Chapter 33: Chapter 33

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"What's up, dude? Did something happen or what? You seem a bit pissed off." Theo says when he emerges from his parents' house, making me chuckle.

I don't say anything for a few moments, taking the last puff of my cigarette before throwing it away and stepping on it.

Theo lifts his right brow, waiting for me to answer.

"Tell me, Theo," I begin and look up at him, "what did I say about Sophie?" I ask and he laughs.

He actually fucking laughs.

"Oh, so that's what this is about? You're pissed because I took her out on Monday? Come on, Axel, we both know your intentions with her. I don't see why I can't have some fun as well." he says and I clench my jaw.

"My intentions? Enlighten me about my fucking intentions, then." I spit and he rolls his eyes.

"You're gonna fuck her and then block her out, that's what you do every single fucking time, that's what you did with the five hundred girls before and I'm sure Soph is not the last. It's really fucked up, you know." he says and I walk up to him.

"Don't fucking tell me what I'm gonna fucking do with her because you don't know shit." I say at the fucker. I open my mouth to say some more shit, but he cuts me off.

"Oh, and you think you do? You think you're some fucking genious? Because let me tell you, you're not. She's a really fucking great girl, you don't just come across them anymore and maybe this time I don't just wanna watch you screw up another girl." he says and I lose my temper, grabbing him by his collar.

"You think I want to screw her up? You think that's what I want to fucking do?" I say angrily and he rips my hand away from his collar.

"No, that's what I know. You're fucked in the head, Axel, there's no way you're not gonna hurt her and I won't let that happen. Now get the fuck off my lawn." he says, making my blood boil.

"You won't do shit because I'll fucking kill you if you speak to her again, do you hear me?" I spit at him and he laughs.

"Kill me? Like you killed your mother?"

At that, I lose it. I shoot out my fist, hitting him on the side of his face.

He falls to the ground and I kick him in the stomach, making him groan in pain.

I kneel down to him.

"You don't know shit, Theo. Get close to Soph one more time, and I won't be this nice to walk away." I whisper to him and stand up.

I stand over him for a moment before kicking him in the stomach once again.

When I sit back in my car, I can see a single tear on my cheek in the rearview mirror before I drive away.

Soph's POV

The dreams start off quite nice.

"Good morning, baby."

"Good morning, Axel." I smile back and reach through the white covers to kiss him.

He looks a few years older, but still handsome as hell.

"How are you feeling on our first day of honeymoon?"

I gasp. "We're married?"

He smiles. "Yes, love. Remember, I promised you."

"What did you promise me?" I ask, shifting my gaze down his toned and tanned body.

"Soon." he replies, his deep voice changing into something more evil, something darker.

I look up to him in horror and scream.

"Did you think you ran away from me, bitch?" he shouts and slaps me so I fall off the bed.

"Fuck, Sophie, wake up." I feel two hard hands on my shoulders, waking me.

I open my eyes and sit up, taking a deep breath.

"Oh my god." I whisper and wipe my forehead, completely wet with sweat.

Axel wraps his arms around me and leans his head on top of mine. "Shh, it's okay."

I lean into him and gulp.

"What did you dream?" he asks and I close my eyes.

"He was there-we were on our honeymoon and you turned into him."

He stills. "I turned into who?"

"That guy..., the one from tonight." I say.

"Oh, you mean Greyson." he says and I look up at him.

"Greyson? That's his name?" I ask and he nods.

We stay silent for a few moments before Axel speaks up again.

"Honeymoon, huh." he asks, his voice unamused.

I chuckle. "It was just a dream."

"I hate that fucker." he says and lean further into him.

"Me too." I whisper. "Thank you for saving me."

"I'll always be there to save you. Guardian angel, right?" he says and kisses the top of my head, laying me down on the bed.

"Here, let's go sleep." Axel says and takes his pants and shirt off.

I grab his shirt from his head and peak up at him through my lashes.

"Promise me you won't look." I say and begin to take my shirt off because, hell, he'd already seen them.

"Can't make promises I won't keep." he says and I take my shirt off, his eyes on me the entire time, making me nervous, so I put my shirt over me while I grab his shirt. He isn't having it, though, and he yanks the shirt away.

"How about you just sleep like this?" he asks and leans down, kissing my breast.

I chuckle. "No, Axel." I say and pull his shirt over me, making him groan.

"Aw, you're no fun." he says and grabs me by my waist, pulling me as close to him as possible. I put my hands around his neck and, before anything could stop us, I kiss him. He hums into the kiss, prying my mouth open and sliding his tongue in.

He pulls away after a minute. "I'm still mad at you." he whispers, laying his head down on my breast.

"I'm still mad at you, too." I say back and he frowns.

"Why are you mad at me for? I didn't do anything." he says and I snort.

"First, you disappeared. Then you almost killed a guy and then didn't want to tell me why and where you went. I'm really angry because of that. And I'm furious because you were furious about the Theo thing like you own me or something." I say and he purses his lips.

"That's a lot of stuff that you're mad about." he says and I nod. "But in my defence, everybody would be pissed about the Theo shit. Also, from now on, I really don't want you near him, understand?" he says and I sigh.

"Axel, he's my friend." I defend myself.

"I still don't want you near him." he whines. "He's a fucker, I don't like him."

He looks up at me, giving me puppy eyes. "Please." he begs and I purse my lips.

Goddamn it.

"I'll think about it, okay?" I say and he grins.

"Okay." he lifts his head to puck my lips and then lays his head on my breast again, moving it around to make himself more comfortable and I chuckle, pulling the covers over us.

Axel wraps his arms around my waist and I tangle my legs through his, and we fall asleep like this. It feels like heaven, finally being able to hold him again. By the way Axel begins to snore after a few minutes, I'd say he feels a similar way.