Chapter 3

He smiles and starts to lift me up so I am standing by placing his hands on my elbows. 

“MAYLEE!” A hysterical Alexandria comes running up to us followed by Christian, and Daniel. 

“Maylee, oh my gosh girl you had all of us running around like we were looking for the Hope diamond. I do not like losing my BFFL!” Daniel is clumsily  grabbing my hand.

“What is going on? Who are you? Why did you leave? I need answers, people!” Alex is pulling me away from Dean. I instantly feel the loss of his body when I move away from him.

“Alex it is all fine, calm down. I am okay.” 

“I was so worried, when we couldn’t find you. What happened?”

“Short version, I came out here since I was feeling sick, I told you, when I came out here some creep grabbed me, but Dean took care of it. So, there is no reason to panic, or tell our parents.” I rush through this and try to put as easy of a tone to this so that Alex and the boys will calm down. 

“Not a big deal!” I hear Christian’s voice. He had been quiet the entire time just observing the scene. I turn to get a better look at him, his neat hair is a mess like he had been running his hands through his hair, his navy blue eyes are hard and he roughly grabs my arm. “Do you know what could have happened to you? Let me just list off just a few for you so you can understand how NOT a big deal this could have been. You could have been raped, beaten, kidnapped, drugged, and about a thousand other horrendous acts of violence.” I am stunned by his words, we had just met a few hours ago. He was acting like he truly cared and was so upset, you would have thought we were dating. As he was speaking his hands tightened around my forearms, I knew there would be bruises in the morning. “ I can’t believe you think this isn’t a big deal, if something had happened to you.”

“Get your hands off of her now.” Dean's husky voice was cold and rough with such a commanding tone that Christian instantly dropped his hands, but didn't move away from me. “ Nothing would have ever happened to her, because I would never allow something to happen. She was safer than she ever would have been with you.”

“And who are you exactly?” this time it was Alex. I see her eyeing Dean up and down in appreciation of the amazing man in front of her. 

“Dean Michealson.”

“Alexandria Harper, thank you, I am so glad you saved my best friend. I wouldn't be able to live without her.” She walks over to me and pulls me into a hug. I try to sooth her and reassure her that nothing is wrong. 

“ Come on guys, I think it is time we take you home.” Christian says he hasn’t stopped staring at Dean as he speaks. 

“Are you okay to drive? We all had quite a few shots inside.” I say this knowing that my own buzz is still there, it was around 1:00am so I am sure he is fine, but I wanted to be positive. 

Christian turns his head to me and gives me a reassuring smile.” Yeah, I feel fine now.” He walks over and puts his arms around both me and Alex; “I would never put such amazing girls at risk.”

“Well, I have a date after the bar closes. Soooo, bro will you drop them off then come back and get me? Please! This may be my chase at true love!” Daniel’s begging his brother is hilarious. 

“Dude, seriously? Why can’t your date bring you home?” Christian protest.

“ He may be a serial killer, you know my rule no one knows the home address until they fulfill the BF requirements.” Rolling his eyes Christian is about to answer when Dean again makes his presence known. 

“My driver will take the girls home and you can stay here with your brother.” 

“Your driver?” I look at him questioningly. 

“Yes, we always use a driver when the boys and I come out so we don’t have this issue. It is the easiest solution to this problem.” 

“ Why do you even care about our situation? We don’t even know you?” Christian protest. 

“ I plan on getting to know Maylee much better in the future and since I just saved her I would feel much easier if I knew she was driven home by someone who hasn’t had any alcohol in his system.” 

I am standing there with my mouth slightly open and my eyes wide. This god-like man wants to get to know me better in the future. What other dimension have I fallen into? Maybe the bar's name is Chaos because it is a key to a portal and I am now in a world where someone like him will speak to someone like me. 

“Okay, sounds like a plan to me. Christian, Daniel we have your numbers so I will text you when we make it home safe. Daniel, you better give up a play by play with the bartender guy.” Alexandria agrees and pulls me closer to Dean. 

“Okay bitches, I will see you tomorrow!” Daniel turns to leave, Christian walks over hugs both of us holding me a little longer than necessary and says he will text me and Alex in the group chat that we made earlier tonight. 

Dean turns and calls both of us to follow him. He whips out his phone and hits the call button “Yeah, we are out back, I have two that need to go anyplace they desire and then you can go home. The boys and I will be back to the house in a bit.” 

“Anyplace we desire?” Alex's mischievous smile makes me laugh. “You may be paying for those words Dean.” Dean laughs, a full warm laugh and it is music to my ears. “Alex, I think we are going to be great friends. Just remember wherever you take Maylee I will find you.”

“Stalker much?” I state with a serious tone. He seems a bit too possessive already and alarm bells are going off in my head. He looks at me in the eyes to gauge my emotions and softens just a bit. 

“ I like to think of myself more of a protector than a stalker. Keeping an eye on the world and all the sweet innocents that live in it.” 

A black SUV drives up and parks in front of us. A man and women is sitting in the front seats. The man has a shaved head but you can still see that it is dark in color, buff but smaller than Dean. He is in a dark shirt and light jeans, the women has long red hair that is so full and luscious. She has a figure that is strong and amazing. I swear I am surrounded by models. 

“This is Cassia and Jacob. They will be driving you girls home.”

“And Fast food” Alex interrupts. I nudged her in the ribs though my stomach suddenly made the most embarrassing noise announcing that I had not eaten all day. Alex smiles knowing what she is about to do. I instantly blush.” Maylee hasn’t eaten since breakfast, we are starving, can’t you hear the monstrous stomach growl?”

“Why didn’t you eat lunch or supper?” Dean is staring at me. My heart starts to raise and I blush even more. I have to come up with a lie quickly. I can’t tell them the real reason. 

“I was super busy and just didn’t have time.” I hope he can’t see the lie on my face. I am not going to tell him that I wasn’t eating because I was upset over Jason. Man, that seems like years ago when really it was this morning. Dean gives me a look that feels like he is reading my thoughts, but doesn’t push, he just agrees.

“Fine, food then home.”

We climb into the back of the car and Dean has a few more words to the two people in front of the car. In about an hour I find myself, fed, bathed, and sleeping next to Alex. My last thoughts are about how crazy of a night we had and the feeling that it actually is the start of a new beginning.