CHAPTER FOURTEEN
The door was locked and the tap was running in the boys bathroom. Benedict removed his suit jacket and dumped it on the floor. He cupped his hands under the running water and brought it to his face, trying to wash whatever they doused him with.
Knock.
"Ben, it's Tails. Open up, I got spare clothes from the gym lost and found." He flipped the lock on the door.
He sighed. "Come in."
Tails came in with a plastic bag with clothes in it, he closed the door behind him. He handed Benedict the bag.
He opened it up and pulled out grey sweatpants, a maroon jumper, socks and trainers sporting the school's logo and set it on the counter. "Thanks, Tails. Have you called Kiera?"
"I tried but it's going to voicemail so Cream went to find Mr Hedgehog." Benedict sighed as he unbuttoned his dress shirt and put into the plastic bag, pulling the jumper on over his head and pulled it down his body. He unzipped his pants and shimmied out of them and pulled the sweatpants on followed by the socks and trainers.
Benedict grabbed his suit jacket, pants, shoes and socks and put them haphazardly into the plastic bag.
He turned to Tails. "I'll take a shower when I get home, let's find Mr Hedgehog."
Tails nodded and opened up the bathroom door, heading out with Benedict and walked down the hallway to meet Charmy and Cream, who was standing and conversing with Mr Hedgehog.
The teacher spotted them. "I've called your brother and he's on his way now, Benedict."
He nodded, he just wanted to get out of here and be in his bedroom, his safe place. He should have trusted his gut and passed of dancing with Rouge or coming to the damned dance in general. He was holding it together fairly well in front of everyone.
"The students responsible for this will be reprimanded for this, Benedict. They won't get away scot free."
He looked at him, meeting his eye line. "Is that a promise?"
"Yes." Silver nodded and guided them out of the school and into the car park where a familiar car was pulling in at the entrance.
Lorenzo was driving, no sign of Kiera. "Let's get you kids home."
They opened the doors and got into the car. Silver walked to the drivers door. "You think he'll be okay?" He asked Lorenzo.
He looked back at his brother in the back of the car before answering him. "We'll see, just wait until Kiera finds out. They'll be hell to pay." He revved the engine.
"I have no doubt about that." Silver nodded and watched as the car drove away.
Benedict didn't say anything to anyone on the way back, just stared out of the window and solemnly walked into the house, dropped the plastic bag of his dirty, soaked clothes by the washing machine in the utility room. He walked up the stairs and went into his bedroom, closing the door behind him.
He went into his bathroom and cleaned himself up in the shower, before changing into pyjamas and crashing on his bed.
An hour or two went by, he wasn't sure how long, until his bedroom door opened up little by little. "Leave me alone." He grumbled into his pillow.
A soft, comforting voice followed. "You sure you want me to leave you alone?"
He turned his head to the door, not moving his body as he was comfy, he saw Kiera. "...Come in."
She did and she closed the door behind her, she sat on the bottom of his bed. "Are you okay?"
"You, of all people, should know that asking that is futile." Benedict groaned into pillow.
"Can't blame me for trying."
She patted his leg softly and he let out a sniffle. "Can you stay with me tonight like you used to?"
Her eyes softened at the request and it just brought back memories of when he was just a child and she would stay with him in his bed when he had nightmares. "Of course."
Kiera got a thick blanket and pillow from his cupboard and placed them beside him and got into the bed. He shivered and let out a small whimper, and she knew he was crying.
"Its okay, I'm here." She brought him into a hug, and he hugged her back tightly and relaxed in her arms.
"I love you."
She smiled sadly. "I love you, too, little one."
He knew in that moment he had his sister back but that didn't make him feel any less horrible than he was.
Kiera got out of her car and checked the time on her phone.
10:38am.
He better be here.
She was a woman on a mission, and she was pissed.
One foot in front of the other fuelled by the tears her baby brother shed last night in her arms. She stalked into Desert Eagle Auto's garage, walking past the workers.
One stopped her. "Hey, hey, are you alright?" He could tell she was not happy.
"Is your boss in?"
He nodded, and pointed to the managers office door. She walked to it and the workers watched her.
"He is so dead."
Shadow was stood by his bookshelf, looking through the orders for next week when his office door opened or rather flew open.
He frowned before turning. "Hey – Kiera. What...what are you doing here?" His frown dropped when he saw her, his eyes scanned her form and she was less than happy but he was happy to see her.
She closed the door behind her with her foot so no one can peer in. "Do you know what I was doing last night?" Her voice was less than kind but he stiffened.
He shook his head.
"I was comforting my very upset brother from what Rouge and her little friends did to him last night."
Shadow dropped his book on the desk. "What?"
He had no idea, and he couldn't stop staring at her as she continued with her rant on his step sister. She has so much fire and passion in her and she was just protecting and fighting for her brother, he admired her.
He was entranced as her words mellowed in his ears as he focussed on her, he knew he would most likely get slapped for this but fuck it.
While she was talking, he cupped her cheeks and kissed her quickly.
Her eyes widened and pushed him away, it silenced as she was definitely not expecting that from him at all. She took a deep breath and looked him and down.
Kiera leaned up and kissed him just as quickly.
Shadow pulled her flush against him, kissing her like it was the first and last time he would do so. His hands slid down her side's and found their home at her warm waist.
Her arms snaked around his neck, it has been a long while and she was enjoying his attack on her lips and his touch on her clothed body. She pulled him to the desk, sitting up on it and spreading her legs and hooking them at his hips.
He groaned and growled lowly at what she was doing to him. He slipped his hands under her thighs and pulled her up, and his hands slid up to her denim jeans covered was and held her against the wall.
Shadow tested the waters and gave her ass a squeeze, she moaned into his moaned. That was so fucking hot, he thought and grinded his hips against her centre.
Kiera's lips travelled from his and to his jawline, moaned quietly into his neck. Could they do this here, in his office? Well, they are. He grunted into her hair but suddenly froze.
He brought his head back to look at her, she looked so sexy with her face red and warm thanks to him, and he was very hard thanks to her.
"I, I don't have any condoms here." He whispered.
She groaned and leant her head back against the wall, she didn't want to be teased like this and she was certain he didn't want to blue ball himself. "When do you finish work?" She muttered.
She slowly lowered her legs from his hips although his hands felt up her ass as she did. "Now, I'm the boss, I want you in my bed."