Better Then He Can - s.m.

3

The final bell had rung signalling, the weekend. I walked down the almost deserted hallway as all the kids had left the moment the bell rung. Shawn and Nash were waiting at my locker as they always did.

"Hey guys!" I said walking over to them

"Hey Charlotte!" Shawn said

"How is your nose?" I asked looking down at my shoes.

His fingers lifted my chin, making me look at him "My nose is fine." He said smiling

"What exactly happen to your nose in the first place?" Nash asked confused

"Long story which I don't feel like explaining." I replied to Nash

"Okay, well I am going to go or I'm going to be late on picking Hayes up and you know how he gets." Nash said rolling his eyes

"Bye Nash!" Shawn says as the older boy walks away from us.

"Care to walk me to my car? I asked looking at Shawn shutting my locker door.

"If you wouldn't mind." Shawn said linking our arms

"Do you want to come over? I asked

"If you don't mind having me over."he said

"Hop in Mendes, you're so dorky" I said unlocking my pick-up, tossing my stuff to the back

"But I'm a cute dorky right? Shawn replied getting in.

"Of course, You will always be cute to me!" I said turning on the radio

As we pulled into the road my house was located Shawn turned down the radio staring straight ahead

"What? I asked at Shawn's now strange behavior

"Isn't that Nick's car?"He asked looking at me

"yeah, that is his car What is it doing here? More importantly why is he here?  I said parking in the grass.

I opened my door hopping out to grab my bag from the back seat. I felt a sharp pain as Nick grabbed my hair

"Nick let me go! I said tears coming to my eyes

"Not a chance slut." His words like venom

"Get off her!" Shawn said jumping on his back pulling him to ground

Nick flipped him pinning Shawn to the ground

"This will teach you to mess with my girlfriend." Nick said throwing punches at Shawn's face and upper-body.

Shawn blocked throwing a punch at Nick's Jaw

"You're going to pay for that!" Nick growled

not a chance!" Shawn said throwing another punch 

"Get off of him"I said running over to the two boys fighting

"Nick Stop it now!"I said grabbing his fist trying to push him off of Shawn. he shoved me back as I landed on my butt.

He turned to me and smiled "Just stay out of the way sweet-heart and maybe you won't get hurt!" He sunk down to my level. I hadn't realized I slapped him until I felt a pain run through my hand

He glared at me, his muddy brown eyes becoming colder as his cheek turned a deep shade of red a small hand print growing. "You need to leave Nick now or I am calling the cops." I said kneeling next to the bloody boy laying in the grass.

"Fine you worthless whore but i'm not done with you." He spat climbing to his car taking off down the road

"I looked at him examining his face all bloody and bruised. His nose by now was broke,his lip was swollen, and a dark ring forming around his left eye.

"Are you okay?" I asked

"Not really everything hurts." He said whipping some of the blood from his lip

I ran inside yelling up the stairs "Dad?"

"Yes Chars?" he replied using the nickname I had since I was 5

"Can you come help Shawn? Nick showed up." Was all I had to say before dad had appeared.

"Go get cleaned up I will handle Shawn." he said walking out the front door.I walked up the steps into the bathroom and looked in the mirror, tears welled in my eyes as I soon let them fall thinking about how screwed up the monster I am forced to call my "Boyfriend" is.