RED FLAGS - CHAPTER 31&32

Her bag fell…

Her breathing seized…

And Omar removed his cap.

Emory’s eyes sockets couldn’t contain the wideness that happened as Levi’s second hand joined the first one on her @zz.

He cupped the backside in his palms, and at the same time, he brought her closer so there’s no space between them anymore.

Her breàsts pushed his chest, and that made her gasp again, her eyes fluttering.

“Open up” he whispered into the kiss, and her hands grabbed his arms so tight, her black painted nails almost digging into the fabric of his shirt.

“Let me…in” he whispered into her mouth again, biting her bottom lip.

Her lips parted, and that opened up the room he needed for penetration.

He sank his tongue into her mouth, and shivers ran down her spine as his taste boomed, shattering and accumulating again.

Her eyes went shut, and she held his arms tighter as she began kissing back, the taste of apples growing and steming in the intimacy.

They both taste like red apples, the sweetness is unmatched.

Emory kissed him back with the same fervour, and Levi completely devoured her face.

Ate it up and left no d@mn crumb.

He shifted an hand from her @zz to the back of her neck, holding her in a subtle chokehold before sucking her tongue into his mouth.

She Mõ@?ed…she fuçking Mõ@?ed, and that brought back the stolen voices of the overly shocked students cos they all screamed out immediately.

Rain pinched herself on the thighs.

Omar’s cap fell from his hand, and something surged inside him.

Even those who aren’t in that hallway before rushed in, and the number of phones recording right now could open a decent phone company.

The synchronized screams made Emory’s eyes open suddenly, and she wrenched her lips away from Levi’s, pushing his chest.

Levi’s lower lip has a slight cut as a result of the kiss roughness, and a little blood is coming out of it, but that didn’t swallow his smirk.

His arms left her body, and her eyes widened madly when she saw what just happened.

The faces of the students, their talking mouths, their phones, and their shocked eyes.

She gulped, her lips so wet and swollen.

She gulped again, everywhere is blocked.

Even if she decides to run off right now, there’s no space, so she gulped for the third time, avoiding to look at the students faces so uncle Fred’s face won’t come in multiplied copies again.

She stood still, their screams seeping into her hearing, but then Levi grabbed her hand.

He turned the other side, and she just followed cos the students made way for him.

Her hair covered her face again, and she’s thankful for that cos their questions are choky.

• You broke the record, girl!

• Banks, I want the kiss too!

• Those lips weren’t made for one girl!

Till they left the hallway, the screams never seized, then Levi rounded a corner, disappearing completely with her.

The gists cracked immediately, and the hallway broke down with exciting chatters.

Omar didn’t pick his cap before storming out.

“What was that? Someone pinch me” Nina muttered, and Lizzy pulled her cheek.

“Wait…it’s real, I’m not dreaming.. Emz kissed my man!” Nina said funnily, and Rebekah laughed out.

“Stop it, if I gist you guys about how madly he’s obsessed with her, you’d probably faint” she said.

“Obsessed?” Lizzy blinked.

“Fûck yeah… didn’t you see the tongue during the kiss? He literally ate her up, and his lip even got wounded, meaning he has been waiting all his life for this. I can’t wait for the full drama though” Rebekah smiled.

“He’s… obsessed with her?” Rain joined the girls.

“It’s safe to say that” Rebekah shrugged, and Rain secretly pinched herself again.

“That’s…cool” she smiled.

“Cool? Obsession is dangerous, and Levi himself is a ticking time bomb. Dude is mad” Nina replied.

“That adds to the fun” Rain smiled again.

“Thanks for saying that!” Rebekah stuck hands with her.

“I can’t believe you two” Lizzy shook her head.

“Tell me about it” Nina nodded.

Rain and Rebekah started laughing.

“But Emory doesn’t seem to like him though” Isaac said, joining the girls too.

“She doesn’t? And she kissed him back?” Rain replied.

“He’s a good kisser, who’d resist that?” Isaac replied.

“It’d only take time, and we’re ready to wait ” Rebekah said.

“Need to use the restroom ” Rain excused herself and left the girls.

Isaac followed her, and instead of the restroom, she rushed to the park.

“You’re going home?” Isaac pulled her arm.

“Yeah, will come back at 12 for the last two lectures ” she replied.

“Are you ok?” He asked worriedly.

She didn’t reply before opening her car.

“Are you ok?” He pulled her shoulder, but she shook him off harshly this time.

Isaac staggered back.

“I said I’m fine!” She barked, getting in the car and zooming out of school.

Isaac sighed, watching her car drive to the gate.

His phone chimed, and he clicked on the new text.

~Hey it’s Hyce… Good morning. It might sound unreal but despite my tipsiness last night, I dreamt about you…it was a bit erotic so I’ll keep the details to myself… Are you in campus already?

Isaac scoffed, pocketing his phone after reading.

How did he even get his number?

“He’s crazy” he mumbled, returning to the lecture hall.

*

AN UNUSED OFFICE*

Emory removed her hand from Levi’s immediately they came in, and she started wiping her lips with her palms, making Levi scoff.

“That’s dumb”

“Don’t talk to me, you kissed me without warning. Do you do this with other girls too? Is this why you told me to dress like this? So you could kiss the hell out of me in front of everyone?” She replied, sounding breathless.

“You liked it” he replied point-blank.

“I…

“You kissed me back and even wounded my lip, so fuçking find another excuse” he cut her off, and she folded her fist, bringing it to his chest to hit.

“Who the hell are you?”

Hit

“Tell me, why are you protecting me?”

Hit

“Why did you kiss me like that?”

Another hit

“What was your intention?”

She was about to hit him again when he caught her hand and brought down the small fist.

“Have I told you how bad I wanted to tie you up and fûck you hard after you kissed Omar in front of me? I could have hacked into your house as usual and do just that, but I didn’t want you to land in a coma. It’d be beautiful but you’d have been shaken, so take this as my little punishment” he slammed the words at her face.

She quickly took her hands from him.

“I’m not yours, when will that sink into your skull?” She said, looking up at him.

Why is he so stupidly tall?

And stupidly handsome.

“You kissed Omar to prove that, but you only proved how much of a joke you are, so quit and drop the fuçking attitude already” he replied, his voice lacking softness this time.

Their eyes locked afterwards, and all she saw in the orbit were pure madness and devilishness from hell.

He looks super scary when he looks at her this way, so she broke the contact and looked at herself.

“I can’t wear this out again, I don’t want eyes on myself anymore. It’s uncomfortable” she muttered.

Levi snapped his fingers, and Hyce came in, holding a plastic shopping bag.

“You look good” she winked at her, and Levi took the bag from him then cursed him inwardly.

‘Hope you never wink again, arsehole’

Hyce left, and he handed her the bag

She brought out the content, and she was shocked to see her usual baggy jean trousers and big t-shirt color white… sneakers too, and they’re all new.

“You had these prepared?” She looked at him.

“I might just have to gouge out the eyes of all the students who saw you in what you’re wearing, meaning almost all the students of this college will go blind. Cause: they saw what they shouldn’t have fuçking seen” he replied emotionlessly, and her eyes widened.

“Don’t talk like that!” She quickly attacked.

“Dress up” he replied and walked out.

Emory quickly dressed up in the new clothes, and it only took three minutes to get done, then she noticed the price tag on the things.

The shirt alone is close to 100 euros, and the jean is more than 100, then the sneakers is 400+

They’re all designer wears, and she gasped as she removed the tags.

How could he?

Her parents might be ok financially, but they’re not very ok to the point of buying her designer wears, so all her wears are normal boutique products.

She sighed before leaving the room, meeting him outside.

“They’re too expensive” She said.

He only came closer and slid a lock of her sleek hair behind her ear without a word.

“Come to campus tonight. It’s the night of games” he muttered.

“Not coming” she rolled eyes.

She pushed his hand away, then she made faces at him before rushing down the hallway, leaving that bloc.

Levi’s small smile happened, then Conrad and Hyce came out of the other room, both standing on either side of him.

“You just like topping the charts, don’t you?” Conrad chuckled.

“I swear he has a knack for it. When are you gonna tell her you’re only protecting her for your father?” Hyce replied.

“Does it still look like he’s protecting her for his father?” Conrad smirked.

“Where the hell were you both last night?” Levi faced them.

“At dinner with my bîtchy mum” Conrad replied.

“At home with Nina” Hyce replied with a blink.

“I was fuçking arrested and none of y’all knew about it. I told you both to keep your phones by your sides arseholes!” Levi rolled eyes.

“Bloody hell” Conrad muttered shockingly.

“f-__-kity fûck” Hyce added.

“Emz told me about it” Rebekah appeared.

“You could have told us, Beks” Hyce replied.

“What’s the use? He already got released. He didn’t even spend ten minutes, and guess what? It was his D-man who came to get him” Rebekah replied.

“Master X? That’s the best thing I heard this year. Can today get any better?” Hyce laughed.

“What’s it gonna be, boss? About Chadwick?” Rebekah asked.

“Not sure yet, weather he’s living or dying. Tonight will tell” Levi replied.

Conrad stayed quiet, and the thick tension between him and Rebekah is so obvious as they all left the bloc too.

*

RAIN’S APARTMENT*

Rain barged out of her car when she arrived, then she stormed into the house, dropping her bag on the small living room floor before rushing into the bedroom

She sat in bed and let out tears from her eyes. The liquid fell down her blouse in the front, and snot even came out of her nose as the tears got much.

She suddenly went to her wardrobe, opened it and brought out a big box.

She placed it on the ground, sat beside it and removed the cover.

Her tears intensified when she saw the contents.

There are ballerina shoes and dress, the socks and all.

Her tears fell again, landing on the balle box, then her eyes went to her right leg.

She pulled up her gown till it got to her upper thigh, then she held her right leg with her two hands, pulling it off.

The leg came off!

It’s a fake leg. Her leg got cut in an accident long ago, so half of it is gone in amputation.

The fake one is to represent the part that got cut, and she has been like this since then.

No one knows, not even Isaac.

She wore back the fake leg and pulled her gown to cover, then she covered the box and returned it to the wardrobe, wiping her tears.

“Dad…where the hell are you… Emory is stealing my life again. She’s taking what’s mine again” she broke down in tears again.

*

DIAZ MANSION*

North is probably still with Chadwick, so she’s not in when Omar got home, but the father, Mr. Diaz is in.

He’s not alone in the living room though, he’s with the maid who’s serving him cavier.

He walked past them like he didn’t even see them, then he climbed the stairs and barged into his room.

He went to the mirror first, landing his punch angrily on it.

The mirror broke, shattering on the ground as his blood began dripping.

He held his head with both hands, laughing like a maniac before hitting the mirror again.

The scene of Emory and Levi kissing is hurting his head so much, and he’s about to explode right now.

Keyword; She kissed him back.

She fuçking kissed him back!

How dare she do that after she kissed him last week?

How dare she???

He was about to punch the wall when Mr. Diaz came in.

“What do you think you’re doing!” He shouted when he saw the mess of mirror on the floor.

Omar remained silent.

“Answer me!!! You can do this but you can’t focus on your education? North does 100 percent better than you and all you could do well is smash a mirror? Omar!!!” He yelled, still no answer.

He stormed out of the room and came back two minutes later with his horsewhip.

He raised it up and was about to bring it down on him when Omar grabbed his hand.

He snatched the whip from him and brought it down to his body instead.

“Omar!!!!!” Mr. Diaz cried out when the whip landed on his body, stinging hot.

Omar lashed at him again and again, delivering all his fury to the man’s body as his cries filled the house.

Mr. Diaz fell on his butt, and from there, he fell flat on the ground, his head jamming into one of the mirror pieces on the ground.

Blood exploded.

The maid rushed in, and her eyes widened.

“Sir!!!!!”

Omar dropped the whip and left the room.

The maid was crying as she called the ambulance.

*

7PM, CAMPUS*

The campus isn’t as calm as every other nights tonight.

It’s the games night, and even students from other schools are in the campus to watch, so it’s full.

Levi drove into the park on his motorbike and took off his helmet, hanging it before coming down.

Vikings are meeting right now at the gazebo, and the members would have been waiting.

The games start in an hour.

He fished out his phone with his leather-gloved hand, texting Emory.

Levi: Be at the game… You don’t want another punishment, do you?

He pushed his phone back into his pocket before walking into the gazebo, and as expected, the other members are already waiting.

Hyce, Conrad and Rebekah are in front of them, but they’re not alone.

The Titans are also there.

North, Juliet and Romeo.

Chadwick is on a bed in the middle of the place, almost lifeless and fuçking skinny.

Hazzan is beside him, the pitiful father looking so pathetic.

Immediately Levi came in, he rushed to kneel at his feet, holding his legs.

“Please… Banks, save my son… please… I don’t think he can make it to ten days” he begged.

“Ten days? Did Xavier tell you that?” Levi almost laughed, and Hazzan looked up.

“I can bet it with you, Chadwick won’t see tomorrow morning without the antidote” Hyce said from his side with a mocking whistle sound, and Hazzan started crying again.

“No… please I can’t lose him…I can’t…I … can’t!!”

He sat on the ground and continued his hot waterworks.

“Get up” Levi told him, and he immediately spranged up.

Levi faced The Titans, and it was Juliet who went on her knees first, then Romeo.

North remained standing.

“North!” Juliet called.

“Are you insane? I get that I once had a crush on him but it’s not enough to kneel in front of him. Chadwick means nothing to me too so his death is great. I’ll become the next leader so it’s beneficial. Let him die” North retorted.

“That bîtch” Rebekah muttered.

“North” Romeo gritted.

“I’m not kneeling” North replied, and she was starting to walk out of the gazebo when Levi cornered her.

A punch from him to the middle of her chest made her stagger, and she fell heavily on her knees, bleeding from the ears and mouth.

Her blood splashed on the ground in front of her, and she tried to stand, but she fell back on her knees.

Levi squatted in front of her .

“Reporting me to the cops would be the last unreasonable thing you should do. I don’t ki|| without waiting, and I’m still waiting till you’d be qualified to die. I’ll draw out your heart myself and feed it to the dogs” he muttered before standing.

He walked to Chadwick’s bed, and Hazzan shifted back as he squatted beside it too.

“Listen well. After this scene, if you’re seen anywhere near Emory…or if you breathe the same air as her, you’ll be getting more than poison” he muttered.

“He won’t try it!” Hazzan quickly said.

Levi looked at Conrad, and he threw him a very small scent bag.

Levi caught it and gave it to Hazzan.

“Make him sniff” he told him.

Hazzan lifted Chadwick’s head up, placing the woolen bag on his nose.

Levi left the gazebo, and the other Vikings followed him out.

“Thank you so much Banks! I’ll pay you back for this! I’ll forever be grateful!” Hazzan shouted after him.

As the smell seeped into Chadwick’s nose, his veins came back to life, and he grabbed the bag by himself, sniffing it all the way in for complete one minute.

He sat up in bed afterwards, vomiting the urine he drank.

“Chad!” Romeo rubbed his back.

“I’m so glad” Hazzan started shedding tears of joy.

Juliet looked over at North who’s still weak, and she scoffed.

“What a dunce”

*

SCHOOL STADIUM*

The building is almost full to the brim right now, but people are still journeying in.

Emory appeared with her friends including Rain and Isaac, and their excited chats could be heard.

She had no plans to come, but the moment her friends said they’d be coming, she changed her mind.

They all have ice cream treats with them, but she’s eating red apple alone.

She h@??s ice cream.

“Who do you think will be winning the hockey game?” Lizzy asked.

“Our college of course. Stallion college is not a match so wrap it up” Nina replied.

“Yeah, wrap it the fûck up. So far Hyce and Banks are part of the team, we’re getting the cup” Rebekah winked.

“You always talk about Hyce and Banks but never Conrad, it’s almost like you dislike him” Isaac replied.

“I noticed that too” Rain added.

“We’re just not close” Rebekah replied, and the chats continued.

Emory took out her phone when she suddenly got a text, and she rolled eyes when she saw it’s from Levi.

Criminal: You here already?

She decided not to reply, just to scratch that insane part of him again.

The moment she pocketed her phone, she saw Rain beside her though the others are already walking far

“Was that Banks? Do you like him?” Rain asked.

Emory blinked twice. “What do you…

“Emory” Omar’s voice interrupted, and Rain left them.

“Hey, I’m so sorry about your face. No one knows your place and North won’t tell me, I’d have come. I don’t even have your line and…

“It’s fine, honestly” Omar cut her off with a big smile.

“You sure?” Emory asked.

“Yeah, and I’m even playing tonight?” He replied.

“Hockey? Will you be fine?” She said worriedly.

“Yeah, my face is not an hindrance, I’ll be wearing helmet anyways” he replied.

“Cool” she smiled, and he brought out a jersey.

“Can you cheer me on with this? It’s my team jersey ” he said.

“Omar, I can’t…

“Please… just this once” he begged.
“Sure” she reluctantly took the jersey, and he smiled again before leaving her.

Emory found a bathroom to change into the white jersey, then she rushed to the stadium to find her friends.

It was easy to find them, and they luckily found a middle seat in the bright stadium, smelling like festival.

“Whose jersey are you wearing?” Rebekah asked immediately she saw it.

“Not important” Emory replied.

They all focused back on the field as the cheerleaders began chanting energetically, pending the start of the game.

The hockey players are already on the field, preparing against the starting minute.

Levi was drinking from a bottled water when Omar entered the field.

“He’s playing?” Conrad said unbelievably.

“You’ve gotta be kidding me, the hell is coach thinking?” Hyce replied.

Levi kept quiet as Omar went to the coach.

He’s not wearing his jersey like the others.

“Omar Diaz, where the hell is your jersey!” The coach glared.

Omar removed the small microphone attached to the coach’s chest and smiled before talking into it.

“My girlfriend is wearing it, can I get another one?” He said, his voice echoing around the stadium.

Everywhere went silent immediately.

Dead silence.

“Your girlfriend?” The coach frowned.

“Yeah, Emory Carson…over there” Omar replied, pointing her in the crowd.

Emory froze as all eyes zeroed in on her, and a spotlight even came on, making her more visible to those at the back.

She appeared on the stadium LED screen too, and another saga happened.

“Oh $h|t” Hyce muttered when he saw Levi’s eyes.

It became bloodshot already, and he’s not moving.

He could imagine him burning inside.

• Omar’s girlfriend?

• Is this for real?

• She kissed Banks in the morning!

• Is she kidding me?

• I can’t believe this.

• Omar over Banks? Gross!

The stadium landed in disarray immediately, and Emory made to leave, but they weren’t even giving her space.

Omar smiled widely, and Conrad walked to Levi who’s still not moving.

“Dude, you should…

Levi moved before he could finish.

He began taking long strides towards the bleachers, entering the crowd of students.

They made way for him, and Hyce dived his hand into his hair.

“$h|t” he muttered.

“Let’s get out of here” Rebekah quickly took Emory’s hand and was about to make way when Levi got to them.

They both halted.

“Banks …

Rebekah made to talk, but a slicing glare from him shut her up, then he faced Emory who’s looking undecided.

“Take it off” he muttered, and gasps broke.

“What are you talking about?” She replied firmly, her throat bobbing.

His eyes darkened more, seeping deep under her skin…

“Take that jersey off right now, little fox, or I’ll fuçking rip it off you”

TBC.