Accidentally Delinquent

Chapter 9

As the lights shut off, my breathing hitches and I could just feel the fear rising in my chest.

As Hannah and Mitchel start laughing and enjoying the fact that there were no lights on, I start to panick as the memories from years ago comes back to me.

"Uh, Hannah? Can you extend your hand out so I can reach you?" I say heaitantly, the fear evident in my voice as my breathing quickens and my heart goes crazy.

She starts laughing histerically as she tells me how much of a wuss I am.

But moments later, a hand reaches out and I grab it way too quickly and pull the person into a really tight hug, trying to hide from the datkness

"What's wrong with you?" a husky voice whispers in my ear and my whole body stiffens.

I don't know what I was thinking, all I wanted to do was get out of there.

"Where are the fucking light switches?!" I yell in the middle of the gym, pulling away from Luke as fast as I can.

"Turn the damn lights on!" I demand to no one in particular.

I start gasping for air as the memories consumed me and I knew that I had to get out of here.

"Belle! What's wrong with you? Stop yelling!" Hannah's loud, annoyed voice pierces through me and I feel my legs give up on me, making me collapse on the floor and clutch my chest with my hand, trying to make my breathing normal.

"Belle, breathe."

"I can't I- I'm going to suffocate."

"You can."

Deep breathes. In and out.

He places a hand on my shoulder and this makes me whole body tense as an unfamiliar feeling spreads through me.

But despite of this, my breathing surprisingly starts to calm down, and the lights turn on, revealing an emotionless Luke so close to me, that if you so much as looked at it the wrong way, it'd look like we'd just kissed.

He looks into my eyes for a few more seconds before I clear my throat and turn to look at Hannah and Mitchel who seem to look just as surprised as I do.

"Did you guys like, kiss?" Mitchel asks suggestively and I shake my head.

"No." was my short response before Luke started speaking "I just helped her. Looked like she was about to pass out." he smirks, almost as if mocking me for being 'scared of the dark'

Hannah looks at me like I'm stupid and yanks me close to her "What kind of a delinquent is afraid of the dark?" she asks in disgust and I scrunch my nose up in annoyance.

"Can you not judge everything before you know what actually happened?" I snap, my tone spunding a little too defensive and I immediately regret saying it as soon as the words left my mouth.

She steps back and holds the her hands up in surrender "Alright dude, your issues, not mine."

"Kinda weird though, you weren't scared when I was with you in the closet at the party yesterday." Luke curiously mentions and my head snaps to his direction

I didn't know how to answer that without exposing my secret so I just shrug, completely brushing off his remark.

"Anyway, second period is about to start." Mitchel mentions, intertwining his fingers with Hannah's and walk out of the gym and Luke and I follow them

"Right. Math. Yay."

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