Chapter 6

Anabelle's POV

He got up and walked out of my room.

"I can't go back there!"

My friends let me go and I saw Curran walk back into my room a few moments later.

"Alright. How long are you going to be out of school for?"

"For as long as I have to."

"Here's my plan. My mom is going to be here sometime tomorrow. She's gonna enroll me so I can keep an eye on you. I'll stay at Kip's house."

I wrapped my arms around him.

"Thank you."

"Your parents said Cas and I can stay here for the night. My dad is already packing stuff for me. He'll send it here when he can. I have enough clothes for a few weeks. I do have to bring Cas back to my dad's."

"No you don't. Mom said she's going house hunting and she wants me to go with her. She's bringing me home tomorrow."

"Oh. That works."

My friends,Curran,and his brother slept in my room. They were surrounding my bed. Curran was laying next to me since I didn't want to let go. I was softy crying. Curran was the only one who was able to hear me. We started whispering.

"i don't wanna die."

"you won't die."

"curran i'm scared."

He started holding me tighter.

"i'm sorry i'm keeping you awake."

"it's fine. i'm used to staying up late. my sleep schedule is messed up. plus i'd rather stay awake instead of sleeping if someone needs help. i'm sorry about all of this. this feels like my fault."

"it's not.i should've said she could go to a show."

"don't do that."

"my head is pounding."

"crying probably doesn't make you feel better now."

He ran his fingers through my hair.

"how do you normally calm down?"

"i listen to music or go through the photos i've taken. i'm still not able to look at my phone for too long still."

"do you want to listen to something that's not out yet?"

"is it a song that'll make me fall asleep?"

"it might."

He grabbed his phone and earbuds and gave them to me. He pressed play and music started playing. I ended up calming down. I closed my eyes. I guess I fell asleep. When I woke up Curran was still sleeping with his head on my chest. My friends had left. The only person sleeping on the floor now was Cas.

My celebrity crush spent the night consoling me.

His little brother is sleeping on my bedroom floor.

Curran and I have kissed twice now.

Did he really let me listen to unreleased music?

He looks so peaceful while he sleeps.

Wait.

Why can I feel his breath on my skin?

I looked down and saw I was in a tank top. I put one hand on his head and the other on his back.

Wh-what's he doing?

My eyes widened.

He's kissing my fucking cleavage!

Should I wake him up?!

Shit!

I-I think I'm gonna moan!

I grabbed a pillow and covered my face.

Why did he stop?

"i-i'm sorry! i didn't know i was doing this!"

I took the pillow off my face.

"it-it's okay. yo-you can keep going if you want. we have until my alarms go off. don't we have to do whatever we can to make this seem real?"

"true. do whatever you have to do to me."

I started kissing his neck. He covered his mouth with his hands.

Curran's POV

I think I'm gonna end up falling for this girl.

"Are you two sure you're not actually dating?"

"Yes! We're sure! We're just trying to make everything believable."

"Well take a break. Mom's here."

I got up and walked downstairs.

"Hey mom."

"Hey Ja-Curran."

Nice save.

"I didn't think a girl would be the reason you went back to school."

"Mom please. I need to keep an eye on her."

I whispered "I think I like her." In my mom's ear. She started clapping.

"Remember Mr. Hawk?"

"Wasn't he the principal at my old school?"

"Yep. He's the principal at the school here so he knows the drill about you already."

"Phew."

I was allowed to start when Anabelle went back. One day before a class started Rita gave somebody a piece of paper. One by one this piece of paper made it's way around the class. When it made it's way to me I unfolded it. The moment I saw the title of it my blood started boiling.

"Petition to send Anabelle Green to her grandfather!"

Hell no!

Multiple people signed it already. I got up and walked over to the teacher. I showed them what was being passed around.

"Hey! I need that back!"

"Oh really? You need me to give you back a petition to kill my girlfriend?"

Everyone turned to face Rita.

"Yes! Wait! No! That's not what that is for!"

"Then why was this posted on social media saying that it would be passed around soon?"

"Miss. Douglas!"

"I-I swear! It was just a joke!"

"Well this isn't a funny one!"

The door opened and I turned to see who it was.

"Cur-Curran?"

I saw her holding a piece of paper with tears in her eyes. I walked over to her and she handed me it.

"Should we send Anabelle Green to her grandfather?"

She opened her mouth.

"I-I don't wanna die!"

After she said that I saw someone walk up to her. Before I could move her out of the way I saw this person lunge towards her. Anabelle put her hand on her stomach and all we saw was blood.

"Anabelle!"

She fell into my arms then I sat down on the ground.

"Get her to the nurse! NOW! She's at the end of the hall! Keep going straight! The rest of you stay here!"

I picked her up bridal style then started running. Her head and her right hand were on my chest. Her left hand was on her stomach.

"Jace?"

"I'm here."

"You-you saved me once. Please save me again."

"You got it Ana."

I found the nurse's office and ran in.

"I need help!"

Mr. Hawk was in the nurse's office seconds after we got there. I sat her down on a bed that was in there. I took her book bag off then laid her down. I moved both of her hands on her wound then put my hands on top of hers. I started putting pressure on it.

"Curran it hurts!"

"I bet. This is all my fault! I shouldn't have told anybody about you!"

"It's okay."

She pulled me closer to her face and just kissed me as she was doing that she took off my necklace and put it back on me.

"What're you doing?!"

She whispered "thank you for pretending to love me." into my ear. It was at that moment I realized I wasn't pretending.

"You told me to fucking save you! ANABELLE! WAKE UP! BABY PLEASE!"