outer dehjil (#1)

chapter sixteen.

tw; school shooting

crew's pov.

Elijah gives up and is behind us as he yells at us to run faster. He has a big mouth for someone who just literally gave up.

I can see from the way his knuckles are fucking white that he wants to be the one catching Sabria.

This dick.

I run faster by his side. I'm right, he's left but there are two directions to turn. Which is Sabria choosing?

She turns right and I mentally high five myself as Asher turns left and loses right behind me. My leg is hurting badly as I come nearer Sabria.

I reach her, pick her up as she can't go any further away. She screams one time before I put my hand over her mouth.

"Let me down!" she murmurs against my hand.

I take my hand off her mouth and put her feet to steady ground but keep her close. I pull her back against my chest, my arms hugging her waist tightly. She pushes against me and even kicks my left leg, which hurts.

I mutter some curse words under my breath until I feel her soften against me.

She gets comfortable. She knows I won't do anything to her.

Fuck, she's comfortable in my arms right now. Not just right now. Last friday as well. I don't know if she liked it that much.

Does she like being in my arms as much as I want her in my arms?

Does she like it as much as in Landon's arms? I wonder if he ever held her, reassured her everything would be alright. I'm sure she needed that a lot.

Sabria wouldn't like my arms more than Landons. Even though I want her to. For her, I'm the annoying and flirty guy who she has to do her school projects with. Maybe even a friend in the best scenario. But for me. Fuck, she's so much more for me than I am for her. And just the thought of it makes me want vomit. I was never the one fo chase the girl, I was never one to like the girl more than she likes me. But it's really happening to me.

Elijah would say I'm whipped. Maybe I am. I won't admit that to him though. I'm attaching myself to her and that's mad scary...

"Crew, I have to go to class. Let me go." Sabria tells me as she pushes against my arms once again. Moment ruined.

"You won't talk to anyone about what happened earlier." I demand.

Her breath hitches and she nods frantically. "Yes, yes. No. I won't tell anyone, I promise!" she tells me.

I lean close to her, my lips brushing over her ear. "If you do... you know I'd show up at your house again." I want to exactly do that. But I don't want to be expelled for smoking weed in school property.

Sabria holds her breath as she nods slowly and I slowly pull my mouth away from her ear, but not before I give her one gentle kiss on her earlobe. I couldn't fight it.

I let my arms go off from her. My trust is now completely in her, she can't tell anyone. Not even Jaime.

"Wait!" I tell her as she walks away.

Some people start filling the halls of Williams High.

She turns around and looks at me, her expression telling me she doesn't trust me right now.

I show her a smal package of many lollipops, which I've bought for her yesterday, with a smal bow around the package. I was actually planning on going to her house yesterday to check on her and give the lollipops to her and I did go there. But her step father, Benson opened up and he didn't allow me to talk to his step daughter.