Between the Raindrops | ✓

Ch.14 | I Won't Let Him

B E T W E E N

T H E

R A I N D R O P S

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After the bell rings, signaling that first period is over, I immediately stand up and follow Shane who left the classroom in a hurry.

"Shane, will you wait a damn second?" I yell after him, surprised at my sudden outburst.

"I told you Addie, not now." He replies, still walking and not even bothering to turn around to look at me.

I feel my heart sink, but I don't stop.

I finally catch up to him and yank him around by his arm.

"No, talk to me. What happened?" I demand to know.

"Let me go." He replies sternly, completely ignoring the question I desperately need an answer to.

Angry, I yank him with me to a nearby janitor's closet and slam the door after pulling him inside with me.

"Not until you answer me."

Shane sighs before turning to look me directly in my eyes. I see pain flash before his and I swallow the lump beginning to form in my throat. He frowns at the sight of my bandaged face.

"I don't want to talk about this with you. I don't want you to make anything worse by confronting Jared." He admits.

"Make what worse? And how could you possibly think that I'd even want to be in the same room as Jared, let alone talk to him?"

"I saw him last night at the police station." He begins. "Your dad intervened when Jared confronted me. Slammed him against the wall pretty good and then threatened him. Jared left after that."

"So then, what happened with that?" I ask, gesturing to his swollen face. It looks about as bad as mine does.

"Well, after I dropped your dad off at home and sent you that voicemail, I started to drive home myself. Only Jared ended up in front of my car almost causing an accident. Then he proceeded to get out of the car with three other big guys and let's just say they weren't nice." He glares, obviously still furious.

"He jumped you? What a douche bag! He didn't even have the balls to fight you himself, he needed to recruit help." I begin ranting. "That yellow asshole needs to fall of the fucking face of the earth!"

Shane suddenly begins laughing.

"What the hell could possibly be funny?" I gape, crossing my arms angrily.

"You're cute as hell when you're mad." Shane smirks, stepping towards me. "It's sexy." He mumbles against my ear.

I immediately drop my arms and can feel a shiver running down my spine.

"Wow, the atmosphere in here changed drastically." I whisper.

"That'll happen whenever I'm with you." My heart melts at his words and I find myself wrapping my arms around his neck.

"I am so sorry this happened to you. This is my fight, and I'm just dragging you into it." I apologize, feeling guilty for the unpleasant shiner my boyfriend currently sports.

"No, Add. Don't be sorry, please. I want to do this with you. He deserves everything he gets and after what he did to me, I only want to bury him more." Shane proudly states, wrapping his arms loosely around my waist.