The Urban Princesses: Pocahontas

Chapter 16

Pocahontas' POV

His lips were like silk against mine and as each second passed, the kiss felt better and better, building with intensity as our mouths moved together.

Unfortunately, it quickly ended when I heard a rustling in the trees beside us and pulled away.

"What's wrong?" He muttered, seeming to want to get back to making out.

"Did you hear that?" I whispered, sitting up.

"Hear what?"

All of a sudden, a body flew out of the brush and John fell to the ground with an "Oof!".

I heard the sound of a fist hitting a face and my heart started pounding as I watched Kobe continue to punch John.

"Stop!" I yelled, trying to pull him off of John, only to be thrown back onto the ground, pine needles digging into my arms.

John let out a growl and flipped Kobe over, doing what Kobe had done to him.

I tried to intervene again but was nervous I might be hurting more than helping.

How did this happen? I had been so careful, cautious with what I said and did. We met here because Kobe never would come out for his own good, which could've only meant he was looking for me. If only I had texted him that I was at Willow's or something, maybe I could've avoided this.

Because his temper was awful.

John turned his head for a moment, and Kobe took it as an opportunity to get John back under him.

"Don't you ever touch her!" He gnarled, sending John's blood all over the ground. "You dirty savage!"

"Kobe!" I yelled, grabbing his arms, only for them to be wrenched away in anger. "If you don't stop I'm going to call the police!"

"Do it then!" He shouted, pinning John's arms down so he was defenseless as he moaned in pain. My eyes darted in fear to his face, that was already bruising and terribly bloody. "But if I'm going to prison, he is coming with me."

I opened my mouth to say something when a figure flashed past my eyes and suddenly, Kobe was on the ground, eyes closed.

I gasped as I noticed dark red blood dripping from his forehead, a giant gash the cause of the bleeding.

"Are you ok?" I recognized a voice mutter.

I whipped my head around to see Thomas helping John sit up, a blood covered rock at his side.

"What did you do?!" I shouted, rushing to Kobe's side.

"I-I..." Thomas stared in horror at Kobe's limp body. It's like something clicked in him and he ran off into the trees.

"Thomas!" John scolded, trying to get to his feet.

I lost my breath feeling his faint, failing pulse. Was he going to die?

With shaking hands, I dialed nine one one, sobbing over the phone.

"Poca," John cooed, trying to come near me. "it's going to be ok-"

"Stop!" I yelled, putting the receive to my shirt so the operator couldn't hear me. "Just stop!"

I brought Kobe's head into my lap and stroked his forehead, careful around his cut.

Kobe and I might not get along, but he was still my brother. He was still my friend and if he was dead then a hole would take the spot where he used to be. He couldn't die, he wouldn't. I wasn't going to let him.

The EMTs came ten minutes later and sighed seeing another kid passed out, but I didn't let their bored mannerisms take away my panic.

"He got hit with with a rock." I said quickly between sobs. "He barely has a pulse-"

"Miss," One of the EMTs said, pushing me away from his body that two other paramedics were putting a neck brace on. "your friend will be fine. I just need you to take a step back."

I swallowed hard then nodded.

I felt hands on my shoulders and shrugged them off, not sure how I felt about John right now.

I shouldn't be mad at him, he didn't do this, but for some reason, I was. For some reason I felt like this was his fault, even though-- I couldn't help but think it-- it was all Kobe's. If his temper hadn't gotten in the way he wouldn't be on a stretcher right now, Thomas was just trying to help a friend. Whatever it was could wait though because Kobe wasn't ok.

The paramedics quickly loaded him in, the doors still opened as they stared back at me expectantly.

"Would you like to come to the hospital?" They asked, looking impatient to get him there.

I looked at his limp body laying in the stretcher, feeling sick to my stomach. I knew that if he woke up in there with no one, he would be scared out of his mind. He would do the same thing if it were me.

I nodded, climbing in the back with them the doors closing, as I watched John become smaller and smaller in the distance.

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Thomas's POV

I don't know why I did that.

My animal instincts kicked in seeing my family being hurt and I just attacked.

I had to help John.

He had done so much for me. Sacrificed so much time. Been there when I needed someone. He was my ground, and getting some hotheaded jerk off him was the least I could do for the guy who did everything for me.

I had been looking for him after the guys at the motel were making fun of me for not being able to read. It really annoyed me how one minute they were saying John was too smart and a minute later saying I was too dumb, there was nothing good enough for them. I needed to vent, I needed to tell John, as usual, but he wasn't in the room. He wasn't with Ratcliffe and no one else had seen him, which meant he was in his secret spot.

I don't know who he was trying to fool with his whole "Me and Pocahontas are just friends" act, because I saw right through it. I saw the way he looked at her, heard the way he talked about her, noticed the way he picked at his nails when she entered a room, he was in love. And I was so happy for him. I was so happy he found someone to be as great to him as he was to me.

I knew I should've waited, I knew I should've let him have space, but I really needed to talk to him, so I fought the urge and went.

I heard Pocahontas yelling and rushed to the sound of her frantic screams.

I saw John, and I saw Kobe on top of him, and I acted.

It's like my eyes clouded over and I was filled with this rage that someone was attacking my family, and I had no control over it.

I probably could've killed him if I wasn't so determined to help John. I just grabbed the rock and smashed it over his head, then ran to my friend's side, making sure he was ok.

Reality didn't start to kick in until I saw the tears streaming down Pocahontas' face, then the blood on Kobe's head.

I was a coward. I ran. I didn't want to face John's scolds and I didn't want to see him disappointed, so I ran. Now there is probably going to be a lawsuit up or something like that and Kobe could have brain damage for all I know.

What have I done?

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Who just loves Thomas and John's bromance? XD

Did you know every single The Urban Princesses book has an ambulance or hospital in it except Belle, Jasmine, and Rapunzel? I just love Greys Anatomy couldn't help it.

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