Only You (Slow Updates)

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Alex’s POV

We all had been at this cliff for 3 hours now and It’s evening now. Since we all are hungry we have decided to go to the nearby diner and stuff ourselves. Right now we are collecting our things and  walking towards our car. “Can I drive your car Alex?” Noah asked. Walking in front of me with Amber while I was walking with Dom. I looked at him with a bored face. He has been bugging me to give him my car to drive. I don’t trust my baby with him but he is so annoying.

“Come on please. Amber can ride with me to keep your car safe.” I looked at Amber and saw her giving me puppy eyes. I narrowed my eyes at her playfully. “Any scratch on her and you are gonna regret it.” I said throwing the keys towards him. Noah looked like a kid in Christmas. “Well that means I’m riding with you.” I said turning to Dom. Dom looked at me and smirked. “Don’t you look excited.” I rolled my eyes. And got into the passenger seat of Dom’s car. I saw Noah open the door for Amber and I smiled at the thought of someone finally treating her right. “Noah is good for Amber. She is safe with him.” Dom said. I looked at him and saw him looking at the two love birds. I nodded at his words. Maybe she finally found herself a King.

We reached the diner in 15 mins. We all walked in and was immediately greeted by a wanna be Barbie. “Hello guys. Table for two I guess.” She asked fluttering her overly done eyes and looking at the guys. This bitch. “Bitch did that much eye makeup made you blind? We are four here if you are too dumb to know simple math.” Amber snapped standing beside Noah. I smirked at her red face. I saw her recover quickly but thankfully she didn’t pass any more bullshit comments.

She gave us the booth for four people and we all sat down. I was besides Dom while Amber and Noah were in front of us. The wanna be Barbie whose name I found out was Stacy came back. The guys ordered first. Dom has ordered all American bacon cheeseburger with some French fries and a diet coke while Noah has ordered chicken fried steak and gravy with ice tea. It was Amber’s turn to ordered and she said, “Bacon and Swiss chicken sandwich with loaded fries and chocolate milkshake.” Stacy scoffed but didn’t say anything. I narrowed my eyes but kept quite. “Mac and cheese sandwich with braised short rib and spicy mayo with chocolate milkshake as well.” I said looking at Stacy with blank face. She noted it down but muttered, “Fat bitches.” Which I heard.

“Oh honey at least we have something that a guy can hold on to when they fuck us.” I said sweetly to her. Noah snorted which he tried to cover it with a cough while Dom looked at me with amusement and put his hand behind me. Stacy just looked at me and was going to say something but I cut her off, “Now would you do us all a favor and go and get our orders. I would like to continue this conversation but I’m afraid that we are hungry and we don’t want a wanna be Barbie to make us loose our appetite. Thank you very much.” I gave her a sweet smile and turned to Amber talking normally like I didn’t just insult her. Finally she stomped and went away.

After that she didn’t bother us and we had our dinner peacefully. We all talked and laughed as we exchanged our stories. Soon we were done and after fighting to see who will pay the bill, the guys decided that being the gentleman that they are they can’t have us ladies pay the bill, which was bs in my opinion, they paid the bill. Now we are back in the car. Noah is still driving my car and is going to drop Amber at my place so they are following Dom’s car. In Dom’s car we both are sitting in a comfortable silence with soft music on the radio. I can feel Dom glancing at me every now and then and whenever I looked his way he would quickly turn to the road.

I don’t know why but I get butterflies every time Dom looks at me. The goosebumps on my hands when I feel his gaze and the safety when he had placed his hand behind me was never what I have experience ever. And I like that. Right now I’m looking out the window watching the houses pass by. To go to my house we have to pass a very poor neighborhood. The houses here are run down and you can spot the alcoholics luring in the alleys. As I was observing the area, I noticed a small body lying near the steps of a very small house. The person looked very familiar. When we came near the house I saw that the person had been fainted and was badly injured. It was a boy.

“STOP!!” I screamed urgently when I recognised the person. “What happened Alex?” Dom asked concerned. “Stop the car Dom.” He stopped the car and asked again but I was already out of the door and running to the boy. When I reached there I felt the tears gather in my eyes. I knew something was wrong. I knew I should have helped him that day. I bent down and took the boy in my arms. His body was dangerously cold. There was a hand print on his neck and a big purple bruise on his cheek. He was very thin and his clothes were tone. I heard Amber come around me and gasp when she saw who it was. “Ryan” she whispered.

I felt something wet in hand and saw there was blood coming from his head. That snapped me out of my state. “Dom we have to go to the hospital quick.” I carried him and quickly ran to the car. In the car in hugged him close and turned the heater on as the car was already on. Dom was already speeding to the hospital. While I fighting to not break down. Soon we reached the hospital. “Doctor!” Noah shouted. “Help we have an emergency.” Dom helped me carry Ryan out.

The nurse came with the gurnery and I placed him on it. I saw the doctor walking towards the kid. “What happened to him?” He asked looking at four of us. “We were driving by when she saw the kid lying on the stairs. When we reached him he was in a very bad condition.” Dom explained when he saw I was not able to speak. He wrapped his arm around my shoulder and pulled me to him. “He is also bleeding from the head” Noah said. Doctor nodded and said to fill some forms.

“We have to call the police as this could be a case of child abuse.” He informed as and took Ryan in the room. Noah and Amber went to fill the form while Dom sat with me near the ICU room. “It’s all my fault. I should have helped him that day.” I whispered softly. Dom took my hand and said, “It’s not your fault. You could never have known this would happen.” I shook my head and replied, “That’s where you are wrong. I knew there was something wrong. The way his brother interacted with Ryan. The way Ryan was so scared of him. The long sleeve shirts. It was all there. I knew. And I didn’t do anything.” With that I broke down.