C9 Chapter Nine

MILLIE

I turn around ready to bolt but the swam of people won't allow me to,I feel the walls closing in on me as the sound of dripping water fills my head. No,no why now? please not now.

I turn back around when I realize that there's no going out of this place until this fight is over,it's the last round anyway,I can bear ten more minutes. I look up and relief washes over me when I find the guy isn't even looking at me anymore.

He has tattoos on his upper body,words spread across his chest and an eagle lies right under them followed by a cross,his hands are inked as well and from my angle I can see a woman's face with a rose tiara around her head.

Why did I feel the sudden need to run? I look back at his face and something inside me shakes,not with fear but...familiarity? Why do I feel like I've met him before and that meeting wasn't good on my end?

The fight starts and the other bulky guy launches at the tattooed guy,he swings two punches but he ditches them,then the tattoo guy gets him in the jaw, before he can recover,he lands one on bulky guys cheek and blood immediately explodes from his mouth,splattering on tattoo guy's face.

The crowd goes wild but all I can do is watch with my face paling every second. Bulky guy manages to land a punch in tattoo guys gut making people go 'ohhh.' tattoo guy punches bulky right in the face. Left right,once twice..blood explodes from bulky's mouth with force like splashes of water

I shriek and jump back slightly,placing both hands over my mouth in shock. One last final punch on the eye sends bulky man thumping on the ground like a sack.

The crowd goes nuts as the winner's hand is raised in the air. Blood,so much blood,just like in the alley,I think I'll throw up. I take deep breaths in and my stomach starts to settle, finally,I look up and find tattoo guy watching me with careful eyes. My skin tingles at the way he takes his time looking me up and down.

I squirm under his gaze but I can't seem to will myself to move or look away from him.

"Millie!" One of Peter's friends flings a hand over my shoulder. For a second,just a second,a shadow passes over tattoo guy's face and his eyes darken. Just like it appeared,it vanishes. I shrug off the guys hand and squint my eyes at him,he lifts his hand up in surrender.

"Okay okay,I get it,no touching. How about that date? Did you think about it?"

"Millie! Did you feel that?" A feminine voice pants

I sigh in relief as Lia unknowingly saves me from the conversation that was about to itch my skin.

"Feel what?" I ask

"The adrenaline silly! That was epic!" She squeals and I stare back at her with horror

"You call that epic? I was literally getting sick over here watch two people almost killing each other." I frown

"Oh please,they can handle it." She flips her hair, Peter wraps his hand around her waist and pulls her to him,the two start kissing and I roll my eyes. I excuse myself and start pushing through the crowd,I'm almost to the door when a body slams into mine, bumping heads with me.

"Ouch." I touch my forehead "watch where you're going." I say slightly irritated

"Sorry.."

I look up at at source of the voice,a petite girl with blue eyes and red hair that's cut to her shoulders stares back at me with her hand matching mine in rubbing her forehead.

"I just want to get out of this place,I think I'm going to be sick with all the blood." She mumbles then sighs

"Me too." I mumble back

"The door is that way." She points in the opposite direction of where I was going.

"Oh." My cheeks must redden.

"This is your first time here?" She asks

"Yeah."

She nods,

"Follow me."

I do just that, when we reach the door, i pull out my phone and text Mia,

Me: meet me at the door

I slip my phone back into my pocket and look around, trying to spot any one of the people I came with but there's nobody in sight,I sigh. The other girl seems to be doing the same.

She mumbles something but I only catch the last part "so much for being a law student."

I study her closely,she's really pretty and looks too uncomfortable,which makes me wonder what she's doing here.

"You're a law student?"

Her head turns and her eyes focus on mine

"Yeah." She confirms and I take a moment to study her

"What the fuck are you doing here?" A male voice speaks from behind us.

I turn around and find a tall guy with raven dark hair towering over us,he's shirtless, wearing dark jeans that are hanging low on his hipbones and has a cigarette dangling between his fingers.

The girl closes her eyes briefly, taking a deep breath in,she turns around.

"I came here to watch."

"To watch."

His eyes narrow on hers and then his voice deeps to a frightening tone,he moves closer to her and she shrinks back

"I told you..to stay the fuck home and not come watch fucking anything."

"I was worried okay!" She speaks with defiance despite her body betraying her by shaking slightly.

His eyes move from hers to mine and I wish they'd just remained on her. I swallow,ready to tell him I don't know her then bolt.

He tips his head in my direction.

"Who is this?" His tone is neutral

"Uh this is..." She trails off

"Millie." I blurt out,then curse afterwards at my stupidity of giving him my real name. What? I was in panic mode,the guy is intimidating as crap. His eyes narrow on me

"I'm Suzie by the way." The girl introduces herself and the guys attention snaps back to her

"You don't even fucking know her." Statement,not at question

"I just met her Jaime." She says irritably.

"Oh,so you're what? 'friends' now?"

"I can't let Will keep picking 'friends' for me! I'm not a child, i'm old enough to even fuck whoever I want!" She yells angrily

"Watch that fucking mouth." His eyes seem to darken a little,

She clamps her mouth shut but keeps glaring and it's the wise thing to do if you ask me. I slowly start to walk away backwards but bump into a wall,I yelp and turn around,my forehead slams on muscles,I slowly examine the wall- which by the way is toned rippling muscles with tattoos,my eyes study the deep lines forming packs and then move downwards, following two v lines and land on unbottoned jeans.

My eyes widen when I realize where I'm going and snap my head up,I don't know whether the safest place to look at was down or up because I find stormy golden brown eyes watching me intently. I swallow but the lamp in my throat doesn't go down,the guy standing in front of me is the tattoo guy from the ring.

He looks way scary up close, he's handsome scary. A straight nose,long lashes,a sharp jaw, medium lips that fight between pink and purple and a small dip in his chin,there's a bit of stubble on his jaw and a beauty spot right under his eye. He's got a cap on worn backwards and now that he's this close,I think I remember where I've seen him before. It was at that party where he made a remark about kissing me being a mad joke.

Another shadow falls over me and I gulp,this one though,he's handsome and has less frightening features than the other two,his hair is tied in a man bun and shaved on the sides,he has a tiny scar on his cheek which weirdly makes him look attractive. Geez,since when did scars make people look attractive,there's another scar on his chest near a skull tattoo,that's a sign that his more relaxed look shouldn't deceive you,he's built and tall but not taller than tattoo guy from the ring.

"Who do we have here?" Scar guy speaks and goosebumps erupt all over my body.

His voice is nothing less frightening,he didn't say something scary but it just sounded threatening in full glory.

"I-i was just leaving." I try to squeeze myself between them but they block me

"Not so fast." Tattoo guy speaks with a deep smocky voice meant to seduce even a siren.

I try my best to keep my harsh breathing in control as i look up at him

"Let me go,I have no business with any of you." I thank the heavens that my voice remains calm despite the volcano burning inside me.

"Stop tormenting her you jerks,leave her alone." Suzie stands up for me,she comes to my side and holds my hands then stands in front of me, facing the two demons.

Scar guy looks down at her with a bored expression.

"Making friends without my permission little sister?" He makes sure the 'little' sounds mocking. So this is Will and he's her elder brother.

"I don't need your permission to make friends,I'm eighteen." She lifts her chin up.

"Still a kid to me if you ask." Raven hair speaks and Suzie's hand tenses in mine. She seems to be more uncomfortable around him than her brother.

"Okay." Her brother straightens and it makes him look more built,then he steps aside, giving her way.

"What?" She asks, surprise hard to miss in her voice.

"Okay,or you want me to change my mind?" Will asks her

She narrows her eyes and side eyes tattoo guy,who's name I still don't know and don't care to know. It's like she's scared he'll do something unexpected,she draws in a deep breath and speaks

"Come on Millie." She pulls me behind her

"Go ahead,Millie,you're free...."

Tattoo guy says with a trail and I don't know why but the statement sounds so... threateningly wrong, as if he meant to finish "for now."

I don't say a word as Suzie drags me away from the scene that might as well have set my skin on fire.