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Chapter 15

"Well, well, the virgin ventures out…" Solo Marlade's voice sent shivers up Gabi's spine and not of the good variety.

"The fact you even have to mention my sexual status only shows you up for the ass that you are;" Gabi smarted as she turned to smirk at her brother's enemy.

"Wait; is something different?" Solo enquired and she raised her brows. "New hair cut?"

"What do you want?" She asked flatly, folding her arms over her chest as the crowd milled around them in anticipation for the race to start. They still had a while yet and Gabi was waiting for Luke to come out to say 'hi' before he raced.

"I know what's different," Solo gasped. "You're not a virgin anymore…" he whispered dramatically.

Gabi blushed uncomfortably at his realisation. "Grow up, Marlade."

"Was he gentle with you for your first time? Or nice and rough?" Solo wondered, coming closer while she jerked her chin up and refused to let him win.

"You just wish it was you," she fronted.

His lazy smile almost made her gag. "Yep, you're not wrong there…"

"Just leave me alone, Marlade. I'm with someone."

He laughed at this. "The guy who crashed out of the biggest race in America and suddenly acts like he's Mr. Nice Guy? You ask him what went down before he got what was coming to him," Solo snarled.

"I don't care, Marlade, don't you get it? Nothing you say means anything to me."

"Oh really?" He quirked his brows.

"Really." She swallowed.

Solo nodded. "He told you he was engaged, did he?"

Gabi kept her cool and dropped her gaze. "Yep."

"Right…he told you he got all the way to the altar before his bride ran out on him?"

"This isn't going to work, Marlade. You're not going to break us."

"And do you know the reason she ran out on him?"

She glared at him, willing him to be quiet. She didn't want to hear anymore, she didn't want to hear anything for that matter. She just wanted to be left alone to love Troy the way she wanted to.

"Oh, he didn't mention it?" He goaded, leaning down to her ear. "She came to me, Gabi…" he whispered cunningly. "She ran out on him because she wanted a real man…"

Gabi jerked her head back and gasped, her eyes wide with shock and in that split second, she slapped him hard across the cheek.

"She must be crazy to choose you," she spat. "Don't come near me again, you hear me?"

"Gabi?" Luke ran down the grass toward her and looked between her and Solo.

"It's okay, Luke. Marlade's leaving now."

"What did you to do her?" Luke pushed Solo's chest, meeting his blue eyes.

"Don't play with me pretty boy; you have a race to lose," Solo glittered.

"Who's playing?" Luke lifted his chin. "No-one messes with her," he said of Gabi.

Solo smirked. "Does Troy know you're out here fighting for his woman's honour? Oh that's right, I forgot- she doesn't have any, she gave it up to Bolton the second she met him…"

Smack.

"Shit!" Gabi wafted her hand up and down as the impact of her punch resounded through her knuckles.

"Jeez, Gabi…" Luke looked at her with awe, watching Solo double over in pain.

"You broke my fucking nose, you bitch!" He complained and Gabi simply smirked.

"You deserved it, you ass-hole. Want another?" She checked, getting feisty and Luke gently held her upper arms to hold her back.

"We should go," He suggested. "Before you get arrested."

"This isn't over," Solo warned and Luke turned back from their escape, quickly scanning the crowd for security before he kneed Solo in the stomach while he was down.

"Go near her again, and you'll regret it; and you know what? She has more on her side than you do…" he whispered before he quickly let go and disappeared into the strong crowd to hide his involvement.

"You could've got hurt," Luke told her as they walked back to the garage.

"It kinda stings," she winced of her hand and showed him the swelling joints of her knuckles.

"Well you will go around breaking jaws, what did you expect?" He teased.

"Oh, god, that was so stupid of me," she sighed as the adrenaline wore off and left her feeling regretful.

"I have never seen a woman look so sexy;" Luke smiled. "Are you sure you're with Bolton?"

She nodded shyly. "I might go home…"

"Go to ER," He suggested. "Get some ice on that hand."

"I'm sorry I won't be here to see you win," she apologised.

"You know what, bruiser; I think I'll be okay." He grinned.

"Good luck," she hugged him with one arm.

"See you later!" he called as she walked away.

/

"I did something really stupid…" Gabi confessed into her cell phone.

"What did you do?" Dex wondered.

"I hit Marlade."

"You what?" He laughed on the last word in shock.

"I broke his nose," she explained

"Way to go sis…wait…" Dex had a sudden thought. "Why did you need to hit him?"

"Because he was being an ass," she sighed.

"What did he do, Gabi?" Dex's tone changed to menacing.

"He just said a bunch of stuff about me and Troy…it's stupid…"

"You know what? I'll decide what's stupid after I go and kick his skinny ass…"

"Dex," she interrupted his anger. "I need you to pick me up from the hospital."

"You're at the hospital?" He practically shrieked.

"I just got a bandage…it's nothing bad."

"Why aren't you asking Troy to come get you?" He asked suspiciously.

"Would you want to date a girl who punches guys out?"

Dex chose not to answer. "Alright, I'll be down as soon as I can…"

"Thanks bro. I owe you," she promised.

"You bet your ass you do," he murmured before he hung up.

/

"Look, he's gonna see that cast as soon as you walk in," Dex frowned across the car to Gabi.

She pressed her lips in. "Well at least I can think of a lie by then…"

Dex chuckled at her from behind his fingers that casually caged his mouth. "You think lying will help?"

"Either he's gonna kill Solo or he's gonna dump me; I have to lie," she decided.

"Well, I'm gonna kill Solo so you can tell him not to bother and as for dumping you, the guy has more sense than that…"

Gabi sighed, flipping her hair back. "I'm just always gonna be that girl you know? The one who hits first and thinks later, who wears jeans and baggy tees and who has dirt under her nails…"

"Gabi, he likes you already; he knows that stuff…" Dex assured.

"I don't know, I can be quite feisty…"

"As if you can hide that," he sucked his teeth. "If he dumps you over this, I'll kill him too," he offered.

"Dex," she smiled at him.

"I'm just sayin', I don't care who the guy is, he dumps my sister, he dies."

"I don't want him dead," she promised softly.

"You want me to talk to him? Tell him what happened?"

"No, its okay," she pouted. "I have to learn to do this stuff. I'm in a partnership now…"

"Relationships aren't easy," he shared. "But if you keep talking, you'll be okay."

She nodded bravely but her swallow belied her nerves.

"Thanks for the lift, Dex," she leaned over to kiss his cheek before she slid out.

"Welcome. Tell Troy I said 'hi' and not to worry about Marlade. He's mine," he repeated.

"Dex please don't do anything-" she was cut off by the squealing of his tyres against asphalt. "…stupid," she sighed.

/

Gabi twisted her key in the lock as quietly as she could, her breath held in panicked anticipation at being caught coming in.

Maybe, just maybe if she made it inside without being noticed; she could borrow the sofa to sleep on and delay any confrontation until morning.

"Hey…" A sleepy voice groaned after she threw her bag on the sofa.

"Chad?" She gasped, retrieving her bag. "I'm so sorry!"

"Where've you been? We were worried…" He shared tiredly and she opened her mouth to answer; but a click sounded behind her and the light went on; reminding her of when she sneaked in at midnight once at home before her father died and he switched the light on behind her in exactly the same way.

"Jesus, you're okay!" Troy's voice sighed and she turned and smiled sheepishly, receiving his unending hug around her.

"I'm…fine," she assured awkwardly. "Why wouldn't I be?"

"Because Luke rang me and told me you hit Marlade tonight…and then you went missing," he added with a concerned frown.

She smiled weakly and held up her cast. "Ta-da!"

"Oh god, what did he do?" His face crinkled in disgust and he looked like he didn't know what to do for a few seconds, so she dropped her hand and pressed her lips in.

"Actually, nothing. I broke it when I broke his nose…" She admitted.

Troy squinted, his own lips twisting.

"Why did you break his nose?"

"Because," she said.

"Dude, she doesn't want me to hear," Chad called from the sofa; under his covers and avoiding the light.

Troy lifted a brow to Gabi to silently ask if this was true and she shrugged equally vulnerably.

"Okay, let's go upstairs…" he suggested and she led the way; stripping off her jeans and tee to slide on a jersey night-shirt.

"So you gonna tell me what he did?" He prompted as she flopped onto the bed with a sigh.

"He made some comments about me. About us." She briefed.

"What kind of comments?" He lay next to her and folded his hands under his head.

She wriggled and turned over, facing away from him.

"Gabi, what comments?" He pushed.

"Can we just sleep? I'm tired and my wrist hurts.."

Troy rolled over and spooned her, running his gentle fingers up and down her cast even though she couldn't feel it through the thick layers.

"I'm sorry you had a bad night. I was just worried sick when Luke rang and then you didn't come home…"

"I'm sorry that I made you worry." She replied.

"Can you really not tell me what he said?"

"I have one guy in my life ready to kill Marlade; I don't want to make it two…"

"Dex?" He guessed and she nodded.

"Does it throb?" He asked softly in her ear, trailing his fingers up her arm onto the skin that wasn't cast.

She nodded again and then he heard her sniffle; indicating her tears.

"Oh, hey," he cuddled her carefully. "It's okay, don't cry…"

"I thought you were gonna hate me for hitting him," she revealed. "I thought it might change us…"

"Change us?" He repeated bemusedly. "Honey, I am so proud of you…"

"You don't think I'm a bad person? A bad girlfriend?"

He brushed her hair back and grazed his lips against her skin. "You're an amazing girlfriend."

"Even though I hit someone?"

"Definitely because you it someone," he teased. "I love that you're not afraid."

"I kinda was," she admitted, hitching against a sob.

"Did he scare you?" He wondered, fighting his protective instinct down to keep his tone light.

"No, I just didn't know what I had broken…" she adjusted and he couldn't help the hearty chuckle that bubbled up his chest.

"It's not funny," she sulked.

"Oh, honey, it really is. The fact you broke anything of Marlade's makes me so insanely happy…"

"He talked about our first time together," she whispered, feeling ready to share now and he stilled as she spoke, again fighting his instinct to kill the guy that had made her cry.

"Did he now?" He ground his teeth together.

"And how I had just jumped into bed with you…"

"Gabi…"

"He told me some things about you," she added bravely.

"Like what?" Troy frowned, kissing her hair.

"About your fiancée before…" she ventured, swallowing heavily as she twisted to face him.

"Oh," he nodded once and squinted at her. "What did he tell you?"

She paused and sighed again, touching her hands to his chest. "That she left you for him."

Troy swallowed and gave a hint of a smirk. "Well, he's telling the truth."

"Is that why you had the accident?" She wondered and he closed his eyes against the pained smile that ghosted his lips.

"You're so beautiful, you know that?" He asked, not talking about her looks but her intuition and apparent acceptance of his past.

"I hit him because he hurt you, Troy. Not because he hurt me."

Troy opened his eyes and took a deep breath whilst he lost himself in her big brown eyes and then he very slowly, very tenderly kissed her on the lips.

"I love you so much."

Her smile was slow and tentative in return. "It's really okay?"

His fingers loosely curled around her casted wrist that lay against his chest. "You broke your wrist for me?" He asked back, awed.

She shrugged. "He was asking for it."

He hugged her close and sighed out. "I am so, so lucky."

"I love you, Troy," she snuggled into his chest.

He kissed her hair and relaxed back until they both fell asleep.