SHATTERED HEARTS

12-Alex

Unknown POV

It had been a week since I came back and I haven't seen her only spotted that tiny friend of hers. Those two are always together so why was the tiny girl by herself and why hadn't I seen Kate.

I don't know why I keep on insisting to see her I should not even wish for such a exquisite wish. I'm not worth even setting my eyes on her. I'm a monster I don't deserve such luxury. But yet here I am approaching the tiny girl she's on her own once again and I don't think she noticed the fellows following her. I wait for her to reach where I am but one of the boys blocks her way and I throw away the idea of waiting for her. She's so tiny she wouldn't be able to hold one with this two. I know I'm not the most saint person I'm worse than them but I can't just watch.

"Do we have a problem?" I question pinning my glare at the boys daringly waiting for one of them to be stupid enough before my gaze focuses on the tiny girl. The two boys were big enough but they couldn't hold one against me. Like I said they were just boys.

"Mind your business man." The taller guy says wrong choice of wording. I pull the girl away from them and place her next to me before punching the taller guy. Who had been giving me a daring gaze while sizing me up. Pretty stupid if you asked me.

"Next time look for your own size and stop bullying one's who can't fight back. Only a coward does that." That statement wasn't just for them but also for me. I mean I attacked an innocent girl. No matter how hard I try to think of that day. I had no reigns to my actions it was like I was in the background watching the scenes play around and not me doing them. I had fought with everything to stop but still in the end I'm a monster who violated an innocent girl. The taller guy tried to attack me but I think his friend was wiser and pulled him back. The two off them left and I turned to see the girl looking at me skeptically. Did she think I wanted to hurt her as well. Well I'm...

"Why did you help me out, who are you and what do you want." She asked in a sassy, bitchy tone and I groaned. For someone this tiny she sure had no control to her tongue.

"A thank you would be nice. And I don't need anything from you just saw a kid being bullied and helped." I said trying not to sound too entitled. She was bitchy and I didn't want to deal with her mouth.

"So you want me to praise the ground you walk on or something. I didn't ask for your help."

"Jesus Christ, that tongue of yours will be your downfall. You sure do know how to throw words at random." At my statement she coiled back as if I'd hit her and tears welled in her eyes. What the hell.

"Can you not cry, I'm not good with tears." I said before pacing wondering what I did this time wrong. I wasn't lying I wasn't good with tears from people I wasn't comfortable with. But for people I was comfortable with I'd tolerate anything. She sniffed before looking away.

"Sorry, thank you for helping me out there." She said before looking away once more.

"It's all good but why are you walking alone and why are they after you." After my question she laughed and I hoped she wasn't about to give me a bitchy answer cause I was about done with her.

"We'll if you can't notice, my skin tone is different and I'm tiny I can't defend myself, they say I'm different in this regards. At least that's the reason they give most of the time. As for my being alone, I'm alone so who else I'm I supposed to walk with." She questioned and I frowned at her. Her being different i wasn't about to engage on that discussion. My Aim was Kate as for her and her issues they didn't concern me. I didn't think she was different. But I had a problem with her attitude that's about it.

So instead I focused on the alone part when I knew she was always accompanied by Kate. I know Kate got done with her highschool but she wouldn't have reported to campus yet. So why was she always alone.

"Don't you have a friend or something." I asked nonchalant. Although I was chasing information I wasn't about to let that fact out or the fact that I was a stalker and I had been stalking her friend and ended up well...

"Not anymore." She said cutting my thoughts short and my nonchalance was soon forgotten.

"What do you mean?" It came about too strong and different scenarios closed my mind had something happened to Kate then I realized my tone and decided to play it cool.

"I mean everyone has a friend so did yours move or what?" I asked hoping whatever my tongue let out wasn't even close to a possibility.

"Yes she moved." She said.

"What! Where?"

"I mean did she move far away." I tried to negotiate for the information and I knew I was coming out too strong and invested but apparently the girl didnt realize.

"She left, I haven't heard from her in over a week and I dont have any way of contacting her not that she'd want me to anyway." She said and her lip quivered but my mind had shut down on the she left and it's been over a week. Well maybe shell be back I tried to console myself. She was probably visiting someone during her break.

"I'm sure she'll be back, she probably went for a visit you don't have to be so sad." I tried to sooth her and assure myself as well.

"No, she left as in left left, not coming back and nobody knows where she's." She replied and my world shut down at that statement. Couldn't for a word or a though in a few seconds before random thoughts suddenly engulfed me. Did she leave because of me, what I did. Regardless she had left and no body knew a thing about her whereabouts. I was to blame.

"Wherever she is, she's alone and hates me to no end, I hate myself too. I'm sorry for bombarding you with my troubles I'll just go ahead. Thank you for helping me out today, at least I got saved from getting more bruises by their hands even if it's only for a day." She said sadly before turning to leave. My mind was on Kate left still, but I heard her clearly and I wanted to know what she meant by Kate hated her but if I chased anymore info she was bound to realize. And before I could think, my mouth had already spilled words out.

"Not only for a day, you just earned yourself a knight." I replied slyly. She looked back and smiled though it didnt reach her eyes.

"I'm Scarlett by the way."

"And I'm Alex."

"Nice to meet you Alex" she called before she left and I was still staring at her back as she disappeared down the road.

My Kate was gone and it probably was my fault. But she would at least have told her best friend where she went. Part of me knew that's why I had rambled about that stupid thought about the knight thing. I hoped she would try to contact the tiny girl and I'd be able to get hints. I was willing to turn myself in but I needed to apologize to her first I owed her that much. And partly for selfish reasons.

And for this reasons I just contracted myself to being a bodyguard to the tiny girl. Problems I didnt have a luxury of entertaining but I found myself in regardless. How ironic. I was the protector now when I was the violator. Eventually I was going to be in a very painful situation now that I've included the tiny girl in my messed up life in regards to her friend.

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