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“Who the fuck do you think you’re talking about!” Ryan exclaims angrily.
Once again, Trick ignores the idiot and refocuses on the girl, who, now that I’m closer, only looks about thirteen, “Are you okay?”
She quickly shakes her head once, looking absolutely terrified, and Ryan pushes her away quicker than any of us can get to her, making her land on the floor with a hard thump, crying out in pain. Riot rushes over to her to check on her and help her stand back up.
The guy bursts out laughing.
I start to step forward; when I catch sight of Cash’s expression, it’s gone completely blank; that is never a good thing for the person who caused it.
The guy sees the look on Cash’s face and smirks; as he opens his mouth to say something else, Cash’s fist whips out, cracking him in the face and making blood spurt, and the fucker drops to the floor like a bag of rocks, knocked out cold. Cash’s expression is still blank as he takes a sip of his coffee as if nothing happened.
The crowd makes noises of disappointment; all of them are no doubt hoping to see a proper fight.
“Alright, shows over, everyone fuck off,” Cash announces, completely calm and unruffled despite the fact he just dropped a pretty big fucker in one hit.
Everyone starts to grumble but does as they’re told and heads back into class, leaving us standing with a knocked-out guy and a terrified girl. At least if the cops showed up now, it would be pretty easy to explain it, although with us involved, they’re likely to question it more than they would otherwise, and then they’d watch us more closely for the next couple of weeks and that would fuck up the fight at the Pit tomorrow night.
“What’s your name?” Riot asks the girl.
She just watches him, absolutely terrified, and he sort of looks at a loss for what he’s going to do next.
“Maybe I can help?” a girl with bright blond hair and a pixie cut asks.
“And you are?” I ask, curious since she’s the only one who hasn’t followed Trick’s order blindly. She also doesn’t look bothered by anything that she’s just seen, either.
She smirks, “Rylie.” Shrugging her shoulders, she adds, “Look, I know that if I were in her shoes, I’d much rather talk to a girl than a group of giant guys. Especially considering that it was a guy who just hurt her.”
I share a look with the others, she makes a good fucking point.
Cash smiles. “Good point; try and find out her name so we can get someone she trusts to come and get her.”
Rylie nods, “Got it.” She crouches down next to the girl as Riot moves away and asks gently, “Hey, sweetie, it’s okay; you’re safe now. Can you tell me your name?”
She sniffles and looks at her with tears running down her face as she replies, “Rose, Rose Under.”
“Good, girl,” Rylie replies with a smile and then opens her arms. The girl immediately hugs her, and the tears start to fall again.
Chapter Nine
Jensen
“Got it; we’ll get someone to come and get you, okay,” Riot says softly to her, even though it’s unlikely she will hear him over the sounds of her tears.
Rylie starts to talk to her gently as she strokes her back, and now that I know Rose is in good hands, I turn back to the guys to sort the rest of this shit out.
“Billy?” Trick says the name of one of the main guys over at Tomlinson, “Come and get your shit for brains fighter. Bring someone who knows Rose Under too. Keep him the fuck away from her from now on, or we’re going to have a bigger fucking problem, got it?”
Billy must barely have time to answer before Trick hangs up on him and runs his hand through his hair.
“Fucking idiot, could have ruined everything,” he mutters, being careful not to say too much in front of the girl.
Everyone knows about the Pit, but we don’t need everyone knowing some of the details, and we all try to keep the younger kids away from the fights, only allowing the upper years to be involved unless there are extenuating circumstances.
“How long are they going to be?” Rafe signs.
“Ten minutes max,” Trick replies. “Billy sounded shocked on the phone, so I think it's safe to say that this dickhead cooked up this whole stupid plan on his own.”
“The fuckers going to get an earful from them,” Rafe signs with a smile.
