Pieces of Me by Pua Ramona (small books to read txt) 📕

“You better not fuck this up Hunter, you’ll have the three of us to deal with” Luka says, pointing at himself, Daniel, and Micah.

Before I say anything I feel a tiny fist in my gut. “What the fuck?”

“You hurt her and I’ll just fucking cut you up into pieces and flush you in the toilet one piece at a time”, Megan says with the cutest fucking pissed off face ever. I love that Sina has her family to protect her. And I respect them more now for it. I’m also glad that Sina has Reese in her circle because he’ll always keep her safe, even if it does piss me off a little that he gets to hug her and I don't. I understand it now.

I give her and the guys my word and ask Reese, “You ready?”

He looks at me, bouncing on the balls of his feet, “I’m ready bro.”

I follow Reese to the stage and know that she’s watching us because I can feel her eyes searing into me. I want to look so fucking bad but I also want her to think I wasn’t paying her any mind and act all cool and shit. I take my spot next to Reese at the booth and I hear the DJ say “Good luck, my dude. Masina is worth the embarrassment.”

I look at Reese then look back at the DJ and say “She’s mine.” They both look at me, a little surprised at what I just fucking said and I feel my face go warm so I grab the mic out of the DJ’s hand and give him a nod. I take one last lungful of air and walk my ass out onto the stage, and it feels like I’m walking off a damn plank into shark infested waters.

“Alright peoples, are you ready for another performance?” The DJ croons over the mic. The place is going fucking nuts, especially the ladies. But I'm only interested in one specific woman in the crowd and I’m looking for her on the dance floor against the glare of the stage lights. My eyes make contact with hers and she gives me a look that I can’t figure out.

“Please show some love for Hunter and Williams.” The whole crowd gets louder as the music starts to play.

“Don’t fuck it up E” Reese says under his breath, winking at me. I look to my left and see the Petersons clapping as one giant unit in the masses. Mona and Lei are standing close by and are both screaming like hyped up groupies. I laugh, shaking my head at them and trying to remember the damn words before I need to start singing.

I clear my throat over the intro of the song and say “I wasn’t planning on doing this at all, but I figured why the fuck not” I pick Sina out in the masses of bodies on the dance floor “This is for a beautiful woman who snuck her way in my heart, but doesn’t know it yet.” I want her to understand that I’m speaking to her. Her hand goes up to her mouth and she looks over to Lei and Mona, they both hold their glasses up and smile at her.

I see someone behind Sina and notice Becca is standing there with a big smile on her face. I’m pretty sure that she probably thinks I’m talking about her. Sina notices me looking past her shoulder and turns to see Becca glaring back at her with a face full of hate. I see Sina’s shoulders fall and she makes her way off of the dance floor, while Becca walks closer to the stage “I love you baby” she shouts up at me. I want to call out to Sina but the music is louder now and I need to start singing any second.

“You know I’d fall apart without you, I don’t know how you do what you do” I sing into the mic. I watch Sina grab her wristlet and I know she thinks I was talking to Becca before, but she is so wrong. I watch her walk over to her brothers and sister, they’re saying something to her but she’s shaking her head no and starting to hug everyone like she's saying goodbye. Dammit, I have to do something and I have to think fast. I see Lei looking up at me with wide eyes, and I’m shrugging back at her whilst still singing along to the music.

“You better fucking do something, and do it now, she's leaving asshole,” Reese growls from behind me. I know that she has to walk through the dance floor to get to the door and I see that she’s having a hard time getting through the crowd so I start walking off the stage. I see Becca’s eyes go wide, but I’ll worry about that later. Right now I want to get to Sina before she walks out. I push past Becca and I see her face drop when she realizes I’m not here for her. I know I hurt her feelings, but I shake it off. The closer I get to Sina, the faster she’s walking away from me. I reach out for her just as I hear Reese singing the last note and the whole damn Hut goes crazy. People are patting me on the back and the girls are screaming for Reese.

I feel someone walk into us hard and I look up to see Becca turning her body away from us. She looks from me to Sina with a sad look on her face and walks away with tears in her eyes. I feel Sina pulling back and just as I’m about to let her go the DJ plays another song and it’s a slow one. I’m going to have to thank him later. I hear the intro for Sam Smith’s Stay With Me and I hold on