Guarded

Chapter 12

Before I could give any excuse Barbosa was dragging me away.

"Please don't take me please" I begged as he pulled me out of the house "I'm sorry I'm really sorry" I tried to dig my heels into the ground but he was too strong.

"You are becoming a real pain in my ass"

"Please! I know I lied-"

"You tricked me. Don't you think I had plans today? Mr Hayes would kill us both if he knew"

"But he doesn't. I told you they don't pay enough attention to me for you to worry about your job" I squealed as I tried to get out of his grip.

"It's not just the job. What if you got hurt?"

"In a house full of my friends?"

"Drunk idioms, more like" he mumbled.

"Please" I sniffed.

"No. No, no, no. Don't start with that. Why are you crying?" he slowed a little and loosened his death grip on me slightly.

"I didn't even get to dance" I sniffed again not even noticing that he slowed his step all the way down to a stop.

He turned suddenly staring down at me and started walking over to me. I matched each step he took moving back as he moved forward. He stopped in the middle of the front lawn and just when I thought he was going to hit me or something he grabbed my hand, interlocking our fingers. He raised our joined hands and his other hand settled on my side. And then he started to sway. It wasn't in time to the music blasting from the house and I couldn't seem to keep in time with his skilled moves but we swayed to our own beat.

The shock dried my teary eyes as I looked up at him. I wondered whether it was the evening breeze that caused me to shudder or the way his black eyes looked into mine.

"My name is Lucas" his voice was a gently whisper void of all the anger it held before.

"Lu-cas" I tried my best to roll the word in the right way

"Close"

"Lucas Barbosa"

He smiled at my attempt and corrected me "Lucas"

"Lucas" I tried and failed again.

"Luca"

"I think I can handle that a little better" I laughed at my inability to say his name "Tori"

"I prefer Theresa" I melted at the sound of my name from him.

"As long as you stop calling me Miss Hayes"

"Deal. I'm still very mad at you"

"I know. I'm sorry"

"I guess" he shrugged, a few strands of hair falling into his face.

"Your hair? It isn't gelled?"

"You surprised me this morning. I didn't have time"

"I like it like this" I admitted.

He licked his lips and murmured "I could tell" making me so glad that I couldn't blush.

We stayed out on the lawn for a little longer turning slowly "so are we friends now?"

"We're not gonna have sleep overs and paint each other's nails if that's what you mean and your father is... a character"

"So does that mean you're gonna go back to giving me the silent treatment after you take me home"

"Why would I do that?"

"Because those are the rules"

He shrugged "Some rules are wrong. Some rules are meant to be broken"

I could barely see him in the darkness of the night except the sparkle in his eyes caused by the moonlight and really hoped it was the 'great jake surprise' I chugged earlier that made butterflies flutter in my stomach but even my drunken mind could see this relationship was about to become a lot more complicated.

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Ive stopped putting my A/Ns in bold btw because I'm a lazy fucker sozalozy. But yeah I sense lOve iN tHe Air yasss. And IM SO BLOODY HAPPY I CAN START USING HIS NAME INSTEAD OF 'Barbosa' WOW. Lucas! Yayay^u^ Just imagine it with a sexy Spanish sounding accent like ugh yes so hot