Barely Breathing

Chapter 29

I looked at Aimee panicking and hoping she could help me get out of this situation. But of course, she was over in the corner grinding with some guy who was way gorgeous, but now was not the time…and I was a taken girl. I looked back at him and he grabbed me by the hips and pulled me to him. 

“No stop! I don’t wanna do anything with you!” I said as I tried to push him off me. 

“Well, that’s a bit too bad isn’t it gorgeous” he said. Fuck off. No one calls me that except my boyfriend. 

Suddenly another set of hands were around my waist pulling me the other way. Oh my fuck, what is happening to me now? It got me out of the arms of the other creep though. Shit! Am I gonna get gang bashed? Taken into an alley and beaten? Were they working together? Was it Reece or Marcus? Am I going to die? Oh fuck, so many options. 

“Hey” he whispered in my ear, “play along”. I nodded slightly and leant into my random dude. 

“My girlfriend told you to get fucked, so I really think you should” he said. The creep was looking between us, obviously slightly panicked he had been ‘caught’. 

“Dude, keep a leash on your girl. She tried to get it on with me even though I said no” he said backing away with his arms up in a defence position. 

“Oh fuck off you son of a—” I began as I started stalking towards him but arms around my waist restricted me from doing so. I took a deep breath and watched that fuckwit walk away. I turned around to the guy who had helped me. 

“So, I believe I owe you a thankyou” I said as I looked at him properly. He has sandy blonde hair in a similar style to Reece’s. He had perfect teeth and a cute smile. I looked at what he was wearing and he looked good! Tight dark blue jeans, a black top with some band logo on it and black vans with a leather jacket. 

“It’s all good. I’ve seen that guy here before and I try to help girls against him when I can” he said with a shrug. 

“Why?”

“Because he got ‘close’ with one of my sisters and he treated her like absolute shit. So whenever I see him, I come up with some way to get rid of him.”

“And you call all of them your girlfriend? You must have a lot of them then.”

He started laughing and shook his head. “No, I don’t call all of them my girlfriends. Usually, they are a friend or another sister or something. You’re the first one I’ve called a girlfriend actually” he said matter-of-factly. 

“Why?”

“I don’t know. It was the first thing that I thought of.”

“Well thankyou again. I’m Taylor” I said offering my hand so he could shake it. He took it enthusiastically. 

“Nice to meet you Taylor, I’m Cam” he said with a smile. 

“Pleasure is all mine. Can I get you a drink? It’s the least I can do” I offered. 

“Sure, I’ll just have a beer” he said. 

We got our drinks and decided to go out on one of the balconies so we could talk a bit. I checked on Aimee first and she was doing just fine…from what I was seeing she was going to be busy with that dude for a while. 

Cam and I sat and chatted for a while. I learnt that he was 19, born and raised in Sydney but wasn’t from the city, has 4 sisters and a brother, goes to University somewhere down south and was doing a Bachelor in Communications. 

“Wow, that must be fun” I said. 

“It keeps me busy” he said. “So what about you?”