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CAN’T RUN FROM YOUR SHADOW : CHAPTERS 11 – 20
BY ANNY’S LIBRARY
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Oh fùcking no!
Elzar’s lips curved into a smirk as he placed his helmet on his side, watching Byron’s hand on Amelia’s shoulder, Amelia seems frozened as she stood still, her hands glued to her sides
“Nobody invited you over, Byron and she should be able to decide for herself, she’s not your puppet” Elzar chimed in and Byron’s jaw hardened as his grip on Amelia’s shoulder tightened, she almost winced at the pain
“Don’t fúck with me, Elzra, she’s not going and that’s it” Byron finalized and Amelia eyes screwed shut, a bubbling feeling riding it’s way up her throat as she felt like punching Byron right in the face
“And who are you to dictate where and who she goes out with?, you are not her guardian, no?” Elzra stepped forward, he’s just a few inches away from them, Amelia standing in-between both guys as she felt like an ant……so little
“It’s none of your business, you don’t even go to school here so fúck off” Byron pushed Amelia closer to himself as he circled his arm on the small of her back, trapping her besides him
Elzar smriks as he watched the both of them, sensing the tension in Amelia’s head as she stood perfectly still, is she by any chance scared of Byron?
“What I do here is none of your business too, Steel, I suggest you stop being a bîtch and let her decide what she wants, isn’t that right, beautiful?” Elzar gestures at Amelia and she finally looks up at him
“I will just go to my dorm instead” Amelia mumbles as she pulled away from Byron
A small smile formed on his lips as Amelia walked away, not sparing either of them a second look
“Stay the fúck away from her, Elzra, you don’t want to mess with what’s mine” Byron threatened immediately Amelia was out of sight and Elzar scoffed
“And what makes her your’s?, I don’t see a tag with your name on it plastered on her forehead” Elzra retorted and Byron moved closer, invading his space as their hard chests colides
The tension in the air is so toxic, it could burn down the entire school
Two old time ex bestfriends
Two captains
Two popular stars
Two enemies
Byron and Elzar hates each other
“Getting close to her just to ruin her for what happened in her past, I know you Elzra….. you want to hurt her” Byron breaths out as they stared at each other
“I’m nothing like you, Byron, what happened is in the fùcking past and I don’t plan on getting revenge, I want to be close to her, and not make her life a living hell like you do” Elzra snarled and Byron’s lips curved into a devilshly smrik
“Stay away from her….. I’m not going to be so nice next time” Byron patted his shoulder and Elzar scoffed
“You should know by now that I don’t sit well with being told what to do, morever, she wants me and not you” Elzra said and a punch landed on his face within a flash, Elzra staggered backwards as he held his jaw
“Next time, it’s going to be a hammer” Byron snarled as he walked away and Elzar smriks, touching his jaw as he wipes off the blood with his thumb
“May the best man win, mate” Elzra said to Byron’s hearing and Byron paused for a minute, looking over his shoulder as he glared at Elzra who’s hopping on his bike
Byron clenched his fist as he continued walking, there’s no fúcking way he’s going to allow Elzra come into Amelia’s life
Amelia isn’t a fùcking competition, she’s his and he plans on keeping it that way for as long as it takes
CAN’T RUN FROM YOUR SHADOW : CHAPTERS 11 – 20
Kimberly drops her phone into a small pocket at the top of her shirt, she’s coming back from class and Amelia left with Roxy, she hasn’t seen Mia and Maya after the third class which means they’re in the dorm already
“Berly!” a familiar yet annoying voice that she has somehow gotten used to, even though she hears it after a thousand years, she’d still be able to figure out who owns the voice
She stopped walking and turned around to see her personal nightmare, he’s cladded in the hockey jersey as if it’s been custom made for his body, he looks like everybody’s dreams
“What do you want?” She asked confidently, wow, she didn’t know there would be a day where she’d look at Xander in the eye and flip him off
He stopped right in front of her, looking down at her like she’s some lost and found object from a subway
“Who are you giving an attitude?” He scrowled and she looks around them, pretending to see if anyone but them is standing in the hallway
“I don’t know, is there an invincible person here apart from us?” She sassed and he clenched his fist, trying not to let her bratty attitude rub off on him
“Watch it…” He scrowled
“You watch it, you don’t just stop me out of nowhere and start asking me baseless questions, I’m done putting up with your shîts so stay the hell away from me” she blows out and Xander raised an eyebrow, folding his arms across his chest
“So you think you are pretty now?, Because you managed to loss some weight, you think you are a hot stuff now, don’t you?” He said and she almost chewd on her tongue
Attacking her physical appearance is the biggest weakness of her life, it’s like bringing down her defense mechanism and plunging her into a deep black hole with no escape,
“Don’t you dare……” She trails and he leaned forward, his face mere inches away from her’s as a mocking smirk formed on his lips
“Don’t I dare what?” He counterd and she held her breath, looking at his eyes
“Move ….” She almost cussed herself for sounding scared
“I just pity you, you act all tough and mighty in front of your friends and the school but when you are alone with me you act like a mess, do you know how fake you are?, Pretending to be who you’re not?, Acting all prim and proper when you are actually the complete opposite, you disgust me” he said and she raised her hand to slap him but paused mid air, her hand trembling as she stared at him, tears rolls down her eyes
“Go ahead, Berly, slap me, get it out of your system, you aren’t nice after all so stop with the fùcking pretence” he growled and she drops her hand in defeat
“Stop it, Xander, please” she mutters under her breath and he tsks, his index finger raising her chin up to look at him
“I wonder what your so called friends will feel when they find out just how toxic you are, how unhealthy and self distrucive you are, they might hate you or just distance themselves from you” he said and she broke down completely
Xander is using her weakness against her, the only reason she’s scared and indebted to him is because he’s the only one that knows about her freaking past, he’s the only one that knows about her life, imagining having your enemy knowing your deepest and most darkest secrets?
Fúck
“Xander….” She trails
“Shush, don’t say anything, just shut the fúck up and listen to me” he said and she nodded slightly
Her heart is the most heaviest thing on the world right now
He grabbed her wrist and yanked her jacket up, reveling her arms and his eyes darkened, she sucked in her breath, trying to look away as he continues staring at her exposed wrist and the red lines on it
“You did it again?” He growled and she tried pulling her hand away but he angrily shoved her against the wall, the tears she tried pushing up rolled down her eyes as he stared at her wrist
“I didn’t mean to….I just”
“You just what?” He tried keeping his anger from exploding
“I just got carried away, I really needed to free my mind….” She sobbed
“And by doing so you are hurting yourself?, What is wrong with you, Berly?” He coaked, tracing his finger tips on her red slit wrist, from the looks of it, she did it a few days ago and the wounds are starting to heal
“I’m sorry…..” She trails, a foreign feeling crawling up her eyes as he continues to trace her wrist
“Let’s get you treated, if you leave it like this, you are just going to get infected” he said, covering her wrist with her jacket as her lips parted slightly
“Y… you want to help?” She asked, clearly taken aback by his gesture
“Don’t get it twisted, and I would have done the same thing for anyone else, let’s go” he said, tugging on her hand as he pulled her down the hallway along with him
CAN’T RUN FROM YOUR SHADOW : CHAPTERS 11 – 20
“That’s suspicious…..” Roxy trails as she watched Maya hurriedly walking towards her, Mia is behind her and staring at her phone as usual, it’s kinda creepy though because what’s she even doing on that thing?, Who’s she taking to?
“Hey” Maya grined, they’re currently standing at the rails on the hockey field waiting for the practice games
“I’d rather be anywhere but here” Mia said with a deadpan look as she finally looks up from her phone, they are standing at the last roll, the rails are filled up with students as noises crowded the whole place
“Stop being a fun killer” Maya rolled her eyes as she pulled Mia and they all sat down, from their angle they could make out everyone, the total teams splited into two, making eleven on each side against each other, Xander and Ronna are the leading defense men on the first team while Byron and Kayden led the second team
“The game is about to start, where’s Amelia and Kimberly?” Roxy’s voice made Maya looked around and she shrugged her shoulders
“I have no fùcking idea, Mia?” Maya nudged her twin and she groans
“What the fúck are you bothering me for?, I saw Amelia heading back to the dorm and Kimberly is already on her way here” Mia blurted out and both girls stared at her, this is the longest statement she had made in a……. long time
“Girls” Kimberley’s voice brought smiles on Roxy’s and Maya’s face as she sat besides them, she’s putting on a jersey with number two on it, Roxy suinted before staring at the pitch
“Xander’s number is two” Roxy mumbles and Kimberly rolled her eyes
“And so is Kayden’s number on the other team, I’m supporting Kayden and not that asrehole” Kimberly said and Ronna looks at the girls, spotting them from a distance, he waves and they waved back with their eyes liting up, although other girls from the rail waved as well thinking it was directed at them
“Isn’t he just dreamy?” Maya goshed as she took pictures of him waving at them, her smile widens as he finally focused on what Xander was saying
“I know right?” Kimberly chimed in, her gaze flickering from Xander to Kayden occasionally
“He’s not that cute” Mia deadpan again as she looks at Ronna for a minute before looking away
“That’s not true, he’s the most carefree and kind person on the team……” Maya trails
“And also the most manwhorish person, he’s a playboy to the core” Mia hissed again as if she has a personal beef with his behavior
“And does that bother you?, He’s free to do whatever he wants, not like he’s committed to anyone” Roxy voiced out as the crowd went wild, Byron taking his position and so are the teams
“Whatever, I don’t like him” Mia muttered under her breath
“You don’t like anyone, it’s understandable” Maya teased as Roxy laughed along
“Amelia just texted me, she’s not coming” Kimberly announced and the girls frowned except for Mia
“That’s her loss” Mia retorted and Maya glared at her
“I’m really worried about Amelia, she seems to be acting like a ghost lately, always zoning out, fidgeting, mumbling to herself….. she’s acting like a creep” Maya said as the game began and everywhere went silent
“I have no idea why she acts like that, it’s kinda scary” Roxy mumbles under her breath as her whole attention is focused on the pitch, all the girls are wearing jerseys with their favorite numbers on it
“She and Kim are close, she should know why” Mia muttered, her eyes soley focused on a certain messy brown curls, why is she even looking at him?
“Yeah, Kimberly should know what’s going on ” Maya said and the three girls looks at Kimberly at the same time, she paused before clearing her throat
“I don’t know what’s going on, I honestly don’t, I’ve tried talking to her but she just keeps pushing me away” Kimberly mutters almost inaudibly, her heart aching at the thought of their friendship being a lie
She knows deep down that they are both hiding something from each other and Kim isn’t planning on letting the girls know about her nasty habit, more reason why she isn’t bugging Amelia about her secrets
Maya shrugged her shoulders as they focused back on the field, anticipation and tension rising in the air as Byron and Xander took each other to the head, it’s no damn news that Xander is a freaking good player, he has been playing since…….well forever and even though he’s bestfriends with Byron, they never cease to battle each other in games
A loud roar filled the entire space as Byron scored a point, his face tilted into a smirk as the rest of his team jumped on him, almost tackling him to the ground, Xander rolled his eyes as they went for an intermission to begin again
“That’s my Byron!!!” Silver shrill voice pierced through as she jumped on her feet, racing down to the rail towards Byron where he’s drinking from a bottle, each team on their ends as they’re given a three minutes rest
“She’s just a desperate bîtch” Roxy shakes her head as she continues cheering
Silver clinged onto Byron as he stared down at her, she’s busy mumbling words he doesn’t even understand but he nods at each interval, his eyes focused on the exit, looking at a particular someone
The game began and Silver pecks Byron on the cheek, taking a few pictures as he pulled out of her grip, she giggles excitedly as her minions snickers
“Who’s Byron looking at?” Maya asked as she traced his vision and caught a glimpse of blonde hair, she stood up but Mia’s cold gaze made her sit down reluctantly, she bites her lips looking back at Byron and he had an annoyed look on
The game started as he straps up and head’s back to the pitch, the cheering and laughs continues
CAN’T RUN FROM YOUR SHADOW : CHAPTERS 11 – 20
“What were you thinking?” Amelia hits her forehead repeatedly as she heads towards the dorm, her pink t-shirt and jeans hugging her figure perfectly as she pulls on her ponytail, it’s an habit she started a few years ago whenever she’s in a bad mood
She didn’t mean to go to the field, infact she didn’t realize she was standing there until she saw the unpleasant scene that almost made her puke
She got a call from the track’s team coach and on her way out, she started hearing Byron’s name echoing endlessly, her throat dried up as she subconsciously went over and met Silver hanging all over Byron
She shouldn’t be sad or angry, it’s just a stupid feeling she doesn’t quite understand, when their eyes met she saw a flash of unbelieve but it immediately disappeared as she stormed out of the field, how dare he allow Silver kiss him while he refused to let her hang out with Elzra
Who the hell does he think he is?, Her father?
She shakes her head, going to the field was a bad idea and she regrets it, if she hadn’t gone there, then maybe she wouldn’t have seen Silver
She breathe out as she pulled on her ponytail hard, a funny pain shots up her scalp as she lets go, why is she feeling like this?
“Beautiful?” His voice broke her thoughts as she looks back, her face breaks into a warm smile as Elzra approached her, he seems to be leaving
“You are here again?” She asked and he smiles, draping his right hand over her shoulders as he pulled her towards his bike
“I always have to be here” he said as they got closer to his bike
“Because of the upcoming game?” She asked and he nods, stopping right in front of his bike and he pulled out the same helmet he offered her the other day
“You are coming with me” he announced and she furrowed her eyebrows
“W-what?” She stutters as he ignores her and pulled her close, putting the helmet on as he straps her, she stood stunned as he helped her fixed on the helmet
Their faces are so close that she could make out his deep ocean blue eyes, sparkling with so much positivity, he looks at her and poked her throat as she hits him playfully on the chest while giggling
“It fits you perfectly” he goshed in a girly manner and she laughs, placing her hands on the helmet to feel her face
“You are funny” she laughs lightly
“Oh really?, You think I’m funny?” He gestured with his hands on his waist, battering his eyelashes in a girly manner and she laughed out
“Stop it, where are you taking me?” She asked, going closer to his bike as she touched it
“Somewhere to free your mind, I saw you walking mindlessly” he said and even though he couldn’t see her face, he knows she’s no longer smiling
“It’s just….. it’s nothing” she mumbles silently and he smiles, hopping on his bike and taps the back
“You are going to be my backpack for the afternoon, come-on let’s go” he gestured and she slowly nods, strandling as she hops on and slowly wrapped her hands around his waist for balance
This feels nice, it felt so nice as she felt his body on her hands, a soft sigh escaped her lips as she felt at peace again, Elzra is peace and being close to him rubs it off on her
“And where to?”
Not that fucking voice, Amelia eyes almost popped out as she looks at her side, Byron is standing right there, all sweaty and shît as he has this killer look on, he looks like he ran all the way down to this place, his breathing ragged as he glares at Elzra
Elzra sighed, pausing for a moment
“Don’t tell me you ran out in the middle of the game just to act like a dîck?” Elzra said and even with his helmet on, you can literally feel the smrik on his face, Amelia’s grip on his waist tightened as she glared at Byron
“Get off the bike right now” Byron ignores Elzra’s comment and focused on Amelia
Amelia felt something twisted in her stomach as the freaking image from earlier made her stomach churn
“You don’t get to tell me what to do” she voiced out and Byron lips almost parted as he looks at Amelia
Elzra glanced back at Amelia, loving the way she’s finally speaking up for herself
“What did you just say?” He sounded angry as he walked closer to them
“You are not my father, I’m so done putting up with your shîts, you don’t get to be with other girls and tell me not to hang out with who I want, go be with Silver and leave me the hell alone!” Amelia spat angrily and Byron stopped moving
Elzra rived the engine as he glanced at Byron’s stunned expression
He should take a picture of it and frame it to his fùcking wall!
“You’ve got big daddy issues” Elzra shakes his head as Amelia looked away from Byron and he watched them speed out of his sight
He clenched his fist, almost digging his fingers into his flesh as he watched them leave
Remind him again, what are the fastest ways to kîll a person and dispose the body without the cops finding out?, Because it’s about time Elzra pays a visit to his maker
CAN’T RUN FROM YOUR SHADOW : CHAPTERS 11 – 20
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