Come Up For Air

Chapter 2

A body pushed in front of him, and pressed onto me.

Ethan

"Hey Sash" he said roughly grabbing my waist.

I groaned and pushed his hands off of me. "Ethan, cut it out"

He hummed "Cut it out" he said mockingly grabbing my wrists roughly as I tried to push him off, and pulled me closer to him. I finally jerked my wrists away from him.

I hate when he does this. Ethan Thomas always messed with me. He was constantly touching and grabbing me. He had asked me out multiple times but I declined. Something about him gave me a bad vibe. Somedays he would be playful and sweet and others he would be easily irritated and would be kinda aggressive with me. His frame was over six foot and he was a huge football player so he overpowered me.

Christian suddenly came around Ethan and got in his face and gave him a hard push to his chest. Ethan stumbled back a few steps.

"Move"

Oh God

Christian was  bigger and taller than Ethan and that would only piss Ethan off more.

Christian was pissed and it was scary. Ethan on the other hand looked shocked and a little frightened. People paused for a second watching the scene unfold.

"Woah Christian, it's fine, don't worry about it."

I don't know what made him snap like that I'm praying he calms down.

"No, it's not fine. If I see you grab on her like that, I'm gonna fuck you up"

I softly gasped,watching Ethan nod dumbly and turn and swiftly walk away

Christian turned to me "You should get to class Sasha, don't be late"

I did the same as Ethan and scurried off .

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I got to class and Angela was sitting at our table with a shocked expression.

"What the fuck is going on?"

"I don't even know"

I collapsed in my chair resting my head in my hands. "I'm in the hallways and I hear some shit about you in the middle of a fight between Ethan and some sexy transfer. What happened?"

I huffed looking up at her "It wasn't a fight, Ethan was grabbing me and Christian pushed him."

She relaxed for a second "Oh ok, that's sounds better.. Wait how do you know this kid?"

I hufferd "Samuels wants me to help him catch up with his work. Oh my god Ang, he snapped, Ethan looked terrified of him. It kinda scarred me, a bit"

She sat with her mouth agape. "And then when Ethan was gone, he turns to me and tells me I shouldn't be late, like nothing even happened... And did you know Silver is going on a freaking two week leave, so Spirit is starting late"

The door swung open and Erin stood in the doorway "What the FUCK is going on?" and two seconds later Jayonna stumbled in behind her with a bagel in hand.

After class was over we had lunch and we went off campus like every other Monday.

Jayonna, Erin and Ang were my best friend. We've been friends since kindergarden. Needless to say squad was deep.

Jayonna swerved into the parking lot of McDonald's and we all hopped out. We went in and ordered twenty nuggets and a large fry for Jay and I to share. Erin and Ang got burgers and fries and we all got drinks.

We waited for the food and then sat in our regular booth near the window. We ate and I explained what happened.

"Holy Shit" Erin said popping fries in her mouth. Jayonna nodded with her mouth full with food.

"Well damn!" Jayonna said.

"Hold up guys, Eric is texting me, something about how Christian runs with a couple of guys who are known to be trouble. Ethan is trying to get the whole football team to jump Christian and his friends"

I felt like the air was knocked out me. Why was there still a problem? I thought it was solved. Its Christian's first day back and he's getting into it with the whole football team. Why was Christian 'trouble'?

I groaned loudly thumping my head against the window

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Waking up the next morning.I felt like this was doomed from the start. I had tutoring after school and I had a million things to after that.

Last night I got home and took a shower did homework and made dinner for my dad.

He works at night most of the time so we don't eat dinner together, or breakfast because he goes to bed when he gets home. It was okay. My papa loved me and she didnt, thats all there was to it. It took me years to understand, it hurt but it was the truth.

I got up and started to get ready. It's just us. I loved my Papa with all my heart, and he loved me with all of his.

Walking into second period, I saw Christian leaning against a table talking with a bunch of guys with his arms crossed over his chest.

His arms.. Lord his arms.

He had an irritated expression on his face as he listened to what his friends were saying.

"Sasha"

A voice behind brought me back from my day dream. He stood next to the table I was sitting at.

"You okay from yesterday, you didn't get hurt or anything did you? That Christian kid is a dick" He said glaring towards the back of the room where Christian was.

Huh?

"Christian was fine, Ethan was jerking me around like a ragdoll, and he stopped him is all"

Eric scoffed "Take my advice Sasha, Stay away from him, He's-"

Christian was suddenly at the other end of the table, "Can we talk?"

I nodded. "Remember what I said Sasha" Eric said and walked away

He sat down and stared at me for a moment and looked down at the table. "I,.. I , uh wanted to apologize for yesterday. I know I scared you a little and I'm sorry for that" He finished and looked at me waiting for my response.

"I actually wanted to thank you. Ethan forgets how big he is compared to me and no one says anything because they don't want to be jerked around by him either"

He showed confusion "He's done that before?"

I shook my head "I-I don't think he means to, he just-"

He clenched his fists "So you mean to tell me, you've told him to start before and he ignores you"

"Hey, Christian, I take care of it, don't worry" I said putting my hand on top of his. As soon as he felt my hand on his he unclenched and it seemed like he calmed down. The teacher walked in and started the class. I looked over to see him staring at my hand still on top of his. My face got hot "Oh, sorry"

He smiled at me and nudged my arm with his elbow. And we started class with smiles on our faces.