How long

Going to school now became a spy mission for me,I would tell Aurora to hide whenever I heard any sound behind the bushes,we would hide behind the trees to discover that it was just a squirrel or a bird.

"I think you are being too dramatic" Aurora said with a low tone.

"That guy is capable of killing me you know"

"But still he's not going to ambush you can on your way to school"

Aurora was very very wrong as we walked a few metres we saw four men standing ahead of us.

"Mike"

"Yes"

I wasn't really paying attention to where we were going I was busy looking sideways and backward to prevent any ambush on me.

"Oh my God"

"What?"

"Aurora"

"Yes"

"I am going to make a run for it just continue and act casual"

"No I can't leave you, how are you even going to make it to school"

"Don't worry about me just do what I said" I said with an authoritative voice.

I dashed into the bush as Aurora continued walking to school.

"Hey little girl" Chris called Aurora before she could pass them.

"Can I help you?"

"Where's the boy that was just with you over there"

"I don't know what you are talking about" Aurora said shaking her head sideways.

"Don't play with me kid"

"I don't play with grown ups"

Aurora was answering to him more confidently than I thought she would.

"I know he's your brother and you walk to school together everyday"

"Huh" Aurora acted as if she didn't get him.

Chris was starting to lose his temper here,and Aurora didn't even act like she noticed it.

"You are not going to beat up a little girl are you?"

After breathing furiously into Aurora's face he decided to give it up.

"Tell your brother that he got lucky today.The next time I see him he is going to be begging for his life" he said and walked away with his Aurora just kept walking to school.

"Hey!" I tried to scare her from behind.

"Really Mike, I know you've been hiding in those bushes over there"

"You mean you could see me" I was shocked rather than surprised.

"Yes you weren't that hidden"

"You mean Chris could have seen me"

And you would have known how terrible that would have been.

"He wouldn't"

"Why do you say that like you are very sure"

"Because he's blind"

That was a crazy thing to say about someone who could see clearly, but yet she had a point Chris was blind in the perception that he see's the world as a battle for the survival of the fittest being so strong and big he thought no girl would ever reject him, but Chloe was a whole different who didn't care whether you were strong or could protect her she just wanted someone who cared.

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"What happened to you?"

"Chris happened to me"

I could tell by her face that she felt terrible now, nobody seemed to notice my stained uniform when I entered the class but Chloe spotted it immediately and the reason she felt bad was because this was happening to me because of her.

"Oh my God did he beat you up"

"Do I look beaten up?" I asked just trying to make sure my face was okay.

"Not really"

"I was trying to hide from him in the bushes"

"Ok but how then did you escape from him?"

"It was all Aurora she talked to him like he was her mate"

"And what did he do?"

"He gave up and walked away"

"Are you sure you can keep up with this?"

"Don't worry about me I'm okay"

Cough! Cough! Cough!

I didn't realize that miss Nicole had been watching us since I entered the class.

"If you are not done with your chit chat yet I would like to remind you that I gave the class an assignment" said miss Nicole.

"Sorry miss Nicole" we said in unison.

As school was over that day I went home in the same manner that I came but luckily for me there wasn't any Chris trying to beat me up.When I got home I threw my bag away and crashed on my bed then one thought kept on troubling my mind.This wasn't my normal way of life,I had lost my freedom because of Chloe but I didn't blame her much she had already told me that it was okay if I start avoiding her but I wasn't willing to do that.One question that kept on hitting my mind was "how long can I do this? how long was I going to keep up with this?. But I had to find a solution there had to be a way of solving this problem but the question was, could I find it?.