Tearlet

Chapter 19

Ch. 19-

I pull her hands away from her face, "Trust me, Skyler. I will do whatever I can to help you." I say with the most sincerity.

She looks up at me with her wide brown eyes, "Why?" Silent tears pour down her face, "Why are you being so nice to me all of a sudden when you have just been treating me like shit this past weeks?"

"I am sorry. I do not know why I reacted in the way I did," I say, softly, "All I know is that I regret ever hurting you. I should have just asked for your side of the story instead of blindly listening to what anyone else have told me."

From these words Skyler breaks down into a puddle of tears. She begins to sob quietly and buries her face in my chest. All I want to do now is protect her. She was being used by everyone close to her and now the person she loves most is sick. All I want to do is hold her. My arms wrap loosely around her and I brush the back of her head. All I want to do is tell her it will be okay. I wrap my arms around her tighter not wanting to let her go and fall into the arms of Richard or Courtney again. This is truly the first time I ever felt the need to protect another person. My heart swells with warmth as I embrace her tighter.

I hear someone struggle with the locked doorknob and rattle the handle. We both turn to look at the door and then we look at each other. I chuckle as Skyler turns into a bright shade of pink.

"I guess it is time to go back to class." She says as she looks down at my chest for I still have her in my embrace.

"Yeah." I agree, but neither of us move.

She continues to stare at the white buttons of my shirt, "What are you going to do about Richard?" She asks as she plays with one of the buttons, "You kicked him pretty hard."

"Well, he deserved it."

"Yeah, but he's from a very wealthy and a very powerful family." She says as she looks up at me, worried.

"You have no idea how powerful my father is." I say proud, that Mr.Alamy is my Dad, for a split second.

She twists the button and stares off somewhere else, "Hopefully," She says, quietly.

"Anyways, we have to go before a girl pees on herself from waiting for so long." She says, jokingly, and smiles up at me. Her eyes twinkle and I nod my head agreeing to her statement.

I let go of her small body and watch as she turns to the sink. Skyler looks at her reflection, she ruffles her hair a bit and brushes it with her fingers. She continues to play with her hair and huffs to herself.

"Skyler, you look amazing." I tell her.

She blushes, "Oh, sorry."

"Okay, should you leave first and I can leave after you?" I suggest.

She nods her head in agreement and unlocks the door before she leaves she turns around and smiles, "By the way, thank you for helping." She says.

"No problem," I reply as she smiles and slips out the door.

I smile to myself. How can things change so quickly in a few minutes? I look down at my watch calculating the time that I should exit with her already gone. I play for twenty seconds and begin to count. Before I pass the third second a female voice from outside the bathroom calls out to Skyler.

"Miss Williams," She asks.

"Yes," Skyler answers.

"Was Mr.Alamy with you?" She says.

It becomes quiet and the door slowly opens. A woman stands in the doorway with her eyes narrowed. The same woman that called for me the last time I hit Richard. She looks at me and then at Skyler. She glances back at us both twice and shakes her head probably thinking the worst.