Chapter 36: I'd Pay For You-2

"Probably cause you haven't had one in forever." "True." I shrugged as I took another sip. Sky finished her drink almost immediately and offered to buy me another one, but I declined. She knew I wasn't that much of a drinker anyway and I'd already had two which honestly,  is more than I'd usually have. Since I'm almost always the designated driver, I don't have a single sip of alcohol and if I'm not, I have one beer. That's it. So when my head was thumping louder than the music, I knew something was wrong but in that moment it felt good. I was less uptight and more care free. When Hunter came to look for me he was shocked. "Woah, sweetheart, you don't drink enough to get drunk. What happened?" He sounded genuinely concerned. "I had a drink." I hiccuped. "No shit Sherlock." He rolled his eyes at me. "No fuck Watson." That made Hunter laugh. "What did you drink?" I laughed at Hunter for being so silly, "The shot that I stole from you and..." I dragged the word thinking of the last drink, "a cosmopolitan." "That's not even enough to get a lightweight like you this drunk," he mumbled before speaking clearly to me, "And who bought you the Cosmo?" "Skylar." I laughed again for no apparent reason. "That's me!" Skylar was back from dancing with Ty. "Do you ever leave your drinks unattended?" Hunter asked sharply. "No, Hunter," she rolled her eyes at him like it was obvious, "I just ordered our drinks and left them here while I went to the bathroom." She answered lightly. "Shit, Sky. Why would you do that?" "Your boyfriend's mean." Skylar sulked when she sat next to me. "And yours is a perv." Hunter retorted and Skylar was taken aback. "Come on babe, relax. I'm fine." I tried kissing Hunter but he pulled his head back. "You're not fine. Someone laced your drink with something to make it stronger." I laughed at Hunter's silly humor before I saw he wasn't laughing, "Why aren't you laughing?" "Because I'm gonna beat the shit out of whoever did this." He stormed up to the bartender catching his attention, "Who paid you to lace her drink?" He nodded his head in my direction. "No one, bro." Hunter handed him a lot of notes and the bartender directed him to a man sitting at the end of the bar. He was smaller than Hunter but only slightly, he sat surrounded by his friends and didn't mind when Hunter spoke to him. In fact, it actually looked like they knew each other. "I heard you laced that chick's drink." Hunter laughed and clapped the man on his back. "Yeah dude, she's hot! I wanted to see if I could get her too come to my room with me; if you know what I mean." He smiled at Hunter. "But apparently she has some boyfriend that's a real prick." "Yeah you asshole, I'm that prick." And Hunter hit him square in the jaw, so hard that he fell off his stool unconscious. I gasped and ran over to Hunter who was being escorted by two much bigger men in black. "Hey! Leave my boyfriend alone!" I hit the one closest to me with my fist on his back but he didn't flinch. Instead he turned to me and then back to Hunter, "She's with you?" Hunter shook his head and the men stopped walking. "Hunter! Don't lie! I'm his girlfriend." I giggled and looked over at the bouncers. With that, one of them grabbed me and started pulling me outside as well. "Hey! Let go of me! You're hurting my arm!" I tried hitting the burly man. When Hunter heard me, he tried punching the man that was holding him. The man was distracted and let go of Hunter. "Let her go man, we'll walk our selves out." Hunter scoffed at the man holding me. He threw my arm violently towards Hunter and I lost my footing in the cobblestone floor. Wearing heels didn't help and I yelped when I felt my weight buckled but strong arms caught me. I looked up to see Hunter looking down at me and I grinned. "Come on, sweetheart, up you get." He tugged my arms up gently but I slipped again when I couldn't stand on my foot because my ankle was throbbing. "I can't stand." I whimpered looking at Hunter through my eyelashes. He sighed heavily and threw one arm behind my ankles and the other supported my back. The fast move gave me a fright and I instantly wrapped my arms around Hunter's neck. He walked us out of the club and into the cold night air. I was studying Hunter's face as he walked. He had a strong jawline and cheekbones. His dark hair was held firmly in place even after all the dancing and his blue eyes were bright in the dark. He was looking into the distance, clearly annoyed which just made him look hotter. "You're sexy when you're angry." I mumbled. Hunter looked down at me surprisingly and laughed, "You think I'm sexy?" "Sexily hot." I grinned. "Ahh, you're one of those overly nice drunks. Strange considering you're a supposed 'bad girl'." "I'm not a bad girl, I'm actually quite good. I just pretend to be bad because everyone likes tough girls." I swung my legs and tightened my arms around Hunter. He laughed at me again, "Is that so?" "Mhmm..." I nodded and moved my face closer to his, "Now can you please kiss me, the sexual tension is killing me." This made Hunter laugh so much that he almost dropped me. "It's not funny." I frowned at him. "You're too precious." He gave me a small peck on the lips before walking determinedly down the sidewalk. "That was lame." I threw my head back. "I'll have you know that I've never given a bad kiss in my entire life." "Well you just did." I giggled. "How about a bet? I'll kiss you and if it's not breathtaking you have to do whatever I say." "Well you can't just make me do anything. I'm not sleeping with you on the field." "Damn!" Hunter laughed, "It's nothing sexual sweetheart." "Damn!" I teased him. "We could make it like that if you want." He bent his head to whisper in my ear and my cheeks reddened. "So we got a deal?" I nodded. "Great! But I'm gonna need you to stand." "But I can't." I whined. "Of course you can. I'll lean you against the wall and you can stand on the leg that's not hurt." "Fine." I huffed. "This better be good." I stood gingerly, testing how much weight I could put on my injured ankle. "You ready?" Hunter asked as he leaned me against the wall. I rolled my eyes, "Let's see what you got." I closed my eyes and he leaned in closer to me. His kiss was soft and gentle and I was surprised at how much he could convey so calmly. Soon enough his kisses were filled with desire and passion, his lips moving faster and then he pulled back. I moved my head forward thinking he was still there and when I was kissed by the cold breeze instead, my eyes snapped open to see Hunter staring at me smugly. "Wow." I breathed slowly. That was..." "Breathtaking?" Hunter offered and I nodded slowly. "I'm glad sweetheart, but now you have your end of the bargain to fill." He lifted me to carry me to his car which was parked around the corner. "And what would that be Mr Maddox." "Patience Miss Anderson." He said as he helped me into the passenger side of his car.