Levi's Protection

TWENTY-EIGHT

We laid in bed for a long time. Levi explained everything to me about his father, and his life since he left. I was heartbroken to know he couldn't stay with me for very long, but he would be back soon. Unfortunately, we eventually got dressed and made our way out to the balcony to look out over the water.

"You suck for being gone so long, but this view almost makes up for it." I giggle as I look out at the crashing waves from my perch on his lap.

"I thought it would help a little." He laughed and I couldn't help but smile wider at the sound. It was like music to my ears.

Suddenly a bang sounded inside the apartment and we both jumped up. Amber and Jasper came sprinting into the living room, be-lining toward us.

"Levi! Good to see you man. But we gotta go, NOW." Jasper all but shouted.

"What's going on?" I ask and Amber gives Levi a quick hug.

"We don't have time to explain." She said as she made her way back to the door motioning us to follow her, "Someone they know-"

Another bang could be heard from the front of the apartment. Someone was trying to break the door down.

"Oh my god. I should have known." Levi hissed, "It was a fucking trap. I should have known he wouldn't actually let me go out on my own."

"Get the to balcony, now." Jasper ordered as well dashed back to where Levi and I had been previously sitting peacefully.

"What do we do?" I cry, looking around and seeing we didn't seem to have anywhere to go but down.

"The next balcony over." Jasper cries looking over to our left where our neighbors balcony would about 3 or 4 feet from ours.

"Jasper, Willow and I will never make it." Amber looks horrified. Truthfully it wasn't that far of a jump, but the cement walkway that lead to the beach below made it seem like and impossible feat.

"You can do it. You both are athletic. I'll be there to catch you if you're short." Jasper says as he climbs up and easily leaps straight onto the opposite platform, landing nimbly.

"We'll be fine Amber, its this or-" I started to say at the pounding became louder, it sounded like they had finally cracked the front door. "That" I finished pointing inside.

Levi leaped over as well and they both turned to us. "C'mon!"

Amber climbed onto the railing and took a deep breath before jumping as hard as she could toward the boys, who both had their arms out towards her. She flew right into their arms and let out a relieved squeal. I hear footsteps running through the house and quickly stepped up too lifting of and landing next to Levi who gripped me tightly.

We all scrambling through the class door into our neighbors apartment. Sprinting through the place and toward the front door Levi slowly opened it and checked to see if the coast was clear.

"We're good. Let's go." He whispered and we took off down the hall toward the stairs.

"What do we do now?" I whispered as we descended towards the ground level quickly.

"My father must have used me to find you all, he knows Jasper's been the one hacking him." Levi spoke just loud enough for us to hear, but his deep voice echoed in the stair well.

"But there's no way." Jasper breathed, "Your dads system is nothing compared to what I've been able to get away with before. I'm impossible to track."

"He said he has an inside man." Levi replied as we reached level 3, "Has there been anyone hanging around you guys?"

"No one that would give us away!" Amber cried, "We haven't even made any friends here! There's only been-"

"Oh my god." I cut her off.

"You don't think?" Jasper added.

"It couldn't be-" Amber didn't finish her sentence as we blew out of the ground floor door, coming face to face with a small group of men.

A familiar man standing at the head of the group grinned at us.

"Caleb."