Bitter love

Chapter 1

My knees burn from the fresh scrapes.

" don't fucking push her!" Alex's furious yell cuts through the air as he tackles Billy buemus to the ground.

" I'm fine" I huff, before turning to Lorette, who's hanging on the back of Billy's brother.

I rush towards them, punching The brother in his face, as he struggles to un-latch Lorette's arms from around his neck. he stumble backwards from my assault and Lorette leaps off effortlessly.

Billy is now getting the tar beat out of him by Alex, and doesn't even notice that his brother just dashed off and left him to fend for himself. what a pussy.

" Stop stop!" Billy holds up his hands, hiding behind them.

Alex's fist lingers over his face, waiting for Billy's next move.

" I'm sorry ok, I give up you win" He's crying now, but his face also holds a scowl, not a very good looking combination.

"get out of here" I warn as Alex releases Billy's collar and takes off in the same direction as his brother.

" you ok?" Alex asks me and Lorette as he wipes his bloody knuckles on his black t-shirt.

" Yes" we both say, rolling our eyes in unison. leave it to Alex to be the big brother of the operation.

" you think he'll try and fight us again?" Lorette asks as we make our way out of the alley way.

" yea of course it's billy" Alex laughs and gives Lorette a playful rub on the head she shrugs him off and swats at him.

" hopefully he brings back up" I say, and we all chuckle.

ever since the first week of freshmen year, Billy has been out to get us, he keeps saying his junior friend Oscar is gonna put us in our place. It's hard to believe anything that comes out o that kids mouth.

" so are you gonna bring Griffin around again?" I ask Alex, winking at Lorette who glares at me, even though the wink goes undetected by her brother.

" Yea, why you like him" Alex teases me, though I sense a form of seriousness behind his eyes.

" noo, I'm just wondering, he seems cool" I shrug.

" I mean he did get us our first ounce of weed, so like he's definitely on my bestfriends list" Lorette wiggles her eyebrows.

" yea he won't be doing that anymore" Alex shakes his head, a smile still plain as day on his face.

" shit" Lorette grabs both of our hands and pulls us back against the stone wall building that we were just about to finish walking around.

" mom" she whispers and me and Alex peer around the side of the building.

Their mom is wearing a white blouse tucked into a pencil skirt, her long chocolate brown hair curled neatly. she just got off work. she gets of the same time we get out of school.

" if she sees you covered in blood like this, she's gonna ground us for life" Lorette warns, her voice still at a whisper, a high pitched whisper, and Alex stares down at his busted knuckles and bloodied shirt.

" you guys go this way, take the long way around" I point to the small path leading behind the building their mother is standing in front of. " i'll stall her long enough for you to get home" I explain my plan, tucking strand of long blonde hair behind my ear.

" ok" Lorette stalks off down the path and Alex stays behind.

" what?" I impatiently ask him.

" You are just so street smart" he teases, and I wave him away, smiling at his playful compliment.