SneakyLink

Part 4

Someone taps on my shoulder and I turn to see a smiling guy behind us. He waves at me and I smile back at him before turning back around and going on with my conversation with Travis and his friend, whose name I never got.

"okay, but that's not all there is to it." I argue.

"Explain how, a guy approaches a girl, scores and at the end he was manipulated." Travis responds clearly not understanding. "Listen, if the girl-" I am interrupted again by a tapping on my shoulder. It's the same guy.

"Hey." he smiles. I smile back. "You're really cute and I heard earlier you love some hubbly." he starts a conversation.

"Oh, uhm, yeah." kinda creepy you're eavesdropping but okay

"We are starting a new pipe, you can join us." he offers. I stopped smoking a long time ago and I actually forgot it was my excuse for being for a second.

"Actually, I'm perfectly fine here, th-"

"Adrianne." Travis says my name while laughing and I immediately turn back to face him.

"Okay, V needs you to help him get into the mind of a woman here." he laughs and his friend opens his mouth to start talking but the same guy is trying to get my attention again. I turn around again and the strange guy gestures toward their chicha and I shake my head "no".

Returning my attention to who I know now is V, I gesture for him to continue.

"Okay, so I have been seeing this girl right and she is so fucking confusing." he lets out a groan and Travis laughs at his friend's misery. "So we are not official..." he goes on but I am distracted when the guy from before has his hand on Travis' arm trying to get his attention.

Oh shit.

"and It's so fucked up of you to keep interrupting our conversations." I catch that part of the sentence strange guy is saying to Travis.

I pretend to listen to V and Travis stops him, "Sorry, V, I need her for a second." he says and without waiting for V's response asks me, "Do you know him?" Travis gestures toward the guy.

"No." I respond honestly. "Were you guys having a conversation?" he follows up and I feel like I'm being interrogated. Travis' tone has a hint of agitation in it that makes me a whole lot more nervous.

"Kind of, yes." I start picking my nails. I can't see his expression either, the flashing of different coloured lights not helping my case at all.

"Kind of?" he pries. I look at the eavesdropper and do an awkward smile. "He asked if I wanted to smoke with them," I gesture toward their hookah pipe, "I declined."

"We weren't done talking and you just kept interrupting us." creepy guy says, standing up. He sounds pissed. I bite the inside of my lip.

"Well, you were stepping to my girl, something had to be done. I tried to keep it lowkey and respectful; though." I look up at Travis who still sounds so calm

my girl? I'm his girl?

I'm his girl.

I face creepy guy again and notice how much shorter he is than Travis. V steps in trying to calm down the situation and Travis' hand makes its way to my lower back. I look up to him again and he's already looking down facing me. A flash of light illuminates his face for a second and he looks... concerned?"

"Why don't you go back to your friends, this guy looks like he wants to fight." he moves his hand away but I grab onto his arm with both my hands and hold it to my chest. Clinging to it. Steadying myself