Don't mess with her

Chapter 31: Enter the conniving witch

The shouting was almost unbearable. I was amazed by the quantity of people that could fit a small space like the one we were in. The heat that the swarm of bodies was producing somehow was creating a murky atmosphere.

My friends and even Drake's friends were close to me. Their shouting, even though were encouraging words, was doing nothing to appease my nerves.

Drake was currently fighting a guy that doubled the size of the one Daniel fought with a couple of weeks ago. Even though, Drake was winning; I couldn't help but cringe every time a punch went through his barrier and stopped with the face that I've come to love.

The guy was trying to get Drake into a headlock, while Drake struggled to avoid it.

"Emily, you can't forget how to breathe." Josh looked at me with a small smirk but with concern in his eyes. His concern was clearly aimed at me. I was the only fool to believe that there might be a slight chance that Drake would not win, or that I could hold my breath until turning purple.

"I know...I just...can't stand it." I frowned but had my eyes glued to the fight. As they kept in the same manner as before, the big dude didn't realize when Drake rapidly hunched and jabbed him on his left rib cage. The man lowered his arms and Drake took that as an opportunity and hit him square in the jaw.

The big dude stumbled backwards. Drake tackled him to the ground, straddled him, and began to punch him in the face repeatedly until the referee came to separate them.

The opponent's face was a mess, while Drake had only a few scratches and some bruises scattered around his body.

The crowd once again joined in a deafening sound. This time I didn't complain as much, since I saw the referee lift Drake's arm in the air. I jumped up and down like a little hyper kid.

"Come on, let's get closer to him!" Daniel yelled while grabbing me by my forearm. I hid behind him, using him like a human shield cutting through the crowd. Josh and Liam were at my sides. I felt like a celebrity being escorted through a mob of sweaty and smelly fans.

I think we were getting closer to him when they all stopped. I bumped into Daniel and when I backed up, his attention was trained on something in front of him. Here I thought he would've turned to me and made some funny remark but he kept looking forward. I went to go around him to see what was going on when his hold tightened.

"Daniel, what's going on? Why did we stop?" I asked raising my voice over the still loud cheering.

"Um...I think is better if we just wait for him outside." Liam turned to me with pleading eyes.

I don't understand. "What's going on?" I frowned now going on the tip of my toes trying to look over Daniel's shoulder, which by the way still looked like a statue.

"Y-yeah, I think it's better if we wait outside." Josh turned to me with the same look. Okay, now they were starting to freak me out. What happened to Drake? Why weren't they letting me through?

After a few more seconds, Daniel reacted and turned quickly to look at me. "I agree with them, let's wait outside." He began to drag me in the opposite way, towards the exit door. I wasn't going to be manhandled like this. I turned around quickly and slipped my arm from Daniel's hold.

I went running towards Drake's direction when I saw the reason why the boys were so eager to get me out of here.

I saw Drake...

Kissing another girl, right on the ring.

I felt that my heart was being shattered and squeezed into a million pieces at the same time, if that's even possible. Suddenly, everything around me went quiet and all I could here was the beating of my heart and my shallow breathing.