And All Things Will End

Brian and Chrissie nodded in sync at Matts words.

"You may be new around here girly but if you don't learn the rules of Huntington and learn them fast you might find yourself 6ft under" Brian said quietly. He got up off of the floor and grabbed a beer from the fridge, throwing one to Matt on his way through as they fist bumped each other.
"Too right man" Matt raised his beer and took a swig.

"hey where's mine asshole" Chrissie exclaimed
"get your own walking dead, besides these are mine" Brian smirked.

Chrissie just stuck her tongue out and crossed her legs across the chaise lounge. She looked just like a porcelain doll, her pale skin shone in the moonlight and into her black and purple skive.

"And who is this fine young woman we have here?" Asked Matt as he strode down the last two steps.

"Hi, I'm Kayla, I was enquiring about the room you have available" I shyly squeaked.
Matt was intimidating to say the least, but he had an old fashioned charm about him.

"Do you have any identification on you Kayla?" He asked, his dimples showed every time he gleamed his pearly whites in my direction.
I thumbled through my book bag and pulled my purse out. I handed Matt my college Id as I don't have a license.

He just about spat out a mouthful of beer as he shook his head,
"is something wrong?" I asked, I was begging god that there wasn't some reason for him to not invite me to stay.
"Your 17 is that right?" He looked disappointed
"yeah but I'm very mature for my age" I debated

Matt handed me back my id and re crossed his arms again,
"I'm sorry miss Mc Carter is it?, this is no place for someone who is underage. I'm sorry, you can stay the night but I want you to go back to your dorm in the morning"

'No no no, I can't go back there' I thought. The memories if my first day flooding back into my mind.

"Please please let me stay" I begged
"if I go back shel kill me"
"who" Matt asked

tears welled in my eyes again as I remembered the queen B's name,
"please" I sobbed " Ashlee and two other girls, they tried to kill me, their the ones who chased me down here in the first place".

"Ashlee... Ash Stirling?!" Shane just about jumped three feet in the air, his hands balled into fists.
I nodded as the three threw glances at one another.

"Matt..we can't make her go back there, not with ash on her tail.... You know what happens when she wants to get her claws into someone" Chrissie put her hands in my now shaky shoulders.
Matt leaned against the door frame,
"your sure if was Ashlee?" He seemed angry,
I nodded but kept my eyes to the floor, I didn't want them to see me crying.

Matt groaned and put his hands on his head, Brian who was now pacing the room looked like he was about to blow up
"that fucking bitch!" He screamed
"can't ruin enough peoples lives so she has to go around picking on someone half of her size!"
He punched the wall leaving a round fist sized dent in the plaster.

Chrissie walked to Brian and shoved him towards the couch, "you need to relax mr!, we don't need anymore broken walls because of your anger"

I glanced at Matt then Brian, the mood in the room had definitely shifted from chill out to raging fire monster. it made me wonder what Ashlee could have done to these people to make them hate her as much as I already did.

"Look, you can stay here with us Kayla but I don't want to see any funny business." Matt was all business now, but his last words weren't directed at me, but to Brian who threw his hands up in defence.

matt pointed a finger in Brian's direction,
"she is a minor, and if I catch you trying anything I will personally have James come down here and sort you out, if her situation were any different she wouldn't be staying here, so don't make me change my mind"

Brian placed a hand over his heart and faked a bullet wound to the chest before performing the best 'I just got shot' scene I've ever seen. Which in turn made me laugh.

"I swear on my honour I will not lay a hand on the beautiful miss Mc Carter" he crossed his heart and threw me a wink. I blushed as Matt turned heel and walked back up the stairs.

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