Caught between my bully and my step brother

Chapter 15

" What are you doing here ? " I asked, looking up at him.

He just smiles down at me, he looks unbothered. Me, I was freaking out, people were looking this way. They were trying not to be obvious, but you could see them glancing over. Intrigued into what was going off. I had spent all day avoiding them. Once again, Trent was alone. Well, from what I could see he was and here there was a big audience.

" Come to see you doll, why else ? " He states, sitting back, looking relaxed, but his eyes stay on me.

" Maybe you're about to strike," I whispered. I mean this would be the perfect setting in front of all these people. My people the ones that I have most of my classes with. The ones with the same aspirations as me. This was it. I trembled inside, convinced that it was. This would be their best move yet. The one that would absolutely gut me. Ruin me. Depending on what they did, I could become the outcast here just like I was at home. With some people here I already was. But most people in this room spent most of their time with their noses in a book to care what drama was happening on campus.

He tilted his head to the side, his eyes narrowed. But he didn't comment on it, he looked annoyed.

" Pay attention to your class doll" he said instead.

I drew in a shaky breath, I couldn't look away from him to turn round. When I continued to stare at him, he sighed and sat back up, leaning forward and down, so his lips went near my ear.

" Be a good girl and turn around and pay attention to your class doll. If not, then I will s***k you in front of everyone," he whispers. My mouth opens and my eyes widen. My heart races and he once again sits back casually and his eyes go to the screen behind my head.

I slowly turned back around and clenched my legs together. I was looking at the screen, but I wasn't paying attention. My mind raced , my body hummed. Good girl, he just told me to be a good girl. The way the men in my books would their ladies when they praise them.

I was hyper aware he was behind me. It was like my body knew when one was near.

What seems like hours of me sitting like a zombie goes by, and eventually the professor turns the lights on, blinding me, my eyes used to the dark now. I blink, and it snaps me out of my frozen state. Gripping my bag, I shoved my notebook in and jumped up from my seat wanting to get out of here.

Whirling around, I saw him still there, I knew he was. I felt he was.

He's standing now, and he's stretching as he does. His shirt rides up some and shows a perfect V and I can tell just from the peak he's ripped. A tattoo on his hip peeks out from the gap his shirt lifting has exposed, and I find myself looking at it. I can't fully work out what it is , with only a small amount showing. I see what looks like an A in delicate writing, but then there is something around it, a design I can't work out, and then it's gone. His shirt covers it back up. I hear a laugh and looked up to see him looking at me amused that I had been caught.

" Ass " I huffed, rolling my eyes and stomping out of the class.

As I threw the doors open in anger, why was he here following me? Why was I gawking at his body? I froze, standing leaned up against the wall opposite the class is Toby and his eyes were on me. They glance behind me and I know he is now looking at Trent.

Sh* this is it, I think to myself. Fear grips me. I find it hard to breathe. Everything slows down and Toby pushes off of the wall and takes a step towards me as I feel a hand land on my hip and guide me off to the side away from blocking the doors.

Trent moves me to the right, allowing the other students out, and Toby follows his direction, stepping that way too. My body tingles where his hand grips my hip.

I follow his lead for a few seconds before I come to my senses and step out of his grip and turn so I can see them both, my eyes like giant circles as they bounce between them.

" How'd you know I was here ? " Trent asked him and Toby rolled his eyes, shaking his head.

" Because she's here " he states, looking back at me.

" What do you want ? " I snapped. I was getting annoyed with whatever game they were playing now and confused. This wasn't like any other time. They would usually just act. Was this them upping their game and playing with me ? Had the rules changed or advanced ?

Toby sighs and runs a hand at the back of his neck. He looks down, looking unsure. Toby never looks unsure. Trent doesn't say anything, he just shoves his hands in his pockets, looking at Toby expectantly. Like he was waiting for him to do something too.

" Addison " he states and looks up at me through his lashes.

" Addie "another voice chimes from behind us and I look to see who it is. Kyle comes walking out of class slinging his bag on his back, his eyes flicking between us. At first, he was smiling, he seemed to cower and shrink back a little, so I looked to see what made him change his attitude so quickly. I look at them both to see that they are glaring at Kyle. They are standing shoulder to shoulder now, and I know why Kyle shrank back together standing like that they were intimidating. Scary even. Even I swallow.

" Addie we have our project next class " Kyle says, grabbing my attention again off of the two demons.

I looked at him, and he still looked scared but he was trying to square his shoulders and act tough.

" Ermm yeah , yeah sure come on " I told him, and stepped away from them and gave them my back.

" Addison " Toby's voice stops me as I go to walk away with Kyle.

I looked back, and he still looked p*ssed , his eyes were hard, and he looked ready to fight. He wasn't looking at me, he was looking at Kyle. I wait, and he doesn't say anything, so I go to walk away again and a hand on my shoulder stops me. I swung my head around quickly, and he leaned down slowly. His eyes scanning my face.

" I like it when you wear your hair like that " he says quietly, then he lets go as like touching me burnt him. He looks down and then abruptly turns and leaves, walking off, shoving his hands in his pockets. As he goes, his back looks tense. I look from his back to Trent and Trent looks pretty pleased with himself before he winks at me and then turns and walks off too.

I watch them more confused than I have ever felt. Slowly I reached a hand up and touched my hair. It was just up messy in a clip , tresseles of hair hang loosely around my face.

" Hey are you OK ? " Kyle asks.

" Ermm yeah sure "I answer, still glancing at their retreating backs.

" What was that about ? " He asks, and I can't answer because I was thinking the same thing.

Even getting into bed that night I was still confused. I lay there, unable to think of anything else. Unable to fall to sleep. My phone dings at the side of me and I roll sighing, I hadn't been able to think properly the rest of the day in classes.

I see a text on my phone and open it. I frown when I don't recognize the number, opening it I gasp and sit up , reading it and then re reading it,

" Night doll. Dream of us. T&T xx "

Sh*t I had Toby's number kind of needed to have it, given we were step siblings and lived in the same house and our parents put us in the same whats app group for family things. This had to be Trent.

I go to close my phone when I see a bubble appear on the screen. He was typing again. Then my phone vibrated in my hand as his message appeared.

" You can text back, I swear doll. I meant what I said. No more games . Well ,,,, not those kind anymore. Maybe we can create new ones. Ones where you enjoy them, and maybe then you can stop hating us ".

I don't though I lock my phone and slam it down. I look at it like it was a ticking bomb.