Love Shy

Chapter Thirty Three

Up until this day I can honestly say that was the best and worst decision I had ever made. Jordan was the perfect gentlemen for the next year. He allowed me to come out of my shell and be myself. He established himself with my family and friends. Infact he improved things at home. Sean was more in love with him than I was. The twins had even become used to him being around when they came home from uni With dad out more and more sean and I both depended on jordan more than I realised. I was spending three nights a week at Jordans and the rest of the week at home. when Kieran moved in with his girlfriend in November Jordan practically moved in with us. On the days dad stayed out Jordan stayed over and on the days dad was home he didnt leave until early hours of the morning. I guess if i had asked dad if jordan could stay he would have said yes but jordan always resisted saying it was disrespectful. He just wasnt himself anymore. Its like he had stopped trying to controll us. It broke my heart to see him like that but I had no idea how to help. instead i spent more and more time with sean. on the rare occasions that Jordan wasnt with me sean and i  would stay up on the sofa watching old disney films and reminising about years gone by.  Kayla and Carina adored Jordan. Kayla especially seeing as she was getting dropped to school with me most days. on the weekends that they werent with their boyfriends we had hung out as a little foursome opting not to brring Jordan around chris and cody as their loyalties lay with Rio. But even they said Jordan was cool.

Things with Rio were still tense when I returned to school that september. Year ten meant Rio was  in his last year at the school. He was sixteen soon and had opted to join the army so was preparing him self for the day he could enroll. Even with this life choice he was still ringing and texting. He had even sent gifts to the house and him and Jordan had caught up on more than one occassion but I suppose it could have been worse as they both respected me enough to not fight after I made them promise. Jordans family loved me and I loved them equally. so life was perfect but still i couldnt help but think of Rio every now and again. Every time I heard a song from one of his cds or put on my timbs or jordans that he had bought me. Christmas was one of the best to date. Uncle Roy came down with his kids and kieran came with his girlfriend. Jordan came by in the evening after having dinner with his mum and we had so much fun laughing and joking. New years was more difficult as we went to carinas annual new years party which Rio obviously attended and all the memories came rushing back. Jordan had been funny all day and i knew he wasnt relishing the idea of spending new years in the same room as Rio but i couldnt help that. I just had to remind him that soon Rio would be going and that i had chosen him at which point he growled that he hoped so. I ignored his bad mood and continued getting ready. at ten to nine we was ready to go. This year was fancy dress and the theme was fiction characters. so I was pochahontis and Jordan decided that he was going to be John smith the ghetto version. when we got there carina was rapunzel which was fitting seeing as the girl from tangled looked exactly like her. kayla swore blind she was tinkerbells black faiiry friend but i never seen a fairy in such a short skirt so carina and i decided kayla must have watched an xrated version.

After saying our hellos and getting a drink at the bar Jordan and i found a spot and danced non stop until 10 to twelve when they announced that there was ten minutes to the new year. I took the opportunity to go toilet before everyone crowded them at five to twelve. On my way into the hallway some one tugged at my arm and i spun around nearly toppling over in my heels. the effects of two vodkas and cokes getting to me. It took me a moment to recognise the face infront of me. "Omari? is that you? hi where you been?" I said astonished to see him. He had left school around the time lacey had and there was rumours he was a drug dealer now. I frowned down at his clothes he wasnt dressed up. He was all in black just staring at me. he didnt even look happy to see me. infact he looked high. "are you ok Omari?" I asked taking a step back. but he gripped my elbow. "is that your man your in there dancing with shy?" he asked looking at me hard. i gulped something about him was all wrong. I glanced around hoping to see Jordan or carina or somebody. I tried to shrug out of his hold "yea why? ow omari your hurting me!" I cried out over the music when he increased the pressure on my elbow. Trying to twist out of his hold I began to panic slightly when suddenly he was no longer infront of me. I blinked in suprise trying to work out what happened. It was then I noticed Rio had him against the wall and was talking to him menacingly. Omari didnt even look scared he was just smiling at Rio and my heart caught in my throat. I placed my hand on Rios arm and he rembered himself and let go. Omari walked out the door not even looking back and i stared on in disbelief as i rubbed at my sore ellbow. "you ok?" Rio asked gruffly taking my arm gently to examine it. "yeah im fine what was that about?" I asked. he shrugged and looked back towards the back door where omari had exited. "your boyfriends got enemies shy." he said in an annoyed voice. and i looked up at him confused. "you need to check him shy. same way i werent what i seemed he aint either." that sent a chill down my spine and i almost jumped out of my skin when Rio shuffled to the right and i saw Jordan standing behind him with murder in his eyes. "You finnnished bad mouthing me to my girl bro?" he said quietly looking at Rio as he turned around. Rio kissed his teeth and looked back at me "you gonna be ok?" i nodded attempting to swalllow past the lump in my throat. "of course shes gonna be ok. shes with me you prick." Jordan said getting louder every minute. my heart was frozen. "it wasnt like that" i said quickly only to be ignored,I had never seen either of them this angry. "listen I aint inna no hype fam. She was just getting harrassed i helped her." Rio said his jaw muscel working like crazy as he tried to remain cool. "I bet you was. im really getting sick of you keep popping up Rio. shy is with me. I dont play none of your bulshit games and i aint gonna hurt her like you did, you had your chance you fucked it up now piss off. i aint gonna keep telling you." he was punching his hand into his empty palm now and even tho Rio was slightly taller jordan looked bigger simply because of his stocky build. Even in fancy dress he was nothing to play with. "please stop" i finally managed to whisper and they both looked at me as if seeing me for the first time. "shy i.." the punch connected with such force i thought Rios neck may have snapped. "dont talk to my girl" he spat out angirly as Rio recomposed himself and launched forward. i screamed as the blows ran out and the DJ called out it was two minutes to twelve. they were beating the hell out of each other and although Rio was giving as good as he was getting there wasnt really any competition.jordan was dominating the fight.