JoJo stood too, looking at his backside as he digged his fingers into his hair.
“I’m really fine trust me, I’ll be…
He walked away immediately, he went South and walked down the hill.
“Should I wait?, Should I… Stay?” She asked herself.
She made to follow him but she was surprised to see Kavita.
She blocked her, and she started moving back.
“Now that he’s always with you,you think you can have him?, Huh?” Kavita said, rolling her eyes toxically.
“I heard him say no when you asked if I was his girlfriend, I’m his girlfriend, but it’s a secret relationship so you should learn to stay away else I’ll murder you!” she said meanly.
As JoJo moved backwards, her sneaker hit a stone, and she fell heavily.
Her palms got wounded and Kavita let out a wicked cachinnate.
“Stay away from Draco, you can only do otherwise if you wanna cuddle with death, Draco belongs to me!” She thr_@tened and left through the east.
JoJo was still sitting down fearfully when Draco came back, he actually went somewhere to be alone and let out his anger.
“Why are you sitting on the ground?” He asked, walking to her.
“No don’t!” She said, raising her palm to block him, he saw the bleeding palm and squinted.
“Why are you wounded” he said and made to come closer again, but Butter appeared that moment.
“JoJo!” He pushed Draco out of the way and bent in front of her.
“Butter” she said surprisingly as he took her palms and checked them out, both are wounded.
He stood and faced Draco immediately.
Without asking questions, he punched him heavily on the face.
“Butter!” JoJo shouted shockingly, standing from the ground.
Draco’s lip bursted immediately, and it bled.
“Why the hell is she wounded!” Butter gnarled angrily.
Draco wiped the blood on his lips, and Butter punched him again.
“Butter stop!!” JoJo shouted.
“What’s happening here?” Luke and Walton appeared.
“Butter!” James showed up with Snow.
“Wait… what’s going on?” Virginia said, appearing behind them.
“I just asked why she’s wounded” Butter said, and Draco smirked with his bloody lips.
He was about to punch Butter back when JoJo held his hand.
“Please…. please don’t” she said, looking into his brown eyes.
Draco roughly took his hand from her and gave Butter a final glance before storming down the hill.
JoJo’s eyes followed him down, likewise Snow’s.
“Can someone just tell me the meaning of what just happened in one word?” James said.
“I don’t quiet understand too” Luke replied, and Butter grabbed JoJo’s hand.
“Let’s leave” he said.
“What!” Virginia said, looking at the contact.
“Interesting, I think I’m getting it” Luke said.
“Me too” Walton murmured.
JoJo took her hand from Butter immediately, and he faced her.
“Why would you punch him when he’s not the cause of my wounds?” She said, somewhat angry.
“JoJo….
“He doesn’t deserve the punches” she said and started leaving.
“Kitten!” Snow ran after her, and Butter exhaled lightly.
“Let’s go” Walton said, pulling Luke away.
“I’ll be the one to ki|| that girl, trust me” Virginia said and left too.
“Dude, is it what I’m thinking?” James said
Without replying, Butter started climbing down.
“Butter!!!” James ran after him.
*****
STANFORD UNIVERSITY★ AN HOUR LATER**
“Kitten!” Snow shouted when she sighted JoJo, she was just about to enter the humanities LT.
“Snow!” JoJo faced her, and she removed her earpieces before rushing to meet her.
They actually departed after leaving the forest earlier… to prepare for class.
“Did you treat your palms?” Snow asked, taking a look at them.
Both palms are bandaged.
“Yes, mummy treated them” she said, raising up the bandaged hands.
Snow smiled, and they started walking to class.
“Did you come hiking with Draco the other time?” She asked carefully.
“Yeah, I was supposed to go bike riding with Butter, but he didn’t show up till Draco came, he offered to go hiking with me and I accepted since I badly wanted to go” JoJo explained, and Snow smiled lightly.
“You’re close to the two hottest guys here, how lucky” she said.
“I guess” JoJo replied.
“Hey tomato!” Kent’s voice made them stop
They turned back to see him shinning his teeth annoyingly, he still has bruises on his face from what Draco did to him.
“I love you!” He winked at JoJo and walked away.
“Animal” Snow shook her head.
“I know, right?” JoJo laughed as they entered the class.
Butter is in already, but Draco is not in.
JoJo felt bad immediately, wondering if he’s ok.
She kept looking at the door, expecting him to come in throughout, but till the lecture ended, he didn’t show up.
“Next class is 12:30, let’s go get snacks, I’ll explain the topic at the cafeteria” Snow suggested, and she left the class with JoJo.
Butter also left the class immediately.
*****
Snow and JoJo were still on their way to the cafeteria when their phones buzzed at a time.
They stopped and checked, then they looked at each other.
“I passed the audition!!!!!” They both screamed at a time, hugging tightly immediately.
“We did it!” JoJo shouted.
“Yes!!!” Snow screamed again.
“Are you a fan of LOVERBOYZ?” JoJo suddenly asked.
“Of course, but Luke is my bias, I just love his girlish look” Snow replied cheerfully.
“Aww, Lustre is mine, I love his voice so much!, Let’s go to the concert together tonight” JoJo said.
“Sure kitten” Snow replied, and they stuck hands.
Butter appeared immediately and grabbed JoJo’s hand
“Can we talk for a minute?” He said.
She was about to protest when Snow patted her.
“I’ll be waiting at the cafeteria” she winked and entered.
Butter pulled JoJo to the dead end of the hallway and still didn’t let go of her hand.
“I’m sorry” he said slowly, and she blinked.
“I acted rash, I shouldn’t have done that, I just…lost it after I saw your wounds” he said again, and she sighed.
“Apologize to him” she replied.
“What!”
“Yes, he got wounded because of your punches, you should at least do that” she said and took her hand from him.
She walked away, and after she went out of sight, Butter closed his eyes and rested his back on the wall.
*****
AMPHITHEATRE**
Draco has snapped close to two hundred pictures of the sky since he got there.
He has no plans to go to class, he’ll just stay there till noon before going to the arts club center.
He hasn’t been able to get what happened in the forest off his head, the fact that JoJo stopped him from punching Butter is the most infuriating.
At the same time, he’s worried about her wounded palms.
He was about to click the next picture when Kelly came in.
Draco ignored him
“Tonight is survival of the fittest, you should brace up, I won’t go easy on you” he said.
“Sure” Draco replied, and Kelly laughed.
“Do you know one thing I like about you?, Even in the face of death you’ll still sound confident, but there won’t be room for confidence tonight when you finally die by my gun” he said and walked out.
Draco returned to his camera, but he was interrupted again.
“Knight in shinning armor” JoJo’s voice called, and his arm went down.
He looked back and saw her bandaged hands, he badly wants to ask if it hurts but he kept it in and pretended like he didn’t see her.
He turned back to his camera.
JoJo walked to him and stood in front of him.
“Why aren’t you talking to me?”
“Leave” he replied coldly
“Huh?”
“You heard me” he replied, and she blinked.
“My hands hurts” she said.
He sighed and faced her.
“Why the hell did you stop me from punching that f_cker?”
“If you punched him, then he’d punch you back and you’ll punch again, it’ll become a big fight and…
“I don’t care” he replied curtly, and she blinked.
“I’m… sorry” she said, looking at his wounded lips.
She moved closer and stood on her toes to touch the lower lip, he didn’t move.
“Does it hurt a lot?” She asked worriedly.
Draco didn’t talk, he just settled his eyes on hers, and she kept her thumb on his lips.
Their eyes finally met, and she stared back without blinking.
“Draco!” Kavita’s voice brought them back to their senses, and she quickly took her hand off his lips.
Kavita stormed in and slapped JoJo soundly.
She fell on her butt, her palms making contact with the floor.
They started bleeding again, and the blood stained the bandages.
“It’s bleeding again” she winced.
“How dare you stay near him after all my warnings” Kavita barked.
“You met her in the forest, you caused her palms wounds… right?” Draco said, and Kavita faced him.
His orb is starting to get red, and she got scared immediately.
“Trust me I did nothing to her, she fell on her own when I was…
Her sentence was cut short when Draco slapped her right cheek.
“Draco!” She gasped shockingly, holding the cheek.
JoJo’s eyes widened.
She hasn’t gotten over the shock when he slapped her left cheek too.
“f-__-k!, Draco!” She shouted with wide eyes.
It wasn’t over, cos he grabbed her neck and started pushing her to the wall.
Kavita’s eyes began rolling willingly in their sockets, and her veins started bulging as she struggled to break free from him.
He has been seeing his angry side but this one is extraordinary.
He finally got to the wall and pushed her violently to it, her backbone almost got cut.
“Dra..dra ..co…. Let me…go” she coughed, water was already coming out of her eyes.
“I h@ťě when she gets hurt” Draco muttered, pinning her neck more tightly.
Blood began coming out of her nose.
TBC