Mated With Five Boys

"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.’ - Albert Einstein 

"Sorry to interrupt but we need to go.’ Rylan's voice sounded on edge.

"Why?"

I asked, my cheeks burning with embarrassment.

"Noah's here.’ He looked up at Axel, silently having a conversation with their eyes.

"Camila's boyfriend?"

Kina asked confused.

Nobody answered Kina's question but Rylan looked down at her before looking back to Axel.

"Come on, we need to go."

Axel's voice was now hard and unattached.

Since the kiss, Axel has yet to look at me and I get the feeling he regretted kissing me.

I Know I'm not the best kisser but I didn't think it went awful, in fact, I thought it was the opposite of awful his lips were so soft and strong and the way they felt against mine was unexplainable.

I'm not sure what possessed me into letting him kiss me.

I don't understand why my skin doesn't crawl or my stomach clench when he touches me.

I'm confused by the way he looks at me, I can't tell if he likes me or hates my guts.

One minute he has me in a chokehold and the next he's kissing me, one minute he's saving my life and the next we are running away from the police.

Everything about Axel Deacon confuses the living hell out of me and I'm not sure I can handle that.

We started making our way to the nearest exit of the mall when a deep voice from behind us made us all stop dead in our tracks.

"Leaving so soon?"

His voice was cocky and crude as I remember it to be.

My heart started thumping faster and the memories started flooding back.

Axel was the first one to turn around and face him, then Rylan, followed by Kina.

I didn't want to turn around, I didn't want to face him.

"Exactly, we are."

Axel's voice was low and intimidating.

"Not on my account, I hope."

I could hear the smirk that was painted onto Noah's face.

I finally turned around to face Noah and the longer I looked at him the angrier I got.

My blood was boiling, I want nothing more than to punch him square in the nose but that probably wasn't the best choice with his 3 bodyguards standing behind him.

That's when I realized this was the first time I've seen Noah since my first day of school.

I could tell his left eye was bruised but it was almost fully healed now and he had various cuts scattered around his less than perfect face, but other than that he looked like his usual rotten self.

Remembering how helpless I felt with his hands on my body made me shaking in anger.

It scared me how much rage I was carrying with me, despite everything I was never was a violent person even though I had plenty of reason to be.

I think I was too scared to stand up for myself.

I was too scared of making things worse, I guess deep down I thought they were right, I was nothing more than a waste of space that deserved everything I got.

But something has changed, something about me has changed.

I didn't feel scared anymore, it had been replaced with a new but familiar emotion: Rage.

same rage I felt when my mom left me, the same rage that left me screaming into a pillow for hours straight,

the best company.’ Rylan cut in,

slightly at Rylan, but they quickly filled

you too good

close to friends.’ Rylan spat, practically heaving at

I didn't know about

both had murderous looks in their eyes and I knew it couldn't be just because what

carelessly looked away from Rylan and his eyes landed

face as his eyes looked

"Hello, Mia."

name coming from his mouth made me want to get sick but stood still, I didn't flinch or

my place standing there staring at him with

time the other day, I would love to have a round

me,

enough

balled into fists and I probably would have decked him tight then and there

cheek echoed in the empty hallway of the

heard Kina gasp in shock at

he just took, his gang members stood there

What cowards.

of his jacket and brought his face right in front of Noah's now bleeding

you forgot who's

Axel chuckled unamused.

black eye to match that pretty one,

as talk too, touch, or even look at Mia again, I will make your life a living hell’

you going

laughed, blood

for

to

even noticed the grin

your last

Noah's collar which

"Let's go."

snapped towards us as he walked out the sliding

at Kina who looked absolutely

wonder: is that what I used to look like? Scared and clueless? I don't want

the mall, leaving

that moment as I watch Axel's shoulder muscle move as he walked I knew

a month ago would have probably started crying is she saw what

Axel after the night at the warehouse, not

wonder what happened to Axel? What happened to him that

enough to where he thinks this how he should live his life? To where being in the streets and getting into fights or threatening people is the only

leader thing was apart of him, but that wasn't all to

that hard and rough shell of his, there

regret kissing

him as we got

thought was bugging me and I just

"Do you?"

looked over at

I regret kissing him? "I asked you

resorted, not knowing the

it looked like he was waging a battle with himself and when his face went blank,

regret

spoke, not

he had said didn't affect me or didn't hurt,

hurt, I don't know why

the disgusted look in eyes? It shouldn't hurt, I shouldn't care what

"Why."

I pressed.

throat forming but I refused to

worth my time, you are an insecure

average and I

He snapped at me.

That one stung.

don't mean that,’ I said

you mean?