Leah's POV:
My three days off school had gone so quickly and today was my last. I had lounged around the whole day and watched movies.
I was now texting Natasha as she had just finished school. She had been texting me everyday letting me know what had happened at school.
Luke and I had been getting along normally but he had been in a bad mood for these past three days.
I think he was still mad at me for going out when he told me to stay at home. Oh well.
Natasha said she had to go so I started a new movie. Probably my tenth movie today.
The movie finished two hours later but Luke hadn't come home yet. I looked at the time on my phone. He was meant to be home an hour ago. I frowned. Where was he? I ignored the worried feeling in my stomach. He was probably finishing an assignment or something.
I was starting to get hungry so decided to order some pizza.
The pizza came half an hour later and Luke still wasn't home. I was starting to get worried.
I got out my phone and texted him. I started eating my pizza but all I could think was, what if something happened to him.
Luke barely ever came home late and if he did he would text me, letting me know.
I finished eating and texted him again. But he didn't reply. I decided to go to his uni and check if he was there.
I got in my car and started driving to his uni, my heart beating at a very fast pace.
When I got there, I saw people outside the uni crowding around something.
I quickly got out of the car and I heard people chanting 'Fight!' I stayed where I was and looked at the people in the crowd, searching for Luke.
I couldn't see him anywhere. I tried to see who was fighting but couldn't see anything. Suddenly I caught a glimpse of brown hair. Luke's hair.
My heart was beating wildly as I ran to the crowd screaming Luke's name.
Tydes POV:
I walked out of my last class of the day. Finally, I could get out of this place. I walked out of the doors when all of a sudden someone stepped in front of me and pushed me. I stumbled back but didn't fall.
I looked at the person who had pushed me. It was Dylan, a guy I had only talked to about once in my life.
"What the fuck was that for?" I shouted at him.
People started gathering around us but I couldn't care less.
"For fucking my girlfriend!" He shouted and I frowned. What the fuck?
But then it came back to me. I had met this girl at a party a couple of days ago and slept with her but I had forgotten that she was his girlfriend. I smirked, "She was really good in bed," I taunted him.
He took a step forward and punched me in the jaw, taking me by surprise. I ignored the pain and swung my arm, hitting him in the nose. The crowd began chanting 'fight!' repetitively.
He held his hands up to his nose trying to stop the blood from flowing out.
He removed his hands from his nose and used them to push me to the ground. He got on top of me and started punching me.
I punched him in the nose again, this time harder than before and heard a crack. He screamed out in pain and I took this opportunity to punch him again. I got up off the ground and wiped the blood from my face. I looked at the crowd who were watching intently, still chanting 'fight!'
"Next time you think about starting a fight with me I'll break more than your fucking nose!" I shouted at him.
He got up, holding his nose. "This isn't over yet!" He shouted and charged at me punching me in the stomach.
I fell over and held my stomach in pain.
I was about to get up and punch him again but I heard a voice scream out "Stop!"
Leah's POV:
When I ran over to the crowd I saw that the brown hair didn't belong to Luke but Tyde. And he was fighting a guy I had never seen before.
I sighed in relief that Luke wasn't in the fight but started to get worried again as I saw that Tyde was hurt.
I watched as they punched each other over and over again. I couldn't bare it anymore.
I pushed through the crowd and screamed out, "Stop!" Everyone stopped chanting and Tyde and the boy both stared at me.
"Stop! You're hurting each other!"
The boy Tyde was fighting held his nose and said something to Tyde that I couldn't hear before limping away.
The crowd disappeared and everyone went home. Once there was no one left I ran over to Tyde, who was on the ground.
"Tyde! Oh my god! Are you okay?!"
He didn't reply and only stared at me. "Come on I'll take you to my house and get you cleaned up," I said and helped him up. I lightly pulled his arm towards my car.
Tyde was silent the whole way to my house. I kept glancing at him to see if he was okay but he kept a blank look on his face.
I helped him out of the car and inside. I took him upstairs. I led him to the bathroom and walked in. He just stood at the door.
"Um you can come in," I said awkwardly and he came in.
"Um can you like uh maybe sit on the vanity so I can um clean your face..." I said shyly.
He nodded and sat on the vanity. I got the things I needed to clean up his cuts and make sure they didn't get infected.
I got a rag and wet it. I walked over to him and blushed as I realised I was standing between his legs. I pressed the wet rag on a cut on his cheek and he winced in pain.
"Oh my gosh I'm so sorry!" I apologised.
"It's fine," he said. It was the first time he had spoken since I'd seen him.
I pressed the wet rag to his cheek again and then moved to a cut on his lip. I could feel him watching me and I tried to ignore how close we were.
"I know it's none of my business, but what was the fight about?" I asked, breaking the silence.
"I uh kinda slept with his girlfriend," he said hesitantly.
I removed the rag from his lip and stared at him. "What? Why would you do that?"
"Leah, it's not the first time I've slept with someone's girlfriend," he sighed.
"That's terrible. I don't blame him for kicking your ass."
"He did not kick my ass!" He defended himself but he was smiling.
"It sure looked like he did," I teased him.
"I am way stronger than him and you know it," he said and flexed his muscles. "Besides, I broke his nose," he said as if it were something he did everyday.
"Poor guy he's probably in so much pain," I said.
"He deserved it. He fucking started the fight."
"I was so worried about you," I confessed and then blushed. Why did I say that?
"You were?" He asked, surprised.
"Yeah, I- I hated seeing you get hurt," I confessed.
He was silent so I took that as my cue to finish cleaning his face.
"Done," I said when I had finished but I didn't move away from him. I was still standing in between his legs and we were very close.
We both stayed where we were and just stared at each other.
"Why have you been ignoring me lately?" I asked softly, breaking the awkward silence. And I really wanted to know why he had been ignoring me.
"I-I don't know," he replied.
"If this is about what Natasha told you, I don't know why I pictured your face while I was kissing Aiden... But let's just forget about it."
"Who is this Aiden guy?"
"He's just a guy at school..."
"Do you like him?" Tyde asked.
"Well no," I said. Did I? I didn't even know. But for some reason I didn't feel like I liked him anymore.
"Good," Tyde said before pressing his lips to mine.
My eyes widened in surprise. I froze, I was so shocked. What was happening? After a few seconds I started kissing back.
Our lips moved in sync and I tried my best not to hurt him. I could feel his cold lip ring against my lips. I felt butterflies erupt in my stomach. I moved my hands up to his hair and threaded my hands through it. I felt so nervous but happy at the same time. It felt so right.
Before I knew it we both pulled away for air. We were both breathing heavily and just staring at each other, not knowing what to say.
"That was-" I began but Tyde cut me off.
"A mistake." My heart fell as he said this. I was going to say that it was amazing.
"Yeah," I lied. "It was."
I moved away from him and started packing up the things I had used to clean his face.
I felt Tydes eyes on me the whole time but I didn't look at him. Why would he say that it was a mistake?
"Um you should go." I said. I was still hurt that he said the kiss was a mistake. I had enjoyed it and I thought he had too. I thought it meant something but obviously it didnt to him.
He nodded and got off the vanity. He turned around, about to walk away. "Wait!" I called after him.
He turned back around.
I looked at the floor. "Why did you kiss me?" I asked nervously.
"I don't know. Just forget about it. It never happened okay? Don't you dare tell anyone about it."
He turned and walked downstairs. I heard the door shut as he left. I stared after him in shock. Tyde was the one who kissed me and he was being so rude. I couldn't believe him!
I walked downstairs and plopped down on the couch. Why had Tyde kissed me and then said it was a mistake?
My thoughts were interrupted by the front door opening.
"Leah?" I heard Luke call.
"Luke!" I shouted. I ran and hugged him.
"Are you okay?" He asked.
I pulled away. "I was so worried about you Luke! You didn't answer any of my messages or calls. Where were you?"
"I'm sorry, I just had to go somewhere. And uh my phone ran out of battery," he said.
I put my hands on my hips. "Where Luke?"
"Stop Leah! I've had a long day and the last thing I want is for you to question everything I do. I'm an adult," he said and walked upstairs.
I heard the water running a couple of minutes later, meaning he was in the shower.
I walked upstairs and into his room where I saw his phone on his bed.
I picked up his phone to see it was on full battery.
He had a lot of explaining to do.
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A/N
Hope you enjoyed this chapter! I tried to make it as long as I could.
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I might update again today, if not the next chapter will be up tomorrow. I know my updates are very irregular but I try to update whenever I can
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-Abigail