My obsession with Rafe Vega : Teen Fiction

Chapter 6

Not surprisingly, Tom forced himself in between myself and Rafe. His cigarette in his mouth, he glared at Rafe as he gripped Rafe's arm fiercely.

'Take your hands of Katy,' Tom growled.

'I will speak only once,' Rafe's voice was soft, but forceful, 'take your hands off me!' he instructed Tom.

I stared from Tom to Rafe, their eyes were glued to each other. Jeff walked slowly to stand next to Tom, his hand slipped into his pocket. I looked again at Rafe, his eyes looked murderous. They were so dark, I became afraid, but I was more afraid of my two bodyguards ganging up on my Rafe.

'Let's go,' I pulled on Rafe's hand, picked up my bag and hurried away.

'Where you going sweetness?' Tom demanded.

'I__ I'm getting a Spanish lesson,' I lied.

'Spanish lesson?' Rafe repeated.

'Shut up and keep walking,' I increased my speed.

'What the hell are you doing with those scumbags?' he turned on me, when we neared the car park.

'Did you want to get killed?' I yelled, and suddenly realized my hand was still clutched into his.

I slowly drew my hand away, rather reluctantly, my eyes moved upwards to catch his. He stared back as if also just realizing we'd been holding hands all the time.

'If they're so dangerous, what the hell are you doing with them?' he demanded.

'They don't harm females, and only fight back when they're provoked.'

'So what, you're their PR manager?' he growled.

'Look why don't you get lost? I did not ask you to interfere,' I glared at him.

'You were smoking!' he accused.

'It's my life,' I yelled.

Rafe gripped my wrists fiercely, 'Do you know what you need__?'

A hoot behind us, interrupted Rafe. We both turned around to see Barney standing with his arms crossed across his chest. Andy was standing next to Barney. I jerked Rafe's arms away and sped to the car, and slammed on the door. Andy opened the door and slipped in, next to me.

'Save it!' I yelled, before Andy could even utter a word.

Andy and Barney exchanged a knowing look in the rear view mirror.

I ran upstairs scrubbed my teeth and showered to get rid of any trace of the cigarette odour. Mom would not be home for another two hours, but I did not want Andy or Roger to become suspicious. I needed to finish a project and study for my science test for the next day. I had promised mom I'd get an 'A', so I wanted her off my back. I was doing good. I'd finished my homework in record time, the project went absolutely well, I could not wait to show it off. Fortunately the science, was stuff I paid attention too, so the studying was elementary. I'm sure I can deliver on the 'A'.

There was a soft knock on my door.

'Come in mom,' I responded. I was laying on my tummy on my bed, with my science books.

'Hi honey,' mom kissed me atop my head.

'Hey mom,' I said distractedly.

'You have a visitor,' mom smiled.

'I don't want to see Jamie,' I groaned softly.

'It's not Jamie.'

'April?'

'No.'

'Jeff? Tom?'

'You better come downstairs,' mom walked out hurriedly.