Out of my Mind

Chapter 5

I hear their footsteps behind me. Oh crap! Why now?!? This would not be happening right now if Harry didn't decide to go back inside and get dressed. Look at me now. I'm blaming him for something he didn't even cause. 

"Someone grabs my arm so tight I feel like it is going to turn purple. I'm pretty sure I'm going to have a bruise in a little. Great. Another reason for my sister to say I can't go out anymore. First sleeping over at a guys house without telling her and now this. And in the middle of it I'm probably gonna get jumped right here, in my own neighborhood.

"Johnny! What are you doing?" A Guido accent comes from in the group of boys, "Do something to her already!" He sounds like a hyped up version of The Godfather.

I look at the one holding my arm who is obviously Johnny. I whisper to him, "Let go. Please." I am on the verge of tears and I think he's noticed; though he doesn't loosen his grip on me.

A cute blonde boy nods to my grabber, and I'm suddenly flung to the ground in the middle of the gang circle. The brunette, with shaggy hair that yelled at Johnny before was now walking towards me while I sat on the floor in the middle of the street scared out of my mind. 

"What to do? What to do?" He looks at the rest of them, "Have any ideas?" I'm assuming that he's the leader of their little clique. 

Suggestions from the crowd yell out. ''Sex! Death! Weed"

I silently gag as they suggest death. Why would they even think of that. I could live with sex and weed, but death? Have some sense people!

The gorgeous blonde says, "Gang Banger.'' Loud enough for everyone to hear. Seriously! Gang banger? I don't want to bang any of them, especially not the entire gang. I should've never climbed out that dreaded window. This is all Har-.

My thoughts are interrupted when I hear his voice. "Colt." He calls, heading towards the guy towering over me.

His head flicks around in an inhumanly fast manor. "What do you want Styles? I'm busy here." They know each other? I thought he didn't hang out with them.

Harry walks into the circle and pulls me up from the floor. He examines my arms and find scratches on my arm that are bleeding from when they threw me. Harry's examination is ended when Colt pushes Harry's shoulders, causing them to face each other. 

"I asked you a question Styles." The scary boy says. "Now what do you want?"

"I want to know why there is a helpless girl on the floor bleeding while your standing over her, not helping her up." Harry bites back.

"That's none of your business. I think we established that you don't have a say in things we do when you left."

"That's not going to stop me from helping, E!'' He yells, clearly getting mad.

Colt puts on a devilish smile and looks at his followers in the circle. He wraps his arm around my shoulder and says, "Don't worry Harry, we'll be real good to her." My muscles tighten as I Harry punches colt dead in the nose. He instantly releases me to hold his face. All of the boys surrounding us look like their ready to pounce, but their leader puts a hand up and says, "Let them leave. That little bitch isn't worth our time anyway."

"Hey!" I yell in protest but Harry quickly hauls me away and back to his house. I can tell he doesn't even care if his mom sees me anymore.

He leads me to the downstairs bathroom and helps me clean my wounds. Locking the door in the process. 

"How do you know those guys?" I ask quietly. 

He looks down at me and answers, "They go to our school. You should know them too."

"Yeah I know they go to our school, but I never thought you talked to them. I usually don't even make contact with them most of the time."

"I don't talk to them anymore. I used to be involved with their clique in ninth grade summer through the middle of tenth grade, but I don't anymore. They did alcohol and drugs way to ofter for my liking. Plus, my mom found some of their weed in my drawer one day."

"You didn't want your mom to think you were like them." I say more than ask. He nods slightly. 

Now that my wounds are all washed I search for some band aids in the cabinet. He notices that I can't find any and  walks out of the bathroom to get some. I get tired of standing so I decide to sit on the toilet seat's cover. I don't notice that the door is wide open. 

A brunette, no younger than forty pokes her head in. I freeze. This is the second time that I've been caught in this house without permission. She is about to say something when Harry walks up behind her and pulls her out of the restroom. 

I can hear them rapidly whispering. I stroll over to the door and open it up all the way, removing the wall between them and me.

They get quiet. "Mum, I'd like to introduce you to E."

She gives me a skeptical look so I say, 'It's short for Evangeline." I reach out and shake her hand. 

"Nice to meet you, darling. Even though this is the second time where I have found you in my house unannounced." Harry gives her a deathly glare and she hurries out, "I'm Anne. Stay as long as you like. A friend of Harry's is a friend of mine."

I was about to say something back when he pulls me away and yells, "We'll be in my room." down to his mom. We jog up the stairs and move down the hall to his room. A sigh of relief escapes me and I slide down into a sitting position on his wall. 

"What'd you say to her?" I ask curiously.

"I told her that we are best friends which isn't much of a lie. We have been really close these past couple weeks."

"So does that mean I can be here without having to sneak around and hide whenever I hear a footstep?"

"Pretty much. Now, what do you want to do? I don't advise it being anything involving being outside in it." He smiles at me. 

"I guess food's out of the equation then.'' I say.

He has a face that has I have an idea written over it. He pulls out his phone and I can hear him ordering a cheese pizza. I guess we can have food without having to go anywhere.

I get up and jump on his bed. He snaps on his small TV across from his bed and we watch "That 70's show" while waiting for our pizza.

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Sorry this one is kind of short ;} I just really wanted to updat since some people have been telling me that they like the story. A new chapter will be out in a few days

SmoOches ~Monikkuh