Protected [Harry Styles - AU]

chapter 11

Skye's POV

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It was Monday morning and today was the first day of classes. I only had three today, so that was nice. I was nervous and excited at the same time. I was happy that Louis was going to be in two of my classes, but I probably won't know anyone else in my other two classes.

Harry's voice jeered me out of my daydream, "You ready, babe?"

"Yeah! Let's go," I said back.

Ever since our conversation last night, I feel even more comfortable with Harry. I haven't cried since that night. Crying shows weakness in my book, and I didn't want others to see my flaws.

We walked down to Harry's car and intertwined our fingers together, a simple habit we have adopted. He swung our connected fingers back an forth playfully and I laughed. His phone went off and his jaw clenched up when he looked at the screen. He pulled his hand from mine and read the text he had received.

He turned to me with a worried expression and grabbed my arm. He dragged me to his car and I was beginning to panic.

"Harry, what that hell is going on?" I asked him while he was looking around making sure that we were alone. In his car. Really?

"Nothing." He is lying through his teeth. I see right through him.

"Don't even try to lie to me."

"Do you remember James from our conversation last night?" he looked me dead in the eyes and I could sense that this was very important. He was running one of his hands through his brown locks, nervously. I grabbed his other and squeezed it, trying to calm him. I haven't ever seen Harry this nervous before.

"Yeah, of course. What is it?"

"He keeps sending me threats. About you," he blurted, "Don't freak out. I'll get it under control," he sounded slightly shaken up but not nearly as nervous as I felt right now.

What? Don't freak out? Yeah right. A gang member is sending threats at me. I have every right to freak out.

"What?! Harry, what did you do to him?" He had to have done something. Simply beating someone up shouldn't result in these insane consequences.

"I, well, after the whole thing with Casey. I-um lost it. I didn't talk to anyone for days. I felt as if I couldn't trust anyone anymore. The boys were pissed as fuck and tried to confront James, but it turned into a brawl between the groups. Evey since, our groups have been rivals. But I never expected things to get this insane. James is a fucking psychopath."

I stayed silent, frankly, I was terrified.

"Let's just go on with our normal days and I will figure this out, okay?" he squeezed my hand.

"Okay." I said flatly, deep in thought.

The ride to our classes was silent. When we finally arrived, he gave a me a kiss then sent me on my way.

I stopped for an iced coffee, then walked into my first class. It was creative writing, and saw Louis sitting alone, tapping away on his phone. I took the seat next to him but he didn't seem to notice me. "Louis?" I said waving my hand in front of his face trying to catch his attention.

"Oh, hey Skye!" he looked up at me then back down to his phone. Okay.

I took this time to pull out my notebook and pencil I thought I would need for this class.

After a few minutes, Louis finally got off of his phone and looked over at me, "Sorry! So are you nervous for your first day?"

"A little, but it makes me feel good that you are in my first two classes! That way I actually know someone," I replied honestly.