Welcome to New Haven (49 page)

Alex’s car was already there when Holly got to school.
 
Her stomach was full of butterflies, and now her heart was going double time in her chest.
 
After last night’s dreams of Alex, she was already feeling a little hot down south.
 

They’d been kissing each other when all of a sudden they’d been removing each others’ clothes, and hands were exploring a
lot
more than they should have.
 
She had to stop herself recalling the intimate details; otherwise, she’d never make it through the day without embarrassing herself.

As she walked towards the building, Alex and Dev were waiting at the entrance.
 
Holly stopped walking and stared at Alex.
 

He had on a pair of dark blue faded jeans that sat oh-so-perfect on his hips and a royal blue v-neck T-shirt that had college type artwork on the front in white. He was leaning his shoulder against one of the pillars, his arms folded, showing his perfectly sculpted biceps. His hair was his usual mussed up style with strands falling to his eyes.
 

He was a flawless specimen of maleness. Not that she’d known anyone
that
way but still…

Alex was watching her, and his sexy smile spread more widely with the realisation of what was happening to her.
 
He licked his lower lip and moved away from the pillar.
 
He began to walk towards her as she managed to find the ability to move her feet again.
 
Dev was watching them as Riss and Kayla arrived.
 

“What’s going on?” Holly heard Riss ask.
 

“Watch.” Said Dev.

As they closed the gap between them, Alex cupped Holly’s face with his hands, his lips parting.
 
He tilted her head back and brought their mouths together in a deep kiss. He could hear a few people saying ‘oh my God!’ and some whistles.
 

He felt Holly’s hand fist in the front of his T-shirt as their tongues glided over each other.
 
Alex pulled away sooner than he would have liked, but they
were
at school after all. They’d only kissed for a few seconds, but it was enough to get him worked up.

“Hi babe.” He whispered as he looked into her eyes.
 

“Hhhhhh.” Said Holly as she let out a shaky breath. She swallowed and then found her voice.
 
“Hi babe.” She replied as Alex ran his thumbs across her cheekbones.
 

He slowly removed his hands from her face and then took her hand in his.
 
When they turned to go into the building, they noticed everybody had stopped to stare at them.
 

“Everyone’s staring.” Holly whispered.
 

“Let them.
 
They’ll get used to it soon enough.” And he winked at her as she grinned.
 
His words implied that there would be a
lot
more kissing to come, and Holly was already buzzing with anticipation.

“Holy fuck that was hot!” Said Kayla as Holly and Alex walked up the steps.
 

“When did this happen?” asked Riss, wide eyed.
 

“Yesterday.” Said Dev.
 

“Awwww!” Chorused the girls as Alex and Holly passed a tender look to each other.
 

“You guys look so awesome together.” Said Kayla.

“Told ya.” Said Dev as she bumped her elbow against Holly’s.

“See you in class.” Alex said, and he gave Holly a gentle kiss before he left for homeroom. They kept hold of each others’ hand, only letting go when they could no longer reach.
 
He looked back and flashed his killer smile as he turned the corner.

Holly felt empty immediately.
 
The way she usually felt when Alex wasn’t there.

As she and Dev waked into their homeroom, they heard Stacey and Cerise talking.
 

“I saw it.
 
They were sucking face and, from where I was standing, they looked seriously into each other.”
 
She was about to say something else when she saw Holly and Dev.

Stacey snarled at them.

“Yeah? Well when he realises how fucking
lame
she is, he’ll drop her like a fucking rock.”
 

Holly clenched her jaw and Dev put her hand over hers.
 

“I’m guessing she hasn’t put out yet.
 
Guys that hot like to fuck and leave.
 
Does she
really
think there’ll be a happy ever after?” Stacey started to laugh.
 

Cerise wasn’t laughing this time.
 
She started to speak, keeping her voice low, but Holly could still hear her.
 

“Stacey, I think it’s obvious Alex is into
her
.
 
Everybody can see that and, if the rumours are true, Alex won’t sleep with anyone anyway.” Holly and Dev looked at each other when Cerise said that.
 

“Good boy” Dev mouthed.
 

“Are you fucking kidding me?” Stacey said.
 
More of a statement than a question.
 

“What? I’m just saying you should leave the thing you have for Alex alone.”
 
Cerise said but Stacey wasn’t listening.
 

“He won’t
sleep
with anyone?
 
What the
fuck
is
that
supposed to mean?” Stacey screeched.
 
“Nobody knows how true that is.
 
Just because he hasn’t fucked anybody at this school, doesn’t mean he hasn’t fucked anybody anywhere else!” Stacey then turned her attention to Holly.
 
“He’s probably got a few little ‘Holly’s’ on the go, just waiting to stick his dick into.” She laughed.
 

Holly’s fists were clenched so hard; her nails were digging into her palms.
 

“Stace, come on.” Said Cerise in an attempt to stop her ‘friend’ from going overboard.

Too late.

“No.
 
Let her carry on.” Said Holly as she turned.
 
“She’s just showing everybody how pathetic she is. Stacey, do us all a favour and fuck off.
 
Nobody wants to hear your jealous rants.
 
In fact, they’re just boring.” She said.
 

Stacey’s eyes were raging.

“You think you’ve got him, but you haven’t. Believe me when I say this…Alex is mine and the sooner he realises that, the better.”

Holly stood and Dev quickly stopped her lunging for Stacey.

Her skin prickled, and a shiver ran down her spine.
 

“Stacey, get out of your insane dreamworld and into reality.
 
He’s never liked you and never will.
 
Holly’s his girlfriend whether you like it or not!” Dev said.
 

“Girlfriend?” squealed Stacey with a venomous look in her eyes.
 
Her face contorting with madness.
 

“Yeah, that’s right.” Said a voice from behind Holly.

Alex!

She quickly turned to see him.
 

“Hey babe. Are you ok?” He said as he brushed her cheek with his fingertips.
 

Holly was surprised to see him there, but she was even happier that he was.
 
He pulled her towards him with his other hand, keeping his arm around her waist.
 

“Yeah.
She
for some reason, thinks that you are
hers.”
She said, and
Alex laughed coldly.
 

“Well that’s never gonna happen.” He said. “I belong to you.” He leaned down and as he kissed her, the class erupted in a chorus of ‘Wooooh’s’ and ‘Awwww’s’.
 

“You’re gonna pay for this, bitch” spat Stacey, and Alex growled. Cerise started to walk away from her.
 

“Where the
fuck
are you going?” she shouted.
 

“I’m done, Stace.
 
You’ve gone too far.
 
You need help.”
 

At that moment Mrs Carter, along with two security guards, entered the room.
 

“I’m not the one that needs help.
 
She
is!” Stacey growled as she pointed at Holly.
 
“When he’s done with you, he’ll come crawling to me.
 
And, when he does, I’m going to take my time getting rid of everything you ever were to him.”
 

Holly, again, tried to attack Stacey. But Alex held her back.
 

“Don’t you
ever
speak to Holly again.” He said menacingly.
 
“You have problems.
 
Stay away from Holly, stay away from Dev and stay away from me.”
 

“Or what?” She asked, folding her arms.
 

“I’ll have a restraining order against you.”
 

“Ha! Like that’ll happen.” Stacey said with a grin saying that wouldn’t work. “You know you want
me
Alex.
 
You’re just using
her
until you’re ready for me.”
 

Holly gritted her teeth.
 

“Are you seriously hearing yourself?” Alex asked, raising his voice.
 

“You know it’s true.” Stacey replied, flicking her hair back.
 

“Go get help, Stacey.” Said Dev.
 
“You’ve gone completely crazy.”
 

“I’m not crazy!” she screamed.
 
The security guards approached.
 

“Miss Scutter, you need to calm down.” They said.
 

“No! I’m not crazy! He’s mine, and I
will
have him! You’ll see. And when I do, you’ll be fucking sorry!” The security guards each took Stacey by the arms.
 

“You need to leave miss.” One of them said.
 

“No. I’m not leaving! You can’t make me!” she shouted.
 

“Yes we can.” Said the other one.
 

“You’re leaving now.
 
They led Stacey out, and they could hear her screaming profanities down the hallway.
 
Alex cupped Holly’s face.
 

“Are you ok?” He asked gently.
 

“Yeah…I just wanted to kick the crap out of her.”
 

“I know. If you did though, those guards would’ve been coming for you and I’m not going to let that happen.”

“How did you know what was happening?”

Alex had appeared when Dev had said Holly was his girlfriend.
 
He’d agreed! Holly was a little stunned at that.
 

“I sent him a text.” Said Dev.
 
“Stacey looked unhinged and I knew you’d punch her."

Holly nodded in agreement.

“I’m glad you did.” Holly said.
 
“She does my head in.” Holly rubbed her forehead and took a deep breath in frustration, and Alex pulled her in for a hug.
 

“She’s gone now.” He said, and he took her hand.
 

“Hopefully for good.” Said Dev.

Mrs. Carter came back in, after escorting Stacey with the security guards.
 

“Settle down now please.” She said.
 

“What’s gonna happen to her?” asked one of the students.
 

“Stacey Scutter has been suspended.
 
There were cheers and claps with the news.
 
“Ok, Ok.” She said, gesturing for the class to calm down and sit down.
 
“Just to remind all of you…
that
behaviour will
not
be tolerated in this school.”
 

The bell sounded for first lesson.
 

“Holly, Devon, Alex… Can I see you for a moment?”
 
All of the students left the classroom and the three were remaining with Mrs. Carter.
 

“Alex.
 
This isn’t your homeroom.
 
However, considering the circumstances, I understand your presence.”
 

“Miss, I told him that Stacey was causing Holly problems.
 
That’s why he came here.
 
He was in his own room at the time.” Said Dev.
 

“Thank you, Devon. Now, Alex.
 
I realise that Stacey has developed quite the unhealthy obsession with you.”

Holly’s jaw clenched, and Alex’s face was in a fierce scowl.

“I think you should put in
 
a complaint about her.
 
That way we can do our best to move her from your classes.
 
Would you like to do that?” Mrs. Carter asked.
 

“I already did…a few times.” Alex said with no hesitation.
 
“I don’t want her near Holly or Dev.
 
I don’t want them to get into trouble if she pushes them too far again.”
 

“Girls, you need to file complaints for that to happen.”
 

“That’s fine by me.” Said Holly and Alex squeezed her hand.
 

“Me too.” Said Dev.
 

“I picked these up from the Principal’s office in hindsight.” Mrs. Carter said as she gave them to the girls.
 

“Ok, now you need to get to class.”

The teacher had already been told that they'd been kept back, so nothing was said. A few students whispered.
 

“What happened dude?” Ben asked as Alex took his seat next to him.
 

“A shit storm.” Alex replied. “I’ll tell you after class.”

At the end of the lesson, Alex waited at the front for Holly. He smiled and held his hand out for her. Ryan and Kyle walked towards them as they got into the hallway.
 

“Oh.
 
I forgot.” Said Holly.