The Slacker Boys #1: Competing with her

Jared

Chapter 6: 

I watched in terror as her car crashed in front of my eyes. Her engine was fast and powerful but curves like these were not meant to be cut at such short distances. I turned into autopilot as I stopped my car and ran to hers. I could see that she was not moving. I looked around for any leakages and thankfully, there was none, however I wasn't taking any chances and switched off the engine. Soon enough, my buddies came to help me. I grabbed her from under her arms and pulled her through the window. She weighed almost nothing. I removed her helmet and inspected her face and head first and then her whole body to look for any injuries. She looked unharmed and breathing. I let out a sigh of relief. I sweeped her up into my arms and carried her off the track with my buddies at my tail.

This race is over. I don't care about winning. I want her safe and she needs to be taken care of. I looked at the sight before me. She looked like an angel sleeping in my arms with her blonde hair laying on my arm. She looked so peaceful and serene.

As I was carrying her tiny body into my hands, bridal style, I felt her move closer to my body and rest her head on my chest. Fuck. I'm never going to be letting her go. As I almost reached off track she opened those ocean blue eyes and locked them with mine. I whispered, "You're alright. You just crashed back there, but you seem unharmed. I will be taking you to my house and will have a doctor check up on you to see if you are indeed okay. Don't worry now, rest and let me take care of you".

She didn't protest and clung more onto me as we got to my truck and let my guys drive me home. When we arrived, I made a beeline to the house and went inside to put her down gently on the sofa. I immediately grabbed my cell and called my all time doctor Mr. Andorra. Mr. Andorra knew me quite well as he was friends with my parents and lived in our area. He responded almost immediately and I explained to him what happened and assured me that the fact that she was still conscious was a huge positive sign but promised me to come visit right away.

I was still worried and went back to see how she was doing. She looked so peaceful on the sofa with the last rays of the sunlight bouncing on her blonde hair splayed on the sofa. Her body looked relaxed and I almost thought that I was imagining her being there. I couldn't believe how I became so attached to this woman and have been so since the first time I laid my eyes on her.

My thoughts were interrupted as I heard the doorbell ring. I immediately headed for the door to open up. The doctor had arrived and I guided him to where I sat her lying down. I watched him as he woke her up gently and began checking her up. When he was ready he assured us that she had nothing to worry about and was just under shock. He advised her to eat and rest. I thanked Mr. Andorra and paid him for his excellent service. Then we said our goodbyes and walked with him to the door.

I closed the door after him and as I turned, I saw a figure peeking from behind the corner. "What would you like to eat Princess?" I asked.

"It's fine really. I think I'd better head home" she replied as she looked down and fumbled with her hands.

"You will not be heading anywhere. I will not allow you to disappear on me again like when you did in high-school"

She looked struck. "So, you remember me and still would want me to stay under your roof for the night?" she said questioningly and looked to be lost in thought.

"Oh I get it now, you are trying to get close to me so that you end up humiliating me again. Right? I swear I can read through you" she said in a sad and almost angry tone.

"Wait, what?! I know that I was a dumb ass back in the day and that I didn't treat you well but, I'm not the same person anymore. I do not want to hurt or humiliate you. Damn. If you knew the whole story you wouldn't have looked at me as such a bad guy" I said defending myself.

"So correct me if I'm wrong but you think that you calling me names and humiliating me at every chance you had, should have made you a hero in my mind and thanked you for it?", then she turned and headed back to the living room.

I was hot at her heels in no time and stepped in front of her.

"No, I'm not saying that I did the right thing, however I was trying to protect you. Although I never talked to you, there was something about you that made me intrigued and when the situation changed I couldn't help but do my best to save you. At the time I thought it was best to do what I did. Believe it or not I was the lesser of the evils and would do it a hundred times over if it meant protecting you. I'd rather have you hating me than being hurt or taken advantage of."

"Are you even listening to yourself right now?", she asked fuming. "You are admitting that you have the intention of doing it again. You didn't even know me and picked on me for no reason. You had fun belittling me despite me doing my best to fix what I had going on in my life and the last thing I wanted was to go to school and have you bullying me. No, no- I cannot accept this. I was without a mother and my father was battling cancer at the time and now today I have lost the most precious thing I have left of him- my race car and you have the audacity of standing here in front of me telling me that you would do it again. You don't understand what you did to me and to what extent it affected me. That's it. I'm out of here."

She proceeded to try and run past me. My mind was still processing what she was telling me and I couldn't let her leave. Not again. This woman will be mine. I grabbed her from the waist and pinned her to the wall with my body caging her under me and placing my hands on either side of her head completely blocking her from getting away from me. I lowered my head to her left ear. "We can do this the easy or the hard way. It all depends on you. I never wanted to hurt you and definitely did not know what you were going through at the time. You remember Kurt?" I whispered in her ear.

Without waiting for an answer I continued, "He was the popular quarterback in our school and he made a bet that he could seduce you, sleep with you and take your virginity. You see, that was something that I could never accept. You caught my eyes from the very first time I saw you at school back when we were freshmen and there was something about you that captivated me. From that moment I wanted to protect you and I sure as fuck was not going to be letting another man fuck you and take away your virginity. I wanted to be the one who tore down that hymen and be the only one who would own that pussy. I was so enraged that I came up with a plan to make you off limits to him".