I hate you !

Chapter 15

Blair's POV

"SAM GET AWAY FROM ME!" I hear Millie yelling. "Sorry but I don't want to." Sam says. Then I hear something crash and that causes me to get off my bed and hop towards the door. I open the door and see Zack picking up some photos that fell from the wall. He goes to put the last one on the hook and sees me. "Hey, did I wake you?" He asks. "No, I was never asleep." I say. "Oh, why not?" He asks. "That's none of your business." I snap at him. "Hey, calm down. What's wrong?" He asks. "Nothing you need to worry about." I say, my words clipped.

Zack watches me cautiously before shaking his head and walking away. I chose my door and lean against it. I hop over to the desk in the corner of the room and pull out the note I found on the grass yesterday when I tried to sneak out in the middle of the morning. It's stupid, I know I have injuries. The note read:

Dear Blair,
I'm glad to see that you are well taken care of thanks to your friend Zack. Be aware that if you do not show up to face me, I will kill all of your friends. Remember, I'm always watching.
-3•8.-

"Who the hell is this person?" I mutter to myself. "What person?" Zack asks. I spin around and see him kicking my door closed with his foot.
"Didn't I say that you don't need to worry about me?" I ask. "Yes you did, but when have I ever listened to you?" Zack asks. "Does it matter?" I ask. "Yes it does now tell me what's wrong." Zack demands. "No." I say.
"Why not?" He asks, his patience wearing thin. "Cause I don't want to, I want you to leave me alone." I say.

"Why?" Zack asks. "Because I don't want you near me." I growl. "Why? What happened? You were fine yesterday." Zack shouts, his eyes blazing. "I can't have you near me!" I shout. "Tell me why and I'll leave." Zack says, his voice firm. "Just, I cant." I say. "I'm not leaving until you tell me the truth." He says sitting down on the bed.

"It isn't only you that can't be near me, the others can't either." I say. "Like I said, I'm not leaving until you tell me the reason." Zack says. His jaw clenching. "I don't- I don't want any of you near me. I'm going to leave here and go somewhere else and then I'll never see any of you again." I say, my eyes staring directly into Zack's.
"That wasn't a reason and you are not leaving until Millie or I say so." He says.

"Fine. You want a reason, I'll give you a reason, Ryder. I don't want anything to do with any of you because I wasn't supposed to meet any of you, I didn't know that you would be here and I don't feel guilty for your brother dying. I'm glad he died, one less person from the Ryder family to be in my life. I regret meeting you and I wish I never had." I growl. My eyes were burning and my words were like venom. Good.

Zack's face was filled with hurt and shock. His mouth was open. "What Ryder? Cat got your tongue?" I ask, a sly smirk on my face. He doesn't say anything and just keeps staring at me. "Apparently it does have your tongue." I laugh. "Goodbye, Zack Ryder. I do hope we never meet again." I say walking out the door. I frown and walk through the hallways, my foot slightly paining when I put pressure on it.

I see Millie and Sam arguing and Millie's eyes shift from Sam's to mine. "Woah, hold up, where are you going?" She asks. "I'm leaving." I reply. "Why? You are injured, you shouldn't be going anywhere." She says. "I'm fine." I say. "Sam." Millie calls. "Yes, my love?" Sam asks. Millie sighs and rolls her eyes. "Come out here. Sam walks out with a giant smile on his face. "Since Blair is feeling so well, let's see how well she can fight." She says. "Ok." I reply. "I'm not gonna hit her!" Sam sputters. "If you fight her, I'll kiss you." Millie says to Sam. Sam's smile is back on his face in seconds. "Deal!" He shouts.

"Ooh we should call Zack to see this." Millie mutters. "Yeah, sure go ahead. Call him." I say shrugging my shoulders. "Ok, you two go into the ballroom." She says. Sam leads me down the corridor and into the ballroom. Its big enough for 6 fights.
"Wow." I say. "Yeah that was my reaction the first time I came here too." Sam laughs. "Uh Sam, there's something I have to tell you." I say. "Ok, shoot." He says turning to face me. "I have to-" I start off but Millie's shouting interrupts me. "Ok, Zack is here!" Millie shouts. "Let the fighting commence!" She says.

Sam and I circle each other with our fists raised. I hear him muttering, "If I do this, Millie's gonna kiss me." Over and over again. I smile a little before getting my face back into a neutral expression. I go to strike Sam first but Millie shouts, "WAIT!" Sam and I look at her. "I forgot my popcorn!" She says scrambling to get out of her chair. "Hold on, I'll be back in a minute." She smiles at us. "Zack, come with me." She says.

"Sam?" I call snapping my fingers in front of his face. He has a lazy smile on his face and was staring aimlessly at the wall. "Imagine if I feed her popcorn....from my body." He says in a lovesick voice. I blink one, I blink twice, I blink thrice. Nothing worked. I can ever unhear that. Millie returns with Zack a few minutes later holding a large bowl of popcorn. "Okay, were back, you can start the fight now." She says. "Hey Sam." I call. "Yeah?" He asks. "Try to actually fight back." I say to him. "Ok, I'll try not to hurt you too much." He smiles. I nod my head.

We circle each other again and Sam throws out his fist to punch me on the jaw. I dodge it and sock him in his stomach. He recovers quicker than I expected and I kick his legs from under him and he falls to the floor. "I'm going easy on you." I say to him. He smiles. "Me too." My right brow raises.

Sam gets back onto his feet and does a spinning kick to my chest. I am kicked back a few feet. "Wow." I breathe. "Where did you learn to do that?!" I shout rubbing the side of my chest. "I took five years of Martial arts." He shouts back. "Yeah, well I took twelve." I say to myself. I get onto my feet and do a front flip- regardless of my injuries- and my foot connects with Sam's mouth. He stumbles over his feet and falls to the ground.

"Hey Millie, how do you know who wins?" I question. "The first knockout!" She screams even though she doesn't need to. I give her a thumbs up. I look at Sam abs his face is covered in shock, there is blood dripping down the side of his mouth. "Are you ok?" I ask. "Yeah, just s-shocked." He whispers. I help him up and he goes to sit beside Millie. "I'm done." He says. "No, you aren't. One of you have to knock the other out." She whines.

"Sorry but I'm not getting anymore injuries cause of her. "I also believe you owe me a kiss." He says puckering our his lips. Millie slaps a handful of popcorn on his lips. "Nope, I wanna see a fight first." She says. "I'll fight her." Zack says. All our heads snap to him. "Really?!" Millie asks, joy in her voice. "Yeah, one less Ryder to deal with, right Quinn?" Zack smiles at me. His smile isn't happy. "I have no clue about what you're talking about." I say, playing innocent. "Yeah, I'm sure you don't." He says walking towards me.

As soon as he's in front of me, he doesn't hesitate, he punches me in the face making my head fly back. I raise my head slowly and smile at him. I give him the middle finger and take a few steps back. He has a confused expression on his face. I run up to him and his eyes widen. I tackle him. I'm straddling him until he flips me over and goes to punch me again. I kick him in his crotch. I flip us over and punch him in his face breaking his nose. "I suggest you quit now before I use that other 5%." I seethe.

"I suggest you quit before I put you in an ambulance." He says. I smirk and lower my head do that it's touching his. "Try me." I whisper. I get off of him and wait for him to get up which doesn't take very long. "Come at me, Ryder." I say motioning my hands.
He goes to kick me but I grab his foot and twist it so he loses his balance and falls. Once he is on the ground again, I straddle him and pin his wrists down with my upper arm. I punch him in his face and then I get an idea, I apply pressure to a soft area just before the point where his neck muscles and the jaw line meet. I massage it for five minutes. "Don't try to stop me." I whisper before he falls asleep. I give him one last punch for good measure.

Once I get off him and Millie runs to check to see if her bosses's son is still alive, I walk to the door and open it. I begin walking out but someone grabs my wrist. I turn around and spot Caleb. "Where are you going?" H asks. I pull him into a hug. "Give Zack this and make sure he see's it." I say handing him the piece of paper from the anonymous person that keeps threatening us. He nods his head and let's me go. Finally.