H U N T E D ~ T H

18

T O M

Kenner handed back our paper, the big A+ in red ink plastered in the top corner of mine. I turned back to Mackayala who had a smile on her face.

"A+ baby!" She high-fived me with both hands, leaning back in her chair "although I did do most of the work."

"I helped!" I argued.

"If by sitting on your ass, then yes you were so much help" She grinned, her arms crossed across her chest.

I stuck my tongue out at her, she kicked me under the table, that hurt a lot more than I expected.

"Mackayala, stop fighting" Kenner scolded.

"He started it!" She pointed to me. Kenner let out a sigh, turning back to the class. She looked back at me, a smirk on her lips as she winked.

I was enjoying this enemies in public thing a little too much.

Jack kept showing up everywhere, he was too old to be at high school but yet he showed up after every class to see Mack.

She was sitting beside him at lunch, so close she was practically on his lap. "Are you coming to Isaac's tomorrow?" She asked, her fingers playing with the watch on his wrist.

Maybe I should wear my watch more.

"Do you want me to?" He asked.

"Sure" She said, reaching up and placing a kiss on his lips. When her lips left his she looked to me, her eyes lingering for a moment before she looked away.

She's trying to make me jealous.

Well it's working.

Suddenly Harry walked over to our table, tapping my shoulder. "What?" I looked up to him. 

"Iv been told to distract you" He grinned "But I don't wanna get in trouble so I'm just gonna tell you."

"Harry, what are you on about" I looked at him like he was crazy.

He stepped to the side, pointing towards the back of the room where I saw Sam, pushing some kid to the floor and jumping on top of him.

"Sam!" I yelled, jumping to my feet and running to him. He was punching the kid repeatedly, I grabbed him, ripping him off the kid.

"Sam!" I heard Mack's voice behind me, I let go of Sam, handing him to her as he struggled to get free.

I looked down to the kid on the ground, his lip burst, blood dripping down his cheek. "What the bloody hell you playing at!" I turned back to Sam, his teeth clenched with anger as he pushed Mack off him.

"Tom" Harry appeared behind me, speaking quietly "He was talking shit about Mack, calling her a slut n stuff."

I looked over to the kid who was being helped to his feet by his friend, he looked about 15, maybe 16. I stepped towards him, I didn't care if he was younger than me I'm not gonna let anyone talk about Mack like that.

"Tom!" Mack yelled, jumping in front of me "It's fine, I don't care."

"I care" I walked forward, she put her hands on my chest, keeping me back.

"What you gonna do? Beat up a kid?"

I sighed, raising my hands as I stepped back.

The kid looked pissed at Sam, wiping the blood from his mouth. "Fuck head" The kid mumbled "Can't tell who's a bigger pussy, you or your big brother."

Mack's eyes darkened, she turned around, her first slamming into his cheek making him fall to the ground.

"Oh, fuck!" She cursed, shaking her hand, wincing.