-Arie-
Caleb turns into the town Walmart and I turn to look at him.
"You're ice cream remember? I don't have any at my place."
"We're going to your place?"
"What do you expect? It's getting late. Did you want to go somewhere else?"
"No. I just..I didn't think about it."
"Don't worry Arie I won't eat you up until you want me to." The smirk he gives after he says that isn't convincing.
But I still relax. I will not sleep with this man. I will not ask to see his dick. And I definitely will not felattio him.
I start a mantra in my head until I push Slutty Arie deep down.
We take our slow time walking around Walmart despite how big Caleb shoes are on me.
I feel comfy in his huge shirt which I buttoned a few buttons and tied up the bottom so I wouldn't look like I was wearing my dads clothing in public.
We spent way to long in the toy section. Caleb didn't even laugh at me when I started to bounce down the isles on a hopper ball.
He just smiles, "You want me to buy it for you?"
"No. I'll visit it again." I tell him as I abandon it on our way out of the board game section.
We went to the electronics next and played golf cart Mario on the newest play station.
I beat him every single time.
"Are you letting me win?" I ask skeptically.
"Why do you ask?"
"You play football. Shouldn't your hand eye coordination be better than this?"
He laughs and proceeds to spin out off a cliff.
"Oh Hell! Rematch!" He says for the tenth time.
"Rematch yourself I'm heading to grocery." I turn to leave him and all of a sudden his arms are around me.
He holds me tight against him as we awkwardly make our way to the freezer section.
I meant we walked awkwardly. I was surprised how natural it felt to be in his arms.
We turn into the ice cream isle and my heart drops. I quickly free myself from him and duck out before I'm seen.
-Caleb-
What the hell? Arie just fled like a little bunny. I start to look around to see what could have possibly spooked her when I hear someone call my name.
Trent and two of his buddies make their way down the isle to meet me.
Trent smiles as he offers me his closed fist I dab it and his two friends follow. I don't know the other two but they look familiar.
"What are you doing here so late football star?" He asks as he leans his back against the door of a freezer.
"Picking up ice cream how bout you?"
He lifts up the frozen pizza in his hand.
"Munchies. Don't tell me the MVP is here close to midnight doing the same." And for the first time I smell the faint smell of weed.
"Naw my date has a sweet tooth."
"Where is she?"
"She's around I'll find her in a bit."
"Cool. Man I could have kicked myself for betting on Acking Hall your last game." He shakes his head as his two friends chuckle.
"Dumb move. Our stats may not be as good as theirs but with Tee now on the team I think we will soon surpass them."
"Yeah, Yeah. You killed. I'm betting for home next time. But I won't hold you I'm dying for a slushie." He walks around me and pats my back as he leaves with his two friends behind him.
The moment he is gone. I start to look for Arie.
I find her crouched down behind a Cheez-Its display pyramid.
She peers up at me with giant eyes.
"What are you doing?"
"Getting Cheez-Its."
"From the bottom?"
"It's fresher."
I take a breath and lean over to take her hand.
I pull her up and into my arms.
"Why are you hiding from Trent and his friends?"
She nuzzles her face into my midsection and doesn't say anything for a while.
"He isn't a fan of me." She says finally.
"Why?"
"He calls me fag."
I take a step back while hooking my finger under her chin forcing her to look at me.
"When?"
"Always." She mutters with fuzzy eyes and my heartbreaks in half.
"I'll handle it."
"Don't, just leave it. It will only get worse he does what he wants."
"Not since his dad disowned him."
Aries eyes go big. "The sheriff disowned him? Since when?"
"Earlier this year. Got tired of Trent fucking up. I even heard his father passed the buck when Trent got arrested on possession."
"Still he is evil. I just rather avoid him."
For a minute I think to press the issue and find out what Trent did to her. But the look in her eyes makes it obvious she's near tears.
I take a deep breath deciding to put a pin in it until later.
"Let's get your ice cream. It will cheer you up."
I take her hand and lead her towards the freezers.
-Arie-
Cardiac Arrest.
That's what happens to me when we get outside to find Trent and his hooligan friends waiting at Caleb's Mustang.
I duck down quickly hoping Calebs massive body will conceal me fully.
He turns to look at me.
"You're with me. I won't let anything happen to you." He coos.
"I'll just hide."
"Hide where?"
I look around at the scattered cars in the lot and feel defeated.
"Don't hide baby. This actually works out I wanted to handle this anyway." He takes my hand in his and pulls me behind him holding my grocery bag with his other hand. He walks forward to his car and my body starts to shiver from nerves.
"What's up? I thought you left?" Caleb asks first as I try to turn invisible behind him.
"Yeah. I am but I saw your car and wanted to ask....is that your girl?"
"Yeah."
Trent chuckles, "What is she shy? Come on out little miss we don't bite."
I duck down further wanting to crawl away into a pothole if possible. But that idea is dropped when Caleb wraps his arm around my shoulder and pulls me forward to stand beside him.
Trent's eyes go big when he sees me for only a moment before the same nasty smirk I know all too well appears.
Trent starts to laugh.
"Arie?"
I don't say anything I look down at my feet.
"I heard you fucked off to fagville Miami what you doing back?"
"Watch your mouth." Caleb warns.
Trent laughes louder, "Caleb, dude. I hate to break it to you but that thing your holding is a fucking man."
My stomache drops and I instantly feel nauseous as tears burn my eyes. All of a sudden I'm back in highschool and I feel so small. And worst of all in front of Caleb. I want to die.
"Again I'm warning you Trent watch your fucking mouth. You don't have shit to tell me about Arie."
Trent slowly claps in mockery.
"This is rich. I had no idea you swung that way."
"Your girl sure as hell didn't care which way I swung when she swallowed my cock...twice."
My head snaps up to look at Caleb. His face is like stone completely unreadable. I look to Trent as his slimy smirk disappears.
"You're lying." Trent says finally and Caleb chuckles.
"You know I'm not. That's why she's your ex got tired of that small ass dick you're peddling."
Suddenly there is a lot of movement.
I cower away terrified as I watch Caleb take on all three guys.
After a minute I force myself present. I have to help. I quickly reach in my purse and locate my taser. I switch it to on and look for my opening.
Caleb pushes one of the guys off who tried to jump on him. He falls flat on his back in front of me and I reach forward while pressing the button. The sound of static charge echos through the parking lot as asshole one's full body jolts and convolutes. I keep doing it until I'm sure he is unconscious.
I look up and Caleb is still tussling with the other two.
He elbows the guy behind him in the nose.
Dickless clown number two stumbles backwards as his hands fly up to his bleeding nose. I hurry up behind him and hit him with the taser once again the sound erupts in the parking lot.
It's only Trent and Caleb now. I notice blood and I don't know whose it is. They are moving so wildly I can't see anything.
There is a moment they stop grappling each other as Caleb takes hold of Trent's shirt cocking back to punch him.
I don't think. I kick off a slide, take a running start and kick my right foot up in between Trent's legs from behind.
He makes a noise like all wind left his lungs as he falls to his knees. I don't wait I press the taser to the back of his neck as the sound booms out. I don't know if it's possible but I tasered that motherfucker harder thinking about all the fucking shit he did to me in school.
His body goes limp and he falls forward hitting his face hard against the ground.
Caleb takes a step back to look at the carnage of bodies littered around.
He starts to say something but I wail aloud cutting him off.
"Owwwwwwww." I cry out at the top of my lungs as I drop down. My foot, it hurts so much. I think I broke it on Trent's balls.
I hold my foot and cry like a little girl but I don't care it hurts so much.
Caleb quickly leans down and tries to look at it but I pull away as I hysterically cry.
"It's broken. I broke my foot on that assholes balls." I cry.
"Let me see. Arie you need to move your hands." He cooes as he forcibly removes my hands.
I sit back and weep as he holds the bottom of my foot and starts to roll down the sock.
It hurts so much I cover my face for fear of seeing a bone jutting out through the skin.
"It's not broken. But you have what looks to be a huge bruise forming. Can you move your toes?"
"It hurts." I whine through my fingers as I try to catch my breath.
"Shhh, it's ok baby. I'll take care of it."
I drop my hands.
"Do we need to go the hospital? It hurts a lot."
"I know hun. The good news is no hospital stuff like this happens all the time to me. I can nurse it at my house."
"You often break your foot on jackasses balls?" I ask as he leans forward to wipe at my face.
"No, but I get knocked around a lot on the field. It isn't broken baby it will feel better soon."
Without another word he stands and scoops me up.
I look around for his missing slide.
"I lost your shoe." I pout.
"Don't worry about it. I'll get it." He says and I wrap my arms around his neck and bury my face away to hide from the pain in my foot.
He carries me effortlessly to the car, opens the door, and leans down to place me in the seat. Even taking a moment to secure me in the seatbelt.
He closes the door and I wipe at my eyes and turn in my seat to watch him. He picks up the missing slide and our grocery bag before walking back to the car.
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