Slipped my Mind

Chapter 3: What the hell?

**Picture is Cathy!**

Chapter 3

The month is February, and everyone is in the mood for Valentine's Day! Well... everyone accept me... But this year could be different, since Travis is in my life. I shouldn't say that actually... I probably have no luck, and he's probably lying to me. But, I kinda want to go to the dance... it seems like it's gonna be fun.

It's being held at a beach house down on Smith Street. It's right by the local beach, Birch Beach. It's really nice, romantic, and cute. I've been there once... my dad took me along time ago. We never had a chance to go again though. We've had many dance's through the years... but I was never asked... so I didn't bother go. 

It was lunch time and Cathy and I were chilling in the back field on the bleacher to stay away from everyone... It just so happened that the football team was practicing. I tried not to look to often and to hold down a conversation. I learnt that # 4 is actually Travis. Surprise right? I wasn't feeling very good today but I'll live. There was only 1 week left until Valentine's Day.

I was watching from the corner of my eye... a local druggie who was coming my way. I wasn't in the mood for this so I got up to tell him off. When I jumped off the bleacher, he was right beside it infront of me. "Hey mind leaving? Your creeping me out dude." I said with a  straight face.

"Come on babe, come to my house." He smiled at me. He reaked of pot. Also he was atleast 5'11... and I'm only 5'5!

"Ha. No. Please just go." I said giving him kinda a push.

"Nope." He snatched my hand and grinned.

"Let go of me!" I yelled in his face. I saw Cathy turn around and start to panic.  I started getting restless. "Let me go!" I screamed. I used my other hand to trying pushing him away. Cathy was now waving... I have no idea why.

"Come on babe stop panicing. Just come with me." He started to walk.

"I said no! Let me go! Let go, let go, let go!" I yelled over and over.

"Hey douche bag! I think she said to Let go." I heard over my shoulder. I turned to see all of the football players in a big group, helmets off, straight faced.

"Haha... but I don't want to." The druggie laughed gripping harder on my hand also breaking it.

"Ow..." I winced in pain trying to move my hand.

"Get your fucking hands off of her!" I heard Travis yell. I turned to see his face... he was flustered and pissed. A tear rolled down from my eye from the pain. I looked up on the bleacher to see Cathy's paniced face.

"Lemme handle this." The guy with the deep voice said. He walked over to us... grabbed my hand in his and pulled it out. It was purple and swollen already! I gripped it in pain. He pushed me towards the guys.

"Come here." Travis quickly pulled me into a tight closed hug, in the middle of the guys.

"I don't care if you didn't wanna stop touching her... but you were gonna." He smirked at the druggie and then swung his arm around and punch him in the jaw. He fell to the ground to try collect himself. The guy  pointed away from the school, "Go. Now." His face must have been terrifing because he ran like a mouse.

"Oh my god! Thank you!" Cathy smiled at the guy. He smiled back while blushing. They would be cute together... "Riley are you okay?!" Cathy jumped off and came to me.

"Um... Ya I am." I looked at Cathy.

"No she's not. I'm taking her to the infurmary." Travis looked serious.

"No Travis seriously I'm fine. Look I can move it!" I said twisting it slightly. I winced with the pain.

"Ya... totally fine right? I can see right through you Riley." Travis looked at me with a slight pain in his eyes.

"I can see it in your eyes, you think it's your fault this happened. It's not." I said looking down. I didn't get a response... I looked back up at him, he was looking around with a stern face. He looked like he was smelling the air. I looked around to see what he was looking at. "What's wrong?" I looked around again.

"Oh!" He looked at me and smiled. "Don't worry about it... it was... it was just the smell of that dumb druggie, no worries." He looked me in the eyes. He was lying.

"Uh sure." I moved out of his grip, and looked at him wondering what he was thinking. 

"Uh... I'll see you later, I gotta do something. See ya Riley!" Travis looked around again and took off in a jogg. What the hell was going on with him? He clearly doesn't want me in the way, or even my help for that matter. I keep getting hurt around him. Every single time.

** Woah! I wrote this at 6 in the morning ;P pro! I just needed to add some extra's and Voila ! Magic ;) ENJOY*