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George POV

"Look guys, there he is!", one guy from Clays group yelled. We saw them coming towards us.
"Oh, that comes in handy", Clay said, "I wanted to let you know that it is over."
"Ouh, nothing is over Clay!", another one said.
"Now you are in really big trouble", another one said.
"We will make your life to hell. And the same with your new little friend, only worse", that guy named Will said.

"Ouh, so first of all, he's not my friend", Clay said. I looked up to him confused. Then he grabbed my waist and pulled me closer. "He's my boyfriend", he eventually said.
"And if you dare to hurt him ever again, I'm gonna make your life to hell!", he then threatened.
I gave him a small smile and cuddled into his chest.

"You will regret that decision!", Will said again.
"Leave us alone or YOU will regret it", Clay stepped towards him and pulled me close behind him.
"Wow, George was right", some other guy slowly walked towards Clay, "You really have bad mood swings. I bet in two days you beat him up again."
Then everyone of them laughed.
"You know nothing about me!", Clay yelled, grabbing me tighter.
"Ouh, and George does?", the guy said mocking.
"You have no idea", he turned his head and smiled at me while pulling me closer.

"Since when are you fucking gay?! That literally makes no sense!", another one said.
"Well, I've always been gay."
"Clay, now come to your senses!"
"I am! I am more than ever before! And will you please shut the fuck up now?! We wanna go to class."
He grabbed me by my arm and softly pulled me with him, towards the building.

But we were stopped by Will. He stood in front of Clay in the way and provoked him.
"And what do you want to do with that now?", Clay huffed.
Will came up to him and pushed him. Clay let go of me as he fell back to keep me out of there. Then he ran towards Will and punched him hard straight into his face.

Will fell to the ground with a bloody nose. Clay leaned over him and said: "Better don't do that."
"Ouh, you're going this way now? Alright", Will stood up and took a swing, but the punch never hit Clay. He dodged to the side with ease and then punched him into the stomach. He grabbed his shoulder tight and pushed him to the rest of the group.
"Leave us alone", he said warning again. Then he wrapped an arm around my shoulders and walked with me into the school, behind us Nick and Karl.

"Nick, Clay! You will wish you did not take this step!", they yelled after us.
Clay just patted my shoulder and said "They are nothing without me, don't worry."
"Wow, you think a lot of yourself, huh", I said.
With a small laugh he responded "Just don't worry, I'll protect you. You will never have to come home injured again." And with that he gave me a kiss on the head.

We split up and went to our respective classes. Nick and Clay in theirs, Karl and I in ours. Lessons went as usual. Then came the break.
I went out into the courtyard to take a breath when I suddenly heard footsteps behind me. I wanted to turn around, but the person wrapped their one arm around my waist and covered my mouth with the other.
"Keep calm and nothing will happen to you", a voice said. One of Clay's groupmates. I was shocked and just tried not to move. Then he ran with me towards the school, then along the wall around the corner, behind the building.

The others of them were waiting there. Fuck. I didn't know whether to scream or follow his instructions, but when they came up to us grinning and clenching their fists, I decided to scream. I put my hands up, yanked his hand from my mouth, and yelled for help. But no one came. Of course they didn't like that I was screaming and immediately started punching me.
"Fuck off!", I yelled through the punches.
"You don't even have to wait for your Clay. He's busy with something more important than you", one of them said, laughing.

"Clay!", I screamed anyway. He didn't come. Of course, why should he be out here? They continued beating me up until the bell rang. They quickly ran inside to their classes and I was lying on the floor, leaning against the wall with blood on my face and pain in my whole body.
I slowly tried to get up and felt my way along the wall into the school building. But my legs couldn't get me into the classroom. I fell to the floor in the auditorium and passed out.

I woke up to Clay who knelt on the floor next to me and shook me while he repeated "George" over and over again. I opened my eyes and looked at him.
"Shit, George..."
"What?", I said quietly.
"What did they do to you?"
"What do you think?", I said weakly.
Then he picked me up and carried me out of school. He put me in the car before going back to school and said "Be right back".
"No, Clay, wait!", I yelled after him.
"What's up?", he ran back to me with a worried expression.

"Don't go, it's not worth it...."
"You're always worth it", he said, kissed my forehead and turned around again.
I grabbed his arm as strongly as I could, but I couldn't hold onto him with my current weakness.
"Clay!", I screamed, but he went on.
"Clay, I'm here! You won't change anything if you do that now!"
When he still didn't listen to me, I just waited in the car.

After a short time he came back, luckily without any injuries. He got into the car without saying a word and drove off.
"Clay?", I asked weakly.
"It's fine", he lay his hand on my thigh and started rubbing it slowly.
"What did you do?"
"I just taught the bastards a little lesson, all right."
"Clay, why? That got you nothi-" he cut me off.
"From now on, they have to pay for doing something to you and so that they don't do it anymore. I also have to show them the consequences. You are the most important thing in my life now, George. And from now on I won't leave your side anymore."
"How do you want to do that?"
"Trust me...somehow I'll do everything for you."

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