The Beginning to an end

Chapter Five:

Drake POV

After my fiery angel left, I walked out and to my next class. I saw my friends a couple rows back and sat with them but didn’t really pay attention to what they were talking about. I spaced out the entire class, picked up the homework and went to my next one; this continued until lunch came around. As I exited my class, I practically ran to my locker to put my stuff away and made my way to the cafeteria with the hope of seeing my angel; I really need to ask what her name is; I sound like a creepy stalker calling her angel or gorgeous all the time.

I walked into the cafeteria and grabbed my lunch, looking around the room for any sign of her. I spotted her at one of the corner tables, talking and laughing with her friend. I could hear my friends and Kelsey calling for me but I ignored them as I made my way to her. Her friend noticed me before she did. I sat next to my angel, her friend and I staring at each other before she smiled and I moved my gaze to my angel.

“Can we help you, Drake?”

“I’m here to sit with you guys. Is that a problem?” 

“Well, you’ve already made yourself comfortable so I guess not.” I smiled as I saw her fidget under my stare before she sighed and looked at me. 

“Why are you really here, Drake? Knowing who you are, you have an ulterior motive.”

“It hurts that you don’t believe me when I say I’m just here to hang out with you since you ran away from me not once, but twice. That hurts, you know. Right here.” I put my hand over my chest where my heart is and pretended to be hurt; which in return earned me an elbow to my side. I winced but tried to hide it. Damn.. she’s strong.

“Wait… What? What do you mean she ran away from you twice? It was only once; this morning in the parking lot. When was the other time? Rose?” so that’s her name.. It’s perfect for her.

“I don’t know what he’s talking about Pheob’s. I honestly don’t.” 

“So Rose? That’s a pretty name. It suits you.”

“Careful Drake; you’re playboy side is showing. Again.” I laughed and looked up, smirking when I saw my best friend’s Alex and Justin walking over to us with their lunches but it slipped when I saw Kelsey walking behind them, and she looked PISSED. I sighed and sat closer to Rose.

“Why the hell are you getting so close to me?”

“Because I want to be close to you.. And because my friends are walking over here and are about to sit down.” right as I said that, two trays filled with food were dropped onto the table, followed by Alex and Justin falling onto the seats next to me while Kelsey stood in front; staring at all of us with her arms crossed before glaring at Rose who sighed.

“Can we help you, cake face?” her friend snickered next to her before patting her leg a few times. Kelsey walked forward, I looked down and saw her hands clenched into fists by her sides. I started to get up to stop her when a hand grabbed mine. I looked over at Rose and then to her hand grasping mine; looking back and forth between the two. She pulled me back down and squeezed my hand.

“Don’t get in the way. I got this.” if I wasn't sitting close to her, I wouldn’t have heard her but I did. I forced myself to calm down and squeezed her hand back as we all stared at Kelsey.

“Babe? Why are you sitting back here with these losers?” her glare becoming more and more sharp at Rose who, from what I can see, has a bored look on her face.  

“Because I want to? I don’t have to explain myself to you. Last time I checked, we aren’t dating anymore.” I watched as a flurry of emotions crossed her face before settling onto just one; anger. She stepped forward, placing her hands on the table and leaning forward.

“Oh really? Who said we aren’t dating anymore? Because I sure as hell didn’t! I decide when we break up; not you or any thing else!” she spat at mainly Rose who gripped my hand harder and I was afraid she was going to break it if she kept squeezing. I looked over and saw her friend moving closer to her. 

“After all; what makes this b***h so interesting?! She’s nothing but a commoner b***h! There’s a reason why nobody wants to be around her; she’s ugly and fat. She’s nothing and that’s all she ever will be; NOTHING!! The fact that she wears a hood all the time proves just how ugly she really is!”

“YOU b***h!! SHUT YOUR CAKE FACED MOUTH RIGHT NOW BEFORE I DO IT FOR YOU!! Her friend shot up from the bench and launched herself at Kelsey who stood shocked before she composed herself.

“ENOUGH!!” all heads snapped towards Rose as everyone froze at the power in her voice as it echoed throughout the entire cafeteria. I looked around at everyone’s faces; some shocked, some scared. I looked back at Rose and froze as I looked at her face from where her hood slipped down. A shiver ran down my spine as I looked at how calm she looked but her eyes looked like she was ready to murder someone. I was too focused on staring at her when I barely registered her squeezing my hand and standing up. 

“Phoebe.” I saw her friend flinch at how calm her voice sounded. Everyone relaxed at hearing it but her friend didn’t; something tells me that she knows just how pissed she is. Rose walked out from the bench as her friend turned towards her and froze; I’m guessing she just saw her eyes and body posture. Rose raised her head as her friend gulped. Rose raised her hand and pointed to where Phoebe was sitting a few moments ago.

“Sit.” Phoebe nodded her head quickly and ran for her seat. I can feel how scared she was and to be honest I was too. Whether it’s for myself, my friends, or Kelsey; I’m not sure. I watched as she took a step forward than another.

“You know what, Kelsey? I’m getting really sick and tired of your attitude towards me, my friend and basically everyone else around this school.” her voice never strayed from the calm tone it was in. Kelsey stood still as Rose stopped a few feet away from her. She leaned forward to whisper in her ear and watched Kelsey tense.

“I think it would be good to knock you down a few pegs. Don’t you agree?” she whispered loud enough for everyone close to hear. There were some gasps and hushed talking after that as Rose leaned back and tilted her head to the side. 

“Uh… um…” Kelsey stuttered as she looked around and her gaze stopped on me as I caught the helpless and scared look in her eyes; asking me to help her as she sucked in a breath and held it. 

“But… As much as I would love to finally give you what you deserve, I won’t.” Kelsey released the breath she was holding and Rose turned around before turning her head to look at Kelsey.

“Yet.” she started to walk back towards the table, and I took the chance to took around the room. Her friend Phoebe looked relieved that nothing happened, Alex and Justin looked like they were trying hard not to laugh and if I’m being honest so am I. I looked back at Kelsey and she looked like she was about to murder Rose. I barely registered her moving forward and grabbing the hood of Rose’s jacket; yanking it down and pushing her to the ground with some much strength that I had no idea she had. Everyone gasped as the sound of Rose connecting to the floor echoed throughout.

“Rose!” Phoebe screamed and ran to her friend, checking to see if she was ok. “Are you ok!? Here, lift your head a bit and let me see… Oh my god!! Rose, you’re bleeding!!!” I jumped up from my seat and ran over to them. 

“I’m fine, Fee. Promise.” I kneeled down in front of her and cradled her head in my hands, gently lifting it up so I could see her face. Her beautiful chocolate brown eyes met mine as I slowly turned her head from side to side, examining it carefully. Her head must of hit the floor because her forehead has a huge gash on the left side of it. I brought my hand up and lightly touched around it, drawing back when she winced.

“s**t… That hurts like a bitch.” I was about to say something when she was ripped from my grasp. I looked up and saw Kelsey pulling her by her jacket hood. What the f**k is up with this chick? She’s f*****g psycho!!

“I’m getting sick and tired of my man being all lovey dovey with you, b***h! It’s really starting to piss me!!”

“Yeah well you’re stupid nasally voice is really starting to give me headache. And I’m so done with this shit.” we all watched in slow motion as Rose jammed her elbow down on Kelsey’s toes. She screamed and let go of Rose who stood up without a care in the world. She dusted herself off and kept her back towards the crowd. I heard my friends inhale a sharp breath and looked over to see them staring at Rose. At first I thought it was because of the gash but as I looked closer at them, I figured it was because her hood was off. 

“Damn! She’s hot as hell!!”

“Holy s**t!” I stood there, lost in my thoughts.

“I’M GOING TO KILL YOU!!” Kelsey screamed

“I’d love to see you try, fish face.” Alex, Justin, Phoebe and I all busted out laughing.

That was a new one… I think I like that one better than “cake face”. Kelsey screamed and ran towards Rose as she stood still. Right before Kelsey reached for her, she dodged, moved to the side and stuck her foot out, tripping Kelsey and watched as she fell the floor but as she got back up, she looked furious and I was starting to fear for Rose.

“Don’t worry. Rose will be fine. She’s taken harder hits then this over the years.” I looked over at Phoebe and she had a small smile.

“Are you sure? The gash looked bad and I don’t think it’s a good idea for her to be standing up by herself let alone moving around so fast.” 

“She knows what she’s doing Drake but you are right. She shouldn’t be moving around at all and she knows it too, like I said; this isn’t the first hit she’s taken; to the head or anywhere else. If you look closely, you can see she’s not really moving fast at all; she’s using her weight and sliding her feet where she wants it to go while she moves her body there after she plants her feet to ground, firmly.” I looked over at Rose and watched. Sure enough she was doing exactly what Phoebe said. She was moving slowly and gracefully but to anyone not really paying attention, it would look like she is moving quickly. Watching her move was beautiful and I couldn’t take my eyes off her; until Kelsey launched herself at Rose and both of them fell to the floor. She tried hitting Rose but was blocked. We all watched as she landed a few blows to Rose’s sides and face before bringing her knee down onto her stomach. Rose quickly recovered, throwing Kelsey off her. She slid across the floor as Rose sat up, bringing her hand up to her mouth and wiping the blood from her lip that was split. 

“Not bad. Not bad at all. Who know that a toothpick like you could fight. Well… Sorta at least. Though if I’m being honest, you’re technique could be better. For example: when you go to hit someone, put all of your body weight on the foot you lead with and use all your strength to hit said person. ” she smiled as she looked Kelsey up and down before laughing “frankly, you need to work on both technique and strength; seeing as your a cheerleader, the head one at that, you would think that you would have hella strong core and body muscles; but guess not.” she shrugged and started to walk past her to get back to all of us but didn’t get very far as Kelsey pushed her into a table. Her back was to Kelsey but the guys, Phoebe and I could see Rose in a lot of pain. I started walking over to help her but stopped when she looked at me and held a hand out. I was pulled back by Phoebe and the guys, I was looking at all of them when Phoebe stepped in front of me.

“I told you; she will be fine. Just stand here and wait, it will be over soon. Can you guys make sure your friend doesn’t try to go over and interfere please? I’m going to get Rose and mine’s stuff together so we can leave immediately. Thanks.” she walked over towards the table and I watched as I felt Alex And Justin come up to stand behind me.

“Don’t worry, Drake. From what we’ve been seeing so far, she’ll be fine besides having a few bruises, a swollen lip for a day or so and the gash on her head. All in all she’ll be fine. If not, she has you, her friend and us to keep her company in the meantime.” Alex placed a hand on my shoulder as his twin brother moved next to me. We watched as Rose stood up and turned around to lean against the table. Everyone gasped as they finally saw her face that has been hiding underneath the hood all of high school. 

“So you like to play dirty do you? Two can play at that game. But I’m tired of this stupid fight and want to get this over and done with so…  Bring it on, fish cake.” In the blink of an eye, Rose launched herself at Kelsey who went into a defensive position, ready for her move; only to be fooled. Rose brought her hand up like she was going to punch Kelsey’s side but moved at the last minute and landed a punch to her face. It all happened in slow motion as everyone watched as Kelsey fell to the floor; Rose knocked her out cold, with one punch. Rose sighed and knelt down, pressing two fingers to her neck, almost like she was checking for a pulse. She stood up and started to walk back to us. Phoebe ran over to her and put an arm around her waist. 

“Can one of you guys grab her bag please? And one or two of you guys who are just standing there gawking in the crowd, can you guys come grab queen b***h and take her to the infirmary please?” she started to go towards the door when Rose lightly pushed her arm away.

“Rose?”

“I’m fine.” she turned towards us and looked at Alex and Justin before looking between both of them. “Can one of you guys pick her up please? And follow us to the infirmary.” she turned around, walking towards the door with Phoebe following close behind her, both of them whispering, well Phoebe whispering and Rose listening. I looked over to Alex and Justin before Alex picked up Kelsey and all of us walking quickly to catch up the girls. We walked out of the cafeteria and turned the corner, coming to a stop as I saw Rose leaning on the wall, slightly hunched over as she was breathing heavily. I quickly walked up to them and turned Rose to me and holy f**k, she didn’t look so good. Her skin was pale, she was sweating and the gash on her forehead was bleeding a lot now. I went to pick her up but she slapped my hands away.

“Rose. We need to get you to the infirmary or the hospital. We’ll get to either one faster if Drake carries you. Since I know you don’t want to go the hospital just shut up and let him pick you up so we can go to the infirmary.”

“I’m fine, I can walk on my own.”

“Rose.”

“No.”

“Yes.” 

“No, I’m fine.” this went on for about a minute or so as the guys and I just stood there watching it.

“Damn it, Rose! Stop being so f*****g stubborn for once and let him help you! Let them help us for f**k’s sake!!” we all stood silent before Rose sighed.

“Fine but only because I can barely walk and the room is spinning.” I chuckled before giving Justin her bag and walking over to her; picking her up effortlessly. She wrapped her arms around my neck before laying her head on my shoulder as we made our way to the infirmary.