Afraid

Chapter 1

"No Florence. For the last time I'm not going to a stupid party."

Florence was one of my best friends and she was trying to drag me to a party which I knew would include alcohol and drugs.

"Come on Leah! Have some fun! Life isn't all about studying you know."

Even though she could not see me I rolled my eyes. "I know. But I'm still not going."

"Are you serious Leah? You never even go to parties! For once in your life do something fun."

She could be so annoying sometimes. "Excuse me. I do a lot of fun stuff."

"Oh yeah like what?"

"Um I uh..."

"That's what I thought." She said and I could just picture her smirking.

I sighed. "Fine. You win. I'll go. By the way who's party is it?"

"Ok! Ill pick you up tonight around eight. Ryder's having the party." And with that she hung up the phone. Ryder was one of my brothers friends who went to the same university as him.

I sighed again. I really did not want to go to this party. I would rather be studying for the English exam I had on Monday. But of course I couldn't win against Florence.

I got off my bed and walked downstairs, seeing my brother Luke watching tv and eating a bag of chips.

"Hey Luke."

"Hey Leah." He replied not even taking his eyes off the tv. I sat down next to him and took the bag of chips out of his hands.

"Are you going to Ryder's party tonight?" I asked and he turned to face me, taking his attention away from whatever he was watching.

"Of course. He's my best mate. How do you know about it?"

"Florence wants me to go. She's picking me up at eight."

Luke's eyes widened. "What? No. There is no way you are going to Ryder's party."

"Why? And you can't tell me what to do."

Luke switched the tv off, giving his full attention to me. "There's going to be alcohol there and you're only 17. There are going to be shitty people with bad intentions there and I don't want you around them."

It was so annoying when Luke got protective over me but I was also so grateful that he was always looking out for me.

"But if you're there you can look after me." I reminded him.

He sighed. "Fine. But you have to stay close to either me or your friends at all times. Okay? I'm serious. Promise me you won't wonder off by yourself."

"Luke don't worry. I promise ill stay near you or my friends at all times."

"Ok good."

"When's dad coming back?" I asked. My parents were divorced so it was just Luke, my dad and I. But dad was literally always on business trips and was rarely ever at home. Luke and I barely saw him so we weren't close to him.

I guess that's why Luke was so protective over me. He feels like I don't have a proper father in my life.

Luke shrugged. "I don't care." He turned on the tv and focused back to whatever he was watching.

I got up and walked upstairs. I looked at the time on my phone. I had 3 hours before Florence would come and pick me up.

I picked up my favourite pair of blue jeans and a top and put them on.

I went back downstairs to kill time. I watched tv with Luke, played on my phone and ate some pizza until I heard the doorbell ring meaning Florence was here.

I opened the door revealing Florence looking... Like a slut. She was wearing a short, tight black dress which her ass cheeks slightly came out of and her face was covered in makeup.

As soon as she saw me she frowned.

"That's what you're wearing to the party?" She asked as if what I was wearing shocked her.

I looked down at my clothing. "Yeah. What's wrong with it?"

Florence scrunched up her nose. "Well you're never gonna get any guys if you dress like that."

Ouch.

I pretended that the comment didn't hurt and smiled.

"Anyways lets get going. We don't want to be late."

I said bye to Luke, telling him I'd see him there. We got into Florence's car and she began driving.

"So is Luke coming?" She asked.

"Yeah but he's gonna drive there himself."

Soon we got to Ryder's house and we got out of the car. As we neared the house, I could already hear the loud music and see drunk people in front of the house. I could feel my nerves building up.

We walked inside, where people were dancing, drinking and making out. I followed Florence over to our other friends.

"Hey guys." I said to them.

"Hey Leah." They replied. My friends were Natasha, Tori, Acacia and of course Florence. But out of all of them I was definitely closest to Natasha.

We sat down laughing and talking until I heard my phone buzz in my pocket.

I pulled it out and saw it was a text message from Luke saying he had just arrived.

I faintly heard someone say "I'm going to get a drink" but I was too busy looking down at my phone.

When I looked up all my friends had gone. I began to panic. Luke had told me not to be alone.

I got up as I began looking for my friends or Luke. I got my phone back out and began to text my brother asking him where he was.

In the middle of texting him I bumped into something hard. I looked up from my phone to see what I had bumped into.

A boy.

He turned around and my heart sped up. He had dark brown hair and brown eyes. I could see tattoos on his arms and peaking out of the top of his black shirt. He had a lip piercing and a nose piercing. I gulped as I took in his expression. He looked pissed.

"You made me spill my fucking drink!" His voice sent chills down my spine.

"S-sorry" I said quietly.

"Next time watch where you're going!" I nodded but couldn't move. I stared at him. He was frightening but there was something interesting about him.

"Why are you staring at me?" He asked me.

I thought of something to say back but thought of nothing.

"Do you have a fucking speech problem?"

"Uh n-no" I said and quickly turned away from the boy, to continue my search for Luke.

The boy had been so rude to me and I didn't even know him. But I did know one thing.

I was afraid of him.

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A/N hey guys my name's Abigail! Don't worry the story will get more interesting as it goes on and I've already planned for something big to happen.

Tyde Grayson- played by Francisco Lachowski

Luke Adams- played by Luke Brooks

Natasha- played by Vanessa Hudgens

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- Abigail 👼