Our Complicated Relationship

Three

I sit down quietly paying zero attention in biology class, I felt low even in the next two classes.
But I could feel Marcus glaring at me the whole time, he looked.. protective? I don't know what happened with him, he was the one mocking me sometime back and now I'm feeling safe with him? This is going too fast, is he falling for me? I'm not even that beautiful, he can find better girls! I --My train of thoughts broke as the bell for lunch goes out, Marcus quickly grabs my hand and pulls me out of the classroom. "Who was that guy?" he said worryingly as we walk towards the cafeteria. I stay silent and signal him to wait.
Why is he so concerned about me? Why is this turning out to be strange!!?

We reach the cafeteria. Edith comes rushing towards me along with Archie. "Oh Lin, we didn't know he was back!", Edith says as she hugs me. I try hard not to cry but fail at it.
Marcus, Edith and Archie remained silent as he saw me breaking down.
"Who's he?", Edith asks me when I stop crying. I believe she wanted to change the topic.
"He's Marcus, my frie--, my classmate and neighbor", I speak up. For some unknown reason all four of us turn silent.

I bet Marcus is confused, I turned to look at him and indeed he was confused!
"Boston used to be my boyfriend", I break the silence as I speak up. Marcus nods his head, probably asking me to continue.
"He was one of the play boy types. He asked me to go on a date with him. We went to a really fancy restaurant, we started to hang out together after that date. He soon proposed me, and I said yes. He took me to his house, started touching me abusively, he stopped when there was a loud bang on the door. As he opened the door my eyes were in horror. A bunch of police officers were standing with their guns pointed on us. Boston stands in a surrendering position and whispers in my ear, "I'll be back in few months darling." A police officer came to me and asked, "So are you a prostitute?". I gazed at him with confused and angry eyes , he understood my state and told me that Boston and his brothers were drug dealers, although they've caught him he would be out again with a bail, Boston was also accused of being a rapist. I shivered at this point of time and ran back to my house, crying. 
I-I didn't want- t-to be a rap-rapists girlfriend!
He's n-now out of pri-prison and ca-can do anything with me!", I start to break into tears as I end this time travel to the past.
Marcus' eyes were filled with sympathy.
He hugged me and I felt very comfortable. Why is this being so fast!?
"Since when do you guys know each other?", Archie said as she stared at us. "Today.", I blushed and said. Archie and Edith widen their eyes and smirk at me. I shake my head with denial and at this moment, my cap falls down. Archie and Edith gasp and Marcus starts giggling. 
"I'll do the honor of telling how this occurred!" , Marcus said as he almost shouted.
A few moments later all three of them were laughing like idiots and I was glaring at them, hoping they would stop.
"You need to hang out more often with us!", Edith says as she giggles.
Archie bulges in to say," We were going to meet at Lin's today, wanna join us?".
"Yeah, sure! ...Are you okay ...Lin?" Marcus says. He called me by my nickname, slow down boy.. we just met!
"I am okay with you joining, but guys please come after five, I have an appointment with the hairdresser at 4." I say as I bite my lip at the end of my sentence. All of them start to giggle again.
I control my laugh and proceed to find the next class as the bell rings
 

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