Chapter 16 If Noah wanted to get to me , Kyle was making it difficult . Both Noah and Kyle were in my first class . Kyle and I had already taken our seats before the rest of the class turned up . Kyle insisted on sitting next to me even though I tried to convince him not to . He ignored me and sat next to me anyway , going on about a new game we were both looking forward to seeing come out . Bit by bit , the other students appeared and took their seats . A few of the girls naturally clocked Kyle . Why wouldn't they ? He was new , good looking and gave off a bad boy vibe much like his cousin . Kyle knew the attention he was getting as well and I watched as he flashed a few of them a charming and playful smile . You're shameless . " I muttered looking down at my book and shaking my head softly . " Yup . " Kyle chuckled . " Oh hey , here comes that guy from the parking lot everyone was treating like a movie star . " I tensed and glanced up before I could stop myself . Sure enough , in walked Noah with two of his followers . His eyes closed a tense circuit with mine . My blood ran cold as those obsidian eyes locked on me and I could feel his anger and hatred radiating towards me from across the room . Again his eyes slowly moved to Kyle who , for the moment , was looking at his phone so oblivious to the daggers being shot his way . I watched in horror as Noah walked towards us , seeming to ignore me for now and focusing all his volatile energy on the boy next to me . " Oh god , Kyle … " I stuttered . " Hm ? " Kyle looked up at me , eyebrows raised over clueless brown eyes . " You . New kid . " Noah's voice cut me off before I could even utter another sound . " Move . You're in my seat . " Oh no . " I don't see your name on it . " Kyle replied , leaning back to size Noah up . " Plenty of seats elsewhere . " " And yet you're in the one I want . " Noah retorted , voice deadly calm . " Too bad . Maybe next time turn up a bit earlier instead of getting your dick hard from all the ego boosting your groupies do . " Kyle sneered . " Now if you don't mind me and my girl Ellie here were talking before you interrupted so fuck off . " My heart stopped and I ducked my head to avoid seeing the look on Noah's face . " You're going to regret this . " Noah's threat was quiet but filled with venom . The threat wasn't for Kyle though . It was for me . I thought he was going to kill Kyle on the spot but instead he walked away , taking a seat somewhere behind us . I let out a shaky breath , my heart hammering away in my check as if it was about to leap out of me at any second . " Fucking creep . " Kyle muttered under his breath but I caught it . " That was so stupid of you . I hissed . " You shouldn't mess with him . " Kyle scoffed at this . " He's a pussy , El . He's not the first jackass to try shit like that with me . " I breathed another shaky sigh , turning to face the front of the class to try and settle my nerves when someone kicked the leg of my chair . Turning to look behind me , I froze when I came face to face with Noah who looked mad . Really fucking mad . The morning followed a similar pattern to this . Kyle would walk with me to class and sit next to me . Noah would enter and glare at us but didn't make another attempt at confronting Kyle . Instead he sat behind us , or more precisely , me . I felt his eyes burning into me every time . My skin crawled and ! struggled to concentrate but I could do nothing except take the reprieve that came with Kyle being my unintentional bodyguard .