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.

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

company.’ Rylan

narrowed slightly at Rylan, but they quickly

to see you too good

not even close to friends.’ Rylan

didn't know about

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

carelessly looked away from Rylan and his eyes landed

spread across his grimy face

"Hello, Mia."

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

standing there staring at him

other day,

me, licking

right there was enough

fists and I probably would have decked him tight then

cheek echoed in the empty hallway

shock at

from the blow he just took, his gang members stood there in

What cowards.

jerked Noah off the floor from the collar of his jacket and brought his face right in front of

forgot

Axel chuckled unamused.

you don't want another black eye to match that pretty one, I suggest you make

or even look at Mia again,

you going to

blood escaping his

for

you're going to

steady, I even noticed the grin that

your last

go of Noah's collar which sent him falling back to the hard tiled

"Let's go."

as he walked out the sliding

looked over at Kina

Scared and clueless? I don't want to be like that anymore, I don't want

out the mall,

he walked I knew I saw

which was strange, the Mia from a month ago would have probably

couldn't be afraid of Axel after the night at the warehouse, not after he helped me be somewhat

I couldn't help but to wonder what happened to Axel? What happened to him

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

leader thing was

it before, underneath that hard and rough shell of his, there is a decent person under

you regret kissing

at him as

I just needed to know the

"Do you?"

looked over at

kissing him?

not knowing the

the edge of my seat waiting for his answer, it looked like he was waging a battle with himself and when his

only do I regret

spoke, not missing

I said that what he had said didn't affect me or

it did hurt, I don't

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

"Why."

I pressed.

in my throat forming but I refused to let it stop me

are not worth my time, you are an insecure little girl,

than average and I can't believe I

He snapped at me.

That one stung.

you don't mean

you mean? Of course,