Selfless And Honest

Chapter 9

I walk into the dorm nervously. Peter is at his bed putting shirts in his dresser. He must've gotten them washed. Ember and Christina mouth, 'good luck', to me before heading to their beds. Peter turns in my direction and his eyes nearly pop out of his head. I sigh and walk over to him.

"You hate it...don't you?" I ask quietly as I stare at the floor.

"Are you kidding? It looks awesome!" Peter exclaims. I look up at him in shock.

"I thought you would've been mad at me for dying it." I admit. Peter's face falls.

"See...you are scared of me." Peter says. I shake my head.

"I wasn't scared of you. I was scared of how you would react." I correct him.

"It's the same thing." Peter says.

"No it's not. I love you, Peter. I do. But sometimes you're just so thick minded." I sigh. He smirks.

"That's not the only thing that's thick." Peter says, winking at me. My jaw drops and I punch him in the arm.

"Peter!" I scold before laughing. He grins at me.

"You two have a weird way of apologizing and forgiving." Ember comments from her bed. I poke my tongue out at her.

"I'm gonna go to bed. Night." I say to Ember. She smiles.

"Night." She replies before laying down in her bed. I turn to Peter and give him a quick kiss.

"Night love you." I say before turning to go to bed. He grabs my waist and pulls me onto his bed with him.

"No. Stay." Peter says like a child whining for something they want. I roll my eyes and smile.

"Fine. If I have to." I say in fake irritation. He chuckles and pulls me closer. I lay my head on his chest and listen to his heartbeat as I fall asleep.

--The Next Morning--

"I don't wanna." I whine as Ember drags me to the bathroom to get changed.

"Well you have to. Eric will be pissed if someone is late again." Ember replies.

"I want Peeeetteeerrrr." I complain.

"Well he went to check out the list of fights. I haven't seen him since he came back to breakfast asking for Eric or Four. But he looked pissed about something." Ember says. I sigh and get dressed before running with her to the training room. I look at the board and I bite my lip.

1. Peter and Lily
2. Christina and Ember
3. Will and Drew
4. Al and Myra
5. Edward and Molly.

"Well. I guess that's why he was pissed." Ember mutters. I look around and spot Peter fuming between Molly and Drew. I hurry over to him and he places his hands on my shoulders.

"Why do they constantly want us to fight?" I ask in frustration.

"I don't know. But I'm not happy about it either. We'll do it the same as we would against anyone else. We don't want our reputations going down terribly." Peter says. I sigh and nod.

"But I don't want to hurt you." I say. He kisses my forehead.

"I know. I don't want to hurt you either." Peter replies. I close my eyes.

"Peter and Lily." Four says. I get into the ring with Peter and we take our stances.

"Go." Eric says. Peter and I circle each other. I watch his footwork, knowing after watching him train that he steps before punching. I dodge his first attack. He tries again but I dodge that one as well. I then go to kick him in the stomach but he grabs my ankle and then sweeps my other foot off the ground, causing me to hit the floor. I growl and spin, knocking him off his feet. He hits the floor as well. I stand up and get in my beginning stance. He gets back up as well, retaking his stance. He throws five punches. I manage to block the first four, but the last one hits me full force in the stomach. The wind leaves my lungs and I bend over as I try to breathe. Peter looks a little worried but continues the fight anyway. He goes to pick me up but I jab him in the chest with my elbow. He stumbles back and breathes heavily before grabbing my shoulders and throwing me to the ground.

"Is that the best you've got?" I cough. He gets down and goes to punch me in the face but I roll onto my side and I hear him cuss quietly before pinning my shoulders down and going to punch me in the face this way. But I kick my leg up and I hit him in the side of his head. He groans and let's go of my shoulders. I go to sit up but he swings his foot up and I groan in pain as I feel his foot collide with my nose.

"Fuck." I cuss and I lift a hand up to my nose. I feel something wet and pull my hand away to see blood. I turn to him and go to punch him but he blocks it and then slams me back against the ground and I groan.

"Would one of you win already." I hear Edward complain. I growl and try to get Peter off me but he has my hands under his knees and my right shoulder gripped by his left hand. He brings his right fist back, but looks very hesitant.

"Do it." I breathe. He then punches me right in the face. I cuss as I know I'll have a black and blue left eye after this. He brings his fist back again and punches me in the face again. But this time I black out.