Alone

Chapter V (5)

-Luis' POV-

Max had lead me to his and Caleb's science class, we were sitting in the back of the class with me in-between the brothers. Unfortunately we only managed to say a quick hello and say our names before the teacher walked in and told us to stop chattering. So far the class was going well and I hadn't freaked out... to much and the class was coming to an end in a few minutes so I figured I'd be okay for this lesson.

'Caleb is really sweet... He keeps to himself like me and I don't find him as intimidating compared to Abby and Max, he has this trustworthy aura around him... could I trust these people?'  My thoughts were interrupted by the teacher who was yelling at some kid, I could feel my heart rate spike as she got closer to me since the girl she was mad at was sat a few rows in front of me. She had taken the students book and started to rip it to shreds and had thrown it across the room.

'Why is she so angry?! Is she going to punch her? What if she gets mad at me?! What if she hits me? Or calls father!?' I didn't notice that I was shaking in my seat, scratching at my hand again with tears threatening to fall 'God I'm so weak.' when I felt a tear fall. 

"Luis? Are you okay? Do you want to go to the office?" I heard Caleb's voice called out and felt his hand touch my arm, drawing my attention away from the teacher which somehow helped me to calm down. I turned my head to him and let my eyes meet his now that I felt confident enough to do so. "N-no... I'm... I'm okay now... thanks" I told whispered to him and went back to looking through my book once he gave me a warm smile.

Now that I had calmed down from my freak out I could focus more on what the teacher was saying now that she had also finished her freak out. 'This is pretty easy so far... I'm surprised I understand this... father says I'm stupid so maybe he was wrong? No. he's never wrong.' I shook my head at the stupid thought.

Caleb and I were sitting at a table in the cafeteria while Max went to the bathroom. We were both quite and minding our own business until Denver came up to the table which made me look down at my fingers in my lap, trying to stay calm. "Sup Caleb, how's babysitting going for ya?" Denver laughed and some people close by started to watch on. "What do you want Denver." Caleb replied with an extremely annoyed tone. 'Caleb sounds like a completely different person, I haven't heard him speak to anyone like that yet.' I thought inwardly.

"Oh come on Caleb! Loosen up a bit! Let me have a little fun with the newbie, I have some business with him anyway." Denver said with a light tone like he was joking but his voice got deeper to the end of it so I knew he didn't just want have a 'chat'. 'Would Caleb let him take me? He has no reason to protect me, let alone put up with Denver. I knew I shouldn't have trusted him.' I looked over to him to see that he looked beyond pissed and was now standing up.

'Oh shit... this isn't going to be good is it?' My thoughts were interrupted when someone else entered the conversation, "You better get going Denver. Or do you want me to turn you inside out like last time?" A deep voice laced with venom snapped my attention from Caleb to see where the angry voice came from. 

There, behind Denver stood a very pissed off African-American male who looked like a fucking tank, all I could do was stare in fear as Denver slowly turned around to meet the giant who was looking at him with a piercing gaze. 

"Flynn! Hey... yeah, no, I was just leaving..." Denver gave an awkward smile to the guy called Flynn and the turned his head back to look at me where he gave me a look that could kill. 'There's no way he's going to leave me alone.' I sighed quietly as he left with a group of people who had happened to show up during their show down. 

Once Denver and his friends left everyone went back to their usual chatter and Flynn took a seat next to Caleb which let me catch my breath. "I leave you alone for one second and dick for brains starts harassing you guys! Thanks Flynn for the save there." Max laughed and sat down next to me, 'When did he get back?' I thought while subtly glancing at him but I guess he saw since he lent closer to me, "Hey, Flynn can look scary as fuck but he's a big teddy bear... don't tell him I told you..." I heard Max whisper in my ear, it made me smile a little. 'Maybe I can get use to these people?'