Stary night and the wind making them hold on to each other

When 16 year old Valerie moves to California she meets Raphael, and soon the two become the best of friends. But then the most popular guy in school gets involved and it can�t end good, can it? She ends up in a love triangle and finds herself in a sticky situation. One will betray her, one will love her, who will she choose? SHE PUSHES ME TO THE FLOOR, HARD. I fall to the floor and hit my head on the brightly colored tiles. Ooh, probably got a concussion now. A crowd gathers around us, murmuring. �Who the h� do you think you are,� Bethany yells. �Talking to my boyfriend?� �I think I�m someone who actually cares about him,� I say coldly. Her mouth drops. Nobody�s ever talked back to her. �Excuse me?� She stutters. �Are you deaf or do you just not want to except the truth?� I snap. God, I�m really asking for it. She scoffs and bends down to face me, then smiles with fake cheerfulness. She smacks me with her small, beautifully manicured nails, and my head snaps to the side. Tears spring to my eyes, but I chew on my lip to keep them back. No way am I going to let her have the satisfaction of seeing me cry. �HEY!� Sasha turns her head, just slightly, and her eyes widen at whom the voice belongs to. I don�t even have to look at him, I know his voice all to well. �Beckett! Babe,� She coos at him, getting up and walking to him. I roll my eyes as I struggle to get up, my head spinning. �What do you think you�re doing to Valerie?� Beckett snaps, ignoring her cooing. �Oh, me?� She fakes surprise. �We were just messing around.� He laughs bitterly. �Yeah, right, Sasha. I know you by now. Leave her alone.� Her smile turns into a scoff, and she growls - yes, growls - at him. �Are you saying what I think you�re saying?� �You well know that I�m saying what you think I�m saying.� �And what do I think you�re saying?� �I think you�re the devil in disguise,� He says. �And I�m breaking up with you. How�s that?� Sasha blinks and turns beet red. I laugh out loud and she snaps her head over to look at me. I stop laughing as she moves to come towards me. Then Beckett does the unbelievable. He grabs her arms and puts them behind her back. He bends his head to whisper in her ear, �Touch her again... I dare you.� He pushes her away from him and she falls to the floor, crying. He comes to me and holds out his hand. I hesitate. He looks me in the eyes and says,�I�m not Sasha.� I smile and take his hand, and he pulls me to my feet. I almost fall to the ground, dizzy, but he catches me by the arm and he pulls me to his chest. I feel him shaking. ������������������������������������������������� We walk out of the school building, his arm around my waist to keep me from falling. He walks me all the way home. He walks me up to the door, and smiles at me. I smile back, as I turn to unlock the door to the house, his arm still around my waist. I slowly unlock the door and carefully detach his arms from my waist. �I have to go,� I say. �Thanks for rescuing me.� He grins and responds, �Anytime.� We stand there for what seems like hours before he finally says, �okay, then,� and walks away. I watch him go, an empty feeling in my stomach. This is going to be a long school year.