The Moon Is Shining (MjFantasy)

Chapter 5 - Xscape...

He was smiling.
In a completely nonchalant attitude. As if anything was happening right now.
Gary turned around to face him. I couldn't see his face but I knew that he was furious. He was literally boiling.
While Michael was still smiling.
- Oh my, my, my... Michael ! We were just talking about you !
- Uuuh ! Really ! And were you two talking about, tell me ?
He took a step towards us, really slowly, as if he was dancing. His hands were in his jean's pockets and he was still fuckin smiling.

« What the fuck is he doing ?! Is he really provoking him ? This guy is insane...»

Gary stared at him, he was still upon me. I felt his fury, it was very intense, and it made me feel really uncomfortable.
« If Michael doesn't move his damn ass quickly, he's gonna end up with a bullet in his forehead! »

No sooner said than done, Gary took his gun and pointed it at Michael. In one second , he shot and a scream escaped from my mouth.
I couldn't say if I was surprised or just really scared to see Michael wounded. Gary looked at me and placed his hands around my throat, trying to strangle me. I suffocate and tried in vain to make him lose his grip. I felt my blood slowly but surely leaves my face.
I was frightened but not only because Gary was strangling me but, most of all because I didn't know yet if Michael was alright.

Suddenly I saw my night table crashing on Gary's head. He let out a cry of pain and felt, releasing me by the same occasion. He passed out on my bed.
His blood, mixed with his sweat stained my sheets.
Yuck... Holy crap. That was pretty disgusting.
- Moon! Come on ! Move ! yelled Michael.

I looked at him.
He was breathless, and sweaty, but he was fine.
Thank God, he was fine...

I left my room, took my bag and escaped from my apartment, behind Michael who was still holding my hand.
We get into the car and in a few seconds we were already far from my neighborhood.
When I was sure that we were far enough to get a little bit less worried and chill out, I looked at Michael.

He was looking really anxious. I think that he didn't expect Gary to find us as quickly as he did.
His fingers were drumming against the wheel and he was biting his bottom lip nervously.
I wanted really badly to talk to him. I wanted him to explain me because even after so much time I wasn't understanding yet what the hell happened in my life to lead me to this situation but I felt like it wasn't the best moment for that. I preferred to wait, letting him cool off a little bit.

I laid my head on the window. The cold of the glass relaxed me a little bit. The previous events were so tough and troublesome that they gave me a headache. I could feel the beats of my heart resonating in my skull. And Gary had been really guttural when he tried to strangle me. He left some marks in my throat, which were now swelling.
« I bet that tomorrow, my throat will be blue...»

- Moon ?
Michael's voice brought me back to reality. I raised my head.
- Are you ok ?
I turned slowly to face him, he was staring at me with a very worried look. I put my head down quickly. I couldn't hold his gaze.
- Yeah. I'm good.
- Why don't you just look at me while saying this ?

«Oh, so you really thought I was fine?»

- I'm ok. Gary strangled me really hard and my eyes are certainly swollen now.

A deep silence took place after I said this. I really thought that he would leave me be, and that he wouldn't try to know more.
- How could you know how your face reacted to the strangling, knowing that you have not seen yourself in a mirror since we left ?
My body froze and my headache became stronger.

« Shit... I said too much... I can't let him know about that, no. Not right now ! Fuck why did I have to open it?!»

- I don't know, it's just how I feel right now... I said, trying to rectify my clumsy answer.
He stayed quiet during some minutes before to sigh deeply :
- We can't go to a hotel tonight. It won't take too much time to Gary to recover, if it isn't already the case, and as soon as he will open his eyes, he will chase us...
I looked to the road without answering. My eyes began to get watery.

« I can't believe what is happening to me... I can't explain why all of this happened to me...»

He was looking discretely at me, waiting for my answer.
- F-fine...
My voice broke as I was trying to hold back my tears, but I failed miserably.
I couldn't look at him, I felt so ashamed of myself, so weak... I was having a breakdown and I thought that he couldn't understand, I even thought that maybe it could make him angry..
- Moon, please, stop crying... he whispered.

Just hearing HIM telling me this made me cry even harder.

- Michael, I can't ! I just can't stop crying ! In the space of three days, I nearly died, had been raped, now I'm in a car with a criminal bringing me God-knows-where, I have not been to my work or to college since three goddamn days and right now, everybody is certainly looking for me,but they'll never know what the hell I've been through. And you know what is the worst Michael ? I didn't do anything to deserve this. ANY FUCKIN THING.

I was crying so hard that my speech didn't seem to be in English. I wasn't controlling the words that were coming out of my mouth, it was the end, I completely lost my self-control. I had to let all the frustration and the anxiety get out of me before it drives me completely crazy.

I hid my face in my arms, still crying but, with the minutes I calmed down. Then, I noticed that Michael has been completely silent since my little speech. I didn't care, I wasn't trying to make him react anyway.

Suddenly, the car braked violently. I felt my body pushed really intensely forward. I had to put my hands on the dashboard or my head would certainly have crushed against the windshield.

Michael just parked the car, in the middle of nowhere.

He got out of the car, slamming the door so hard that during a second I thought that the window shattered. He came to me, made me get out too, and pressed my body with his against the car. My eyes widened.
« Is he going to hurt me now...? »
His face was so close to mine that I could feel his warm breath against my lips. He was breathless and I was so shocked and scared that I wasn't breathing.

He took a deep breath and leaned over me a little bit more. His nose now was touching mine. And he let his anger overwhelm him :
- You know what Moon ? I never wanted to kidnap you. It wasn't my goal when I came here. But the problem is that I couldn't help myself, I actually felt like I had to do it  ! You said it yourself : You didn't deserve this. But what you don't understand yet, young lady, it is that now that Vin and his gang of jerks have you in their collimator, you will never be in surety again ! They're going to hunt you, rape you and then kill you. It's as simple as that. And I don't know why I saved you. I'm asking myself that question since I took you out of this dirty room actually, but again, when Gary tried to kill you, when I saw his hands around your neck... I felt the same damn thing : that feeling that I couldn't just fuckin' leave without you. I did it again.

He stopped some seconds, catching slowly his breath while lifting my chin with his fingers, making me look once again at his gorgeous brown eyes. One of his soft curls was tickling my cheek.

- But the thing that disturbed me the most was to hear you scream when Gary tried to shoot me down. Don't take that innocent look Moon. I knew what kind of scream it was, and you were not just surprised. How the fuck can you worry about my damn life while I'm risking it to save yours, huh ? I'm in a fuckin danger of death because of your clumsy ass, so please, try at least to fight for your damn life and only yours. Don't make me feel like I'm risking mine in vain..

He stopped talking once again. I was still shocked and I couldn't think straight.
How could he think that because he was risking his life for me, I should not care about him ? That was exactly the damn reason why I was worried about him : because he was always « saving my ass » as he says.

But I didn't answer . Instead, I just let him catch his breath while his body was still glued to mine his fingers under my chin, his nose pressing lightly against mine and his warm breath against my lips.
I involuntary gulped.

« Holy crap... why does he have to be so freakin' attractive... ? »

He finally let go of me.
I couldn't say that I was pleased, but I knew that if I wanted to keep a functional brain, I should avoid physical contacts with this guy.

- Get in the car Moon. I'm gonna take you to eat something.