ride or die // a. trujillo

4 // Knight

May I have this dance to make it up to you?
Can I say something crazy? I love you.
Give me one more chance, give me one more chance.

***

2:30 PM. The clock on my phone displayed. I was out with Luna, we were window shopping. We had enough clothes already. We were walking around, sipping on our green straws from Starbucks. I ordered a green tea frappe, I wasn't into coffee. From afar, we looked very basic LA girls. Complete with the attire. We entered one of the shops, we were longing to visit since we got here, Sephora. The amount of lipstick and eyeliner were calling me. I was a sucker for lipstick, any chance I get to have one, I buy one. I roamed around the isles, I was in makeup heaven. I bought a bunch of lipsticks, ones I didn't have or ones that I really like. I spent at least 4,000 dollars. Shameful. I exited the store, to keep me away from buying more items. Across the store, I saw Kian. He has always been a great friend, he often visited when Caleb and I broke up. But, he got busy, and didn't have enough time to visit.

I called his attention, I tried. "Lawley!" When I realized he wouldn't hear me from where I was standing I walked towards him. He didn't see me coming so I decided to scare him by jumping on his back. Surprisingly, he caught my legs, holding it for support. I got back to the ground.

"Claire! How are you?" He asked as he smiled. I missed seeing his face.

"I'm great! You?" I returned the question. He answered, he was feeling great. Healthy. He was wearing a black cap covering his hair. A striped shirt and a pair of black jeans, sporting cream white Yeezy's. 

We caught up for the 3 minutes we were together, until it was finally time for me to leave. 

I headed back to my house and edited the videos I took, cutting around it and adding music in the background and necessary subtitles. It has already been a month since I started posting videos on YouTube again. I had 800k subscribers when I left and stopped posting, when I got back I saw 1M people already subscribed to my channel. At this time, the family was growing. 1.8 million ClaireBears and counting. I wouldn't lie, Jake helped. I spent my time at the team 10 house for the majority of my days. Usually, invited. I didn't go there today, thinking they were probably sick of seeing my face by now. In the middle of my editing, my phone rang. I lowered the volume of the music from the bluetooth speakers in the house. Anthony was calling through FaceTime. I picked it up, no hesitation.

"What's up?" I said as I flipped the camera towards my face. He had his hood on, and was smiling. 

"Just chilling." He answers calmly, you could hear Tessa laughing in the background. They were in there room, Chance and Anthony's.

I laughed, confused to why he was calling. "Why did you FaceTime?"

"I missed your face." He replied pouting. My heart melted, he was being cute and needy.

"Awwe. I missed your face too." I giggled. We weren't together, not boyfriend-girlfriend. More like a flirtationship. Since, I haven't talked or seen him at all today, we talked on the phone for hours. Midst our conversation, a loud bang hit my front door. I shot my head up to the noise.

"What's that?" Anthony asked concerned from the other side of my phone. I stood up from my desk chair in my room and headed to the entrance. I peeped through the peep hole, to see Caleb banging on the door. What the hell? I was alone at home, Stacey went to Atlanta for her movie and Luna went out again for band practice. I was scared.

"Anthony, can you come over please? I'm scared." I looked at him through my phone as I fidget with the charm hanging around my neck.

"Claire, what's wrong?" He asked as he immediately stood up. I heard him shout for Tessa, asking if he could borrow her car.

"Don't hang up, I'll be there soon." You could hear the engine start, the banging of the door getting louder and louder.

"Open the door, Claire. I know you're in their. Open up." Caleb shouted through the door, he sounded drunk.

"Anthony, please come quicker. I'm scared, it's Caleb. He's drunk." I stuttered most of the words, I stood by the door waiting for him to come. 

The lock of the door broke, Caleb was able to enter my house. I ran to the living room, getting away from him. "Caleb. Let go of me." I screamed as he got a hold of me. He was hovering on top of me, the scent of alcohol lingering on my face. "I miss you Claire. I messed up. I need you. I love you."

"Get off of me Caleb." I shouted repeatedly. I heard a car pull up the driveway and was instantly relieved. Caleb's body was pulled away from me, a few punches landed on his face.

"Who are you? What are you doing in my girlfriends house?" Caleb started throwing punches to Anthony's face. Anger and rage were tied around his words.

"She's not your girlfriend." Anthony punched him, causing him to knock out. Anthony ran towards me, his worry rubbing off of his face. "Are you okay?"

He pulled me to a hug, I felt safe. I rested my head on his chest, tears starting to fall. I was terrified. Without Anthony coming in time, Caleb could have done things to me. Things I wouldn't like. Anthony's lips landed on my head, "Everything will be okay, I'm here now."

I pulled apart, he dried the tears on my cheeks with his thumb. I looked at him, noticed he was bleeding. "You're bleeding." I touched it with my finger, it was strong. I grabbed the first aid kit and a pack of ice from the freezer. I treated his wound, "I'm sorry. You got hurt because of me." I wiped the remaining blood dripping on the side of his forehead. He winced as I added the anti bacteria medicine.

"It's not your fault." He winced as I tapped the band-aid secure. "I'll protect my queen no matter what." He replies smiling. 

I smiled back at him. We looked at Caleb's drunk body lying on my floor. I called one of his friends, Ryan, to take him home. It was too early for him to be drunk, it was just 6. It was either he has been drinking since last night or this morning. Minutes passed, and Ryan came to pick Caleb up. I called someone who could fix the lock of the doors, luckily there was one guy. I sat on the couch of my living room beside Anthony. He played with my hair as he calmed me down. I was traumatized. Stacey wasn't coming home till next month, and Luna would be out till 2 in the morning. I am at my most vulnerable state. Anthony looked at the time on his phone, it read 9 PM. We were watching Cupcake Wars and I felt my eyes get droopy. I was knocked out.

***

I felt a pair of arms put me down, I opened my eyes slowly to see that I was already on my bed and Anthony about to leave. "Stay. Please." It wasn't a question, it came out like a statement. I patted the empty spot next to me, he walked slowly towards me and sat on my bed. He took off his shoes and laid on the bed right next to me. I snuggled close to him, my legs wrapping around him. I felt his arms snake around me. "I love you, Anthony."

"I love you too." He says calmly as it sends a chill through my spine. My head was resting on his chest, the beat of his heart pounding on my cheek sent me off to sleep.