Chapter Nineteen

Adrian's POV

Knock, knock, knock

"That must be Keith!" I yelled excitedly as I opened the door.

"Adrian!" He said, equally as excited as I was.

"Come in, come in!" I stepped aside.

He stepped inside and set his bag on the floor, I closed the door behind him and introduced him to Marcus.

"Keith, this is my roommate Marcus. Marcus, this is Keith." I said as I gestured to each of them in turn.

"It's nice to meet you, Marcus." Said Keith with a small smile, "thank you so much for letting me stay here!"

"No problem, dude. I don't want anyone else to be hurt by Blake." Said Marcus from the couch.

I watched as Keith looked at the floor, "Yeah."

"So, uh...do you guys want to watch a movie?" I said as I awkwardly ushered Keith towards the couch.

"Alright, what movies do you have?" Asked Keith.

I made my way to the cabinet to check, bending down and reading off some of the titles, "Batman, Mega Mind, X-Men-."

"X-Men!" Called out Marcus and Keith at the same time.

"Alright, X-Men it is!" I chuckled.

I stood up and spun around, catching Marcus not so subtly staring at me. Staring at my ass, to be more specific. I smirked and raised an eyebrow at him, spinning back around and putting the movie in.

As I was walking back towards the couch I noticed Marcus try and make room between him and Keith for me to sit. Although Keith had a different idea, he had seen the way that Marcus was staring at me and was taking up the rest of the space on the couch.

I like the way he thinks, I thought.

I made my way to the couch and watched Marcus's face. He looked extremely nervous, so I went to turn off the lights so we could watch the movie in the dark.

I leaned down next to Keith, "Can you scoot over so I can sit?" I whispered.

He chuckled quietly, "No can you, you're going to sit on his lap."

I rolled my eyes but sat down on Marcus's lap. He flinched and I laughed quietly. "What are you doing," he whispered.

"Isn't it obvious? I'm watching a movie."

"Why are you on my lap?"

"There wasn't enough room on the couch, and this is more comfortable."

He chuckled and kissed the nape of my neck, "You're right, it is more comfortable."

We sat in silence for a few more minutes as we watched the movie, until there was a knock on the door. An aggressive knock. Then there was incoherent yelling, lots and lots of yelling.

We all jumped up, "Who the hell-." Keith said loudly.

Marcus grumbled as he made his way to the door, he flung it open and everyone was silent.

"Blake?" Marcus growled, "What the hell are you doing here."

"I came here to get my boyfriend back." He snarled as he shoved past Marcus and into the apartment. He reached for Keith, but I shoved Keith behind me and tried to push Blake away.

Blake roughly grabbed my arm and threw me against the wall, away from Keith.

"HELL. NO." Marcus shouted, "You do NOT get to waltz in here and throw around my BOYFRIEND!"

Lunging at Blake, Marcus knocked him to the ground. They started to wrestle, rolling around on the ground and throwing punches. Marcus landed some good ones, but Blake landed the winning one. Marcus's nose started

"OH MY GOD, MARCUS!" I yelled as I rushed forward. I shoved Blake off of Marcus and helped Marcus stand. Keith was standing by the door, frozen.

Blake lunged at Marcus again, and Marcus landed a pretty solid punch.

"KEITH!" I yelled over the sound of fighting, "GO GET THE NEIGHBOR TO OUR RIGHT! HE'S A COP!"

I'm too weak to help Marcus, I'm not strong enough. I thought as I tried to think of something to do.

Just then our neighbor burst into the apartment. He pulled Blake off of Marcus and pushed him against the wall. "Don't. Move."

Blake eventually stopped struggling, and out neighbor handcuffed him.

"Keith and Adrian have told me everything. You're going to the station, for persisting domestic abuse charges."

We all watched in silence as Blake was dragged out the door, the only sound was Marcus's groaning as he rolled around on the floor.

"Marcus, we should get you to the ER." I sighed as I helped him up, draping his arm over my shoulder so he could walk. Keith rushed to his other side and did the same.

"Yeah..."