Trapped

3.4

As Minho led us into the building he was staying in, we could already hear shouts as we reached the fifth floor.

"Bloody, what is it now?" Gally grumbled under his breath. Minho and I both gave him quick glances before we all started to jog down to the end of hall.

"That's my room it's coming from." Minho said matter-a-factly. He stopped right before turning the corner. As he popped his head around to look, we could he rustling and a sudden scream. "Lucas!" Minho shouted. I rounded the corner curious who the scream came from. The brown haired boy was on the ground wrestling with another boy about the same age as us. He never looked up at the sound of his name. Gardner came busting out of the nearest door on the left.

"What are you thinking!" He screamed while pried Lucas off of the thin boy. He scolded him like an older brother.

"He attacked Thomas." Lucas was breathing heavy once he was standing, like a wild dog. He had his eyes trained on the kid getting up slowly from the floor.

"I didn't attack your friend, I tried to." The other kid replied, trying to get a reaction out of Lucas.

"Shut your mouth!" Lucas lurched across the hall trying to get to the other boy. Minho shot from around the corner grabbing one of his arms, just as Gardner grabbed the other, restraining him.

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"What happened?" I asked bending down to sit next to Thomas on a similar looking kitchen floor as my own. Rage filled his eyes. He looked up at me and just shook his head. He had small scratches on his face and biceps. It made me so sad to see Thomas like this, he was completely out of character.

"He thought I was going to attack him." He said simply and looked back down.

"Hey, it will be okay. " I put my hand on his shoulder until he looked back up at me. His eyes full of worry and contemplation. He reached forward and gave me a hug.

"Thank you Willow." He said in such a small voice I wouldn't have heard it if I wasn't so close. I just hugged him tighter in response.