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I feel the need to mention Neo,
"It's at my boyfriend's house. You're more than welcome to come!" I say sheepishly taking my eyes away from his smoldering gaze.
"Sounds like fun." He says in a deeper voice than before as he puts on a pair of black boots that are sitting on the floor at the edge of the couch.
Rosalie peers around the kitchen and stares at her brother. "I thought you said you didn't want to go to a frat party?" She questions.
"I just don't care for the entitled guys that are in a frat." He says as he looks from Rosalie to me. "Do you want me to come or not?" He asks flatly.
"Yes! Of course, just change or something." She waves her hands at him. He laughs at her and stands up gesturing towards the door.
"I'm good." He says grabbing his keys from the coffee table. Which to be honest he is. With his crisp white t-shirt and black jeans with matching black boots. He looks heavenly. Oh my God, What is wrong with me? I shake my head as I follow behind them.
"I'm driving." He tells Rosy and she nods. We pile into the leather seats of his glossy black car and I take in that I instinctively jumped in the front without even thinking, Rosalie may have wanted to sit with her brother.
I think about saying something but when I look over at Hunter, he's giving me a brilliant smile as he rests his hand across the back of the seat.
Rosalie stays quiet as she fiddles with her phone, I guess she didn't give it a second thought. The engine roars to life as he turns the key in the ignition, and it sounds so good. We make the short three-minute drive towards the frat house and my tiny hope that the party would be small is gone as I see the front yard riddled with drunk people celebrating summer break.
I nervously reach for the door as we come to a stop. I see heads turn in our direction as he shuts the engine off making it momentarily quiet.
A few girls start whispering to each other as they take in Hunter getting out of the car. I don't blame them; he is something wonderful to look at. I take one last glance before shaking the thoughts from my head, I never look at other guys this way.
Once I step out, I hear the loud music coming from inside. I walk through the already open doors with Hunter and Rosalie close behind.
"Hey, Esme!" I hear from towards the living room. I turn around to see some friends of his sitting on the couch.
"Hey, Valerie!" I say with excitement. She has always been so sweet when I visit. She sits with her legs propped against her boyfriend Landon; he's playing with her dark black hair.
She always reminds me of snow white and the seven dwarfs.
"Long time no see," Valerie says as she sticks her bottom lip out.
I would have come here while Neo was gone but this isn't really my scene, and these are more his friends.
"I know, I just didn't want to intrude." I shrug and she laughs at my formality. "Where's Neo at anyway?" I ask and she gestures towards the stairs.
Someone hands me a drink and I quickly gulp it down. I have all the time in the world to go upstairs I just need a few more minutes to relax.
I sit and chat for a while as I drink three more cups of whatever mystery drink people keep handing me, it tastes like vodka and it's strong so my nerves begin to settle. I see Hunter sneaking glances my way from where he and Rosalie decided to stand by the wall to my right.
I get up and smile at everyone, they're all in deep conversations so I turn towards the staircase and watch as Hunter follows my movements.
He's still propped up against the wall and Rosalie hands him a beer but he never takes his eyes off of me as he sips it bringing it to his full lips. I look away quickly. I rush up the stairs over the loud music.
Anticipation fills me as I turn the knob and head inside. And that's when my breath catches in my throat. The chaotic sounds from downstairs have left me and I'm now discovering the sounds of nightmares I never knew existed.
The unfamiliar pain soaks into my chest. I try to move as he thrust into her naked body. But my legs buckle underneath me, and I fall to the floor. He's hovering over her and her hideous moans are so loud they couldn't hear me coming up, but the sound of my body slamming to the ground makes his head snap back.
"Get the fuck ou..." He yells but as his eyes trail to where I am, he quickly pushes off of her. He begins walking toward me wrapping a sheet around his waist.
I gain momentum and rush down the stairs. I burst through the door and breath in the fresh air before I leap onto the lawn in front of me. It's still riddled with people but in my frantic state, they slightly part to let me through as I shove them away. I just need to get out of here. "Esme!" He shouts from behind me.
I'm shaking in disgust as I turn to face him with my arms across my chest. He is shirtless still, but he's thrown on a pair of basketball shorts.
"No! Don't ever talk to me again. I was coming over tonight to... Oh my god, this is so fucked Neo." I scream at him as I pull my hands through my hair.
There is now a crowd gathered around us, I don't care. All I see is red.
"You were coming for wha..." He starts but I cut him off. He has made his way in front of me and I can barely look at him.
"I have been nothing but good to you, I missed you so much! But then I come here tonight to find you in your bed with some stank!" I scream in desperation and with one quick movement, I slap him on the arm.
It's not hard but I hope in front of all these people he gets a little humiliated. I know how much he hates it when I embarrass him.
He quickly steps forward closing the gap in between us and takes his large hands to hold my shoulder tightly. I squirm out of his grip, but I'm stuck in place.
"Don't you dare embarrass me in front of all these people," He spits with a deep voice. My head lowers slightly but when I close my eyes for a moment all I can see is him on top of her. Rage fills me once again.
I lift my hand one more time and he grabs my wrist with force. "Don't even fucking think about it." A deep voice says from behind me and I begin to worry my slapping him has pissed one of his stupid frat brothers off.
"Fuck off dude, this is none of your business." He glares down, or should I say up to Hunter as he quickly makes his way over to us.
"Take your hands off her wrist and let her go," Hunter says in an authoritative tone as he steps next to me. A deep chuckle escapes Neo's mouth. I think I've pushed him to a breaking point.
"Fuck it, she can't be that mad. I've been trying for three months to fuck her and she just won't give it up." He spits and I gasp as he forcefully throws my wrist down.
"Oh my... Neo. What?" I say through my voice as I choke back tears. What is he talking about?
Hunter steps in between me and Neo, gently pushing my body back as he faces me. He leans towards my face and with a soft voice he says, "Go, Esme, get in my car." and he slips the keys into my trembling hands.
I look towards the car to make my escape but I can't move so I just stare at them in shock. Neo laughs and begins to speak to me again.
"I didn't know you were coming tonight, this really isn't my fault." He says calmly and I don't know who this stranger is, this is not the guy I thought he was.
Hunter sighs and turns his attention towards Neo. "I warned you already, just leave her alone." He says with a deep growl towards my boyfriend, well my ex? "Why did you give her your keys? Who are you?" Neo asks with anger in his eyes.
"I don't see why that's any of your business." He says coolly. "Honestly, I don't care, maybe she'll give it up to you, good luck with that..." Neo's voice is cut off when Hunter's hand connects to his Jaw. Neo lies flat on the ground with his eyes slightly open. He spits blood to the side and tries to get up. He smirks up at Hunter and I realize that was a stupid decision on his part, as Hunter violently jumps on top of him and begins to bash his face into the damp grass.
"Hunter! Please stop. Please!" I scream through muffled sobs.
He looks back at me and I see a deep rage in his green eyes, I stare in horror at the sight of Neo. I know I shouldn't be worried, and he said awful things to me, but I go kneel next to him as Hunter stares at me and gets up.
"You can't be serious!" Hunter yells with a ragged breath as I examine Neo's head.
I see him start to walk away but hesitate. Neo winces in pain a little as I touch his face, but he's glaring at me with so much anger in his eyes.
"Get off of me, you stupid bitch." He says with venom and pushes me onto the grass. Hunter begins to head back towards Neo and I instinctively throw myself over him to protect him.
I don't know why I'm doing this. Pretty much the entire house is outside, and I look like an idiot but there has to be a reason for this, why would he do this to me? The alcohol is making me confused and I stare down at his face and see nothing behind his blank blue eyes.
"Nope, fuck this. You're not doing this." Hunter says into my ear, and with a quick movement, I'm no longer on the ground but slung over his shoulder. I kick a little, but my energy is depleted.
He starts walking towards his car. "I'll let you down once you calm down but I'm not allowing you to embarrass yourself back there. Did you even hear what he just said to you!" He says with a serious tone.
"I do, I do remember but I love him and he loves.." but I'm cut off again. "You're too sweet for your own good. I don't know what you see in him. I met him for two minutes and I already despise the guy." He says with a little disgust.
"You don't even know me!" I hit his back as he opens the passenger door to his car and puts me inside. He reaches around and buckles me in as I put my hands over my face, embarrassed of everything that's just happened.
I see Rosalie rushing through the chaotic scene as she turns towards the car.
"Get in and don't talk about it." He demands and gestures towards the back door.
She nods and climbs in the back; I see her peeking around the seat to see my face.
Hunter glances back towards Neo who is now standing up and breathing heavily as he glares back at Hunter.
I get worried that he's going to go back so I reach my hand out the open window and grab his shaking arm. He turns back towards me and when his eyes meet mine the rage softens and he nods like he knows I just want to leave.
There's an internal struggle happening behind his eyes but I see the resolve when his face softens.
"Fuck you." He yells towards Ian as he makes his way to the driver's side.
I'm thankful when he cranks the car up and the engine drowns out the scene we are driving away from, and my sobs.
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