The Five

Chapter 5...

"What the actual hell..." So, we pulled up to the house of the party and it's already beat. It's raging. It looks just like a scene from a cringy teen movie. There are red solo cups littered all over the enormous front lawn and teens dry humping each other on walls. Once we all get over the fact that the house is huge. Even bigger than ours, we walk up to the house. We're welcomed inside and greeted with drunk, swaying bodies. The music is on full blast and everybody's belting out lyrics to it. I immediately realize this isn't my scene. I close my eyes and take a deep breath. When I open them, someone's breath is on my neck. I know who it is. It always smells like mint.

"Are you okay?" He ask

"Nik, what--what do--what are you doing." I stuttered out. I have no idea why he does this to me. Trust me. I'm not that girl who swoons over fine ass guys. No matter what. I have a strict "no swooning" rule in place.

"I'm asking a question." I feel the smirk on his lips against my neck.

"Well in that case," I shrug from under his touch and face him. I narrow my eyes "I'm good."

"You seem overwhelmed. Are you?"

"It's just sensory overload. I am fine." I turn to walk away and bump into some girl. Her drink spills all over her.

"Oh, I'm sor..." I start

"You bitch!" She screams

I scoff and breathe out a laugh "Okay, I'm no ones bitch now."

She blinks and her posture slacks. "Whatever." She turns and struts away.

"Feisty are we?" I hear Torres speak.

"I thought it was kind of conveyed that if any of us saw you again, your blood will be spilled? No? Pity." I sneer

"I need you to listen to me." His voice isn't joking anymore and I turn to see neither is his face. I work my jaw. Then Syn and Veens expression at the mall flash through my face.

"I'm okay." I try to walk away but he grabs my wrist. I flick my wrist back and twist as far as I can. His expression is pained. I turn up my lip and say "Don't fucking touch me."

"Okay, okay, I swear I won't touch you again."

"I'm leaving. You're an asshole and you've clearly done something bad."

"Who says I was the one in the wrong?"

"Everyone." I whisper yell. I then realized I don't even know what he did.

"Do you know what I did," he pauses and once he realizes I'm not going to say anything because I don't know, he continues. "I tried to kill Synbia. Then when Naveen tried to stop me," He closes his eyes and breathes "I killed him."

"Well clearly you didn't do too good a job. Now did you?"

"If I wanted to, I could've. But I didn't. I planned it so."

I cross my arms and level him with my glare. "You're lying." I tried to believe he was lying. I couldn't find a tell. All I could see was sincerity.
"No. I'm not. I swear on my..."

"Get the fuck away from her. Torres, you don't listen." Nik was behind him with his blade pressed against his throat. I can't believe I didn't notice him walk up. "Now, I'm gonna walk you out the door of this party and you are going to stay out of Syns life and anything that connects to her. Or so help me I will kill you."