He's The Man

Chapter 11

Hes The Man -Part 11-

~Jordans POV~ 

I stayed motionless until Leilas breaths fell even and still.

I looked down at her and let out a long sigh. I wrapped my arm tighter around her sleepless body and leaned my head back on the wooden bench.

'What the hell Jordan!!' I yelled inside my head.

I was still kinda shaken up. I couldn't believe Leila actually brought up Sean...I mean. She actually trusted me with something like that? She really thought I didnt know?

I pinched the bridge of my nose in frusteration, damn it.

Of course I knew!

The whole town knew!

Its ironic how she says Im worshipped, its just kind of like the roles were reversed.

All through out middle school and the beginning of highschool, if you said that the Grizzel twins were popular it was a major under statement.

Leila was beautiful and had all the guys swarming her, but she blew all of them off for her then boyfriend.

Jacob Formiller.

Him and Sean were bestfriends, always walking around, acting like they ruled the world.

Everyone put them on some kind of pedastool.

Sean was a party guy, He had a different girl on his arm every other week, kinda like me now except I didnt officially say I was dating them.

I was broken out of my thoughts as Leila stirred in her sleep, snuggling her self deeper into my side.

I smiled down at her and sighed, no matter how much I hated Sean you could tell how protective he was of Leila.

She was his babysister after all.

My mind wondered to Leila and Jacobs relationship. Even though they were young they seemed so inlove, kind of like me and Valerie.

I went to school with Jake as a kid, elementary and day care. We were never really friends but he always seemed like a sketch kid.

But not with Leila, he always looked so infatuated with her, from what I saw he treated her like a princess.

He moved away around the same time Sean died...

I staired at Leilas sleeping figure and frowned. She had to deal with the death of her brother and a broken heart.

Valeries betrayel left me permanently damaged, I could hardly imagine what it felt like for Jacob to leave her at the same time too.

I looked around the park and up at the dark sky. I reached for my phone but groaned remembering how I had thrown it in the back seat of my car, I had no idea what time it was now.

The warm wind blew slightly, I wrapped my jacket more securely around Leila before closing my eyes and getting lost in my thoughts.

The leaves ruffled quietly behind me and the wind whisteled quielty in my ears, being here with Leila would've been unheard of a week ago. I didnt really know how I felt about her at the moment, was there still a lingering hate for her within me?

...Or could there be something else?

I had always promised myself that I would never let anyother girl in my heart again, was Leila an exception?

No, I thought. She couldnt be.

Out all the girls I knew I refused to let it be Leila who changed my mind about love.

I abrubtly sat up straight and snapped my eyes open. I staired into the darkness of the trees trying to refocus my vision, odd shadows and greenish colored objects danced before my eyes.

My forehead creased as I squinted and staired into the darkness the playground presented.

I could be wrong but I could I think I was making eye contact with someone.

I glared at the barely there figure, sitting all the way and pulling Leila closer to me.

"Can I help you?" I asked the stranger.

My heart raced and I instantly grew nervous. I hoped it was just him, I didn't know if I'd be able to protect Leila if there was more than one.

I gently unwrapped Leila from my side and stood up, I quickly looked behind me to check of there was anyone else but there wasn't.

The sound of feet on gravel got my attention and I quickly looked back to where the mysterious stranger was standing and saw his retreating figure, he was running into the woods.

I glared at him as he ran, he had on a blue hoodie with the words 'go hard or go home' written across his back and black sweatpants on.

"Pervert..." I mumbled as I cautiously sat back down and looked around one last time.

What the heck was that creep doing out here at what, one in the morning anyways?

I glared at the spot the creep had ran to as I draped my arm protectively over Leila.

She always had a kind of seriousness on her face. Dont get me wrong she was beautiful, but for some reason when she slept... she looked like herself.

The thought of that stranger hurting her angered me.

Thats when I realized, whether I liked it or not I was developing feelings for Leila Grizzel.

The one person I had vowed to hate.

I sighed and tucked her brown hair behind her ear and smiled and her flawless cheeks.

"Okay Leila." I looked up at the moon then back to her, the finality of my decision setting in.

I kissed her forehead and whispered.

"Maybe we can give this a try."