Hailey Winston
Even the Bible quotes "You Foolish Galatians!". I feel foolish right now, why did I bump into Decker in the first place? Why can't I walk properly? Why did I even come here?
I should have stayed home and watched Ninja Warrior, this is so much torture.
Decker doesn't say anything, he remains looking at me ,or rather digging holes on my side.
We are sitting outside the club, there's a fixed bench under a tree and I guess not many people know it.
We've been here for about twenty minutes and nobody is saying anything.
"If I tell you everything I know, will you let me go?" I ask, because I feel suffocated being here with an Offlimits boy.
"That's what I said, isn't it?"
So I tell him, I tell him how I found out the two girls were planning on proposing to Cole during homeroom, I tell him how I wanted to see the girls being rejected, I tell him how I saw Camila making out with Colonel and how she wants Colonel to do something to someone tonight.
When I finish my rant, I expect three reactions.
1) he should be mad I stalked them yesterday
2) he should be laughing at my rant
3) he should be calling me weird, how can I find happiness in people being rejected?
But then something pops in my head, how did he know I know about Camila's plan?
"Wait, how do you know I know about Camila?" I ask, and don't blame me for secretly thinking he has been stalking me too.
"It's easy, I saw you eavesdropping at the store room just before you ran away and fell. When I saw Camila walking out of it, I knew you know something." He shrugs.
"What does Camila's plan have to do with you?" I ask confused.
"You're not really smart, are you? I'm the guy Colonel is gonna work on tonight!"
Huh.
"Why? Is Camila your ex-girlfriend?" I ask with a gasp.
Then he laughs, really loudly. He even clutches his stomach as if he is dying.
"You-you think I dated Camila? Now why would I do that?" He asks still laughing.
"You tell me, why would Camila want something from you?"
He just looks at me and becomes silent. Either he's annoyed by my questions or he just doesn't want to answer.
But ofcourse my buddy, curiosity, is in the corner. He doesn't seem to let go of me these days.
I open my mouth to ask something else but he beats me to it.
"What are you doing at this party?"
"I'm partying, what else do people do at parties?" I ask innocently.
"Well for starters, you've never been to a single party here. Secondly, you can't drink a drop of alcohol to save your life. Thirdly, your friends are in dark corners making out with their boyfriends and you're here alone. What are you doing here?"
This is like the longest sentence anybody has ever heard from Decker. That's not a suprise though, how does he know my friends? How does he know I don't drink? How does he know I don't party?
"I told you what I know Decker Swift, can I leave?" He holds my hand again.
"No, you can't leave yet. What if Colonel kills me? Don't you have a pinch of care?" He asks with a face I've never seen him make in my entire life.
"Are you gonna use me as a shield then? Or you want me to take a bullet for you?" I ask .
"That is a good idea, you can take a bullet for me." He says smiling.
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After almost an hour of sitting outside with Decker, it gets really cold.
I'm not one of those girls who pretend they are asthmatic or anything, nobody likes coldness.
If I was here with Kai or Hayden, I'd probably be trying to steal their jacket but this is Decker we are talking about. I can't even touch something that belongs to him, I can't let my mind giving me wrong ideas, Decker isn't my friend, he's just someone who's in trouble and is scared of being alone right now.
So I shiver. I shiver harder but I don't ask for his jacket. When my teeth chatter, he turns to me and a horrified expression takes over his whole face.
I wonder why!
"Hey, you could ask for my jacket you know! You can't take a bullet for me when you're dead."
Ofcourse he cares about his huge life, not mine.
"How about you look for another person to accompany you? I wanna go home."
"Come on, I'll drive you home."
How can this not be a big deal to him? The Offlimits boys never talk to girls, ever. But here is Decker Swift offering me a ride in his car, an Audi to be exact.
Nope, I'm not doing that. I can't be seen-
"Hello, I just said I'll drive you home. Let's go."
"Ummm Hayden is picking me up" I lie.
"Your brother? Yeah right! "
Again, how does he know Hayden is my brother? I've denied the fact for a very long time. How can he know?
"Yeah my brother, he's picking me up."
"Text him not to come, I'm taking you home."
I don't argue, I don't ask anything because I technically have millions of questions going on in my mind.
But I don't ask, I let Decker drive me home without me giving him directions. I watch him park on the roadside near my house, I watch him open his door and standing outside the car as if waiting for me to get home safely.
I don't wave goodbye, I don't kiss him goodnight obviously. I open the door with my spare key and when the door closes on the inside, I hear his Audi leave.
What the hell just happened?