Catch Me If You Can

Chapter 5: Can't Get Away

As I walked out of the house and went down the street, the cold wind caught me off guard and I started shivering. I didn't have any hoodie or jacket with me and the cold beer I was holding was doing its job as well. I felt pretty bad that I made Rue, Jules and Fez go with me, just so I can leave them few hours later, cuz I couldn't stand being around Nate, but with everything that happened so far this night, I was pretty sure they understand why I dipped.

I looked at my phone and found 3 new messages from Jules.

"Where are you, babe? We were supposed to stick together, remember? Call me if you need anything, I'm worried about you."

Wow. I never really knew how does it feel to be cared for by someone. It felt really nice to know that someone is worrying about me, even tho I felt guilty that I left them there without a word.

"I'm fine, I just got on a walk with another bottle of beer, but I will be back soon, I promise. Don't worry about me, have some fun."

I put my phone in my purse, took off my shoes and kept walking. Suddenly, a big truck passed me by and stopped. I got scared cuz I was the only one on the whole street, but I tried to remain calm and walk past the car without notice. The person inside pulled the windows down and yelled at me.

"Hey! You shouldn't be walking alone at night. What if someone will take advantage of you? I'm pretty sure someone already told you to be careful in this town."

Oh my god, this is unbelievable. There he was, sitting in the passenger seat (thank God, since he was drunk as hell), laughing and yelling, while some guy driving seemed pretty embarrassed. I looked at Nate, then at that guy and back to Nate again. 

"Hey, I'm McKay. If you wonder who's idea this was, it sure wasn't mine, but this dumbass would probably sit behind the wheel anyways, so I decided it will be safer this way."

"So you wanna tell me that he legit made you drove here just to follow some chick he met two days ago and you agreed?"

"Yeah... When you put it like this, is sounds even worse, but what can I do."

"What do you want Nate? If I wanted to stay at that party, I would."

"I missed you. Like a lot", he said sarcastically. "And we haven't really had much time to talk in private, so.. I came here to find you and take you back to the party with me."

"That's really nice of you, but I currently don't wanna go back and you can't do anything about it. I'm fine on my own."

He looked at me one more time, before he scratched his chin and got out of the car. He came closer and I made a few steps back, gripping tighter onto that bottle of beer.

"Yeah, alright, you're going back to the party with us. I invited you and I think it's pretty rude to just disappear like this. You don't wanna disappoint me straight away, do you?"

He brushed a strand of my hair from my face and softly put his thumb on my chin. He made me look up on his face and our eyes locked again. I swallowed hard and broke the eye contact by looking at his chest.

"That's what I thought. Come on, let's go." He said calmly, with a bit of rasp in his voice, probably from all the drinking he's been doing the whole night.

Since his car had only two seats, I was sitting on his lap the whole time. It felt so humiliating that he made me go back, just because he wanted me to. I haven't said a word, even tho McKay was trying to make small talk and ask more about me, but I was too nervous and mad to have a normal conversation. As we finally parked in front of the house and got out of the car, McKay went right in. I tried to follow him, when Nate grabbed my hand and turned me around. 

"What's your problem? Why can't you just be nice and behave? I mean, I don't mind chasing you from time to time, but you know, my patience isn't the strongest."

"Behave? Are you forreal right now? I barely know you, by definition, we ain't even friends and I came to the party only cuz I didn't want to seem stuck up. What is wrong with you?"

"I already told you. If I want something, I will get it, no matter the circumstances."

"But I'm not "something". I'm a person who can make their own choices and the more I talk to you, the more I despise you, just like others do."

He grabbed my neck and swiftly pulled me closer to him.

"Do not.. say that again, you hear me?", he said and then shook my whole body while still griping my throat. "If you wanna play those stupid games, let's play then. But I promise you, I will not stop until I win, no matter how much it's gonna cost. And now get back to that stupid party before you make me do something bad to you."

He finally let go of my neck and I gasped for air. He walked past me as I tried to calm down and adjusted my clothes. My eyes filled with tears, but I wasn't really scared. I was in shock and couldn't believe that he would go this far just to have me under his control. For what?

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Nate's perspective

She really is something. Usually, it's pretty easy for me to get what I want, but this time, I feel like it will take a lot of work for me to tame her. Who the fuck she thinks she is? I really hope I taught her a little lesson today, cuz if she won't stop misbehaving and acting like she don't give a shit about me, she will see some real consequences soon. I'm coming for you, Ver. And you WILL like it.