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.

left me screaming into a pillow for hours straight, the same rage that plagued

best company.’ Rylan

eyes narrowed slightly at Rylan, but

you too good friend.’

friends.’ Rylan

something I didn't know

their eyes and I knew it couldn't

from Rylan and

face as his eyes

"Hello, Mia."

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

staring at him with

the other day, I would

me, licking

enough to send

hands balled into fists and I probably would have decked him tight then and there if Axel hadn't

sound of Axel's fist connecting with Noah's cheek echoed in the empty hallway of the

gasp in shock at the scene in front of

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

What cowards.

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

you forgot

Axel chuckled unamused.

don't want another black eye to match that pretty

if you so much as talk too, touch, or even look at Mia again, I will make your life

you going to

laughed, blood escaping

the slut for

going to wish I'd

even noticed the grin that started to form on

your

go of Noah's collar which sent

"Let's go."

out the sliding double doors

looked over at Kina

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

mall,

Axel's shoulder muscle move as he walked I knew I saw another

scared of him which was strange, the Mia from a month ago would have probably started crying is she saw what

it sounds I couldn't be afraid of Axel after the night at the

wonder what happened to Axel? What happened to him

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 way

that the whole gang leader thing was apart of him, but that

it before, underneath that hard and rough shell of

regret

at him as we got into the

I just needed to

"Do you?"

over at

him? "I asked you

resorted, not

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

I regret

spoke, not missing

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

it did hurt, I

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

"Why."

I pressed.

feel the knot in my throat forming but I refused to let it stop me this

time, you are

are less than average and I can't believe I even

He snapped at me.

That one stung.

don't mean that,’ I said

do you mean? Of