love you to the moon and back / Annie X garcello

Part 4

Garcello's pov : I really enjoyed that evening with Annie, like I really did and now I have changed my perspective on Annie and I think that I want us to be more than friends.... I blushed as I thought of that, I really liked how she always listened to me, she was the only person that got me and she understood me. And she was really pretty and cute, I just wanted her to be my one and only, but then reality hit me, what if she didn't want us to be together? Would she just leave me and never come back? I sighed and raked my hand through my hair, why is love so complicated? I had no choice but to only friend one her, just for our sake, because I didn't want to lose my only friend, after me losing my family. A tear slid down my cheek as I thought of when the accident happened, I can remember me scarred for life, I got diagnosed with PTSD at a very young age and it still affected me to this very day. But Annie managed to clear the fog from my brain and to see clearly that there is someone out there who will be by your side.

Anyways, today I had my usual obnoxious customers who demanded beer imm, I sighed and got to work. Working hard helped me keep my mind off my problems and even my crush on Annie. All day I was looking forward to be meeting her but sadly she didn't come at her usual time, but I managed to stay calm and just simply say that she was busy or felt a bit sick. When it was evening time, the crowd in the pub got bigger and more rouderier, and I was busy flying around the place, serving drinks to the people in the crowd. Some people were drunk and were yelling and one fell off the table, I just shook my head at them but knew better not to mess with them. It was getting really late and there was still no sign of Annie, I sighed in disappointment, maybe she'll come in tomorrow. I thought as I cleaned the glasses, then I went outside for my smoke break, I needed some air to clear my head with the choas around me, inside and outside. As I made my first puff on my cigarette, I heard some noise, it sounded like one of the people who usually come to my pub. And I should've staying where I was, but I didn't, I stubbed my cigarette and went over to where the noise was. I could make out some people hunched in a corner, and someone was pinned to the wall. They were screaming help, and that voice sounded familiar... When I got closer, I realised that it was Annie, and those junkies were pinning her to the wall. I suddenly felt angwr seep through me, I clenched my fists, right enough was enough, I had enough of those guys, they really went over the radar. " HEY! LEAVE HER ALONE!" I yelled at them, " oh yeah? What are you gonna do about it, your just a lone barman with no family" said one of them and they all started cackling up laughing. And that, that really hurt me, because they were right about me, I had no family, but then that sadness turned into even more anger. " YOU SHUT UP YOU DICKHEAD" I screamed at them, and then I lost it, I went up to them and punched the crap out of the one who mocked me like that. They fell to the ground and didn't wake up, and there was blood on the floor, I was breathing fastly  and weirdly enough I felt a bit better, but I still am not going to let them get away with Annie. The rest just backed away from me, " hey hey, it was just a joke, he didn't mean anything and we were only trying to talk to her" said another person, " and why was she screaming help?" I said darkly, I really scared the shit out of him. He just opened his mouth and then ran away, out of sight, the other person crouched down to the person that I knocked out, " you killed him man! What the fuck?" he said," stay aways from her, never ever go near her, if you do, you'll be next" I growled at him. He gulped and slung the dead person over his shoulder and walked away, then it was just me and Annie. She was quiet and her breathing was fast, and I'm not sure if she was relieved or scared, I suddenly felt so bad, the way I acted in front of her, no wonder she would be scared of me. " Annie i- Im sorry that you had to see that" I said, I really messed up, " I uh.. Had a lot on my mind and umm. I just can't stand anyone going near you, OK? You're the only person I know and I can't risk losing you" I said. Suddenly I felt arms go around me, " it's OK garcello, I understand, you were only trying to protect me..." she said, I hugged her back. " ill try and get better, I promise Annie" I said. " heh thanks for saving my butt there, if it weren't for you I wouldn't be..." she said, her voice trailing behind her. " but I'm here now and everything is going to be OK" I said. " garcello, thanks for being my best friend" she said, I grinned at that and I felt myself crying, but in a happy way.

A//N: OK so I had to retype this chapter twt and no it wasn't fun (yes it was lol), so yeah there you go