Chapter 4 – Lessons To Be Learned.
Bang, bang, bang.
Caleb opened his eyes at the banging. He looks at Sarah who was now facing him, curled against his chest, still undisturbed by the noise. With his free hand he reached over Sarah and slightly lifts her body towards him to free his arm captured underneath Sarah's body. Caleb crawled out of bed watching Sarah so he did not disturb her. He bent down and quickly pulled on his pants and singlet looking back at Sarah making sure she was covered by the blanket.
Bang, bang.
"Caleb, Get up!" Shouted a voice from behind the door.
Caleb rolls his eyes and opened the door positioning himself in the gap of the opened door. He looked at Reid who was casually leaning against the wall.
"Nice of you to finally get your ass out of bed." Reid smirked with a knowing smile.
"What do you want Reid?" Caleb asked as he rubbed the sleep from his face.
"It's nearly eight. I tried calling you, but hey, your phone was turned off; I guess you didn't want to be disturbed." Reid laughed. "We are heading to Nicky's now so get moving." Reid said as he rolled off the wall and continued to walk down the corridor.
Caleb closed the door behind him and walked to the side of the bed. He sat, smiling down at Sarah as he softly shook her shoulder.
"Sarah?" Sarah stirred. "Babe, you go to get ready." Caleb whispered into her ear. Sarah opened her eyes and turned to face Caleb.
"Why? What's the time?" Sarah mumbled as she sat up clinging the blanket around her shoulders.
"It's 5 to 8. Remember, Nicky's at 8?" Caleb said as he picked the clothes off the floor.
"What! 5 to 8 now? Why didn't you wake me earlier, I have to get ready!" Sarah jumped from the bed, running to her closet grabbed her clothes and then running to the bathroom dropping the blanket just before she closed the door. Caleb laughed to himself as he changed and combed his fingers through his hair as he waited for Sarah to emerge from the bathroom.
"Sarah? You look beautiful just the way you are, you don't need to fix your hair and makeup." Caleb sighed waiting for the door to open.
"Says the guy who just has to run his fingers through his hair and it's done." She laughed from the bathroom.
Ten minutes later Sarah emerged from the bathroom only to see Caleb lying on the bed waiting for her.
"Ha, and I thought you were ready, look at you, you're still snoozing." Sarah teased as she grabbed her purse. "Geez, I'm always having to wait for you to get ready." She laughed as she slid her feet into her heels and walked to the door.
Caleb rolled his eyes as he stood up and met Sarah at the door. "I know, it is so annoying isn't it?" Caleb laughed sarcastically and kissed her nose. "Come on, let's go." Caleb followed Sarah out into the corridor and turned around with his eyes black as night and locked the door.
"Hey man." Pouge greeted Caleb as he and Sarah made their way to the table. "You guys are late." Pouge accused smirking as he noticed Sarah blushing. Pouge turned back to Caleb. "Foosball rematch; you and me, three games, winner takes all." Pouge proposed seriously as he held out his hand to Caleb.
Foosball was not a joking matter when it came to Pouge. Caleb agreed and shook his hand. They made their way over to the Foosball table and laid down their money and it started, both intensely focused on the game, manoeuvring their hands from one handle to another as fast as their reflexes would let them.
"Look at them; you would think it was a matter of life and death." Kate laughed as she watched Pouge. Sarah laughed and then grabbed Kate's arm and pulled her out of her seat.
"Come dance, I wouldn't dare drag Caleb away from such a heated match and I don't like dancing by myself." Sarah smiled as she and Kate made their way to the dance floor. They danced together laughing at each other as they both invented new dance moves; having their own little competition.
Pouge pocketed his winnings and walked back over to their table expecting to see Kate. "Caleb? where are the girls gone?" Pouge asked as Caleb walked up behind him. Caleb looked around as he heard a familiar laugh coming from the dance floor. He saw Kate and Sarah laughing on the dance floor. Pouge also looked around hearing Kate laughing. "What are they doing?" He laughed, laughing at the ridiculousness of their dance movements.
"No idea." Caleb laughed as he made his way over to the dance floor. Pouge followed. They collided into their girlfriends and started dancing with them. Sarah and Kate gave up their newly created dance moves and focused their attention on their boyfriends.
"Who won?" Kate asked as she danced with Pouge.
"As if Caleb could beat me." Pouge said with a huge grin forming across his face. Kate kissed him passionately on the dance floor letting him go after a minute or two, "What was that for?" Pouge asked, his smile only growing bigger.
"For kicking Caleb's ass." Kate laughed as she poked her tongue out at Caleb as he turned around at hearing his name.
"I should kick his ass more often." Pouge laughed as he held his girlfriend closer, wrapping his arms around her waist.
"And this is for winning." Kate said and then whispered something in Pouge's ear. Pouge raised his eye brows in response and Kate giggled.
"Kate and I are going to go outside to get some fresh air." Pouge said moving from the dance floor back to the table to grab his jacket.
Kate turned to Sarah and winked as Pouge led her out the exit doors. Sarah laughed and rested her head on Caleb's chest.
She lifted her head and looked up at Caleb. "Let's go outside and get some air too." Sarah said giving Caleb a teasing eye. Sarah walked back to the table and grabbed her jacket as well as Caleb's. They walked past the pool tables and told Reid and Tyler that they will be back in soon.
Abbot saw Pouge, Kate, Caleb and Sarah leave and smiled to himself and turned around to speak to his friends. Aaron and three of his mates headed out the same exit that Caleb, Pouge, Kate and Sarah used while the other three mates went out the back exit.
Aaron standing at the exit looked out scanning the parking lot spotting Pouge and Kate heading towards some trees and Caleb and Sarah leaning against a brick wall in the shadows. The three guys who were with Aaron walked off ahead while Aaron quietly stalked over to Caleb by himself.
Caleb didn't hear the footsteps coming from behind him; all his attention was focused on Sarah and the feel of her body pressing against his.
"Hate to spoil the moment." Aaron grabbed Caleb from behind as he let go of Sarah and pushed him away.
"What do you want Aaron?" Caleb said through clenched teeth as he stepped forward heading back to stand with Sarah who hadn't moved. Aaron stepped in front of Sarah before Caleb could get any closer.
"Oh, I just have a bit of unfinished business." Aaron said as he stepped back nearly squashing Sarah against the brick wall. Sarah pushed Aaron from behind so he fell towards Caleb and then quickly stepped aside avoiding getting trapped again.
Caleb grabbed Aaron's shirt and shoved him against the brick wall. "I think your business is over." Caleb growled through clenched teeth as he again shoved Aaron into the wall.
Sarah let out a yelp as Aaron's friends grabbed her from behind as they came out of the shadows of the building.
Caleb quickly turned to Sarah hearing her cry only to see her surrounded by two of Aaron's friends with one guy holding her arms behind her back with his other arm across the front of her, pulling her against him allowing her little movement. Caleb let go of Aaron and started walking towards Sarah. The two other guys walking towards Caleb, blocking his path to Sarah.
"I think the game just got interesting." Aaron smirked as he straightened his shirt and jacket. He took advantage of this distraction and crashed his fist into the side of Caleb's head. Caleb stumbled but straightened himself and threw his own fist which collided with Aaron's face.
"Let her go!" Caleb gritted his teeth ready to hit Aaron again but was tackled by the two unknown guys. Caleb turned his head hearing Pouge curse and Kate's muffled cries.
"Well, this is inter-." Aaron was cut off by Caleb's fist as he escaped the hold of his captors.
"No it isn't." Caleb growled. "Let Kate and Sarah go and leave them out of it."
Aaron laughed as he wiped the blood from his mouth. "You see, I can't do that. They are the reason for all of this." Aaron said moving his arms, gesturing the situation they were in. "Oh and plus I really just don't like you and your 'brothers'." Aaron smirked. "So hurting you is just a bonus."
"They didn't do anything." Pouge said as he tripped one of Aaron's friends and kicked him when he fell.
"You see that's the problem, they haven't done anything to me. They have lessons to be learned in how I like it, don't worry they'll love it. You might even hear them moaning with pleasure underneath me." Aaron said blowing a kiss towards Sarah and Kate.
"You will die before you even touch them." Caleb said as he crashed his shoulder into Aaron's stomach and ran him back into the wall, knocking the wind out of him. Caleb was pulled backwards and pushed to the ground by the two other guys.
"Hey! Why don't we even up the numbers?!" Reid yelled as he and Tyler emerged from the exit seeing that Caleb and Pouge were fighting against five other boys.
Aaron laughed again. "Can't you count? There are five of us who will be fighting and only four of you?" Tyler noticed two other guys retreating with Sarah and Kate.
"I wouldn't worry about that too much." Reid said as he jumped down the stairs.
"Don't use." Tyler quietly whispered to Reid as he joined him at the bottom of the stairs.
Reid smiled back. "I don't need to. Where would be the fun in that?" And laughed.
Tyler helped Caleb up off the ground after he got his breath back. "There aren't enough of us to get Kate and Sarah, we'll just have to wear Aaron and his friends down and then help them." Tyler spoke, knowing that Caleb hated his words.
Reid, Pouge, Tyler and Caleb launched themselves at their opposition hearing Kate and Sarah's muffled cries as they tried to fright free from their captors.
