≪crazy in love≫ uriah + marlene

chapter 15

(uriah)

Marlene has clouded my thoughts.

I find myself grinning and laughing at stupid little things.

Flirting with Marlene, giving her little notes throughout class saying "your hair looks nice" or "the way your notebook swings against your arm makes me get butterflies." Making it sound like we're in third grade.

She laughs and sends back the notes with a cuss word writing on them and I cover my mouth while the teacher passes me.

After school I go to football practice and then drive home.

I jump in the freezing pool, even though it's after thanksgiving and supper cold.

A shudder goes through me and I sink lower into the ground.

I see bubble fill the pool and a figure swims closer to me.

Zeke.

I claw at his feet.

He reaches in closer and grabs my head pushing me further into the water.

His grip is fierce and I realize this can't be my brother.

My brother went to Shaunas after practice.

So did everyone else.

My mom isn't home, she's at work.

At this guy is trying to kill me.

I'm going to die.

I feel marks in my head from where he gripped it and scream in pain.

I get a idea.

I hold my breath and pretend to be dead.

It fools him and he goes up to the surface.

I haven't breathed in a minute.

I can't breath.

I feel lightheaded and float up to the surface.

I let out a huge breath and pray that the guy didn't hear me.

I choke out water and run inside.

I look in the mirror, one side of my head is bleeding.

CAMERAS.

I change into a sweatshirt and sweatpants and run to the basement looking at our security.

Peter.

The person who tried to kill me is Peter.

I drive to Shauna's house.

I open the door everyone is on the ground laughing.

"Woah what happened to your head?" Lynn says turning to me.

Everyone stares at me.

I look at Marlene, "Peter just tried to kill me."

Marlene's eyes go wide and I nod.

She stand up and tilts my head to look at the side of it, "how?" She says, her voice thick.

"I was swimming and he just jumped in and grabbed my head."

"Does it hurt?"

"Like hell, yeah."

She purses her lips.

"God Uriah, should we go to the hospital?" Christina stands up and walks over to me.

I shake my head.

"I'll get my mom," Shauna runs out of the room.

"I'm fine now," I say to only Marlene.

She nods and smiles, but her eyes look sad.

"Crazy son of a bitch, what was he doing in a pool in December anyway?" Shauna's mom walks up to me, Shauna behind her.

"It doesn't need stitches, but you'll need ibuprofen."

She hands me tablets and I dry swallow them.

I leave after that.

Marlene comes in my house about five minutes after I get home.

I lay on the couch and she turns off the tv I was watching.

I sit up and she sits next to me.

"We need this super badass plan to defeat this motherfucking pansycake."

I nod and smile in agreement.

"He's a-"

"Asshole, pansycake, shank, jerk, nose, assfuck, faceshit, blunt, spying-on-girls-while-they-change shithead."

She nods, laughing.

I clasp my hands around her waist and pull her closer.

"We'll be okay, I'll send the tape to the police."

"Do you think that's a good idea? He'll go to jail, he'll be pissed that we told and he'll kill both of us."

"I almost died today, Mar. I don't feel safe and I should, so I'm going to do it."

I kiss her noise and she nods.

I pull her closer so that she's now on my lap.

She presses her finger into the cut in my head, it pounds.

I wince and she looks at me.

"You okay?"

"Of course Mar, I'm tough, I can handle a jerk once and a while," I smirk and she laughs.