Reckless

Chapter 10

''Are you sure that you can walk home yourself? I can follow you?'' Emily asked me after the night we've spent together at her house, alone this time. Last time the boys came over so we decided to make another movie night. A real girl night this time.

''Yeah, I'm sure. I will text you when I get home'' I assured her. She finally nodded and I gave her a hug.

''Se you tomorrow at school'' It was monday tomorrow. We had a test in biology this thuesday and I really needed to rehearse. I hated biology.

I took my headphones out of my pocket and started to walk towards my house, a walk that took about 10 minutes. I sang along to the songs I had on in my headphones. I was not scared of the dark, like most of my friends. A  bit in front of me, I saw two boys pushing up another one in front of the wall. I was not going to take this way home.

Befor I turned around I suddenly saw the curls of the boy against the wall. My body froze. I tried to  go a little closer, without getting caught. I tried to get it confirmed that it was't who I believde it was. As I came closer, I realised I've seen it right. It was Brad. Brad against a wall, taking hit after hit, from two other boys.

Without thinking I ran up  to them.

''Stop'' I heard my own voice said.I  didn't know what to do as they noticed me but they both  stoped with   what they were doing and stared at me.

''Who the fuck are you?'' The blond haired guy said. 

''Olivia. '' I said, trying not to show that I was scared.

''Oh, so you're fucking Brad?'' He laughed again. I laid my gaze at Brad and met his eyes. He looked choked. Drunk. Worried. Yeah, very. 

''Get of him'' I calmly said. I stepped between them. What the fuck was I doing? At my suprise, the both guy took a few steps back. 

''Yeah, we just wanted to learn him a lesson. You're not messing with us. That's not acceptable. You gotta learn your drunk boyfriend that''  They both turned around  and started to walk away and I was just trying to procces what just happened.

I turned around to look at Brad who met my eyes. It was completely silent in a few minutes, no one of us said something.

''Why did you do that?'' He asked. I could feel his hot breath  smelling alcohol, he was probably not very  drunk but to drunk to make any resistance towards the two boys.

''What did you do to them?'' I said, ignoring his question. 

''It's  a long history'' He began. ''And don't wanna tell you now.'' It was a bit of silent again. What was I going to do? Leave him at his house? Or take him home to me? Leave him here?

''Do you want me to follow you home?'' I asked him. 

''No. I can't go home'' I was just to ask why, but decided not to. He would probably tell me another time. 

''Do you want to go home to me then?'' He nodded slightly and I started to walk around. Brad couldn't walk straight, and was about to fall so I took his arm around my shoulder and supported him by my weight. 

We walked in silence the whole way, not wanting to break the silence. There wasn't much to say. I didn't want to  say the wrong thing either. I just hoped my mother would be at work when we got home.

As we came home I told him to follow me to the bathroom and sat him down at the toilet and started to clean his cuts. I could feel him tense a bit under my moves, it probably hurt. I tried to be as gentle and calm as I could. After I finished, I got up and started to walk to the kitchen, with Brad shortly after.