My Angel, My protector

My Angel & My protector

Freya’s P.O.V

    We reached the building where Jake’s apartment is. We parked the car in the parking lot, then went upstairs to the seventh floor.

    “Hadn’t it been better if we took the elevator rather than the stairs?” she panted.

    “I’m sorry Lex, but you know my situation. Come on, there are only two floors left.” I sighed. She gave me a small smile and we continued going upstairs.  

    We entered the apartment, and immediately walked through the crowd. As we spotted Jake and our friends by the bar, we went over to them.

    “Hey Jake! Cool party.” Lexi said batting her lashes. She had a crush on him for a while.

    “Hey Lex!” he winked at her then looked at me “and Freya.” He added smiling at me.

     The music wasn’t very loud so we could hear ourselves clearly. We started talking about school and other stuff for a while, then Jake went to the kitchen to bring us soft drinks. An hour had passed, we were enjoying the party, playing silly games and laughing at each other. Lexi received a call, she told me she was going to head outside to answer it, and I just nodded. Ten minutes have passed, and she hadn’t come back, I was worried, so I decided to check on her. I went outside and I didn’t find her anywhere, therefore I went into the kitchen to call her. As I entered, I saw a muscular man in his mid-twenties leaning on the counter taking a sip of his drink. I called her twice, but she didn’t pick up which made me panic. What if something happened to her? Is she okay? I was pulled out of my thoughts when I felt the man’s gaze boring into my back, making me nervous. “Her mom must have called her to get her something” I calmed my self with positive thoughts and when I was about to head back, the man blocked my way.  

    “Where are you going baby?” He asked, eyeing my body from head to toe.

     Baby?? What the hell? I looked discussed at this creepy creature in front of me.

    “Don’t call me baby, and please move for me.” I replied feeling the level of anger rising up in me. Yes, I might be a shy girl, but that doesn’t mean that I let a stranger address me like that.

    “Don’t get angry.” He licked his lips, “We can have a lot of fun hot stuff!” he added winking at me.

    I can’t get it, why can’t boys just understand that a NO is a NO.

    “No! Now please move.” I shouted at him hoping that he would move, but he didn’t, so I pushed him against the wall, and I scurried towards the door. Suddenly, he grabbed my wrist with his hand hard enough to make me turn and face him.

    “What are you doing? Leave me alone.” I shouted with fear.

    “Of course, I am going to leave you only after having some fun.” He said smirking and grabbing my other wrist with his.

    At this moment, fear started taking over my body, but it wasn’t the time for getting weak. I tried with all my forces to remove his hands off me, but my efforts failed as I felt his grip tighten more around my wrists. I could feel tears falling down my face, and my lips hissing in pain. I was hoping It was just a nightmare and all this wasn’t happening now. Suddenly, the boy in front of me received a punch on his face causing him to land on the floor. Unfortunately, for my bad luck, I was also about to fall with him because of the impact of the intruder’s strong punch. I closed my eyes tightly, preparing myself to the upcoming smash, yet I didn’t. Instead, I felt two arms wrapped around my waist. I opened my eyes slowly to be met with those mesmerizing green orbs… I’ve seen those eyes before, but where? We were looking at each other for what felt like hours, I immediately straightened up.

     “Umm… Thank you.” I broke the silence between us.

    “Are you okay? Do you want me to accompany you to your friends?” He asked.

     “I was scared, but now I’m better. I don’t know, I guess she left and I was supposed to go with her.” I said in a sad tone, I was really scared to go back on my own.

     “Okay, grab your stuff I’m going to take you home.” He said seriously.

     “But you don-“ I tried to protest, but he cut me off.

     “No buts. You can hold my arm if that makes you feel better. You look afraid.” He said looking worried.

     I looked at him and then nodded, grabbing his arm standing far from him. He didn’t say anything as if he understood me. We walked past the man who nearly attacked me, he was covering his b****y nose with tissues as a result of the punch. He started looking at me as if he wanted to punch me, I immediately moved closer to my protector…Umm I mean the boy that saved me, he put a hand around my shoulder and gave me a -don’t be worried look- and glared at the man that is sitting on the floor causing him to look away from me. We walked through the crowd, leaving the apartment, these few minutes with him holding me tightly, made me feel safe. I guess I am imagining things, right?

     We parted as he pressed the going down bottom of the elevator and I started to panic. “I ca… can’t use the elevator.” I stuttered.    

     He looked at me confused, raising his eyebrow.  

    “Because I have claustrophobia…” I stated, “It is the fear of confined places like elevators, closed rooms without windows etc.… and trust me it affects me badly, and I don’t want to make my night any worse.” I added.

    He didn’t say a word, he just grabbed my hand in his and went down the stairs. I was surprised by his action; he was being such a gentleman which I liked. We got into the car, and I told him Lexis’s address because I got a call earlier from my parents telling me that they went to the other side of the city and would be back late, plus my brother was hanging out at his friend’s house, which means sleepover..yeyyy.

    The whole ride was in complete silence, but a comfortable one. I took the chance to look at him. He is tall and had a sculpt body that was shown from his tight shirt. His hair was dark brown, his magical eyes were green, and his lips were small. He was very handsome. I was pulled out from my wonderland when I heard his soft voice.

     “Hey, we reached… um?!” He wondered about my name.

    “Fre-“ I was just about to tell him my name when he interrupted me.

     “What happened to your wrists?” He asked worriedly, he took them by his hands brushing his fingers gently on my red wrists.

    “It must have been bruised earlier when that man held them harshly.” I replied remembering the incident.

    I looked at him and notice that his eyes darkened, they looked furious and angry. “That bastard!” He took a few deep breaths, he calmed himself and added “I’m sorry I should’ve been there before you got hurt.”

    “No, I can’t be more grateful. If you weren’t there, I don’t know what could have happened. Thank you very much.” I said smiling meaning every word that came out of my mouth. I got out of the car and knocked the door stealing a final glance at him which he returned. My cheeks heated up as these words left his lips.

    “Goodnight, my angel.” He smiled at me.

    “Goodnight, my protector.” I replied smiling as I went inside.