Annabel's P.O.V
'Shit shit shit shit shit shit SHIT! What the hell am I gonna do? I can't face five guys! I don't even have my freaking sword with me since today was supposed to be a relaxing day!' I was freaking out. I really had no idea what to do. I'm not bad at hand to hand combat, but seriously these guys are freaking huge.
"Hey, you found a cute one. Maybe we should have a little fun with her first." One of the new comers smirked.
"Yeah, boss. We haven't had any fun lately." Another one agreed.
"Do what you want with her. I could really care less." The man with the scar shrugged, "Just make sure you get her cash and anything else of value she's got on her."
"Sure thing." They agreed and they began to close in on me and I shut my eyes tightly. Right when one of them got their hands on me he went crashing to the ground with a loud thud.
"I don't think so. Step away from her before I kick all of your asses." I heard a familiar voice command.
"Ha, and what do think you can do pretty boy? You haven't got a chance against us." One of them scoffed and lunged at my 'savior'. I still didn't know exactly who it was. I was too scared to open my eyes, but pretty soon all them were knocked out cold and piled up on the ground around me.
"Are you ok Anna?" I felt a hand gently rest itself on my shoulder and slowly opened my eyes.
When I looked up I saw Rayne's face right in front of mine and I turned a light pink shade, "Y-yeah… Thanks to you that is… I'm sorry. I didn't mean to cause you any trouble." I looked down at the ground, "Why are you even here?"
"Roche said there were a lot of muggers out her around this time so I came to make sure you didn't get hurt." He answered softly.
"Oh…Well I guess its good you came then, huh?"
"Yeah, I'd say so." He nodded. After a moment of silence he started to speak again, "You know I didn't mean to upset you today. I just don't see what the big deal about him taking your picture is."
"It's a big deal because he didn't ask! He was being a creepy stalker about it! I mean he was hiding behind the bookshelf and everything! It's not like he just came up and openly took my picture. He was being sneaky about it and I didn't like it! Not to mention I HATE my picture being taken!"
"Oh… I didn't realize it was that important to you… Why don't you like your picture being taken?"
"Oh you didn't? Even after I completely freaked out on him? That didn't give you a fucking clue that it might be important to me? How dumb to you have to be Rayne? I thought you were a professor at one point! That should mean you have at least some commence! And I hate getting my picture taken because I just do! They never come out well and then they're just a reminder of how stupid I looked!" I shouted and I felt a few tears fighting to break loose from my eyes. Right now was not exactly the time to be arguing. I mean really? I almost got mugged here and maybe even worse.
"Oh, I guess you're right… I just wasn't thinking." He sighed, "And you don't look stupid in pictures. Especially in the ones he took. You just looked like you being yourself. And since you were reading it makes you look smart." He attempted to comfort me.
"Oh, thanks I guess." I shrugged and hugged my knees to my chest while resting my chin on my knees.
"Yeah… And I'm sorry for making you run away. I really didn't mean to upset you… I mean… Maybe if I had of just listen to you, you wouldn't have run out here and almost gotten hurt."
I lifted my head slightly and smiled at him, "It's ok Rayne; I think I did overreact just a little anyways, and I'm just glad you found me before anything happened." I hugged him tightly and started crying on his shoulder. I felt like a total loser for doing so, but I couldn't help it. I was just so stressed right now, crying felt really good, and being in Rayne's arms felt even better, 'Woah, woah, woah, what the hell am I thinking? This is Rayne we're talking about here! He's just my friend and forever shall be.' I scolded myself.
"Well we should probably start heading back. I don't want the others to start worrying about us." Rayne said after a few minutes had passed.
"I agree." I wiped away any remaining tears and stood up as we started walking back to the bookstore where Roche and Angelique were waiting for us.
