Chapter 5
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"Huh?" She breaks free from whatever spell she was in. I widen my eyes at her
"Oh. Ehem!" She slurps her smoothie and looks around playing innocent. I roll my eyes
"Hey man yeah."
"We were just about to ask you to join the team."
"You can have my seat." Jonathan stands up
"Thanks man, what's your name again?"
"Jonathan. And that's; Marcus,Xander,Lenny,Noah,..."
He introduces the rest of football team and finally Ronan as captain.
"I've actually already met Captain,he and I are-"
"Yeah we've already met, this isn't our first."
"Great, even better then." Xander grins
Naomi scoots closer to him and reaches out a hand.
"Hi I'm Naomi and that's Isabel, Jessy and Bree our cheerleading captain."
"I can introduce myself just fine Nao. Move." Naomi roots herself in place but Bree narrows her eyes.
"Nao!" Jessy elbows her side
"Fine." Naomi moves and Bree takes her place.
"Hi I'm Bree,the cheerleaders captain."
In my peripheral vision I can see her running her fingers up his arm,
"Hey, nice to meet you captain."
"If you want a tour of the school,don't hesitate to let me know." she ends with a flirty tone
Sam chooses that exact moment to snort. Bree turns her head towards her.
"Do you have a problem with me Sam?"
"Do you have one with me? Brianna." I tuck my lips in to hold my laugh.
"It's Bree and i'm the captain here aren't I?" She glares
"Oh. Are you?"
"Stop answering my questions with questions Samantha."
Sam opens her mouth to say something because well that's just Sam,she feeds on riling up Bree,she constantly does it because she knows the team needs her unlike me, I'm still there because of Ronan I guess.
"Samantha.." the new guy says her name,his accent sounds so sexy "nice name."
Sam blushes and turns her head in his direction, what the actual fuckidy fuck?
"Oh. Thank you."
"I love your hair too,you've got great taste I must say." Sam pulls at the pink highlight in her raven hair.
"Thanks uhh..?"
"Brandon Norton, call me Bran."
"Thanks Bran." I turn my head to have a glimpse but he chooses that exact moment to look my way.
Our eyes collide and I freeze,my mind goes on a hiatus,my breath hitches.
He stares back at me with green eyes that are framed by long thick black lashes,his lips are plump and pink,so so kissable, I've never been enchanted by such appearances before,his beauty is so rare in males.
He's extremely over the top handsome, he might as well be leaning into the beautiful category if that's even right for guys, even in his uniform shirt one can tell that his body is molded to perfection, his shirt is folded to the elbows,perfect strong hands and his chest pushes against the shirt, definitely works out.
His black hair is styled in a messy but neat way and he's probably tall judging by how he looks compared to the other guys even while he's seated. He takes his time staring at me the same way I do him. My trance is broken when an arm wraps around my neck pulling me towards a hard body. I blink
"This is Kimberley,my girlfriend."
"Ohhh... so territorial captain." Some guys shout. I uncomfortably look back at Brandon, his eyes seem to have never moved from my face despite Ronan speaking.
"Your eyes...violet." I blink because what in the actual fuck? How did he know the color immediately, he's not even that close, usually people have to get closer to determine whether my eyes are violet,blue or purple.
"That's spot on. Usually people find it hard to know her eye color from afar." Noah voices out exactly what I was thinking
"Right...?" Sam touches his arm
"So Bran,where are you from?" Bree asks
"New york." He breaks eye contact with me
"Wow cool, I love new york. Welcome to the Elites." She says, Sam chokes and Noah pats her back
"Samantha can you not?" Bree greets her teeth
"She didn't say anything Brianna." I jump in
"It's Bree,Kimsy,Bree."
"Okay Brianna we get it." Sam mocks her and whispers "Thirsty slut." Bree gasps
"So!" Brandon cuts in probably hating cat drama "tell me more about this championship,I think I already like this place."
He looks at me when he says the the next part
"So beautiful." I instantly feel uncomfortable and look away. I spend the rest of the time slurping on my juice and avoiding any eye contact whatsoever.
"Yo Bran,get over here." Jonathan waves him over
"He's acting so desperate." I roll my eyes
"Kim! That's mean. We're fighting for the championship."
"To hell with the championship."
Sam gapes at me
"Uh Sam,they might be flies around here,you should probably close that." I point at her open mouth
"Kim! You're not always this mean to strangers."
We both look behind us and find the guys chatting and laughing, how's he so comfortable,it's like he's been here since day one, everyone is so welcoming,unlike my situation. lucky.
"He's got good vibes and easily fits into any environment fast." She snaps her fingers.
"Come on Kim,you have to admit he's gorgeous."
"Sam. You never think guys are gorgeous." I scrunch my nose
"Well there's a first time for everything."
We look back over our shoulders. He smirks at whatever those stupid Elites say,well except for Noah who's not stupid. Smirk definitely not the type who smiles. He turns his head towards us, his eyes find mine instantly and my stomach knots, my heart starts to beat fast, I want to look away but I can't. His eyes scan my my hair,my face,neck and then back to my eyes.
"Hey!" Sam waves a hand in front of me
"What?" did she say something?
"I said, girls are circling him like tiny horny sharks,that's if horny sharks makes sense but anyway! I wouldn't mind having a one night st-" I slam my hand on her mouth widening my eyes
"Sam." I look around, Julia a class nerd looks totally uncomfortable,yep she heard. Sam taps my hand so I let go
"What's the big deal anyway,he's not that handsome, most of the guys on the football team are way hotter than he is."
I beat my pen on my textbook
"You're so weird but I get it, when you're in love the only person you find the most handsome is your boyfriend."
The teacher walks in and we all go silent. After last period, the head of the school comes to motivate the football team
"We need to win this boys. Our school's honor depends on you. And our cheerleaders, make sure you're right behind the team!"
"Yesssss!" The boys shout,whistle and whoop.
"And" he places his hand in the air and the class goes quiet "All our students should make sure they make it,we need to support our team. This year's championship is ours!"
The classroom goes wild with cheering.
Uncle Luca picked up Killian last night, I miss the little punk and his bugging. I wrap the rest of the remaining pie I just baked and decided to call Izzy. She picks up on the second ring
"Hi Izzy, it's Kimberly."
"Kim! Oh my God, hi sweetie how are you doing?"
"Am doing great,how are you doing?"
"Oh well, trying to be sane for my boy, i'm in miami doing shoots for a magazine."
"Yeah Ronan told me about that, congratulations."
"Thank you. How's your mom and that sweet little brother of yours?"
"They're both doing great." I pick at my cotton jersey
"How about you and Ron,are you guys okay? He sounded a bit weird when I asked him about you last time."
I keep my voice as natural as possible
"Yeah. We're okay, he must have been having a bad day that's all." She's quite for some time
"Yeah, thats understandable. With everything that's been going on,I can't blame him."
We talk some more about her contract and my school, we say our goodbyes and I hang up.
I sigh,about to stand when i immediately receive a message from
Sam: I searched him up on instagram,zero fucking zero account, he's not on any social media platforms. What a waste of beauty,the world needs to see him.
Me: Samantha Marie Green! Are you trying to stalk this poor guy?
Sam: he's not a poor guy,his junk looks big enough
Me: Sam! Oh my God no. How did you even-, you looked at his junk? Seriously?
Sam: Well some men are disappointing Kim,they're gorgeous but have no big package,a girl's gotta tick all the boxes. Besides,he looked like he didn't mind at all,he definitely knows it's impressive.
What?! I scrunch my nose
Me: you did not let him catch you ogling his thing did you? I place my phone on the table and hide my face with my hands, Sam...!
Sam: maybe......
Gosh she's impossible.
Me: going to bed before I throw up, xo.
"Hey baby." Ronan hugs me from behind,he kisses my cheek
"You coming at practice right?" I place my hands on top of his
"Yeah of course I'll be there."
"That's my girl." He kisses me on the lips "see you later." Then he salutes.
Well, the championship game begins now.
After class Sam and I head towards the football field.
"Hey! I'll just quickly go to the bathroom,wanna come?" I ask
"No i'm good I'll just secure seats for us,this season is going to be crazy, I'm so excited."
"Okay." I touch her arm and we go seseparate ways.
After I'm done, I walk out the door, before I can fully shut it someone slams me against the wall,knocking the breath out of me.
"Wha-" he places a hand on my mouth
"Shhhh." My eyes widen when I come face to face with Andrew.
"Kimberly..." He whispers my name and smooths my hair with his palm, I move my head away from his filthy hand.
"There there Kim, there's no reason to be afraid of me." I release muffled sounds behind his palm.
"Oh, sorry I forgot you can't speak." He grins and I narrow my eyes.
"I'll let you go but if you scream," he pauses,the hand that was in my hair moves to my throat, then he squeezes roughly
"I will choke you. Are we clear?" I don't stop glaring
"I'll take that as a yes." He removes his hand from my mouth and loosens the hold on my neck,the threat is there,if I so much as raise my voice he will choke me.
"What do you want." I pant
"Tsk tsk. Kimberly,so so naive." He curls a few strands of my hair around his finger
"I am not naive." I sneer at him "are you doing this for Bree you sick fuck?!"
His face changes from psycho to serial killer,my limbs shake but I do everything in my power not to show fear
He squeezes my throat, cutting off my air supply. My eyes widen,No. I can't breath,
"You will not speak to me in that tone Kimberly."
I scratch at his hand,digging my nails into his flesh. He hisses, throwing his head back, he's enjoying this I realize, instead of loosening, his hold tightens more. He licks my cheek and tears threaten to spill from my eyes
"Aww..don't cry, I'm not going to hurt you. I just want to play." A door slams somewhere and he lets me go. I lean against the wall gasping in enough air as possible, my throat hurts and I think bruises will start showing soon.
"This isn't over Kimberly, I will find you alone again and finish what I've started."
He runs the back of his fingers on my cheek and I instantly move away, his facial expression turns to angry,like he can't stand it when I defy him.
"Baby doll."
He looks me up and down making me shrink against the wall then he smirks and leaves.
Pure undiluted fear cripples me, his words replay in my head like a twisted symphony
"I will find you alone again and finish what I've started."
