Chapter 15 " Yeah well , " I huffed , crossing my arms over my chest feeling foolish and no doubt my red cheeks told Kyle the same thing . " It wasn't totally your fork . I shouldn't have overreacted . " " So are we friends again ? " Kyle asked , voice tiny but hopeful , eyes bright with it . 1 nodded a little . I couldn't stay mad and while I knew a part of me was telling me to keep my distance I couldn't . It was impossible to dislike Kyle . 1 squealed in surprise when Kyle practically jumped me and engulfed me in a bear hug . I didn't know what it was about this family but they gave amazing bearhugs . I chuckled a little as kyle rocked us from side to side in excitement before he pulled back with a toothy grin and eyes scrunched up like a leaf to a flame . I smiled back , not as vibrantly but I smiled nonetheless , feeling some of the weight of last night's events lifting . Monday came around too soon . I felt like I had barely slept which I blamed on the two males currently sleeping somewhere in the house , Friday evening events still ran through my head as if it just happened , mocking me over and over . After Kyle and I made up , he insisted we watch a movie while babbling on about Tammy coming over and Aiden buying take out . It had left me feeling awkward and nervous but as always , Tammy had a way of breaking that with her bubbly energy and glowing presence . Aiden even lightened up and didn't bring up Friday night . Tammy had him pretty much occupied for the rest of the weekend but on occasions , like when everyone was absorbed in the movie , I'd feel his eyes on me sending a chill down my spine each and every time . Despite things thawing , things were still a little awkward but with a new school week here to distract me and my birthday literally four days away , I chose not to let it get to me . Instead I had a much more pressing matter to deal with . Noah Winters . Despite trying to put space between Kyle and myself , Kyle insisted on walking to school with me . He was in a bad mood because it was Monday but regardless , he insisted on walking with me , hands shoved into the pockets of his signature wool - lined denim jacket and sunglasses on more to protect his tired eyes rather than because it was sunny . In fact it wasn't sunny . Slate grey clouds had settled over the city like dirty wet cotton ball buds . Autumn was in full swing now with chilling breezes , the scent of wet earth and dying leaves . I have been wearing a scarf for the past few days much to my amazement . " Kyle , you really don't have to walk with me if you don't want to . I tried again as the school building began to come into view . " Ellie , it's my second day at this school . You can't be trying to ditch me already ! " Kyle grumbled . " What ? No ! It's just … I'm not sure the kind of crowd you want to hang out with at school . " I mumbled , adjusting my bag strap . " And who should I be hanging out with ? The jocks ? " " Well you do play football … " Kyle snorted indignantly and shook his head . " I played football . I'm over it . Also they're just a bunch of idiots . " " Okay , well what about that group who always smoke behind the bikesheds ? " I asked , raising an eyebrow . " Yeah they're alright but Aiden will kill me if he knows I'm hanging out with that lot after last time . " Kyle shrugged before throwing an arm around my shoulder and pulling me close and giving me another toothy grin . " You're stuck with me . " I tried . " You look hungover wearing those sunglasses . " I teased . " Who says I'm not ? " Kyle smirked . Our attention was eventually pulled away from each other when we noticed students congregating in the parking lot with smaller groups dotted around the campus , 1 should have guessed what it was about when I saw the mixture of excited , worried and nervous looks on everyone's faces . And yet It wasn't until I saw who was in the middle of the crowd , enjoying the attention like some glorified king . " What the fuck is this all about ? " Kyle grumbled as he observed the same strange scene with me . I didn't answer . I couldn't . My blood had run cold and the colour had drained from my face when pitch black eyes landed on me , sucking me in . Noah was 1/2 Chapter 15 leant against a new looking Mercedes , black hair styled perfectly , white shirt and black jacket pulled over arms and chest . His usual crowd was with him , a mixture of rich kids , popular kids and jacks . Girls were subtly fawning over him while the boys were joking around , clearly pleased their esteemed leader was back . The air was gone from my hings as his eyes slowly moved from me to Kyle before coming back to me with all the lethalness of a predator . The slight lift of a rakish eyebrow was enough to set me trembling . That casual but significant gesture said it all . " Who's that ? " Kyle asked . " No one . " I murmured , grabbing the sleeve of his jacket and tugging him towards the school doors to escape Noah's glare . POST COMMENT Chapter Comments Stephanie T - H he's going to attack her publicly and Kyle will see and get involved then Aiden will get involved View All 3 Comments ✩ 2 SHARE