Fallen in deep

Chapter 21 - knight in shining armour

“Get your f*****g hands off her!”

The guy holding me was completely unfazed, he didn’t even bother turning around to see who it was and instead just boldly replied “ I can do what I want , mind your on business..come on gorgeous..”

Bad.Move.

Before he could utter another word a strong hand grabbed his shoulder yanking him back making the both is us turn round .

Zane. I knew I recognised the voice. 

The other guy quickly changed his tune , “ oh s**t ..mate I didn’t realise it was you “ holding his hands in the air as if to surrender. 

Zane took a step closer until he was nose to nose with the other guy. “First of all ... “ he seethed , “Am not your mate ! And second don’t go round acting like you can have whatever you like ..GOT IT?” 

The people around us had backed away , Zane mumbled one last thing in the guys ear before shoving past him. Hard.

Edging back I faced the retreating crowd thinking now would be a good time to go when Zane’s hand grabbed my wrist dragging me away with him, as I stumbled over my feet i overheard someone mumble to the person next to them “how is he still standing ? I thought Zane was going to explode..” 

“Zane...where are we going ? , please can you slow down?” 

I was struggling to keep up , he was marching away from the bonfire and the crowd still with a firm hold on my wrist .

“A walk” was all he said.

He lead me to a quieter area of the beach close to the edge of the water and told me to sit. I looked back and could still see the light of the bonfire in the distance. As we sat on the sand I could hear the waves pushing into the sand by my feet with louder ones out at sea, the stars overhead were glistening , I loved star gazing as a child with my Mum, she would tell me all the constellations. Even now on clear nights we like to take a cup of hot chocolate outside and look up to the sky. 

His grip loosened on my wrist and he seemed less tense now that we were away from the group , I on the other hand was the complete opposite, my body went stiff so I pulled my knees to my chest and clung on tight.

“Zane..is everything okay? “ I asked softly 

“No.No it’s not “ he snapped “ He has no right to touch you like that.” His fists were clenched as his mouth screwed up . 

“Thank you for helping me ..one again” I lowered my head , once again he had stood up for me and almost put himself in harms way. Maybe he does care after all...I clung on to that thought.

“And what would happen if I wasn’t there ? Or even before? You need to take care -“

“I can take care of myself, am not such the pushover people think.” I was becoming angry, all my life people have mistaken me for being weak.

“I know okay..” he pushed his hand through his hair and lowered his head. “I just don’t want anything bad to happen to you ..” his voice sounded soft and so sincere.

His concern made any previous anger disappear , I opened up my mouth to speak but no words came out at first, I took another deep breath..

“You didn’t seem happy to see us before ...you didn’t even say hello” I removed a hand from my knee and made circles in the sand. 

He let out a long breath I was expecting a long explanation but all I got was a ..

“Hello”

I turned my head to meet his, my eyes grew wide as I saw a grin on his face, it lit up his face in such a beautiful way, it almost took my breath away. 

“Hi..” I whispered back before we both burst out laughing . 

“Better?” He said raising his brow then his face turned serious .

“Look..I don’t really do this whole talking to girls, it’s never interested me before but you ...your different in some way” his eyes squinted on me, his pupils dilated as he was studied me, “Your not like them, you don’t seem scared of me , you do know what they say about me right ? and your not throwing yourself at me either ...which is strange?” He said that last bit with a lot of arrogance and a smirk then continued “hold on a minute ...your not interested in girls are you ? I mean if you are then that’s cool..”

“Zane!!” My arm swung and hit him on the side of his arm.

“No am not interested in girls and well...that’s because I don’t always believe rumours or what other people say, I go on my own judgement , I am wary of you at times but am not scared..I know you wouldn’t ever hurt me, I feel safe with you..” he kept his eyes focussed on mine, both of us staring intensively, his eyes traced over my face. I then remembered his last comment. 

“And as for the last part..” I rolled my eyes “your not as irresistible as you may think , your not my type anyway” I crossed my arms on my chest. 

His chest was moved as he let out a low chuckle “we’ll see.”

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