The Lone Wolf's Cry [08]

Chapter 8-

I rubbed my eyes tiredly as I sat up in bed. I let out a big yawn and crawled lazily out of bed. I was exhausted. It seems that my family was feeling very sexual this weekend because I swear my parents were getting it on a lot. And Sapphire is just well...Sapphire. She had sex a lot. Her and her boy toy kept me up until 3 am last night with there moaning and screaming. It was terrible. Even listening to my ipod didn't help. God help me.

I couldn't help the smile that broke out onto my face as I stared at the clothes that Peyton had bought me. They were really nice. I felt bad about her spending so much money on me, especially when she basically just met me. I pulled out a pair of nice new black skinny jeans. They were tighter then my usual jeans so they showed off my figure a bit more but they weren't skin tight, which I was happy about. I also put on a nice, striped, quarter sleeved v- neck shirt. It too was tighter then most of my other clothes but not too tight. I slipped on my shoes, pulled on a sweater, grabbed my phone and my backpack and booked it downstairs.

I could feel Sapphire's gaze burning into my back as I cooked her breakfast. It was driving me nuts. I couldn't say anything about it without getting a punishment but my god did I want to say something. I turned around and placed the plate infront of her with a smile. She didn't even touch it which kind of pissed me off. "Yes?" I finally asked as she continued to stare at me. "Where'd you get those clothes?" I refrained from freezing up and getting a guilty look on my face. "I've a-always had them. I just uh, I never wear them but I just..thought I'd give them a try." I really hope that sounded believable.

She raised a perfectly shaped eyebrow at me. "I hope you know that I don't believe you. And you will get your ass kicked for lying to me." She hissed, smirking towards the end. I could feel the fear build up inside me as I imagined all the possible things my father would do to me. "I'm not lying, Sapphire. I swear." She scoffed. "Yeah, and I'm ugly." She said, sarcasm dripping from her words. I controlled the urge to roll my eyes. I sighed. "Whatever. I got to go. Hope I don't see you at school, loser." Without even sparing me a second look, she grabbed her bag and walked out to her car. I let out a heavy sigh as I watched her drive away.

I grabbed my things and headed out. Even though it was cold and the wind was going through my sweater, the sun was shining and the sky was blue, which made me feel a little better. I quietly started singing along with my ipod. I jumped as I heard a car honk. And I saw none other then Braiden, leaning against his car. He was wearing grey skinny jeans, that hung low around his waist, a white t-shirt with his black leather jacket that he wore everyday and black vans. And sunglasses. He was the spitting image of a "sexy bad boy" and it was annoying me that I couldn't pull my eyes away from his beauty.

"I told you I'd be here." He whispered, stepping closer towards me. I shifted uncomfortably. "Um, I can walk. I uh, I'd rather walk." I said, straying away from his gaze. He shook his head at me. "No. Little one, I told you I was going to drive you and damn it, that's what I'm going to do." He demanded. I flinched at the firmness of his voice. I let out a slow breath. He sighed and rested his hands on my shoulders, my flesh burning from our skin to skin contact. I tried to shrug his hands off but he kept a firm grip.

"I'm sorry. It's just for your own good. Okay?" He spoke softly, tucking a piece of hair behind my ear. I nodded slightly, still staring at my shoes. He tilted my chin up gently and gazed into my nervous eyes. I could feel the butterflies swarming my stomach as he stared at me. His gaze was so intense that it made me want to hide under a rock but at the same time it was so soft that it made me want to melt into him. That didn't seem to make sense to me, so I was confused. I bit my lip, and his gaze dropped down to my lips.

I could feel the anticipation growing inside of me as his gaze continued to flicker from my eyes to my lips. Finally, he let out a heavy sigh and stepped away from me slightly. He was still too close for comfort though. "Come on. Get in the car." He said, walking over to the drivers side. He stared impatiently at me as I stayed still. "Scarlette, get in the car before I put you in." I huffed and climbed into the car. I must've fallen asleep on the car ride to school because I woke up to someone whispering "Scarlette" to me.

"I know you're tired but you have to wake up, little one." A gentle but deep voice whispered to me. I knew instantly that it was Braiden by the way it sent shivers through my body. I groaned in response. He started trailing his finger up and down my arm. I had to hold in a shiver of delight at how it felt. Little fiery tingles were going through my arm at his soft touch. I heard him take in a sharp breath. I finally opened my eyes to see him glaring down at my arm. I was confused as hell until I looked down and saw that he was staring at a bruise I had gotten on Saturday.

His sharp jaw clenched and he curled his fists. I could see the anger boiling in his eyes and it scared me so I moved closer to the door, but not before I pulled my sleeve down again. "What happened?" He growled, staring down at me with a deep intensity. I shook my head, staring down at my hands. "It's n-nothing." I whispered. "There in the god damn shape of finger prints Scarlette! Don't you tell me it's nothing!" He cried. His eyes seemed to darken with anger. They were almost black, which was quite scary to see. I'd never seen anyone's eyes who turned black when they got angry. I tried to push back painful memories from my mind.

I was scared of Braiden at the moment. A part of me, deep within me, was trying to fight the fear. Trying to reassure me that Braiden wouldn't hurt me. But something in the back of my mind couldn't help but be afraid. "B-Braiden, you're scaring me. It's nothing. I just...nothing." I whispered shakily. I didn't want anybody to know about what went on at home. I was embarrassed and ashamed and I really didn't want pity. And if someone was to know, I really don't want it to be Braiden. I let out a heavy sigh.

I nervously looked back at him to see him looking up at the roof of the car, except his eyes were closed. He jaw was still clenched slightly, as were his fists. He let out a slow sigh and looked at me. His eyes weren't black anymore but I could see the lingering anger. "I'm sorry. Don't be scared of me." He whispered in a strained voice. I knew he was trying to control his rage so he didn't scare me anymore then I already was. I nodded, biting my lip nervously. "Scarlette, is there something you need to tell me?" He asked.

I just wanted this conversation to be over. I shook my head. "No." I whispered. He ran his fingers through his hair, something I realized he did when he was stressed. "Give me your phone." I stared at him. "What?" He stuck his hand out. "Give it to me." I furrowed my eyebrows. "Why-" He shook his hand infront of me impatiently. "Scarlette....now." He demanded. I sighed and handed him my phone. I stared at him questioningly as punched numbers and letters into my phone quickly. Then he handed me back my phone, with his steady gaze on me.

"What did you do?" I asked. "I put my number in your phone. So you call me if you're ever in trouble or if you need anything. You call me. Promise me." He said. I stared at him incredously. Call him if I'm in trouble or if I need anything? Why is he so protective over me and concerned about me? He barley knows me! "I uh.." I trailed off. "Promise me." He stated firmly. I sighed. "Scarlette." He warned. "Fine, I promise." I whispered, staring out the window.

He grasped my chin between his strong fingers and made it so I had to look into his eyes. "Say it." I bit my lip. "I promise." I whispered, nervously staring into his intense eyes. After a while, I found myself falling headlong into those gorgeous eyes of his. In my head, I was screaming at myself. Telling myself to stay away from him, that he was trouble and danger. But some part of me didn't want to. That part of me wouldn't allow it. That part of me loved it to much to want to leave. The rational part of me hated that I loved it. I was having an internal battle.

I could feel my heartbeat pick up speed as he gazed into my eyes with a look I couldn't describe. He was still holding my chin between his fingers and his touch was sending little shockwaves throughout my body. I found that being close to him made me nervous. Whether or not it was a good or bad kind of nervous, I didn't know. We jumped away from eachother as the bell rang. I sent him a frantic look as I tried but failed to unbuckle myself. When I'm in a rush, my hands tend to shake which really doesn't come in handy.

He laughed through his nose and unbuckled me. I grabbed my backpack and jumped out of his car, hurrying to the school. I didn't bother to look back and see if he was following me. I was just focusing on getting to class on time. I almost flew through my classroom door. I was out of breath and I'm sure my hair was slightly messed up. A warm blush spread to my cheeks as I realized everyone's eyes were on me. I furrowed my eyebrows as I saw Braiden sitting in his seat, smirking at me. How in the hell did he get here so fast!? I ran into the school and he was behind me! Braiden's smirk grew at my obvious confusion. "You're late, Ms. Mells." Mr. Stein said, snapping me out of my thoughts.

An amused smile rested on Mr. Steins lips. He seemed to be enjoying my franticness, along with the rest of the class. "Um, sorry." I whispered. He chuckled. "I'll let it pass since it's your first time. Just don't be late again." I nodded and walked to my seat in the back, trying to ignore everyone's stares. "What a loser" I heard Sapphire whisper to one of her minions. I pretended not to hear. I sunk down in my seat. Mr. Stein continued on with the lesson.

I heard Braiden laughing quietly to himself. And it made me want to hit him. I glared at him as he continued to laugh at me. He started to laugh a bit harder as he saw I was glaring at him but I saw an affectionate look setting into his eyes. Affectionate? "You look like an angry kitten." He whispered to me. I rolled my eyes but blushed nonetheless. "How did you get here so fast? You were behind me." I whispered to him when the teacher wasn't looking. He put a finger to his lips and shushed me. "Pay attention." And he pointed to the board. I rolled my eyes again and faced the front.

Sapphire was giving me one of her death stares. She looked like she wanted to kill me right then and there. I really should stay away from Braiden. But he's always everywhere I am! He never leaves me alone. I swear, the kid's stalking me. And yes, sometimes I do like his company but I shouldn't. I'm just socially deprived, I'm sure I'd enjoy a rabbits company if it was nice enough. I sunk down lower in my seat as I tried to ignore her killer stare.

My classes seemed to drag along, so I almost flew out of my seat when it was lunch time. I walked outside, ready to go sit underneath my tree when I saw a bunch of "emo" kids sitting underneath it. I hate stereotypes, so I don't particularly like calling them that. But I've never talked to any of them in my entire life. So I don't know any of their names. So that is what I call them. I'm sure their nice though. I sighed and reluctantly walked back into the cafeteria.

I searched the room for an empty table and found there was only one in the back. I saw Braiden sitting with Peyton, Lily, Jace and Noah. I also saw Sapphire sitting with her popular people but she was gazing flirtatiously at Braiden. I tried to ignore all of their stares as I walked to the table. I grabbed a book out of my backpack and started to read. I got so into the book that I couldn't hear the chatter around me as much. However, I did notice when Peyton, Lily, Jace, Noah and Braiden all sat down with me.

I looked up from my book to see them all looking at me. I blushed slightly from having all their eyes on me. Peyton and Lily smiled at me. Noah smirked and Jace just gave me a knowing look with a sly smile. What he was thinking about was beyond me. Braiden gave me a soft smile that made my insides flutter. I bet I looked confused and slightly shocked because they chuckled at me. They started to eat and have conversations with eachother, ignoring the incredeous looks I was giving them. Why were they sitting with me?

"Um, are you sure you guys want to be seen with me? It might ruin your reputation." I whispered to Braiden. He gave me a strange look. He opened his mouth to answer but Sapphire's big mouth cut him off. "What the fuck are all you guys doing withher ?" I shrunk down lower in my seat as I ignored her pestering gaze. "Braidy, believe me, you do not want to be seen with this whore." Oh yeah, I'm the whore here Sapphire. "Fuck off, Sapphire." Braiden growled. I peered up at him through my eyelashes to see him glaring intently at Sapphire and her two minions.

Her eyes widened in disbelief. Mine did too. That was the first time ANY guy had ever told Sapphire off or pushed her away or acted like they didn't want her. What was wrong with him? Why would he choose me when he could have her? She quickly masked her shock and smirked. "Alright. But baby, when you come back to your senses, I'll be here. You'll thank me later for helping you out." I bit my lip to hold back the tears that were threatening to come.

Suddenly my pants were wet and my mouth was hanging open in shock. I could hear Sapphire's minion's giggling their screechy, hyena like giggles. I looked up and saw Sapphire smirking at me. "Oops. My hand slipped." The bitch purposely spilled her orange juice on me! She had one of the cockiest and most satisfied looks on her face, and I wanted to rip it off. The entire cafeteria burst into laughter and I ran out of there as fast as I could, tears streaming down my cheeks.

I ran into the bathroom and was about to go into a stall when two strong arms turned me around pressed me into a warm, strong chest. I knew it was Braiden by the tingles and butterflies that swarmed me. "This is t-the girls bathr-room." I choked out. "Shh." He whispered, stroking my hair softly. "It's okay. Shh, I'm here. It's okay, little one. Let it out." I choked out a sob and he tightened his grip on me. I felt him kiss the crown of my head and that made me cry even harder. After a while of me crying, my tears had stopped.

I pulled away from his chest but I still had my shaking fists resting on his firm chest. He cupped my face in his rather large hands and wiped my remaining tears away. "Scar, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." He whispered sweetly to me, sending me an apologetic smile. My heart fluttered at his nickname for me. Scar. Well I sure have a lot of those so I guess it fits. I nodded numbly. "Do you want me to take you home?" I shook my head vigorously. "No..no. No. I..no. NO." I kept muttering no.

"Hey." He cooed. "It's going to be okay. I promise. She'll pay for that. I'll make sure of it." He whispered, stroking my cheek softly. "I won't take you home. Okay? Do you want to leave?" Without really thinking, I nodded yes. "Okay. We'll go to my house." My eyes flashed up to his. The offer was tempting. So incredibly tempting. I really wanted to leave but I would get in so much trouble from my parents and I don't want 'skipping school' to be on my record. I shook my head no but he had already made up his mind.

He picked me up bridal style and walked with me out to his car. How nobody noticed this was beyond me. I kept muttering 'no' and throwing lame and weak punches to his chest. Ignoring my protests, he put me in the car and buckled me up. We were quiet the entire ride to his house. All that crying had tired me out even more. I was half asleep when Braiden told me that we had arrived. I didn't move. I was too tired to move. He sighed. I felt him unbuckle me.

He picked me up bridal style again and carried me into his house. I nuzzled my face into his shoulder blade and I felt him shiver. Weird. I heard two shocked gasps. "Oh my, is she alright?" Maci whispered. She must've thought I was fully asleep. "She's not hurt is she?" Another voice asked. Braiden sighed and kissed the crown of my head. "She had a bad day." Was all he said. I felt him carry me up the stairs. We were going to his room. Normally, I would've been really nervous about going to his room but at the time I was too tired to care.

I felt him place me on something soft and comfortable. His bed I was guessing. I snuggled into his pillow. He sighed and pushed some hair out of my eyes before stroking the top of my head. "What am I going to do with you, Scar?" He whispered, more to himself then me. I'm pretty sure he thought I was asleep. "I'm sorry." I whispered. "Why are you sorry?" I gave a small yawn. "I just am." I mumbled, with eyes still closed. "Let's get you out of those jeans." He said.

I felt his weight leave the bed and I half opened my tired eyes to see him digging through his drawer. He pulled out some sweatpants and walked over to me. "Change into these." I didn't want to move at all. He sighed and gave me a sympathetic smile. "I know you're tired but I don't want you to get chaving or something." I blushed madly at that. He smiled sweetly at my blush. "It won't take long. Then you can come back and sleep. Okay?" He whispered, stroking my cheek again. I nodded and got up sluggishly. I grabbed the sweatpants and headed for the nearest door.

I felt two firm hands on my hips, steering me in the other direction. "That's the closet." He said, chuckling to himself. I shrugged and let him guide me to the bathroom, trying to ignore the way my flesh burned from his touch. I closed the door behind me and looked in the mirror. I looked terrible. My mascara had smudged so I slightly resembled a raccoon. My hair was messy and I had bags under my eyes. My eyes were red and I had tear stained cheeks. "Ew." I muttered to myself.

I splashed my face with warm water to get rid of the after cry feeling and to try to clean up my makeup. I patted my face dry and then ran my fingers through my hair, trying to get rid of some of the knots. When it looked decent enough, I changed into the sweat pants and walked into his room. He was lying on his bed, except he was wearing sweatpants and no shirt. His body was...godly. His broad shoulders were muscular, his biceps were almost the size of my head, I could see that enticing V of his and his abs. My god, his abs. He had a defined 6 pack. My lips went dry as my heartbeat sped up. I couldn't tear my eyes away.

"See something you like?" I snapped back into reality and saw him smirking at me. I rolled my eyes but a blush worked it's way onto my cheeks. "No..." I muttered, sitting on the side of the bed. He chuckled. It sounded like he said "look all you want, touch it if you want cause' it's all yours" but I was tired as hell, I was probably just hearing things. "You can lie down you know. I don't bite." He smirked. "Unless you like it." My blush deepened. "A-are you going to sleep too?" I stuttered.

He nodded. "I'm tired too. Climb into bed, I'll be right back." He said, climbing off the side of the bed. I laid down under his warm covers and snuggled my face into his pillow. His bed smelled exactly like him. And I loved. I was practically drinking in his scent. I heard him shut the door quietly. Even though I was half asleep, I was still nervous about sleeping in his bed. I'd never worn a guys clothes before, let alone slept in his bed before. This was all new to me and it made me nervous. Figures my first time with all this is with Braiden. A beautiful, sexy, experienced, intimidating, intense, strong muscular, man.

I was drifting off into unconciousness when I felt the the bed dip with weight. My whole body froze as I felt a hand on my hip. My skin tingled a fiery tingle from his touch. He slid his warm hand down my hip onto my stomach. He ever so softly pulled me to him, so my back was pressed up against his chest. I tried to stay as still as possible and control my breathing so he thought I was asleep. But my heart was beating so fast, I was sure he could hear it. Butterflies swarmed my stomach once again as his softly rubbed my stomach and rested his cheek on my hair. Goosebumps erupted on my skin as his hot breath hit my neck. Even though I was nervous as hell, I still felt safe. It was an odd feeling. Once I'd never felt before. But I liked it. A lot.

Exhaustion hit me like a tidal wave after a while and I fell asleep to the rythym of his heartbeat and his steady breathing. I found I would be perfectly happy if that was what I fell asleep to every night.

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While I was writing this, it felt like it was a gazillion pages long but once I read it over again I realized how short it was. For that, I would like to apologize. I know how short my chapters are getting and believe me I don't like it any more then you do. I will work on it. You have my word. I would make it longer now but you have no idea how tired I am.

I am exhausted. I had a very long day. My school was on lockdown today. Some dude had a gun nearby so we didn't do shit all day! It was kinda fun it a weird sort of way. I hope he's alright now. You never know what his reason could've been so I hope everything worked out for the best. I hope you guys liked it. Message/Rate/Banners? xoxo ;) :)