Shadows In Durango

Chapter 20

*****Sofia's POV*****

"So how was it? Chilled and calm compared to what your old class was?" Emma skips towards me giddily, as I exit the storage room looking and feeling somewhat disheveled.

"Whatever it was... it looks like you've been working hard!" Emma suddenly laughs, as I force out a smile - with my mind doing overtime trying to catch up with everything that had just happened. On that note, the door opened from behind me, revealing Vincent as he emerged from the same room causing Emma's eyes to grow the size of saucers, instantly stepping out of his way. Vincent dusted off his large hands, squaring out his shoulders from behind us, looking somewhat amused with himself as usual.

"Don't sweat it about bringing me lunch Sofia, it seems that I'll be making you work hard in other ways now." Vincent winks, as some nearby girls begin to whisper and take notice of our exchange. Crap... that's all I need... rumours about me coming out of the storage room with Vincent! As if people would believe it anyway right? He wouldn't go near the likes of me...

"O-Ok..." I respond, licking at my drying lips as he laughs and shakes his head in amusement, tossing his black jacket over his shoulder and beginning to walk off: causing every female in passing to almost collapse at his feet.

"No way! Was he seriously the only other student assigned to work in the storage room out of the whole school?! What are the damn chances of that?! Are you ok? Was it torture?" Emma rambles the second he walks off out of ear shot, as I finally feel as though I can catch my breath.

Taking a moment, I close my eyes over, exhaling slowly before opening them back up again to find a concerned Emma staring back at me.

"I just don't know what to do when he's around me... he loves tormenting me in every single way! At first he seemed annoyed that I was even there and then he said that he doesn't want me to change to laundry when I offered to switch! He even made comments about my ass at one point just to humiliate me!" I rant to my friend, as we walked towards the lunch hall together in a hurry.

Emma was shocked but also engrossed in my experience, as I confided in her to hear me out.

It took off a lot of anxiety and pressure, knowing now that I had someone to rant to when I so desperately needed it.

"He's awful!" Emma shakes her head and grits, as I somewhat oddly feel bad at her words.

wasn't all

at school, but he also gave me a job when I desperately needed it and defended me when the girl in

actually be ok sometimes... when he wants to be... I just can't predict him and it

have bolted out of there the second that I saw him! Even Daryl too, you approached him to ask him to switch seats as though it were nothing this morning!" Emma states in disbelief, still struggling to understand

to always find myself stuck with them both, particularly

understand Vincent, but Daryl seems sort of... sweet?" I admit, feeling my cheeks blush

hadn't been reposted as Vincent's private lunch service once again. I feared earlier that he was going to demand that I bring him lunch again,

spine... knowing that his evil little brain would be doing overtime to come up with a number of ways to torture me either

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parents are big time gangsters... but they are rarely ever in town which is a good thing. Vincent lives in a huge house with Daryl and a couple of other guys. They've done some bad things you know?" Emma explains, her voice hushed as I listen eagerly to find out more about

if things weren't bad for me before, then they

explains his arrogance... and explains why everybody seems to either cower

how damaging a false rumour can be... being a 'gangster' isn't a title I

stuff?" I push further, as we approach the

background listening, but I heard that they sell and beat people up for not

what? Drugs?!" I panic, as she hushes me and looks

my heart

wouldn't be involved in something so dark!" I shake my head in disbelief of what she was telling me, pushing back the sickening feeling growing in the pit of

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could pass for a major drug lord in