Nervous

Julia POV

He looked at me, puzzled, and motioned to me not to talk, then he hid under the bed.

The police and Shawn came into my room.

"Julia," Shawn called walking briskly towards me. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah," I replied even though I was not feeling well.

"You don't look okay." He said with worry in his eyes as he stared at the cut on my lips and the blood on my arm.

"You should take your bathe."

"I'll do that later," I said and sighed

"Are you sure you are okay?"

"Just a minor headache. It will subside soonest." I lied. I felt that I would slip away any moment from now but I didn't want to bother him. He hasn't rested just because of me.

The police had gone after their search. Thank goodness they didn't search under the bed, else...

"Let me go get the first aid kit. I'll be back in a jiffy." Shawn said and went out of the room. Raj came out from under the bed, sweating profusely.

"That was a close call," Raj said and sat on the bed.

We heard the sound of the siren and he peered out the window.

"There are gone." He said and heaved a sigh of relief.

"You have to go. Shawn will be here any moment from now."

"Is he your boyfriend?" He asked and I glared at him.

If looks could kill, he would've been dead by now.

"What's your business with that?"

"Just being curious. He isn't your type. You should stay away from him."

Why do they keep saying that? First, it was Mrs. Porshia, second, the man who tried to rape me earlier on, now it's him.

What is going on?

"You don't have to concern yourself with me. Mind your business."

"I'm sorry." He apologized.

"You have to go," I said again.

"I'm going nowhere. We are not sure if it's safe out there, yet you're telling me to go?"

He took the pillow from me and lay on the bed while I gawked at him.

This fellow is... Impossible.

I was tired so I lay on the bed, as far away as possible from him.

Some seconds later, Shawn came in and his countenance changed. I sat up immediately.

"What the hell are you doing in Julia's room?" He asked Raj who sat up on the bed. He wasn't shaken.

"Name's Raj." He said and smirked.

"I didn't ask for your name." He said as he came to sit beside me.

"What are you doing with him? On the same bed for crying out loud."

I heard Raj chuckle. What was funny?

F*ck him.

"Uhm..." I stuttered unsure of what to say.

"We weren't doing anything. I just needed to rest, but one day, we'll do something." He said and winked at Shawn.

How dare he!

"Are you nuts?" Shawn asked angrily. "If you don't leave this very minute, I'll call the police."

"They've all gone. I heard the blaring of the siren."

"Not all of them. There's a policeman left and he's in the sitting room. If he sees you, he wouldn't hesitate to have you arrested."

Just then, we heard footsteps and Raj looked scared. He flew out of the window and I was overcome with shock.

"Raj..." I screamed as I peered out the window to see that he was climbing down the wall. I heaved a sigh of relief.

This is unlike me. Why am I concerned about a total stranger?

I sat on the bed and glanced at Shawn. He had a surprising look on his face.

"Do you know him?" He asked and I shook my head. He laughed dryly.

"I didn't know you were like this. What's going on between you two?"

What has come over him?

Just then, what Raj and Mrs. Porshia told me came to my mind but I waved it off.

"What do you mean? As you see me so, I'm not ready for your rants this morning. I need to rest." I said as I lay on the bed. My head was throbbing furiously and I knew that if I say anything, it would result in a quarrel which I was not ready for.

For crying out loud, nothing is going on between both of us so why's he being overly protective?

Seeing that I was not ready to listen to him, he dropped the first aid kit and stomped out of the room banging the door shut after him.

Hours Later

Shawn POV

I woke up to see the sun shining brightly through the window. I glanced at the wall clock to see that the time was noon. I yawned and stretched at the same time, sitting up.

My head was throbbing furiously so I reached for the pain killer in my drawer and took the drug.

I contemplated going to Julia's room to check up on her, but I decided against it. What she did this morning still hurts. I felt terribly jealous. It's not like I've asked her to be my girlfriend, but I hate it when I see her with another guy.

My stomach grumbled, I was hungry. I went to the kitchen and set out to prepare food as Erastus was in the hospital. Jack was staying with them in the hospital. Ciara and Steve insisted that they wanted to go, so I let them go.

I had prepared the meal and ate alone. I wasn't enjoying it, but I just forced myself to eat. I hated eating alone. I prefer to eat with my worst enemy than eat alone.

After much deliberations, I decided to go to Julia's room. She was wide awake, just sitting on the bed. Her hair was ruffled, and she still looked beautiful as ever. My heart was pounding furiously within my ribcage and I wondered why I was feeling this way.

She looked away immediately we had eye contact.