Protected

Chapter 13 - Protected

Chapter 13

            Jolie and Shawn stood off to the side together with Matt and Rob. I laughed ."Well I guess he could be considered trouble."

            Rory obviously didn't think it was funny though. His eyes were black and his knuckles were white over the steering wheel. "What is he doing here?" he growled. We pulled up in front of Jolie and Shawn. Rory practically ripped me out of the truck. He grabbed my hand and walked up to Shawn keeping me behind him.

            "Jillian where have you been?" Lauren shouted as she walked over to us. Josie and Cameron walked up behind her. The tension in the air descended quickly.

            Shawn moved to Rory's left and Jolie came to stand behind me. Rob took a step closer to me as Matt moved to Laurens side.

            "Yeah where have you been Jillian?" Cameron said with heavy sarcasm. Rory tensed.

            "I think you should leave Cameron" I said with venom in my voice. Cameron's eyes narrowed slightly and he clenched his jaw.

            "Who's going to make me?" he sneered, "Your criminal boyfriend!"

            A questioning look crossed my face. What was he talking about. Rory dropped my hand and stepped forward.

            "Rory don't" Shawn warned.

            Cameron held up his hands and stepped backwards. "I just thought she should know what kind of person she's dealing with."

            "Stop it Cameron" Lauren yelled at him.

            "So how was she? She looks like the type that would be good in bed."

            It happened so fast. I heard a crunch as Rory closed the distance between the two of them and punched him in the mouth. Cameron fell to the ground.

            It felt like my spine convulsed. I bent over and put my hands on my knees and groaned. Rory looked over at me with an apologizing look. "If I ever hear her name come out of your mouth again I'll make sure I break your jaw next time" he said standing over Cameron. Another shudder ran down my spine. Rory came back over to me. "I'm sorry I know that had to hurt" he said softly.

            "It's okay, I enjoyed it" I had. I can't believe Cam had said that. He was such a pig.

            Shawn made a gagging sound next to me. "You two make me sick" he joked.

            "MASON" Mr. Turner yelled from behind us.

            Oh no. Rory was going to get into trouble. Mr. Turner walked over to the group we had formed. Cameron sat up slowly, blood trickling from his lip.