𝕀 𝔻𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕂𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕎𝕙𝕪 - Gabriel [ROTW]

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| CHAPTER THREE - WORDS 797 |

ALEX'S PHONE RANG from behind Mackenzie, her eyes averting towards the noise to see Dariush emerging from the bushes. He makes a little noise while zipping up his fly, Mackenzie's eyebrows furrowing in disgust.

"What are you doing here?" Alex asks Dariush as he approaches Mackenzie and him. He looks behind himself and responds with something Mackenzie did not what to hear again in her entire life, saying, "I just dropped a deuce"

"Too much information." Mackenzie scolds and turns her back towards the boys, looking back at the mountains and climbing onto a rock while looking downwards.

After hearing some of the words Dariush and Alex were saying, she decided to help the boy away from Dariush after hearing Alex telling him not to touch him. Mackenzie jumps down and yells over top of the boys while trying to get Dariush's grip off of Alex frantically. Dariush gets Alex closer to the edge while Mackenzie tries to draw him backwards away from the cliff. She started to panic while doing so, afraid Dariush might throw him off.

"Dariush, get off of him! Are you insane?!" Mackenzie yells but Dariush turns around quickly and knocks her off him, making Mackenzie clench her stomach but quickly get back up until she froze at the voice near her.

"Let him go!" A boy voice that was all too familiar to Mackenzie spoke. She slowly turned around to see the face of somebody who she never thought she'd see again.

"Gabriel..?" Mackenzie said quietly and it seemed like he didn't hear her words as he kept his gaze on Alex and Dariush. It was safe to say, those feelings came right back that she had for Gabriel.

"Let him go." He repeated. Mackenzie couldn't help but find her teeth biting her lip hard. He was still attractive as before. She shook her head, anger rising over her at the thought that he left her.

Dariush gripped tighter on Alex's vest. "Move along, mountain hobo. We've got no qualms with you."

Alex shakes his head frantically, yelling for help.

"I'm not going to ask you again." Gabriel says over top of their voices.

Dariush grabs Alex and pushes him over to the side, making him fall onto the ground hard. Mackenzie walks over to Alex, and after making sure he was okay, she watches Gabriel and Dariush again.

"Ooh. Five years of Krav Maga, bitch. I'll Gal Gadot you so hard right now. What's your ground game?" Dariush asks, looking like a complete idiot.

Gabriel remains unfazed.

"What? What? Unh!" He tries kicking at Gabriel who punches Dariush to the ground with one hand. He walks over to Mackenzie and Alex, still not seeing her yet.

"You okay?" Gabriel asks, lending his hand out and helping up Alex from the ground.

Alex responds with a faint yeah, "who are you?"

"My name is Gabriel." He looks beside of Alex to Mackenzie.

It was like his life flashed before his eyes. He never thought he would see her again after what happened with him and his mom which was unknown to her. Gabriel wanted to tell her until the sent him away to juvie, desperately trying to ask for a phone call from the guards but they would never let him. He couldn't imagine what she must of went through while he was gone.

"Mackenzie?" He asks. She looks off the ground and to him, her lip quivering and the sight of him. Alex slightly backed away, knowing something was about to happen between the two.

She nods her head, not finding her voice and walks up to him with sobs coming out of her mouth, wrapping her arms around his waist as his come down underneath her arms, lifting her up. Mackenzie's legs wrap around his waist and her head goes to the crook of his neck, already smelling his normal aroma.

Mackenzie legs hit the ground as she wipes her eyes rather quickly to not let him see. "Where were you for two months, Gabriel.." She asks as a hiccup comes out of her mouth.

As he's about to speak, Alex asks another question.

"You live around here?"

Gabriel looks hesitant, "yeah.. yeah! You guys are from the um, the camp, right?"

Zhenzhen comes from behind with her hands on her waist, looking straight at him then back at the view away from them. Alex says she wasn't much of a talker.

"Yeah, mom and dad sent me here because i would only stay inside after you.. left." Mackenzie looks away until he grabs her by the chin, facing her towards him.

"I'm here now, okay? I'm not leaving anytime soon." He assures her, making a smile appear onto her lips as she nods her head.