Runaways

Chapter 2

We pull into a parking space and I look up at the words engraved into the building.

CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL

Hell.

Noah grabs my hand and we lock eyes. He give my hand a reassuring squeeze and he looks over to the group of boys that are his friends.

He looks back to me and pulls his hand out of mine. "Time to go face 8 hours of boringness." He opens his door and exits his car as his friends near.

I get out and round the car to stand at his side as he's talking to one of the boys, I'm sure is named julian.

I look around the parking lot and barely notice that Noah and Julian's conversation is over until Noah's breath is fanning my ear.

"I'll meet you by your locker after first period, yeah?" He whispers into my ear, huskily. My breathing hitches.

"Alright." I look up at him and he takes this as a chance to smash his lips into mine, earning tons of 'OOOO's from his friends and when I pull away they're all wiggling their eyebrows and winking at us, earning a middle finger from me.

Once I get to my locker, I instantly hear heels clicking quickly down the hallway coming closer and closer.

"LIA! I SAW THAT STUNT YOU PULLED OUTSIDE! AND HE WAS AT YOUR HOUSE?!" Sam, My best friend, yells.

"Could you get any louder?" I glare playfully at her.

Sam is a person I trust. Just not a person I trust with my at home issues. She's nice though and I consider her one of my closest friends.

"Yes, believe it or not. I just can't believe he spent the night at your house! Did anything happen?" She winks at me.

I gather my books and start heading to my first period.

"Of course not! With Liam right next door?! Are you nuts?" I look to her with wide eyes.

She groans. "Its been years Lia. How long to you plan on making him use his hand?" I just roll my eyes and walk into class, sitting at a double desk for two.
Sam takes the seat next to me.

"Once I finish my senior year in high school." I smirk at her.

"Whatever."

No. I'm not a virgin if that's what you're thinking. High school parties are filled with regret thats why I don't go to them anymore.

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Its the 5th period of the day and I'm falling asleep listening to the teacher talk about the roman war? 

I need to pee.

My hand shoots up in the middle of his question. "Aliayh?"

"May I go to the restroom?" I ask politely.

"Be quick" He rolls his eyes and starts back on his lesson.

I hop up, sticking my phone into my pocket and walking to the girls' bathroom.

A door slamming echos throughout the hallway and soon after quick footsteps. I turn around and see a smirk growing on Mason's face as he nears.

"You've gotta be kidding me." I mutter, rolling my eyes and turning back to the bathroom.

"Sorry, Princess but nobody is kidding you." He stands in front of me like he always does.
I step to go around him but he doesn't let me, stepping in front of me again. His 6'3 frame is nothing compared it my 5'4 frame.

"Mason, c'mon, I have to use the bathroom." I admit, doing a little dance.

"Hm," observes me. "You're cute."

"Cool. Can i go pee now?"  I stop to glare at him.

"Fine." He finally steps aside and I bolt to the bathroom, barely letting him step onto his other foot.

When I walk out, I'm immediately thrown over someone's shoulder and it takes me a second to realize it's mason's shoulder.

"Mason, put me the hell down!" I whisper-yell.

"Or what?" I pound on his back but he's barely conflicted.

"Or I'm gonna tear your head off."

"Sounds cute. Ya know, your butt looks good from this angle" He says when I give up on hitting him.

"Oh really? So does yours!" I raise my voice pitch to sound like an obnoxious girly teen.

"Yeah? I knew these jeans made me look good." He sets me on the ground and flexs.

"You would think that would at least deflate your ego a little bit." I roll my eyes and turn to the classroom door, noticing its my classroom.

I walk in and mason follows behind me.

"Mason Williams? What are you doing? You're not in my 5th period." The teacher says shooting mason a confused look.

"Yeah I know, Just saying hi" He looks to me and winks earning loud 'OOOO's from my peers for the second time today.

I flip him off, laying my head on my desk
                         ______

Its finally the end of school and I'm packing my books into my backpack, talking to Noah about the mason situation.

"He's a dick sometimes. He's just jealous of us, baby. Do you wanna come over to mine today?" He closes my locker for me and grabs my hand.

"Really?" I look up at him like a happy kid going to Disneyland.

"Yeah." He gives me a small smile.

"Alright!" I slip my hand out of his and skip over to his car waiting for him to make his way over at the passenger door.

He unlocks the doors with his keypad as he nods to one of his friends.

Soon enough he shuffles into the car and starts for our new destination.