Valiant
THING
hrob I felt came from the back of my head. The unb
the school's empty hallway. . . Being
with little energy I had left in me. Holding o
he hell
ch and with the flip of my finger, the place was bathed with poor dim light. I blinked repeatedly until my vision re
The first thing I did was panic, I needed to get out of there
part from- a mop stick, a broom and a dustpan. In an attempt to try my luck, I picked up the mop s
fists kept colliding with the door as I scre
d. School was long over so who would even be around? I kicked t
gradually loosing oxygen. Think Carla. I closed my eyes for a brief moment and opened them back immediately, I was scared- s
re was a
jump slightly with tensed shoulders. I rose up, terrified- it was happening again. The thud di
e that hit me like a rock, I was bound to keep them shut. A
h
han an hour. My cheeks are stained with river flowing tears as I beg for freedom. The emptiness I always feel in the pit
e, let me
et the door open," came his evil vo
a locked room, with hard concrete- no door, no window. Cl
!" I
e but she doesn't hear
e you? Please re
in
ar
hing anymore, even my
e s
thing stops in
my peripheral vision, I could make out the walls closing in. What the-? Everything was spinning, the
, my vision was blurring, my breathing was difficult. I banged the door again, my weak voice foll
s too weak to stand. My eyelids suddenly became more heavy, they wante
ff as I banged the door lazily,
someone was there. With a hopeful sigh, I banged the door
ed and I fell into someone's arms. The last thing I remembered was the pair of muscular arms
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's with th
me from my slumber. I was wild awake but too lazy to keep my eyes opened. After what happened, my venomous fear
hat clouded my vision. As everything came into focus, I observed my surrounding- poster
here was a dim orange glow that came from the window that was slightly c
ache hit me so hard t
er
n I turned to the direction of the
his good looks. The air around him was different, lips pressed in a thin line, eyes dr
m him or not but when I felt how dry my
hroat, it left a trail of relief. When I was done, I shoved the cup back i
turning to me. I watched him take a seat on th
slowly curled up in a smirk- a
am I
ly. "I found you all pale and sweaty in the
on on his unfortunately gorgeous face. I held his eyes capti
ed and stood in front of him. "You an
d've done that since they ha
eally confused but
"I'm going to teach you a very valuable lesson." I grabbed a hold o
fuck are y
had gathered. "I don't let peopl
ound to listen to anymore rubbish from him. I
out of his grip which got him
and he pinned both of my wrists down on it, a sigh f
aining to do. "Look, I have nothing to do with whatever happened, I onl
rom me, and unto the bed, this time I hovered over him. My hands were placed on his toned ches
I have no fucking clue on how you got trapped in there. I heard you cal
on top of me, he was now staring intently at me, waiting for my next action. Locks of hair stick to h
calm and lost his electrifying shade of blue eyes were soft rather than cold and hard. From where my hands were placed
ly punched myself.
en I was back; "You need to stop messing with my head. Who could've knocked me u
he could rip his hair out in few seconds, and I was
ed against the wall, trapped between his hands, and his face few inches from mine. Nei
esh breath fanning my face. "I don't know what happened
d me in the closet?" The tendency at which m
at
atever he had to say. The voice sounded like it c
ce also echoed then- the sound of s
that the situation we were in wasn't a nic
xt action as I was still trapped be
d my eyebrows s
voice held no ro
whispered back since he
the room until they fe
n a knock on the door rang in my ears, I was forced
followed by the door being opened and
ey going?- wa
ee- No." There was humour in his voice wh
oing to
lot of things I need to do so-
sigh. "If
tely zoned out from whatever discussions they were having.
it- B
ged to reach for the pocket of my jeans but I didn't find my phone. I check
n come
d a better place for me to hide." I narrowed my eyes at him. "But it's okay, at least I
huck
lut. "I'm not like the other guys so I don't sleep out-
it
s had I menti
said slide and asked, "An
handed it to me. I rolled my eyes and tried t
ustration. "God
ands while I was on the verge of losing i
id you go thro
just observed besides, there wer
hands towards him, and he d
e were a lot of me
are u?
esponding? I'm s
picking my
u anywhere. . . I
thout wasting time, I gave her a
nothing happened- but I'll make sure to
p at the boxer.
f," he offered and I had no
that," I told him so dryly, m
need a lot of rest and it's not advisable for yo
oes he gain from all this. I gave him a s
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st forms of destruction. The cool evening breeze blew and kissed my face so ten
lly wished my life was as cool and calm as the evenings. Ever since I was brought into this world, my life had been the opposite of
, and despite the fact that the past trapped in the d
hat I wasn't supposed to go about thinking abou
staring out the window with a numb mind. The car seats smelled exactly like him and the int
was also lost in his own thoughts. The constant furrowing of his eyebrow
dy too late as he had caught me st
was just wondering what that ugly thing on you
re already on the campus. He averted his gaze back to me whilst I tuck
out of his car, and watched his Me
t guilty to have had her sick worried when I was with the boxer guy.
d, "The boxer guy had saved me." Though it seem
"I was so worried when you didn't respond
way I already ate the pizza I order
no reason. "First, I need some pain
I sipped on my smoothie by the time our order cam
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