"When.." Zach asked, his lips barely few millimeters away from hers,

"To-today?" she whispered, looking into his eyes with tears streaming down her face..she couldn't tear her eyes away from Justin, who lay there motionless. Zach leaned down further till he was close to her ears, "I'll come to pick you up at 6 o clock sharp, and im warning you don't be late.." he said, letting go of her roughly.

Zach whistled pointing to the other two boys who had tried to block Leila earlier "take him to the infirmary.., there's already an ambulance waiting to take him to the Williams Private hospital" he said, he took out a cigarette from his blazer, and then put the blazer back on, walking out of the cafeteria..

"What the hell was that ?" Nico said silently giving out a small whistle and shaking his head,

"Did you see that coming?" Taylor asked Xavier, but Xavier stood still in shock, while staring at the blood of Justin on the floor being cleaned by the cafeteria cleaners. Did Zach just manage to manipulate Leila to go live with him? And most importantly Zach and Xavier had a very big secret to hide..how in the world will Zach manage to hide that secret from Leila if she were to live with him...?

"Not exactly.." Xavier said , he looked around and could see the cafeteria was starting to talk again, everything went back to normal quickly as if nothing had happened. 

"but...that's just Zach Williams style.." he said getting up from the cafeteria, he walked out of the glass doors, through the grass field back into the main school building, frantically searching for him. He crossed the lockers, and saw Zach hanging out with Leon and Kyle from before, he was taking money out of his wallet while smoking. Xavier walked up to him and grabbed him roughly and shoved him into the locker

"Excuse us boys...we have something to discuss.." Xavier said dangerously, "so you better get the hell out of here.." he said staring at Kyle and Leon.

"What the hell do you think you are doing !" Zach asked, shoving him back into the locker on the opposite side of the wall

"Just what do you think YOU are doing Zach ! You know exactly what goes on in your house...why are you getting her involved in that !" Xavier asked

"I'm NOT going to get her involved!"

"Oh really ? And just how will you manage to hide it from her?" Xavier asked grabbing Zach roughly by the collar, his eyes livid with anger

"don't worry I've got it handled ! Now get your hands off me before I lose it.." Zach said angrily

"I hope you know what you're doing..if she finds out..there will be no way for you to protect her from me.." Xavier said as he pushed Zach roughly back into the locker

Zach looked at him smiling an inquisitive smile " 'protect her from me..' ? " Zach repeated Xavier's words in a whisper after him, smiling slyly "..which me are we talking about hmm? But this is so interesting..is this Xavier Johnston talking...or someone else..?" he asked raising his eyebrow in interest

"You figure it out.." Xavier said, walking away in seething in anger.

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Leila was on the bus back home, exhausted, worried, and most of all terrified. Terrified because one, she didn't know how she was going to tell her Aunt Margot that she had to leave...and how long was she leaving for? A few days? A month? Indefinitely? She had no idea, what to tell her aunt. All Zach said was that she was going to "live with him" Wtf did that actually mean? She needed to have a strategy, and she better think fast she looked down at her watch, it was already 4pm.

Leila opened the door into the shabby flat, she could see Lydia staring at her from the corner "She's back Ma" Lydia yelled , Uncle Henry didn't show her any sign of acknowledgment as per usual. Aunt Margot came out of the kitchen looking livid "Where the hell have you been you !" she yelled staring at Leila, Leila looked down on the floor, she really needed Aunt Margot to be calm otherwise there was no way she would allow Leila to leave "S-s-s-sorry Auntie...th-th-the bus was late today .." Leila finished

"b-b-b-bus was late today" her aunt mimicked her snickering at her "learn to talk properly you daft girl..always stammering around !" her aunt said

"y-y-yes aunt" Leila replied , shaking a bit, her aunt was in one of her moods, and it was always Leila on the receiving end of the bad moods. Whether it was a bad customer, or Lydia that upset her, or even if Aunt Margot was plain hungry...it was always taken out on Leila .

"So what the hell you looking down on the floor for ! Are the dishes and the dinner going to be done by itself then?" Aunt Margot said, making her way to the lounge

"S-s-s-s-sorry.." Leila said, quickly taking off her bag, and rushing to put it in the pantry, she quickly tied up her hair, and headed to the small dirty kitchen. The sight in front would have made a lot of people gasp, but Leila was used to it, there were dishes piled up everywhere in the corner, the floor looked like it had muck all over it, and to top it all off, her aunt had also bought her salon tools and equipment which needed cleaning. Leila turned to look at her watch it was already 5 o'clock. How will she get this all cleaned up in time ?

Sweat was starting to build up on her face, for one thing, the kitchen was teeny tiny, barely enough room for one person, and there was no windows, she looked around in despair ..the kitchen was still half full of pots, she turned down to look at her watch it read 5:50. She had to pluck up the courage to ask her now, she sighed heavily and moved to the lounge , everyone was watching TV,

"What do you want !" Aunt Margot asked without bothering to look up from the TV, Lydia was eating from a big bowl of popcorn, and Uncle Henry was massaging his stomach as he gave out one stinky fart.

"Er..I wa-wanted to ask you som-something" Leila whispered, her aunt looked at her in surprise, ever since Leila came to stay with them, this had to be the first time ever she had wanted to ask her Aunt something

"Go on then, why the hell are you staring at my face"

"I –I wanted to ask..if I could go visit Dy-dylan for a few d-d-days.." Leila replied

Aunt Margot stared at her blankly for a few seconds before a cruel smile came across her face.

"beg me.." she whispered

"er..what?" Leila stared at her confused.

Lydia stopped looking at the TV and turned her attention to Leila with a gleeful expression on her face.

Leila turned to look at her watch, crap it was 6 o clock on the dot. She knew her aunt well, there was no way Leila could get away with asking such a big ask and not be humiliated for it

"get down on your filthy knees, and beg-me you ungrateful little brat !" Aunt Margot spat out

Leila immediately got down on her knees, Lydia giggled and even Uncle Henry turned away from the TV to look at the scene before them

"C-can-i-pl-please-g-go-visit Dylan for a few days .." Leila whispered

"grovel..I find this attempt very feeble..put some emotion into it " her aunt said in a sadistic whisper

"she's so pathetic Ma" Lydia said while giggling

Just when Leila was about to give them what they wanted, there was a sharp knock on the door, Leila gasped turning her head around to look in the direction of the one and only entrance door.

Uncle Henry and Aunt Margot looked to each other in surprise, they really didn't have any friends.

"it better not be the debt collectors again Henry or I swear I will ring your balls out !" Aunt Margot said, struggling to get her big frame up from the couch

There was another sharp knock again , Leila turned to get up

"don't you dare move ! " Aunt Margot said, turning to Leila, "you stay on the floor, I'm not done with you ! "

Aunt Margot opened the door, and the change in her tone of voice was extremely dramatic.

"oh my...hello there ...how can I help you?" she said pleasantly

Lydia looked in shock at her Dad, probably she had never even imagined that her mother could talk so eloquently

"I'm here for Leila .." the voice said impatiently , Leila gasped, oh crap ..he's actually here! There was no chance that Aunt Margot would let her go now,

"Leila ? Hmm... there's no one with that name here, perhaps you meant Lydia? My only daughter ?" Aunt Margot said politely.

"You can stop the pretenses, I know she's here" Zach snapped back,

"I can assure you, you are mistaken, there is no one with that name here" Aunt Margot said , with hints of irritation in her voice starting to show

"I'll help myself then.." Zach said, there was a shoving noise, and a small scream, "Hey ! How dare you !" Aunt Margot screamed from the back. Lydia and Uncle Henry both got up from the couch, but Zach had already taken the 2 steps needed to make it from the entrance door to the lounge in the small flat.

Leila looked at him, his eyes widened with rage, he stared at her on her knees, and Lydia and Uncle Henry both standing looking at the sight of him.

The contrast of Zach and his surroundings couldn't have been more apparent.

"What-the-hell-is-going-on-here.." Zach whispered dangerously, as he aggressively pulled Leila up from her knees

"Who the bloody hell are you !" Aunt Margot asked huffing and puffing getting to the lounge, "did you call the cops on us you ungrateful bi-" she couldn't finish

"oh no lady...I am much worse then the cops" Zach said lividly

"Get the fuck out of my house !" Aunt Margot said

"That's exactly the point" Zach said, dragging Leila by the arms

"where are you taking her !" Aunt Margot said, trying to lunge at Zach "leave my niece alone !"

Zach started to laugh, "You're niece? oh but a second ago you said she didn't existed ? " he asked sardonically.

"my..my..clothes.." Leila said softly as she was being dragged by Zach to the exit door, Zach turned darkly and walked back to the inside of the flat "This has to be your amazing room.." He said to Leila sarcastically, looking for the pantry, he opened it , and looked at it in aghast, there amongst the utensils, the tins marked "salt" , "sugar" "cooking oil", amongst the bags of flour was a small mattress on the floor rolled up in the corner. A broken mirror hung loosely on the wall having been sellotaped and below it toothpaste and toothbrush and a small bucket and mug. 

There in a corner was an old looking suitcase which contained but all of Leila's clothes..which to be honest ...wasn't very much to consider. Leila looked at him humiliated, and looked down in shame. She didn't want him to see all of this.

Zach looked at her angrily, he stared at her "And these are the people you were protecting?!" he said angrily

Leila looked down in shame again, feeling waves of humiliation hitting her

"let's go..There's nothing worth packing in here.." he said

"And where do ya think yer going with her ! We own her !" Uncle Henry said, standing in the doorway, blocking their exit. Zach looked at them livid with anger, and let go of Leila's arm, he slowly took an envelope out of his pocket.

1. " You're rent just went up, as from today, I own the block..."

2. "You're rent for your pathetic excuse of a salon also just went up, as from yesterday I own that building."

"And Lastly this..." he said waving something dangerously in front of Uncle Henry's face ".. you see this photo of Leila you took when she was in the bath that you were trying to sell online?" Leila turned to stare in shock at what was in Zach's hand, it was a photo of Leila in a bra, except it was zoomed in, and there really was not much left to the imagination, as the bra was see through..

"I'm the one who bought it from you...and did you know that it is a crime to sell stuff like that..especially of an underage girl? I'll have you thrown in jail...and you will be my prison bitch..so you better move the-hell-out-of-my-way-old-man.." Zach said, manically, and there was no denying the shock and embarrassment on Uncle Henry's face, he turned to look at Aunt Margot

"We needed the money Marge ..honestly..that's the only reason why I did it.." Uncle Henry said, his fat face shaking and getting red pleading with Aunt Marge, she stared at him in shock...

"We are leaving.." Zach said angrily to Leila , and harshly pulled her by her arm, there was a black tinted Range Rover SUV waiting for them, with a man dressed in a suit standing by the passenger door. He immediately opened the door for the two of them when he saw them. With an angry force Zach shoved Leila in to the passenger seat, before shutting the door violently

"Let's get the hell out of here Mathew...!" he yelled angrily stepping in the other side of the passenger seat.

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Zach turned to look at the beautiful girl in front of him, he braced himself...honestly her beauty was mesmerizing , she looked back at him but there was fear in her eyes, had he scared her? He breathed a huge sigh

"You know you should really distract me..before I go and hurt someone.." he said, looking at her, her beautiful eyes went wide with shock.

"You...you ...bought that photo..?" she said, there was a hint of accusation in her voice..and then the tears started flowing through her eyes

Shit. Okay...he didn't plan on letting her find out such a photo even existed, he let that fat fool provoke him. To be honest he was still angry..but he didn't want to scare her any further..having a beautiful girl by his side, and yet she was constantly crying..in fact he had made her cry twice in one day..that was not a good thing.. 

"Listen Leila..I'm not good with tears, ....but if it makes you feel any better...I purchased the whole rights to that photo..Nobody can access it online, and I have sent a tip off to the police so..." he finished awkwardly..

"did you see it..?" She cut him off, her face going redder by the second. He knew what she was getting at. See it? I haven't been able to get it off my mind he thought to himself

"Yes.." he replied back softly, her face went even redder than before, he stared at her, trying to read her expression..she looked humiliated.

He felt all the anger in his body evaporate, this small beautiful girl had done what most could not, he gently lifted her face forcing her to stare at him "Leila..if it's any conciliation, you are really a beautiful woman...that photo would make the veins of any male burst ...you have nothing to be ashamed of.." he whispered smiling at the beautiful girl.