Brian^

"Be careful, Riley. You never know what that psycho may be thinking of doing just to get you back," Cory said as we waited on line on Monday and I nodded.

"I'll kill him if he ever thinks about laying a hand on Alex," I whispered and he sighed

"Why the fuck did he have to show up now of all times? Why didn't he show up before you moved here or before you started dating Alex?" He huffed making me chuckle

"I have no idea but what I do know is that I'll be damned if he gets near Alex and hurts him" i said as we walked to our table. Since Alex, his brothers and friends started having lunch with us, we had to get two tables and put them together near the wall to have space for everyone to fit in.

"You're not the only one who'll hurt him if he gets anywhere near Alex," Cory said and I raised a brow making him roll his eyes before nodding to our table,"His brothers, his friends, Jason and I will do whatever we can to make sure Alex is safe and not harmed by that psycho"

"I know, but the last thing I want is for any of you to get hurt because of Justin and his deranged mind," I said but he smirked

"Dude, we're literally three times his size and he was terrified when he saw Jason and the Gallagher brothers as well as Jaden and Jensen" he said making me laugh and shake my head because it was true. When he had come up to Alex and I last Friday to 'talk' about getting back together, the look on his face upon seeing the three muscled Gallagher brothers, Jason and the Sanchez twins. It was priceless. He looked about ready to shit his pants if Cory hadn't pushed them away leaving us to talk, he would most likely have fainted.

"What are you laughing about?"Alex asked when we took our seats and I smiled leaning over to give him a quick peck on the lips before shaking my head. The night may have started on a bad note but in the end it was the best night of my life.

I took him mini golfing and he won, because I let him win until he caught on and forced me not to let him win but in the end he still beat my ass. He had this huge smile on his face the whole night and I was beyond happy to know that I was the cause of it. After playing for a few hours, we went to Regina's Pizzeria for dinner. The whole time we just talked about whatever we could think of and there was never a dull moment with him. He always found things to talk about unlike with Justin. We would talk about a certain thing and after that we didn't have anything to talk about. It's such a big contrast.

"I have to show you something," Alex said suddenly making me look down at him as he was leaning his head on my shoulder, our friends and his brothers stopping their conversation and sighed making me worry

"What's wrong?" I asked and he looked conflicted before sighing and sitting up straighter before pulling out his phone and it confused me further

"Here" he said handing the phone over and I saw that it was opened to a recent message from....fucking hell. Justin Rodriguez.

The message read:

Listen here you little fucker, Riley belongs to me. I don't give a fuck what you are to him but Riley will be mine. Ills o whatever the fuck I can to get him back and that includes taking you out of the picture. Mark my fucking words, you'll be gone soon enough. You're nothing but his booty call and he'll eventually get sick of you and will come looking for me and I'll be waiting. Stay the fuck away from him little fucker if you know what's best for you.

I felt my blood boiling as I read the message loud enough for our group to listen but not anyone else

"I'll fucking kill him before he gets anywhere near you," I said putting the phone on the table and filing his face so he was looking me in the eyes," Do you hear me? He'll be running with his tail between his legs before he has the chance to harm you"

"Did you read all of the messages he's sent?" He asked and I shook my head

"He's been sending them ever since last Friday. And it's almost the same thing," Andrew said and I clenched my jaw, I was livid as fuck.

"He's messing with the wrong fucking person and if he gets anywhere near Alex, I'm don't give a fuck if I go to jail, I will murder him" Casey said there clenched teeth and I didn't blame him. They got the run down of mine and Justin's relationship before I moved here and they didn't hold back their anger. I still have a damn purple bruise on my left eye from where Matt punched me. That kid has a strong pinch even with little muscle.

"He won't. He'll be dealing with me if he ever gets near him," I said without taking my gaze form Alex and he smiled though it didn't quite reach his eyes and that angered me. He was terrified of Justin and what he could do to him and I didn't blame much like I couldn't blame his brothers for being protective over him.

"Hey Riley," I closed my eyes upon hearing his voice and felt Alex tense in my hands,

"You're okay, he won't hurt you," I whispered to Alex giving him a light kiss on the lips before turning my focus on the man that I used to date. He was wearing a gray sweater with the sleeves rolled up to the elbow, black skinny jeans and a pair of black and gray high tops.

The lunch room had gone silent and were watching our table. I stood up causing Alex to grab my hand to get me to sit down but I was tired of having Justin threaten Alex.

"What the fuck do you want Justin?" I hissed and he only smiled placing his tray on the table nearly making Anna's tray topple over if she hadn't caught it before it did.

"You know what I want, Riley," he said his fingers skimming my chest but I caught his hand

"And I don't want you," I snapped making him smirk

"You always say that but you always came back" he murmurs getting closer but I pushed him back and he lost his balance and fell on his ass gasping

"Listen closely Justin, and I'm not going to ducking repeat my self, stay the fuck away from me, from Alex, from my friends, or I will make your life a living hell. I'm not the same person I was last year. I never went l speak to you, never want to see you, never want to have contact with you, get near me, or Alex, or our friends and you'll be sorry" I said as I crouched down to be at his level as he was still sprawled pit on the ground with glassy eyes

"You said you loved me when we were together" he whispered

"I said it to make you feel good about yourself since you know, you were always fucked in the head from all the drugs you did" I said and a stray tear rolled down his cheek as the lunch room began whispering as they watched the scene,"STAY. THE. FUCK. AWAY"

He scrambled to his feet, grabbed his lunch tray and ran out of the lunch room and I felt like a dick for what I said but he needs to get it through his was that I didn't want anything to do with him.

I sat down and Alex leaned against me, lacking our fingers together

"Think I went to far?" I asked and he shook his head

"This should teach him to not underestimate you, dude" Jason said making me chuckle and Alex to smile and nuzzle my neck. Linch was soon over and Alex and I walked to our Pre Calc class after we grabbed our things from our lockers. The last thug I wanted was to let Alex get his on his own so I went with him. Who knew what Justin could be up to after the whole lunch room incident a few minutes ago.

The day couldn't come to an end any quicker.

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As soon as the last bell rang signaling classes were over, I got out of my seat and ran out of the room nearly crushing into a couple students. I needed to get to Alex before Justin got to him.

I reached the English wing and sped walked to his class and waited outside for a few minutes before his class was let out and Alex walked out with Isa and Bella trailing after him

"Hey" he smiled leaning up and kissing my cheek making me smile

"Hi," I greeted him back throwing my arm over his shoulder and taking his backpack from him as we began our trek to my locker. Ever since we got together, I had been sharing my locker with him since his was on the other side of the school and it would take him a while to get there and back since we had Pre Calc on the same wing as where I have my locker.

"What are you guys song after school?" Isa asked as they walked on either side of us

"I was thinking of going to the diner with the group and hair hand out," I said and Alex hummed

"That sounds like a plan. I'm sure they'll be up to it. They've been asking when we'd hang out again." He said and I nodded

"Great, well go as soon as we all meet up in the parking lot," I said and he nodded then I turned to the twins adding,"Riding with us or are you going to have Mom bring you?"

"Riding with you. Ill send her a text letting her know that we're going to the diner to hang it for a little bit," Bella replied

"Alright."

We reached my locker a few moments later and I opened it grabbing the things I'll be needing while Alex did the same as well as put away a few things from his previous classes.

"Ready?" I asked all three and three all nodded so with that said, we all walked down the near empty hall of Lakeview High School and into the crisp air outside. Thanksgiving was three weeks away and the weather was staring to get cooler with each day.

"Did you have a good time on your birthday?" I asked as we waited for the rest of the group to join us and he nodded cuddling closer to keep warm. His birthday was two days ago and we had all gone out to celebrate at Ocean Prime and it was packed. We had to get the VIP lounge to fit the whole gang. I got to know Brian through out the evening and he's actually a pretty cool dude. He would get along with my brother, Kennedy. They both have a lot in common. He's an attractive guy for being 26 years old. He has dark hair and brown hair and is about 6'1 with a muscular built.

"Yeah, I'm glad you got to meet my brother before he left though," he murmured with a sigh, making me give him a small smile and kiss on the head. Brian was given a three day leave to be with Alex and his family but sadly he left a last night.

"I'm sure I'll have more chances to get to know him when he gets back." I assured and he nodded looking up before kissing my jaw.

"So what are we doing?" Andrew was the one to ask for everyone as they all joined us a couple minutes later

"Were thinking of going to Mike's City Diner" Alex replied and they all nodded we got in our respective cars once we decided who was driving with who.

Now all we have to do was hope that nothing happens while we're at the diner but I have a feeling that something was going to happen and I didn't want to worry Alex or my sisters nor our friends in case it was just paranoia from seeing Justin again and knowing what he was capable of doing.

"You okay?" Alex asked breaking me out of my thoughts

"Yeah, just tired." I said and he nodded

"We don't have to go the diner if you're feeling tired" he said but I shook my head

"Don't worry, I think it's because I haven't eaten anything since lunch that's making me tired" I shred and he didn't look convinced but let it go and instead turned his attention to the outside world as we drove down the main rode towards the diner our finger alances on his lap. The twins were in their own world listening to music on their phones with their eyes closed.

As I drove, I didn't see the car coming before it was too late. I felt my body jerk forward as I tried to get control of the car and I could hear Alex, Bella and Isa screaming as the car flipped and rolled before it hit a tree.

"Alex?" I asked and liked to his side to find him unconscious and looked over to my sisters and they too were unconscious with blood dripping down their foreheads. I could feel a sticky substance rolling down my own and raised my hand to see blood coating my fingers. My vision began to darken and I could hear the sound of sirens in the distance and voices yelling our names and looked up to see our friends and Alex's siblings with fear in their eyes.

"Son, son I need you to stay awake" a voice said but that was all that I ears before I felt my body succumb to the darkness.