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“Sit your ass down,” Neo shoves him to the side. “I’ve got this.”
Something in Crew snaps. His hands fold together and he bends them back slowly, cracking his knuckles, chin tipped up at Neo. Then, like a bullet out of a gun, Crew shoves Neo, sending him back a few steps.
I step back, getting out of the line of fire.
Jagger rushes over, ready to step in if needed, as do a few other guys I don’t know.
“What the fuck is your problem?” Neo growls, walking with a heavy hand into Crew’s chest.
“You’re my fucking problem.” Crew puffs his chest out into Neo’s, noses brushing. “You and him.” He juts a finger at Jagger.
“What’s going on?” Riley asks, appearing out of nowhere. “Are you okay?”
“Yeah,” I nod, watching the guys, “I’m fine.”
I should go. “We should go.” I grab Riley by the hand and pull her past the guys.
“Not so fast.” Neo reaches out, grabbing me by my free arm. “We’re not finished here.”
All the blood drains from my face. This is not a situation I wanna be in. I don’t interfere when it comes to friends, especially this group of friends.
“Hammond,” Jagger hollers, “get your ass over here and clean up this mess.” He skims the crowd for someone else before saying, “Andy, get Scarlett a new lunch.”
Andy pushes his glasses up, folds his hands together, and leans close to me. “Would that be a…chef salad, or tossed?”
“It’s fine, Andy. Don’t—”
I’m rudely cut off by Jagger. “Any fucking salad. Just go get it!”
Andy jolts, then scurries away while Victor Hammond picks up ranch-covered lettuce and cucumbers off the floor with his bare hands.
Neo glowers at Jagger. “What the hell are you doing?”
Jagger steps up to Neo, who is still draining the blood from my arm. “You’re both making us look weak,” he grinds out. “Handle this somewhere else and I’ll deal with Scar’s punishment.”
Neo thinks for a moment, then finally drops his hold on me. “Fine. Get her out of here while I deal with this imbecile,” he says, referring to Crew.
Jagger takes my hand, leading me across the hall. As we're walking, I glance over my shoulder at Crew and find him glaring at me. He’s behaving like I did something wrong. He’s the one who lost his mind when Neo started barking orders at me.
ChapterFifteen
CREW
“In the courtyard! Now!”I snap at Neo. Pushing through the crowd that’s gathered around us, I head out the double doors of the dining hall to the courtyard, where a few students are eating their lunch.
As soon as the fresh air hits my face, I inhale a deep breath and pace, mentally working through the rage that’s consumed me.
Neo comes out seconds later, fuming, much like I am. “Everyone, scram,” he says to the students eating out here.
Most of them pack up their stuff to go, but a couple stare idly at Neo. “Now! Go eat your fucking food somewhere else.” Those last ones quickly snatch up their food and hurry away.
Once we’re alone, Neo’s fist lands on my shoulder, not hard, but it pisses me off enough to spin around and get in his face. “Put your hands on me again, fucker. See what happens.”
“Dude, chill the fuck out. What’s your deal?”
“You! Him! Her! It’s like I’m a fucking joke to you all.” I say the words I should've said a long time ago.
“Look at the way you’re behaving.Thisis a fucking joke.”
