Teenage Tragedy

chapter 4

" What did they do to you ? " Sammy asked out of the blue .

River who was chewing on his sandwich immediately stopped after hearing Sam. It had been three days since River made out of the restroom alive. Without any scratch in his body. And that in any sane person's opinion at Horizon was next to a miracle. How did he manage to do it ? And not just that ever since that day the horsemen never teased or bullied the duo . Not even once. Except for planning- your- murder kind of glare they recieved from them no physical or mental harm was done.

" Eh - what you mean ,Sam? " River asked.

" You know , in the washroom the other day ...with Draven ? " Sam asked again. He was a little hesitant to bring up the matter because he didn't want to be nosy and River had been ignoring the conversation but he was dying of curiosity and finally decided to end his internal quest.

" Umm , I just told him that he needs to pay me back for the glasses but he obviously didn't so I just gave up and left " River shrugged. Still somehow managing without the spectacles.

Sammy was very unsatisfied with this answer . There was no way Draven let this matter go away this easily. There was more to this ordeal . And with all the nasty rumours about River's escape floating around. Sammy was curious too. He was about to throw another question when something caught his eye.

There was a sudden change in the air.

Everything went dark in the cafeteria as if a cast was spelt in the large room. The infamous four horsemen entered the room earning all the awed , envious and admiring glances as usual. And as usual they ignored it . They had grown habitual of the stares , infact they enjoyed all the attention except for the ever so uninterested Xander , he looked like he was a 1000 year old class A vampire just waiting for the sun to set and then show his real wrath.

But there was something different today. The trio ( Xander exculded) didn't immediately take their reserved central seat where all the other jocks waited for them.

" Oh no, why are they heading towards our table?! " Sammy whispered , horrified. The trio was taking those confident powerful strides towards the back table . Their expressions were readable - full of mischief and wickedness except for the poker faced Draven who's eyes are locked on a certain someone. Luca on the other hand was having a separate staring contest with Sammy who was ignoring Lucas' eyes like a plague but was failing miserable.

Especially after Sammy had asked for a favor from the devil himself. What was Lucas going to do to him ?! This guy beats people for fucking breathing the same air as him and Sammy dared to sip from his water bottle ?!

He looked at River , expecting the usual unafraid look from the guy but today even River's face was visibly pale.

That was obviously not a good sign.

The trio came and stood infront of the two boys .

" What are you -

Before River could finish his bag back was snatched away from his seat.

" Pets sit with their owners. . I thought you were smart enough , dimples " Draven said nonchalantly .

The nickname making River choke on the food in his mouth.

When the fuck did he notice my dimples ? And why on earth is he calling me that ?

River didn't have enough time to argue as Draven started walking away. The smaller boy didn't want to cause a scene and yet again humiliate himself infront of the whole school . So he followed Draven to get his bag back. It wasn't new for Draven to pick a target every once in a while and Zane did have an idea about Draven's motives but yet..... there's something strange about this one.