I went through the rest of the day being questioned by Paige and Jordan. They were so damn nosy, and on top of that they don't listen.

"So did y'all have sex?" Paige asked me for the billionth time

"Nope" I respond popping the P sound.

"So did you do it last night or this morning ? Ooo girl you nasty!" Jordan said this a little too excited.

"I just told you we didn't do anything! Stop asking me the same questions expecting different answers damn." I snapped at them.

Of course the weren't the least bit phased by my snapping. They asked me questions throughout the rest of the school that. Usually we ride home together in Paige's car but today I just didn't feel like being bothered with them. I stare at my phone finally deciding to ask Tonio for a ride home.

Me- hey Tonio... can you pick me up from school

Tonio- can't. busy. ttyl.

What the hell. He just blew me off. He didn't even bother to tell me what was going on. See I really don't care but that was just straight up rude.
I start to walk home trying to figure out what he was doing and trying to convince myself I don't care. I'm getting pretty close to home and I'm pretty sure there is someone behind me following me. I really don't freak out because it's a possibility they are just walking in the same direction. I'm just about to turn the corner to my house when the footsteps seem to rush towards me.
"You know a pretty little girl like you shouldn't walk all by herself." I turn around afraid of what I'll see. And of course there is a man behind me. He charges forward at me.

RUN !!!

That's all I could think. I take off. Running as fast as I can past my house and down several streets and turns. I had no desire to turn around to check and see if the man was still behind me because I could hear him grunting because he was out of breath, but that didn't stop him. We ran around side streets and through people's yards until I was tired and couldn't run anymore.
I gave up and fell to my knees. The man had gotten much closer to me and only then did I realize I knew this man. I had seen him many times before. From my fathers dealings.

"Dejaaaa. You made me run for you too long for you beautiful," he lifted me off the ground and ran his hands through my hair," but I like a little fight."

"Get your fucking hands off me Greg!" I started punching him in the chest

This isn't the first time Greg has tried me. He's been attempting to get me to have sex with him since I was fifteen. My dad is basically the drug lord around here and Greg was one of his loyal workers and I use the term loyal loosely.

Greg let's my shirt go allowing me to fall to the ground since I'm still weak from running when we see a familiar car... Tonio. Greg punches me in the stomach.

"You called someone to come save you bitch ?"

Before I could respond to him, Tonio hopped out of the car cocking a gun back walking towards me and Greg. He pointed gun right towards Greg's head. Tonio looked down at me with an apologetic look before looking back to Greg. I knew he felt bad for not bringing me home seeing that he's just cruising down the street.

Doesn't look like you're busy to me, asshole.

"I should shoot your ass point blank right here, but I'm gonna give your ass an opportunity to walk out of here because I know you got family..."

He looked at me never putting the gun down. While still looking at me he continued talking to Greg," but if I see you EVER even look at Deja to hard again I will blow your brains out with no hesitation."

I was shocked to see this because he didn't look like the type to pull a gun out on someone, but then again I didn't look like the girl to be daughter with a drug lord as a father and a mother who is his right hand.

I felt his arms come over me as he picked me up snapping me out of my thoughts. I looked up at him, but he had an blank expression on his face. He put me in the passenger side and put my seatbelt on for me. I drifted to sleep as soon as the car started to move being exhausted from all of the running.

I was woke up feeling a burning sensation on my stomach. I move the comforter off of me to see that I only have on a sports bra and shorts and there is a bandage wrapped around my ribs.

How did I get here ?

I hear a deep grunt behind me and I snap my body around causing sharp pain to flow through my body.

"Ouch!" I yelled from the sharp pain.

"Calm down. It's just me. You need to lay back down because your rib is bruised." Tonio reassured me. I stared at my sitting the the chair next to my bed. I was happy to be in my own room. I began to relax.

"You undressed me?" I asked.

"Yeah I needed to see the bruise and you were sweating bullets so I tried to make you as comfortable as possible."

"Where are my parents and Damian?"

"Damian is at basketball practice and you parents stopped by and left for dinner."

"So how did we get in the house?"

"I went into your purse and got the key" Tonio said nonchalantly.

"What the hell you went into my purse?" I began to scream again.

This time Tonio stood up over the bed. "Shut the fuck up with all that yelling. I saved you from that sick bastard. I pulled out a gun in the middle of the fucking street for your ungrateful ass. I slept in the uncomfortable ass chair for hours to make sure nothing happened to you. And you are seriously sitting here yelling at me about going in your purse. I should've left your ass outside if you didn't want me to go in your purse for the keys!"

I just stand there looking at him. Tears in my eyes because I know I'm wrong. I don't even know why I snapped at him. Tears begin to flow from my eyes.

"Look I'm sorry,"  he says as he brushes his hands over his waves and lets out a long breath. He puts his hands out for me to take them and I do. He sits me up and pats the bed motioning for me to sit on the end of the bed, so I slide to the edge. He gets out of the chair and looks down at me. He gets on his knees in front of me and I just watch him. I never noticed how muscular he was, but it was easy to tell since he only had on a tank top and sweatpants. He took the wrap from around my ribs. He looked at me shyly and I was honestly confused. I just looked at him with a confused stare.

"I need you to lift you bra up so I can put the wrap on to fully support your ribs so it can heal properly. I wanted to wait until you were awake so I could have permission."

I just nod my head and lift my bra slightly so only my under boob is showing and Tonio just starts to wrap it around my body. I watch him until he looks up at me and we just sit there. Looking each other in the eyes.

Damn he has nice eyes

Then he leans in to me still holding on to the wrap behind me...