make my friend so interested in you, trust me I do not mean any harm. "He leans back, raising hi
RYDER.My lips move fast against her in a hurry to feel her. I want to feel her completely against my touch. I need to feel her. The depth of my need for her truly scares me but at this moment, with her flushed against me, I sincerely do not care. As long as she's here.I was going to go fucking insane, or I was going insane when I saw the news. I knew I shouldn't have listened to her but damn her for being so fucking stubborn! My heart arch when I learned that she's been kidnapped, and I thought of the only one that I know would be capable of that. Fucking Oliver. Relief flushed through me when I found out he's the one, not because I fancy the idea of him kidnapping her, but because I knew I would be able to get her back. She would be fine or at least I hoped so because that bastard can decide to do anything to her.I'm surprised at how much my body wasn't settled. I couldn't think of anything else but having to g
DAWN.I let out a soft sigh as my eyes furors, my mind assimilating the surrounding view. Something is latched on me I'm sure or rather someone. I stare down to see his mouth still wrapped around my breast, his arms around me and my fingers is buried in his hair. Soft moans slips through his throat and I chuckle at the ridiculous position we are in.Realizing we are still on the field, and it's getting dark, I tap against his forehead, and he stirs in his sleep but doesn't get up, instead his mouth tightens on my breast, sucking on it and his teeth bites my nipple while I fight the urge to let out a moan."Ryder. "I stroke his hair while using my other hand to shake him."Ryder come on, it's getting dark. "I shake him harder and his eyelids stirs open. He stares around, his gaze landing on me and I feel warmth spread across my cheeks with him seeing t
DAWN.My heart won't stop beating fast against my chest as I stare down at my phone before raising my gaze back to Ryder who now has his hands buried in his hair."Ryder. "I hum, afraid of what he will do if I push too hard and at the same time, trying to find out what's happening.One moment, everything was fine to expect from the time his mood changed and now, I just don't know what's wrong."Ryder."I call again, this time moving a little closer to him and ignoring the fact that I almost had a heart attack in less than a minute ago."He's... He's..."Soft sobs falls from his lips, and I'm enmeshed where I am, my eyes wide and my hand hanging in the air as I watch him breakdown. It's the first time that I will ever see him cry, and it's such a surprise to me as I ponder about what can be the reason for Ryder
DAWN.I rent a sigh of what I will probably call defeat as I drop on the bed, staring at the blank ceiling like it's the most interesting thing to do and seriously, at this moment of my life, it is the most interesting thing to do.Minerva has finally gone to sleep after a lot of persuading from me and Ryder and her, crying her heart out of course. It shows just how much she really loves her father and seeing her cry took me back to when I lost my parents.I shake my mind to get my mind off the thought, this isn't the time for me to break down as well.Ever since he told me I should probably leave, and we convinced Minerva to bed, I haven't seen Ryder around since. I should probably stay away from him and keep my distance to secure my own heart, but I just want to make sure he's fine. I know he isn't, but I just want to see him.Hearing him say those words to me hurts. A lo
RYDER.She knows how to fuck with my emotions. She calms me without even knowing herself.My father's death is something that weighs heavily on me, I knew he was going to be gone soon but still... I didn't know how I will feel about it until now. Knowing that I have no other family any more apart from Minerva tears me up and knowing that I'm the cause of it breaks me even further.I wasn't thinking. I couldn't. I needed to get out of here. Need to fight. Have to fight. The feeling of blood dripping down the knuckles, the metallic scent that hits me always has a way of calming me down. It always does, until now it's been the only thing I rely on whenever I need help. Until now, it's the only way I know how to keep my senses sane and now somehow, in a way that makes absolutely no fucking sense to me, this girl in my arms seems to be able to calm me down with only a few words from her. Oh, Dawn, what have you done to
DAWN."Are you sure you want to do this?"I ask Ryder once again as he stands before the mirror, his fists clenched at his sides tightly, it makes me really scared. I don't think he will be able to handle this.He laughs before turning back to me. "I'm fine. I have to do this, it's my father's funeral, it will be stupid if I'm not there and everyone else is. "I sigh before nodding my head and closing the distance between us, my hands smooths across his chest and his arms goes around my waist, pulling me closer than I can go.I laugh, shaking my head as he continues to pull me close, almost as if he wants to merge our bodies together as one."Stop. "I laugh, pulling away from him when he won't stop doing it."Oh come on cupcake. I'm trying to make us one. "Even though I know he's only joki