Chapter 13: Chapter 13

"Hey calm down! Fine. We'll see her dammit." I said pulling into the parking lot and parking. Rocky howled and I rolled my eyes and opened his door. He bolted out and charged toward the girl, who was listening to music through headphones. She glanced towards the gaining dog and her eyes widened.

"Rocky!" River said crouching down and the dog went running towards her. I huffed and went over to them. He practically tackled her.

"Who's a good boy?" The young woman was rubbing his stomach as I came to stand beside her. She glanced up at me and gave a soft smile.

"Thanks for taking him... I almost thought he'd never find a home." She said in a relieved voice.

River

I looked up at Daimen who had that annoying stoic expression before turning my attention back to Rocky.

"Well I was just taking him for a drive so... bye." Daimen huffed and I stood.

"Yeah okay." I said backing away and Rocky yipped and tried to follow me. I chuckled and shook my head.

"No Rocky. Go with Daimen." I said and he growled softly.

"Hey what's up with the old lady at your job?" Daimen asked and I looked at him quizzically.

"Maggie? What about her?" I asked feeling my heart pump harder.

"She was acting like I was your boyfriend or something." Daimen growled and my eyebrows raised.

"Oh God. Well don't pay it any mind. She keeps trying to set me up." I groaned.

"Oh. Okay." Daimen said and I gave a nod.

"Well... bye." I said and put my headphones back into my ears.

"Well make sure the old lady knows that nothing is happening between us. You're not my type. I just helped you out. You're not special. You're still an annoying bitch." Daimen huffed glaring at me and I blinked.

"I didn't ask for your help. I was fine." I retorted.

"He was just using you anyway. Trying to get to me; I told you not to go with him and you did it anyways." He said nonchalantly and shrugged, but his words cut deep.

"Whatever." I didn't know what else to say so I just turned and walked away from him.

The fuck is up with him?

He got into his car and Rocky followed and then they were gone.

I was going to kill Maggie.

I was sitting there on a bench sulking and listening to music when a roar of an engine caught my attention. I looked up to see Daimen coming to a halt and looking at me. Rocky barked from the backseat.

"I only came back because Rocky won't shut up." Daimen clarified.

"Come on Riv." He called and I wrinkled my nose and reluctantly stood up and trudged over.

"What?" I hissed at him as I came to stand beside the car and saw his smug look. He shrugged and I rolled my eyes.

"Oh baby you're so goddam beautiful. If only you loved me how I you." Daimen said with a smirk and I sneered. Cocky bastard.

"Whatever Romeo. Go step on Legos barefooted." I hissed and he chuckled.

"That shit hurts like a fucking bitch." Daimen said after a pause.

"Language much?" I asked and he looked at me.

"Don't fucking act like you fucking don't cuss. I'll say any motherfucking things that I feel like saying. Damn! Bitch ass hypocrites these days." Daimen said with a smirk. I rolled my eyes.

"Fuck off." I snarled.

"See!" Daimen said pointing at me. I huffed and crossed my arms.

"Aww my little baby pouting? How can daddy make it up to you?" Daimen said smirking. I ignored the spark as he called me baby.

"First of all you can stop with the daddy shit. That's disgusting, I thought instantly of my father." I said grimacing and Daimen chuckled. My father was enough to make me sick as it is.

He got out of his car and walked over to me.

"Okay I'll stop it if you do something." Daimen said with a smile. I eyed him suspiciously.

"What's that?" I asked. He grinned wider.

"Call me Daddy." He said with a smirk and I shook my head. Really? Didn't he just pretty much say 'fuck you' earlier?

"No." I scoffed.

"It's no daddy." He corrected and I rolled my eyes.

"What the hell ever." I spat and he grabbed my arms and pulled me close to him. Tingles erupted from where he touched. I glared at him and he chuckled.

"Fine then call me... Ares." He said with a smirk. I paused, why was he wanting me to call him the Greek god of war?

"Why?" I said and the young man chuckled.

"Because I'm bad as hell and you're my Aphrodite." Daimen growled with a smirk.

"What?" I said.

"Baby, War and Love go perfectly together." Daimen said in explanation and he chuckled as I grimaced. His hands released my arms but quickly wrapped his arms around my waist and I whined. What was wrong? Did he take something because he was being awfully strange?

"I'm not your baby now quit touching me." I said trying to wriggle out of his grasp but his hold was strong. I sighed when I couldn't get out and he smirked.

"River you've gotta be the only girl that has ever told me to stop touching her." He commented with a chuckle. His hands slipped down my waist and ended up on my buttocks. I just stared at his shirt as he rubbed his hands on my ass and tried to ignore the fact that it actually felt good.

"You've got a nice ass." Daimen grumbled and pressed his fingers harder against my derrière. I looked to the ground at the massaging feeling he was creating and mentally scolded myself.

"Let me go," I glared up at him. He looked at me expectedly and held me tighter. I swallowed whatever dignity I had left as I finished reluctantly with, "Ares." He smiled and let me go. But not before giving me a hard slap on my rear end. I yelped and forced myself to not say anything.

"Come on." He said getting into his car.

I ignored him as I got into the passenger seat. The car seemed hot and full of tension. I'd never felt such a sexual desire for anyone. But why him? I pushed aside my hormones and laid my head against the headrest.

He's crazy and an ass, quit fawning over him like some dumb bimbo.

I glanced around and noticed a small glass jar sitting in the middle cupholder. I gazed at the obvious marijuana and frowned.

"Not very secretive with that are you?" I said and Daimen scoffed.

"Nope." He said and smirked. "You never know when you need some."

I didn't know what to say to that so I just remained quiet.

"I'll take you home." He said and started the engine. I held on to him as we started speeding down the road. Great. Just great.

River

I sat in my second, and last, class, staring at the board, trying to ignore the pain in my head.

Daimen had dropped me off at my house yesterday and I had to deal with my ready-to-fight uncle. So you can see how that went.

He'd had been passed out on the couch so luckily there wasn't a confrontation this morning. Unlike yesterday when the jackass came home drunk. I frowned in remembrance.

I sighed and watched as the teacher started to do something at her desk.

I jumped in surprise as someone sat by me and my eyes widened in shock when I saw just who it was. It was strange that he was this close to me moreover he didn't even have this class.

"Uhh Daimen... What are you doing in here?" I asked and he looked at me with a smirk showing off his dimples.

"Just bored." He said casually and shrugged. He chuckled when I glared confusedly at him and tapped my head with his pointer finger-right on my hidden bruise.

I winced at the pain and he paused. Suddenly his rough, hardened hands were parting my hair and I glanced over to see him examining my head. His body went rigid and he sucked in a breath.

"What happened?" He growled through gritted teeth. His whole appearance and stance was now hostile. I did my best to avoid his glare.

"I just hit my head." I said after a pause.

"You sure?" Daimen said slowly and I looked away as I nodded. He let out a sigh and I felt his tense hands relax as he moved them from my head.

"What'd you do?" He asked with a small smirk and I inwardly sighed in relief.

"Nothing really... Just fell." I breathed and Daimen snickered softly.

"It's not funny." I snapped and Daimen laughed harder and it was a beautiful sound.

"It's a little funny." He said in his deep voice with a wide smirk. I rolled my eyes and looked toward the teacher's desk. The teacher was staring at us.

"Sir... Is there a reason you're in my classroom?" Mrs. Lynn said her voice thick with obvious distaste. Daimen fired back with sharpness.

"Is there a reason you're fucking speaking to me?" He snarled laced with poison. I saw his jaw starting to twitch in annoyance.

Mrs. Lynn gasped and Daimen rolled his eyes and turned back to me. He was about to say something when Mrs. Lynn started talking again.

"Excuse me?" The professor said adding harshly, "Just because you've been to jail doesn't make you bad Princeston. You're still a child to everyone and to make it worse you can't see that no one likes you. If you were gone it wouldn't matter." The class went quiet and I gulped as Daimen stood up slowly and turned back to the teacher. Every muscle seemed to have gone tense.

"You may be right miss. But I don't give two fucks if anyone misses me. You think I care what you say to me? What anyone says? If you do, you're damn wrong. I've never been to jail. There was a trial but I never went to fucking jail. What do you know? Nothing. So please shut the hell up and go suck a dick. Keep my name out of your mouth or you'll regret it. Mrs. Saundra Will Lynn." then he turned back to me and shot me a look.

"She's just mad I wouldn't fuck her last semester." He grumbled softly in my ear and my mouth gaped slightly.

What the hell? He went here last semester? How'd I never see him? Well this was a pretty large school...

I watched dumbfounded as he turned away and started to walk out and finally left but not before flipping the teacher off.

As soon as he was gone Mrs. Lynn hit me with a nasty glare. I looked back in confusion and honestly disgust.

She wanted to sleep with Daimen? She's what? Thirty five. Back up bitch.

"What was that about River?" She asked sternly and I blinked. Everyone in class was now staring at me some glaring too and I gulped as my ears heated up.

"I don't know... you kind of provoked him." I said shrugging softly and fiddled with my fingers. Everyone was quiet for so long that I swear you could almost hear heartbeats.

"What, is he like your boyfriend or something?" I looked over and felt my cheeks grow hot as some preppy girl came into view. Oh great, maybe instead of preppy I should say school whore... we did have a few...

"No I'm not with him, we're just friends." I said and the girl smiled.

"Oh good because Daimen is so mine. We're like meant for each other. I just got to get him to notice me and then we're gonna be together. I mean look at him. He's every girls dream..." The blonde bimbo gushed and I wanted to wring her neck like a wet rag. I hated that I was getting so protective over him. Like I said, we weren't dating or anything so I shouldn't be so possessive... but I was.

"He's not even that good looking." some guy in the back grumbled under his breath.

"What's his problem anyway? Coming in here like that? Making a scene." Someone huffed and I inwardly rolled my eyes at the fact that they had their mouths shut before Daimen left, but since he was gone now they spoke.

I guess that's what Daimen did; made you quiet.

I walked down the road. The gravel crunched under my feet with every step. I looked up at the darkening clouds and sighed. It looked like it might rain. The clouds swirled above in a wondrous yet ominous dance and the air was thick and warm. I made my way to my house and in minutes I was inside. It was deathly silent. I crept forward into the house and shut the door firmly behind me.

"Uncle Dan?" I called out and when I got no response I started searching the rooms. Nope he wasn't home.

I couldn't help sighing in relief as I made my way to the kitchen. I opened the fridge and grabbed some cold pepperoni pizza from its box. I shrugged and took a bite before grabbing a few more and heading for my room.

Once in my room I plopped on my bed and finished off my pizza. My phone vibrated beside me and I grabbed it and glanced at the message. It was my uncle saying he'd be home later. I let out a breath of relief and made my way to the bathroom to shower.

I got out of the shower and dried myself. The towel was wrapped around me as I walked back to my room and closed the door. I tossed the towel over my shoulder and pulled some gray pajamas out. I slipped on my underwear and the pajamas and took the towel back to the bathroom. When I was back in my room I sat on the edge of my bed and fiddled with my phone.

After some time I heard the front door slam shut followed by my relative's grunting and rambling. I gulped as he started yelling for me and my blood chilled. He was talking nonsense and I knew now wasn't a good time to be near him. Looks like I was heading out tonight.

I hurried to my door and slipped out. I glanced around and practically ran down the hallway toward the front door. Luckily my uncle didn't see me as I slunk out the house and into the darkness of night.

I walked down the street silently in my turmoil. The street lights were on but some flickered and I glanced around. I was on the other side of town and I hadn't realized I'd walked so far. Fear started to grow in me as I saw some other people walking around. As I walked on I saw a crowd in an alley. They were shouting and throwing up their hands and yelling obscenities. You know that voice in your head that might've told you to just leave well enough alone and walk away? Well that voice was not present in the moment. I was admittedly curious... Maybe it was because of my distraught state, but I walked over.

It wasn't hard to slip through the crowd they were to busy staring at whatever was happening. I could hear grunts and sounds of a scuffle and I finally got a good view of what was happening. I gasped as a guy punched another in the face and slammed him on the ground.

Blood stained the pavement and the guy with the upper hand wrung the guy up by his shirt collar and punched him in his face again. Shadows covered the winning guy's face and I watched in horror as he flung the other guy on the ground again.

"Teach him a lesson Slay!" Someone yelled and my blood turned icy.

Slay... I watched as some light caught the man's face. Slay. Slater. Daimen.

I watched as he chuckled evilly and held the guy down as he punched him repeatedly. The guy on the ground was pleading for mercy, but Daimen just kept pummeling him with fist after fist. Blood was covering his hands and the guy's face was drenched in the crimson liquid. It wasn't long before the guy went limp and Daimen got up and kicked him savagely. My stomach flipped and I felt sick as he kept kicking.

"Okay that's enough man you gonna kill him!" Someone suddenly shouted. Daimen kept on. It was like he was some crazed machine.

"Aye Rick get your friend man!" Another person yelled and I watched as a tall blonde guy with a tattoo on his arm materialized out of the crowd. Daimen has friends?

He quickly walked over and grabbed Daimen and pulled him back. Daimen immediately whirled around and tried to push Rick away but he gripped Daimen's shoulders and started saying something to him. After a little bit Daimen blinked and shook his head before nodding and walking away with Rick.

I watched as a man walked over and handed the two a wad of cash. They took it and Daimen split the cash and both boys slipped the money in their pockets.

I looked back over at the bloodied body on the ground and I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding when he moved a little and groaned. I thought he was dead for a second. Some guy came over and helped him up and he was dragged away. I was so busy watching the guy that I hadn't noticed a man beside me until he touched my arm.

"Hey lil mama." I jumped as the man spoke in a deep voice and I flinched away from him. He chuckled.

"What's a sweet little thing like you doing out here? You a whore? 'Cause if ya are we could get out of here." The sleaze said and I grimaced.

"Uh, what the hell? I'm not a hoe." I spat and the guy put on a nasty smirk.

"That's a shame." He said grabbing my arm. I groaned as he pulled me closer. I didn't leave my home just to get man-handled by someone else. I wrenched away, but he only pulled me flush against him.

"Get off of me." I hissed at the man and he looked at me and smirked with his beady eyes.

"What? You don't like it?" He said as he slipped his hand down and it grasped my left buttock. I frowned and pushed against him and since there was enough space now I reared my hand back and slapped him in the face.

His eyes squinted in anger and he pulled me roughly against his body with a grunt.

"I like 'em feisty." He said with a sick smirk and I squirmed against him.

"Stop. Let me go!" I snarled and pushed him. He frowned and covered my mouth with his dirty hand.

Okay that's it.

I bit down on his hand hard and he cursed and wrenched it free as I spit out the taste of his skin. He tried to grab me again and I struggled away from him. He frowned as I turned away from him.

"Bitch." He growled and grabbed my wrist, "We can do this the hard way or the easy way just pick girlie." He pressed himself against me and leaned closer, his breath was hot against my ear. He slipped a hand around my waist and pulled me roughly against him.

"Or you could let her go right fucking now before I kick your ass." A deep snarling voice boomed behind us.