don’t mess around,” I said angrily. I grabbed Jason’s hand and pulled him towards his bedroom.
One thing was certain: Robbie was going to get annoying very fast… I began to second guess whether staying here would be a good thing.
I l ooked at Jason. He had just laid down on the bed. He watched me cautiously… I had no doubt, I would put up with Robbie for an eternity if it meant I could keep Jason.
I slid onto the bed and let Jason hold me. I didn’t think I would be able to sleep, but with Jason holding me I felt safe. Within minutes I drifted off into a peaceful sleep.
Eight
Nightmare
When I woke up the next morning, I couldn’t help b ut smile. I was still being held b y Jason, and I couldn’t think of anywhere else in the world that I would rather be.
“Hey, princess,” I heard a sarcastic voice from behind me. I jumped when I saw Robbie standing in the doorway.
Jason was still asleep, but I still felt safe in his arms. I chose to ignore Robbie and lay my head ba ck on my pillow. Not even he could ruin my good mo od .
“I’m sorry… Good morning, Sofia,” he said sweetly , but I could still hear the slightest bit of sarcasm in his voice . “You and lover boy over there should probably get up if you don’t want to be late for school.”
I sat up, and looked at the clock on the wall.
7:55 – if we didn’t leave now , we would be late. I shook Jason. “Wake up.”
He looked at me and smile d. After he realized the time, we got up and got ready for school in record time. We got to school five minutes late, but Mr. Franks let us off with a warning . I wondered if he would always take it easy on me.
The school had written the broken lights , windows and glass doors off as a power surge , as Jason had said. Everything was completely back to normal, and everybody had forgotten about our previous fight in the hallway.
Jason talked to the counselor and had his schedule changed. He had every class with me now, but so did Robbie. They both charmed all the teachers s o they could sit beside me. With Robbie on one side and Jason on the other, it made for a very tense day of school.
Every time I looked over at Robbie, he would wink. I couldn’t help but look at him. The guy wanted me dead, and I wasn’t quite so sure he couldn’t kill me as long as Jason was with me.
“Why are you torturing me?” I finally asked Robbie at lunch as he sat down across from Jason and me.
He laughed a genuinely happy laugh. “Because, Red, it’s so much fun.”
My lunch tray started to rattle , so I pushed it down before anybody noticed. “I told you not to call me Red.”
“Maybe you should try some anger management classes. Or yoga,” he suggested.
“I don’t think meditation will help when it comes to you,” I smart ed off back to him. “All the prayer in the world wouldn’t be enough.”
He snored. “Not like it would do you any good to pray anyway. I’d love to see you try and walk into a church.”
“What do you mean?”
Jason touched my arm. “Don’t listen to him.”
Robbie continued. “Haven’t you heard, Red? You’re soulless. If you walk into a church, you will burn to death.”
I rolled my eyes. “I have a soul, unlike you.”
“Is that what your boyfriend told you?”
“Because it’s the truth,” Jason jumped in. “Seriously Robbie, I will not sit back while you torture Sofia. She is the most important person in the world to me. Don’t think for one minute I would hesitate to kill you for her.”
Robbie bit his nails. “Ooooh, I’m so scared.” He glared at us both. “You have forgotten the part where you don’t really care about her .” Robbie’s voice was full of hate, and I knew that he would not hesitate to kill me if given the chance. The thought scared me. I’m not ready to die. I haven’t even got ten the chance to live.
I tried to push back the tears that threatened to escape. I didn’t want Robbie to know that he scared
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