for you; || c.gallagher

nine;

"The fuck was that for!" The guy Carl pulled off of me asked as he stood up off the ground. I saw Corbin standing up next to Carl, and he looked almost more ticked off than him. Carl clenched his jaw, I noticed his balled fists at his sides. People had now started to stop and watch whatever was about to happen.
"Next time you try and pull a move like that, don't." Next thing I knew, Carl threw his fist right at the guys face. I saw blood stream from his nose as he tumbled back, and I didn't do anything other than sit there in awe. Several kids yelled 'fight' causing others to gather around and watch. The guy didn't fall, but struggled to regain his balance after the blow. He held one hand up to his face and the other was holding onto the chair for support.
Carl quickly came over to me and took my hand and grabbed his and my things and pulled me out of the chair.
I saw Debbie shove past everyone to make her way to the front of the crowd. She had two creamsickles in her hands, and looked from the guy with the bloody nose over to Carl.
"I was gone for two minutes," Debbie said slightly sighing. Corbin hadn't moved from his spot he'd been in, but started to storm over to the the dude that was still stumbling. He was a lot shorter than him, but I knew the guy has already lost.
"Consent is key, bitch!" Corbin yelled in his face as he brought his knee up forcefully to his groin. He quickly fell to his knees and grabbed his crotch. We got a lot of 'oh's and groans from the crowd after that happened. Corbin left him on the ground, and grabbed his stuff and looked as us.
"Ready to go?" He asked. I let out a little laugh and nodded. Debbie ran over to us and handed me my ice cream.
"What the hell happened?" She asked curiously.

After we had left and started walking, I told everyone the story of what had happened. I threw my pop sickle stick to the side of the road as I finished up telling what had happened.
"And then that's when Carl came up and pulled him off of me," I said.
"Well I'm sorry you had to experience something so shitty, not a very good first impression about the public pool," Debbie said with a little humor. I laughed a little at her statement.
"Yeah, it's fine," I said. It actually didn't bother me that much, the guy didn't do anything that bad thanks to Carl. I don't know what would have happened if Carl showed up later than he had, and shivered a little from the thought.
"I'm really sorry," Carl said sounding almost hurt from what happened.
"It's ok, really." I reached my hand over to his and gave it a light squeeze.
"No. I'm really sorry," Carl said and grabbed my hand as he stopped walking, causing me to stop with him.
"You guys good?" I heard Corbin question. Debbie was looking back at us as well.
"Yeah, you go ahead. We'll meet you in a couple of minutes," I said to both of them. Debbie nodded and Corbin just shrugged his shoulders as they continued to walk.
Carl stood across from me, and both of us were in the middle of the empty street.
Carl looked at me for a couple of moments, and I realized how pretty his greenish-blueish eyes were. He looked back down at the ground, and ran his free hand that wasn't holding mine through his hair.
"I know it wasn't my fault that it happened, but I still feel like an asshole for not being there," he said, sounding almost worried. I smiled slightly when he looked back at me.
"You fucked up his face. Don't think I could thank you enough for that," I said. He smiled and chuckled slightly.
"Anything for you," he said softly. I smiled and looked up at him, back into his beautiful eyes.
"Thank you, Carl. Really."
I let go of his hand that I realized I was still holding and wrapped my my arms around his torso to hugged him. I felt his arms wrap a around my upper waist as he hugged me back.
"Carl," I said against his shoulder, still hugging him.
"Hmm?" He said next to my ear. I inhaled heavily and smelled his cologne mixed with chlorine.
"I like you," I said almost in a whisper.
"I 'like like' you. A lot," I said again. I felt my heart slightly race and my stomach flip over from nervousness. I definitely felt him smile on my neck, and he hugged me a little tighter.
"I 'like like' you a lot, too."

We pulled back from the hug, and smiled at each other. We walked back with our hands together and fingers intertwined, and I swear I felt electricity transfer from between us.

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