Blackmail

Chapter 17

Warning: this chapter contains strong language

Troye's POV

"You have go to be joking." I breathed, completely shocked, fists clenched tightly.
"Troye, calm down." I heard Connor's concerned voice from behind me. I glanced at him, seeing the nervousness in his eyes. I tightened my fists, fighting the urge to go and kill him. I took a few deep breaths before turning around and looking down at Connor. His eyes were wide with worry and I could tell he was scared right now.
"Don't worry, i'm not going to do anything." I said, trying my best to reassure him. I took his hand and began to walk us away, until I heard his voice.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't Tronnor!" I heard him say from behind us. I turned around quickly, staring him dead in the eye. All I wanted to do in that moment was wipe that smug grin off of his face.
"Tyler." I "greeted." He chuckled darkly to himself. "What're you doing here?" I asked, still focusing on not pouncing on him right now.
"Oh not much, just here with a few friends." He smirked. I simply nodded, I didn't really care about why he was here, I just wanted him to leave.
"Oh hi Connor, didn't see you there." He said, looking over to the boy almost hiding behind me. I moved in front of him, glaring at Tyler.
"What I was just saying hi." Tyler continued to smirk. Connor stepped out from behind me, looking directly at Tyler.
"Hello, Tyler." He said, his voice a little shaky. Tyler chuckled, obviously amused.
"What's wrong Connor?" He asked "innocently."
"N-nothing." He stuttered. Tyler chuckled again, I immediately took a step forwards.
"Why don't you just fuck off Tyler?" I demanded. He stopped giggling and looked me in the eyes, taking a step forwards so we were nose-to-nose.
"Make me bitch." He said darkly. I pushed him away from me, taking another step forwards. I felt Connor's hands wrap around my arm, pulling me away from Tyler.
"Troye, stop." He said, terrified. I shrugged his hands off, walking forward again, until I heard his quiet sobs behind me.
"I-I knew coming here was a mistake." He stuttered before turning and running away. He didn't look back as he ran across the car park.
"CONNOR!" I called, but he was too far away to hear me. Giving a glare at Tyler I set off in a sprint, chasing after him. Why, why was I such an idiot? I asked myself as I ran. I kept calling his name but no one ever replied. Finally I got my phone out of my pocket and quickly rang him, selecting the name on the screen than read
"Connor 💙" and brought the phone up to my ear, taking a shaky breath as it rang. It rang once, twice, three times, four times, and then he finally answered.
"H-hello?" I heard his small voice come from the phone. I sighed, relieved to hear he was okay and nothing had happened to him.
"Connor! Oh my god, where are you?" I asked panicked. He hesitated a moment as if he was worried to tell me where he was.
"I-I d-don't really know." He said, his voice becoming more and more panicked with every word that passed his lips. My heart went faster, adrenaline beginning to make me panic a lot more about where he was.
"Okay, walk back the way you came, come back to the, ummm," I said looking around for somewhere I knew he would know. "Come back to the restaurant." I said looking back to it.
"Is-is he still there?" He asked. I shook my head, even knowing he couldn't see me.
"No, I think he left." I said, unsure of the reality.
"O-okay i'm coming." He said, still sounding panicky.