Page 48 of The Heavier The Chains…
“Don’t make me fuck you guys up,” I growled. “Because I will.”
And then Hunter did the ultimate as we reached the hallway separation. He took off to the left, but not before hollering down the hallway, “Talon Draven, in love. Who would have thought?” His laughter following behind him.
His announcement stopped everyone in their tracks, and all eyes shot over to where Lars and I were standing. “I’m going to kill your brother one day,” I stated matter of fact.
Lars just shrugged as his hand slapped me on the shoulder. “I’ll be the first to admit, the boy needs killing sometimes, but he’s not a liar,” he chuckled.
I shook my head and started walking towards first period again. “I expect that kind of shit from you, not Hunter,” I replied.
“Oh, dude,” he sputtered, clearly offended. “Don’t count me out just yet. I’ve already put it all over social media that you’re pussy whipped. Did it the second I saw that goofy ass look on your face.”
“Goddamn it.”
We reached first period, but before we walked in, Lars asked, “So, is it love?”
I looked at my best friend and there was no way I was going to lie to him or downplay what Kenzlee meant to me. “Yeah, it is,” I admitted. “Anyone goes near her, you know what to do.”
Lars nodded. “And Alexandria?”
“The same,” I confirmed. “But…maybe we need to explain it more in detail. Alexandria doesn’t strike me as the type to just go with the flow without explanation.”
Lars snorted. “Ya think? It’s amazing what a little kidnapping does to a woman.”
I rolled my eyes. “Yeah,” I deadpanned, “girls are so hard to impress these days.”
Lars reached for the door handle to first period, and holding it in his hand, looked at me. Lars was the least serious out of all of us, so when he got serious, we paid attention. “Does she love you back?”
I nodded. “Yeah, she does, man,” I told him honestly. “She told me she did, and…and I believe her.”
Lars grinned. “That’s good enough for me.”
“I mean it, Lars,” I stressed. “No one touches her.”
He gave me a sharp nod and opened the classroom door. “And no one will,” he agreed.
We made our way to the back towards our desks and I ignored all the eyes that kept glancing my way. I wasn’t stupid. I knew this was big news. I knew that people were going to be curious, and I knew they were going to consider it a big deal. I’ve never had a girlfriend and the hookups I did have were just that-hookups.
I never took a girl to the movies to dinner. I never took a girl to my house, and I never went to hers. I never held a girl’s hand or spent time with one outside of my dick out and her skirt up.
Other than Edie, I’ve never spoken to a girl about her feelings, her goals, her problems or just her goddamn hobbies. Now, it wasn’t that I didn’t like girls or respect them; I just never met a girl who took my interest past the basics. It wasn’t a case of playing hard-to-get or an over-inflated ego, either. I just never found a girl who interested any other body part besides my dick.
It took a beautiful girl who looked like Snow White to flip me on my ass.
A girl who had more class and grace in her little finger than what all the people I knew had put together. Kenzlee was way too good for me, and I knew it.
I knew this.
I knew she deserved better than an average garage mechanic, construction worker, or whatever the fuck it is I’d end up doing in life. I knew that, even though those diamond earrings were from her brother, she deserved to be draped in diamonds.
And even after staying up all night talking, and knowing that her future was uncertain, and she was planning on looking into community colleges or just getting a job, her circumstances didn’t change the fact that Kenzlee was too refined and special for an ordinary life.
However, that was the only life I was going to be able to give her.
She was never going to have diamonds other than the ones in her ears. She was never going to have furs or eat at country clubs. It was all going to come down to a choice between my love and everything she’s ever been used to.
I could only hope my love would be enough to last her fifty years.
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