“I need to get out of here.”
“I’ll take you,” Liam steps forward.
Killian lunges up at him and clocks him between the eyes.
The two of them start fighting and I turn away from the scene and go up the stairs.
Outside I pull out my phone from my jacket pocket. I dial the only person I know who will be close enough to come.
“Hello.”
“Did you mean what you said. That you’re my friend?”
“What’s wrong, Liri?”
“I’m walking down the street by the frat house can you give me a ride?”
“I’ll be right there.”
I end the call and move to the opposite end of the street from where Ben parked. If I know Killian at all he will come looking for me. I know I should hear him out but right now I don’t have it in me. The universe is set on breaking us up. No one wants us together but us and maybe his family. If we do breakup I am going to miss working with Noelle and hanging out with her and the girls. I feel like they have become my family too in the time that I have known them.
Hunter shows up and I get in his car.
“Are you okay?”
“Yeah, I just want to go home. Please don’t ask me to talk about it.”
“You and Killian…are you through with him?”
“I don’t think so. I don’t know. Maybe.” I know I said I didn’t want to talk about it, but I feel like I need to. “He lied to me. Again.”
“What happened? I mean, you don’t have to tell me but if you want you can.”
“Liam and Hayley broke up because he found out she had slept with Woodrow and lied about it. At least that is what I thought but it turns out she fucked Killian too and they both lied to me about it. Tonight I found out the truth.”
“This happened before you got together though?”
“They were still in high school, but that’s not the point. The point is he lied about it because he was scared I would leave him.”
“But he only did that because he felt he had no choice. I can’t believe I am saying this.” He pauses and I can’t believe him either. “But he did it from a good place. He loves you. Of course he’d be terrified to lose you. The guy has never taken a relationship seriously in his life. You’re his first love.”
“Stop taking up for him. You’re supposed to be my friend.”
“I am your friend and that’s why I am telling you, yes he fucked up, but he loves you.”
My phone starts ringing and I am sure it is Killian, but I am shocked to see Hayley’s number. I am tempted to hit ignore but it is weird for her to call me.
Chapter 49
Liri
“Hello.”
“Where are you? You need to come stop Killian from doing something stupid.”
“What are you talking about?”
“He drank a lot and then him and Liam got into another fight. They both left out of here and are going to race. He stole Ben’s car.”