Running Away From Mr. Stalker - COMPLETED #Wattys2015

Chapter 22

"Shawn Warner, huh."

"I'm sorry, but could you reread what you said," Chris suddenly asked with his eyes tensed.

Before I could say anything else, he hurriedly took the textbook from me and read the name written on it.

"Fuck." I heard Chris mutter under his breath.

"Oh my gosh! Did you just say Shawn Warner?!  He's like one of the hottest guys here in our school! You lucky little!" Janice teased.

Maybe he seemed familiar because he was popular. Maybe.

"I won't approve this, Hailey. You can't date him and it's final." Chris muttered angrily.

"Woah, calm down genius. You're not her dad. Besides, why do you care?" Mace suddenly said. Great. Chris was now beaming at him.

"Yeah, you pretty much sound like her dad," Janice agreed.

"Yup, definitely" Tracey nodded in agreement while taking a bite from her apple.

I couldn't say anything since all of them were reacting to Chris' statement earlier.

"Yeah, I uh- they're right! You can't just tell me what to do! You're not my dad or anything!" I finally blurted out.

Everyone was now looking at me, nodding, except for Chris.

"You know why?! Because I care about you! I care about your safety!" Chris replied.

"Would you calm the fuck down? Shawn's a pretty good guy. He's a friend of mine, genius. So don't worry about it." Mace calmly said.

Chris was now looking at me.

"Hailey, he's not a good guy! Don't you remember anything?!" Chris asked, his voice raised.

Remember what? What was going on? Did I suddenly have amnesia? Nooooo!

I looked at him blankly.

"Remember what, exactly?" I asked with my tone low.

Chris stared at me with his deep blue eyes that are now calm unlike a few moments ago.

"Jesus, Hailey!  You still don't remember anything?!"

I just looked at him confusingly.

"Hey, Chris. Don't be so harsh on her. Just tell us whats going on." Janice said.

Chris still stared at me.

"Shut it, Janice. It's none of your business." Chris replied, still staring at me angrily. Did I hear it right? I saw Janice looking at Chris angrily. I knew she was offended by Chris's statement. Mace stood up angrily and faced Chris. Before he could probably punch or yell at Chris, I spoke.

"Woah, I think you've crossed the line, Mister! You know what, I think you're just jealous because I'm going out with one of the hottest guys here in school and not you! So don't you dare say that again to any of my friends ever!" I blurted out angrily again.

Mace stared at Chris while Chris now stared at me blankly for a while.

"Well? Aren't you going to say anything?" I asked.

He just raised his arms in surrender. 

"Fine. But don't come crying when he'll hurt you." With that, Chris left the cafeteria.

"What was that about?" Tracey asked, obviously lost.

"I - I don't know." I replied, staring at the cafeteria door where Chris exited.

"He's just being a dick. Don't worry, Hailey. I trust Shawn and I know he's not going to hurt you or anything. He's a nice guy." Mace assured.

"Great, thanks" I nodded.

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I waited for Shawn at his locker to return his book. When I finally saw him coming, my heart rate increased.  Jesus, did he just come out from the shower? His messy wet hair look was unbelievable.  He looked pretty hot that even the girls around him were looking at him.

"Hey, pretty." Shawn finally snapped.

Great, I hope I wasn't gawking.

"Uh - hey. Here's your um - textbook. Thanks!" I said, obviously looking red.

He took the textbook and opened his locker.

"Um, I've got to go! Thanks again!" I said. Before he could speak, I turned around and walked away fastly.

"Hey, wait!" A voice behind me said.

I turned around to see Shawn running after me. I also saw some girls looking and staring at me like I did something wrong. Heck I care, Shawn was chasing after me! 

"Um, hey. What's up?" I asked, smiling.

He smiled back at me. "Our date." He replied, winking.

"Oh." I blushed. Guess he didn't forget.

"I'll pick you up on Friday. Kay?" He asked.

"Kay." With that, I turned around and blushed on my way out.

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When I arrived home, I checked my phone and opened my twiiter account.

@HaileyGreenBlueIndigo                 Can't wait for Friday night! ;) #datenight

After a second, I got a reply.

From @JaNice: @HaileyGreenBlueIndigo         soooo who's the unlucky guy? ;))

From @TraceyLikesPandas:  @HaileyGreenBlueIndigo       omfgee! Finally! I'm so happy right now!

From @Shawnny                can't wait to see you pretty x

OH. MY. GOSH. He saw my tweet! Right now, I have been giggling. My mood suddenly changed after I got a text from Chris.

"We're going out Friday night."

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