Strange love

Human Stopwatch chp 12

that's Nathan*

"Luke before you lose your shit, let me explain....okay?" My voice came out as a whisper, his eyes growing darker, anger consuming him. His hands clenched, watching Brandon's every move, his eyes darting between Brandon, Tyler and me.

"Five minutes before I blow his fucking brains out!!" He spat, anger slowly subsiding due to the scared expression on my face.

"Now!" He growled. He looked between Tyler and Nathan as he used his hands in a swift motion to tell them to get inside. Tyler nodded, giving him a reassuring smile as he ushered Nathan and Matt inside.

Once they were inside,
Luke breathed in deeply and closed his eyes. "Three minutes, twenty-three seconds. Hurry up!" He muttered, clearly not interested in what I had to say. I held in a grin as I composed myself,
Clearly
of course, Luke would be the human stopwatch.

"He found me, he was going to take me home and call the cops..." I stated, willing Luke's eyes to open so I could see the emotions in them but he kept them shut.

"Go on..." He urged.

"I told him not to, I told him to tell the police that I ran away and that I'm perfectly well and don't need an investigation." I breathed deeply. "He's going to stay here for a day or two and you won't do anything about it, because he will never rat me out, he's my best friend and he could never do anything to anger me. He will tell the police that I am perfectly fine, and you..." I poked my index finger in his chest "are going to have to tr..." I stopped abruptly.

His eyes opened suddenly, lit up with a mischievous look but a little grief swirled in his eyes, I looked past that and flattened my hand against his chest to keep me upright.

For some strange reason, my legs felt like they were buckling

Strange

"I'm going to have to what?" He grinned, raising his eyebrow.

"Trust me....." I whispered looking down at the floor.

He chuckled lightly, my hand vibrating with his hearty laugh. I dropped it, immediately cringing.

"Didn't think you knew what the word meant." he spat, I jumped back at the sudden harshness, clinging onto Brandon.

"Idiot." He chuckled.

"Hah hah, Look, dude, don't see why you're harassing my girl like that. Tyler is fine with me staying so if you could just move out of our way, we'll be fine, ok?!"

Luke's face crumpled like he ate something sour, he rolled his eyes and pointed at me, "You're off the hook." His eyes flickered to Brandon, "We have things to discuss." He reopened the door, glaring at Brandon as he held me close to him. We walked in together, Luke behind us. He slammed the door shut and locked the locks while Brandon just looked at Luke like Luke was mad or on some serious shit.

Luke shrugged his shoulders as he invited us in for dinner. I took a seat next to Brandon and Nathan while Luke sat opposite me. Everyone started eating. Tyler mumbled things to Luke as I felt Brandon's hand slip into mine under the table, giving it a squeeze and smiling at me. I returned his smile and ignored the stare I received from Luke. I felt more relaxed and started munching on my food.

"I saw some of the sexy lace bras you bought, total dick pleaser." Nathan whispered as he squeezed my leg and smirked. I whipped my head at him as I gasped, coughing loudly and ended up choking on my stir fry.

Brandon thumped hard on my back as I grabbed my water, gulping it down, receiving an amused look from Luke and Tyler while Nathan just chuckled to himself.