BOUNDLESS - Finn Shelby

7.

"Ga, can you please tell me what happened?" Evelyn was trying to keep up with Gaia as she kept walking briskly, mad for what just happened.

The girl didn't respond. She was too drawn to her inner thoughts to even listen to what Eve asked her.

"How am I supposed to help you if you keep ignoring me?" she lamented whilst attempting to take her by her arm.
When she finally caught what her friend was saying, Gaia abruptly stopped scurrying, making Eve almost crashing to her.

"He said I'm a whore" she confessed bitterly, looking at the ground to avoid eye contact with her.

"Wait, what? Are you talking about Finn!?" her eyes widened as if she scarcely believe what she just heard.

"Yes, I'm talking about him. He humiliated me in front of a fucking cunt by saying I was acting like a bitch" she snapped.
A look of pure disgust appeared on her eyes: saying it lusty harmed her more than the story itself.

"I can't believe he really said that..."
Eve was staggered: her friend always talked so nicely about Finn, and now he came up with this bullshit.

The two girls remained quiet until they reached the taxi waiting for them: Gaia wasn't in the right mood to start a conversation, while Evelyn needed a bit of time to process what her friend just told her.

"So, what happens now?" Eve carried on as she opened the car door.

"He really thinks that was my 'whore attitude'? Finn dear, you didn't even get a taste of what I'm capable of. " Gaia scoffed.
She stopped talking to Eve for a moment, telling the taxi driver where they were headed to.
"I think I'm gonna show him what my real 'slutty behavior' is, so he'll think twice before saying such a thing the next time."

FINN'S POV

As Isaiah passed me a glass of whiskey, he started asking questions about what happened today.

"so, have you talked to Gaia yet?"

"No, I went to hers this afternoon but she wasn't there," I mumbled, my voice full of remorse for what I did.

As I sipped the last drop of whiskey left in the cup, I slightly turned around to look the bartender in the eyes.
"Hey Mickey, can you give me another glass please?" I requested as I gave him the empty one.

"slow down with all this whiskey, for God Sake. If you die here in the Garrison I'll be the one to move your dirty corpse off the floor, and I'd rather not to" Isaiah rebuked me.

"Moreover, what if She walks through that door and decides to talk with you? Are you going to apologize while half-drunk?"

"Fuck off."
I low-key knew my friend was right, but at that moment I wanted to erase the memory of what happened this morning. And what's better than a glass of alcohol when you want to forget something?

I quickly grabbed my cup when Mickey finished to fill it.
All the drinking relaxed me for a moment, but that moment ended when I saw Isaiah's shocked face looking towards the door.
"Speaking of the devil..."

I sharply whirled around to see what he was talking about, and I almost wanted to disbelieve my eyes: A drunk Gaia in high heels and an extremely tight dress staggered through the door, throwing herself into the hands of a boy who was sitting at the table closest to the entrance.

"do you want to fuck, honey?" She giggled whilst wrapping her hands around his neck.
"Well, since you're asking so nicely..."
The guy didn't certainly hold back: he took her by the hips and made her sit on his lap.

"what the hell are you doing?" I shouted at her as I approached the two of them.
A fit of jealousy made my blood boil. Gaia and I were just friends, but seeing that guy laying hands on her while she was clearly intoxicated drove me fucking crazy.

"What do you want Finn? As you can see I'm already booked by this handsome guy, so why don't you go find another slut for the night?"
She lamented.
Gaia then took his head and started kissing him on the sides of his mouth, keeping her eyes fixed on me.

When I realized I couldn't get her to stop acting like that, I turned to the boy, trying to use all the calm I had in my body not to kill him.
"Well, here's the deal: if you don't take your dirty hands off her body I swear, you won't come out of here alive"
I then ordered Isaiah to get everyone out of the pub so we could solve the matter without prying eyes.

"and who the hell are you to threaten me like that? She's the one who started this, and I'm not leaving here unless the little bitch gives me a blow job" the guy said, taking her by the hair to get the girl closer to him.

Gaia kept quiet about that statement, but when I thought she was finally done with this shit, her hand approached to the boy's pants.
That was the last straw that broke the camel's back.

"Who am I? Who am I... I'm Finn fucking Shelby, that's who I am; And if you don't get out of this fucking pub in 10 seconds, I'm gonna blow your stupid ass off." I yelled, pointing my gun at the boy's head.

He immediately let go of his hold, moving as far away from her as possible. The guys looked at the ground; I could see the terror on his eyes.

"Ok man, there's no need to get so upset. I'm going" he gasped, taking his stuff and leaving me and Gaia alone.

"What is wrong with you? I was just having some fun!" She mumbled in a childish way.

"Yeah, we will talk about this tomorrow, when you'll be sober. Now, Can Evelyn come and get you?" I asked her. I knew she wouldn't let me or Isaiah drive her home, and calling a cab was out of the question: I would never leave her in a car with some stranger knowing that she could make all that scene once again.

"I have no idea where she is, but definitely not at home. Now, can you leave me alone please?"
She reached a pint of beer with her hand, but I took it from her before she could drink it.

"You've had enough of that already."
I scoffed her, moving all the glasses on the table out of her reach.

"Whatever. I guess I'm just going to take a little nap" she said, getting comfortable in her chair.

To let Gaia sleep in the pub was not a bad idea: I could have stayed with her the whole night, making sure she'll not make any more troubles. 

"Okay then: you can sleep here, but only if you go to the private room so that nothing can happen to you."
"Fine" She snorted as she got up and make her way to the table.

I was about to reach her when Isaiah entered the local.
"Finn I made sure no one will say a word about what happened tonight" he took one of the chairs and sat down.
"Do you want me to do something else?" The guy carried on.

"Actually, yes. Can you please tell Tommy and Arthur not to come here to the Garrison tomorrow morning? Make up some excuse, no matter what."
I began to put in their place the glasses left on the tables.

"Sure, but you're gonna be the one to explain to your brothers what happened today. We clear?" he asked me.

"However you want. Now go please. I still have to make things right with Gaia" I told him.
"See you tomorrow then" he said as I watched him leaving the pub.

I then went to the private room to talk to Gaia, but when I entered she was already immersed in the world of dreams.
I laid myself in the other part of the room, trying not to touch her body to avoid waking her up, and closed my eyes hoping that tomorrow will be better than today.