"Yeah… maybe he's gone already. Who knows?" Rowan sighed and looked around with the kittens still in his lap. "Maybe he won't bother us? We're not doing anything he should care about."
Hold me closer, tiny dancer (o/o) (Closed)
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Eve scoffed. "Please. He doesn't have to care to harass me. Isn't that, like, the entire point of harassing?" She pulled the car around again, and it appeared that Preston was gone. She breathed a sigh of relief and parallel parked along the curb. "There we are."
"Yeah, I guess so… just hoping that he won't bother us." Rowan sighed softly, and he seemed relieved as well to see that Preston wasn't there. "I'll put them in their box for now so it's easier to get everything upstairs."
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Eve nodded with a smile. She got out of her car, and once the door was shut, she heard the door of another car open. She looked at the car parked in front of her, and she paled.
Out stepped Christopher with a grin on his face. "Eve!"
She backed away quickly, her heart racing. "Stay away from me, Christopher!" she demanded.
Rowan was getting the kittens situated in their box when he heard a guy calling Eve's name, and Eve retaliating. He immediately straightened and came over to the driver side of the car next to Eve. "What's the problem? Who the hell are you?"
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Eve gripped Rowan's arm tightly, and he could feel her trembling. "My ex," she whispered to him.
Christopher arched his eyebrows and ignored Rowan's question. "Is this the new boyfriend? Not who I expected."
"What the hell are you doing here?" Eve demanded, trying to keep her voice calm.
Rowan, feeling Eve's tight grip on him, took a step forward to be partially in front of her. She was clearly scared of this guy, so he wouldn't let him near her. "It doesn't matter who I am. Eve doesn't want you here, so piss off." He glared at Christopher, feeling more confident whilst defending someone besides himself.
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Christopher cocked an eyebrow, looking an odd sort of impressed. "You've got guts," he admitted, taking a few steps closer to them. "Trying to keep my girlfriend away from me."
"I'm not your girlfriend anymore, Chris," Eve snapped. "We're done! We've been done. Leave me alone, please!"
"You guys aren't dating anymore, man! Just move on and get lost!" Rowan insisted, moving to protect Eve more. He really didn't want this to escalate into an actual physical fight. After all, his wrist was still injured from fighting with Preston, and he wasn't much of a fighter to begin with.
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Christopher narrowed his eyes. "I made a mistake leaving you, Eve. But I'm here now."
Eve backed away, pulling Rowan with her as she went. "Leave us alone!" she demanded. "Please!"
Rowan stumbled a bit when Eve tugged on him, but he tried his best to stand his ground. "Just get lost, man. We've got more important things to do than standing around talking to you."
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Eve swallowed nervously as Christopher eyed her car. "What, did you two go shopping?" he teased. "Cute."
"What part of 'get lost' do you not understand?" Rowan asked sharply, growing more irritated as Christopher continued to ignore him. "Our lives don't concern you. Go away."
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"Nah, yours doesn't," the male remarked. "Hers does."
"Leave me alone!" Eve demanded. "Please! Don't you have anything better to do?"
Rowan huffed and glared at Christopher. "Just go away. Move on, geez. Don't you think it's kind of pathetic to be so obsessed with your ex girlfriend's life? She doesn't want you around, so leave."
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Christopher rolled his eyes. "Fine, but you'd better start answering my texts, Eve baby."
"I'm not your baby," Eve shot back, shuddering at his comment. "Go away!"
"She doesn't have to do anything. Get out of here." Rowan insisted, keeping close to Eve so that Christopher couldn't approach her. He definitely didn't want to let him get close.
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Christopher glared at Rowan. "The new boyfriend is protective… I must say, at least you have a type, Eve."
"Shut up, please!" Eve begged, glaring daggers right back at him.
Rowan glared back as well, choosing not to speak. He'd made his point, and saying anything else might only aggravate the situation further. All he could do was hope that Christopher would get bored or give up so he would get lost.
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Eve shook her head, having enough of the nonsense. "Come on, Rowan," she muttered, taking his hand and pulling him toward the door of their apartment.
Surprisingly, Christopher let them go.
"Eve, the kittens…" Rowan murmured back, trying not to focus too much on Eve holding his hands. "They're still in the car. I don't want to leave them there… what if he tries to hurt them?"
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Eve's eyes widened. "Shit," she breathed. "Right. I'll get them. You unlock the door."
"I don't want you to go back alone…" Rowan replied softly, subconsciously holding a bit tighter to Eve's hands. "He might try something. We need to make sure he goes away… should we call the police?"
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Eve noted how he gripped her hands tighter, and she blushed a bit. "Uh, n-no. It's fine. I promise he won't hurt me. He's never wanted to hurt me. He just wants attention."
"But still… he's invading your privacy, and he makes you uncomfortable." Rowan insisted. "Maybe he's gone by now, and we can go ahead and get everything inside, yeah?"
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Eve nodded and inhaled sharply. "Yeah. He's probably gone. Let's go back out."
Rowan nodded as well and hesitated before following Eve back out to where the car was.
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Eve looked around and sighed with relief. "He's not out there, and his car is gone. Let's go."