DRAKE JOHNSON'S POV

I still had my arms around Skai's body as we drove. James increased his speed as he drove which made us splash puddles of water on some people.

I had my eyes on Skai, she looked so peaceful in her unconscious state. Her lashes were long and curled at the tip which fell peacefully as she slept.

Her eyes twitched and I felt her body move under my arms, I stroked her back as she slowly opened her eyes.

She jumped up on her seat as she gasped for air,she looked around quickly and when her eyes fell on my figure, she reached for the door trying to leave the car.

"Skai, calm down. Where are you going to ?" I tired to calm her and I pulled her away from the door.

"Andre ...Andre.."She kept on calling his name like she saw him in the car,I had my eyes narrowed as I cupped her face and looked straight into her eyes.

"Skai, it's me Drake. You're safe now." I assured her as I wiped the water that dropped from her wet hair down to her face.

"Drake ?! How did you get me ?" She looked confused but a little relieved knowing she it was me.

"Let's say I was at the right place at the right time."I said as I put some wet strands of her hair away from her face with my hands.

She put her hands over her mouth and tears flowed down her face,I wanted to wipe them away but she wrapped her arms around my torso putting me in a hug.

I wanted to hug her back but I restricted knowing that she is another person's girlfriend.

"He was there,Andre was there ." I pushed her from my body slightly as she said those words.

I had my lips slightly parted with my eyes narrowed as I peered into her eyes.

"What ?! Andre !" I exclaimed which made her flinch as she nodded.

"Oh that fool! Don't with Skai we'd get him." I said as I ushered her to rest her head on my shoulder.

We both looked outside the window during the drove down to my mom's place,a lot of thoughts went through my mind knowing Andre was the one behind that wheel.

James came to an halt as we arrived at my mom's house. It was a simple but classic home,my mom didn't want an extravagant home so she sold our former house and bought a simple one.

We parked in front of the doorstep, I could spot my mom and younger brother standing outside from inside the car.

I got out of the car and held out my hand for Skai to help her out of the the car. My mom and my younger brother rushed to where we were.

"Drake!" My mom exclaimed as she stretched her hands to hug me. It's been a while since I visited her and I'm sure she misses me.

"Who's that ?" Khalil my younger brother asked pointing his finger at Skai who stood beside me.

"This is Skai, a friend." I was uncomfortable answering that question because I was unsure about who Skai was to me.

"Since when do you bring friends over ?" He smirked at me while my my mom slapped his arms.

"Hi I'm Elena,how are you ?" My mom said as she focused her attention on her giving her a warm smile.

"Fine." Skai was shivering and the jackets couldn't hold the warmth any longer.

"Mom can we go inside now,she was drenched by the rain and it's not warm out here." I said as I took Skai in my arms while James locked the car.

We all walked into the house and I could feel the warmth and peace of a home.

SKAI HART'S POV

We walked into Elena's home. It was cozy and warm,the furniture looked simple and modern.

There were portraits of Drake's family around the living room, one of the portrait caught my attention.

It showed Drake with his mom and twin brother, they were also identical twins like the girls and they resembled Elena so much.

"Skai, why don't you go freshen up ?" Elena gestured me to follow her up the stairs. I nodded slowly as I left the side of Drake.

I followed Elena up the stairs, I watched as the curls of her long hair bounced as she climbed the steps.

She was so beautiful,she was tall and had beautiful brown eyes just like Drake,I can see where Drake got the good looks from.

Elena stopped in front of one of the rooms and she turned around to look at me.

"Here it is. You can take a shower while I get some clothes for you." She smiled at me as she walked towards another room.

I walked into the room and shut the door behind me. The room was small but well furnished. My eyes fell on the awards and trophies that were in the shelf that was nailed at the top of the bed. I could see a football jersey that was framed and hung at the other end of the room.

I was sure this was a boy's room but I thought it was Drake's younger brother until my eyes fell on the picture frames on the reading table.

They were mostly pictures of Drake and his twin brother on several outings while the rest were pictures of the Drake, so it had to be Drake's room.

I admired the pictures and how adorable Drake and his brother were when I heard a knock on the door.

"Skai,I found some clothes you could wear."I could hear Elena's voice behind the door.

I opened up the door for her and she walked in and dropped the clothes on the bed. She turned around and smiled at the pictures on the reading table.

"They were inseparable but two different people." She chuckled as she took one of the picture frame from the table.

"What do you mean ?" I asked as I took off the suit jackets from my body.

"Josh was studious,smart and always indoors while Drake was carefree,naughty and he was always out with friends." She said as she trailed her hands over the picture.

"Josh was older and he took more responsibilities than Drake, he was supposed to be the one running the company but.."Her sparkly eyes were now dull and her smile vanished as she put the picture back on the table.

"Drake was younger ?" I asked her as I removed my shoes. I put them at the feet of the bed.

"Yes, that's why he was the carefree one, he felt he had a brother to handle all the responsibility that there is but look at him now." She shrugged as her lips curled into a smile.

"Do you also know the story ?" She walked towards me with a warm smile on her face.

"Yes, I know how everything happened." I nodded as she put her hands on my shoulder.

"Then you're more than a friend ." She laughed slightly as she clenched my shoulders.

"No we're just friends."My cheeks flushed red at the remark Elena made. She nodded slowly and walked towards the door to leave but then she turned to look at me.

"Drake once told us that any girl he brings home, is the girl he's proposing to so think again if you're just a friend." She chuckled as she walked out of the room.

I blinked my eyes repeatedly in surprise. She can't be correct,my coming here was all under circumstances even if I know Drake feels something for me, we haven't started a relationship more or less a proposal.

I took off my wet clothes and wrapped myself in a towel I found in the bathroom. The water was warm and it removed the cold I felt.

I put on the clothes that laid on the bed,it was a simple set of pyjamas which was a little too big for me. My gaze fell on a mug and a plate of cookies that was settled in a tray on the reading table.

Maybe Elena dropped them while I was in the shower. I walked over to the table and stuffed my mouth with one of the cookies and it tasted really nice so I kept filling my mouth with the delicious cookies.

"Skai,you in there ?" I heard Drake's voice as he knocked on the door.

"Hmmm." I hummed because I couldn't talk, my mouth was filled with cookies. I haven't eaten anything today and I was famished.

Drake walked into the room with his long sleeves folded at his elbow,his tie wasn't around his neck anymore and he looked tired with the emotionless face he had.

"I see you've found the cookies I dropped for myself." He said as he looked at my mouth that was swollen with cookies.

I froze knowing that Drake put them here while I was in the shower and I was eating his food.

"I'm sorry,I didn't know it was yours. You can have the rest." I said as I handed the plate to him.

"It's fine, it's yours anyway." He said as he turned to walk away. Things between us lately hasn't been rosy and I wanted to make things right.

"Don't you want to know if I'm fine ?" I asked him as I dropped the plate on the table.

He turned around and he looked at me with a straight face. He walked towards me and stopped at a distance with his hands in his pocket.

"The way you devoured those cookies shows you're fine." He didn't even make an expression with his face,he just shook his head at me and turned around to walk away.

"Drake how long are you going be like this ?" I walked towards him and held his hands.

"Be like how ?" He had a clueless look as he removed my hands from his arm.

"Cold,emotionless and angry."I said as I stood in front of him preventing him from leaving.

"Well if you remember vividly that's how you met me." He sarcastically said with a smirk on his face.

"But that's not the real you, you changed. Are you still angry at me ? I want the real Drake." I held his elbow and shook his arms as I spoke. I'm really tired of his new attitude and I need the old Drake back now because I can't handle everything alone anymore.

"First of all, I'm not angry. Secondly, you can't be wanting another man when you have Mike." He rolled his eyes as he took his hands out of his pockets.

"What ?! What are you talking about ?" I asked him with a confused look on my face, I didn't understand what he meant by ' another man '.

"You said it yourself, he's always there for you and your brother,so if you really need someone,go get Mike." He tried to walk away from me to leave the room but I shoved him backwards.

"Yes Mike has always been there for Sekani and I but not the way you have, when Andre started harassing me ,you were the only one who noticed my swollen wrists, when Andre abducted me , you were the one who rescued me and when we got back to Atlanta..... You took me in and guarded me from all my fears. So if I really need someone it's going to be you." I paced over to the bed and sat down at the edge as tears began to roll down my eyes.

"It's fine,you can leave if you want to." I told him as I wiped away my tears. I expected him to leave but he came towards where I sat and he sat beside me.

"Skai, I'm not mad at you just because you left me in panic and came home late with Mike, I'm mad because you didn't tell me you have a relationship with him." My eyes narrowed at what he said and I shifted from where I sat giving him a good gap.

"What ?! Have you gone mad ?!" I pressed my fingers on my temples as I snarled at Drake.

"I saw you two, I saw him kiss your hands in his car and you weren't bothered. I was there that night in my car watching you two." My eyes widened at his statement but I blinked away my surprised face and had a smile.

I took his hands and held them in front of me and kissed them repeatedly but Drake removed them immediately.

"So Drake, I kissed your hands does that mean we are in a relationship now ?" I had a scowl on my face while I looked at his cheeks that were slightly red, he couldn't make eye contact with me so he put his head down.

"Mike and I are not a thing,yes he likes me and wants me to date him but I'm not interested in him." I let out a heavy sigh as I shook my head.

"Why ?" He asked me as he rose his head up to look at me.

"That's because I don't have feelings for him, no matter how nice he gets I only see him as a brother." I explained to him and watched his expression,he looked calm and I could see his shoulders were now relaxed.

Since I've explained everything to him , I decided to leave him and go to bed so I crawled towards the pillows that were behind Drake.

When I reached where Drake sat,he stopped me as he put his hands on my waist preventing me from moving. His dark brown eyes were looking deep into my eyes.

Our face were really close and I could feel his breath on my face. His eyes trailed over my face like he was looking for something.

"How about me ?" I felt his warm breath on my face which made me look at his lips as they moved.

"What ?" I chuckled as my gaze fell upon his eyes that were peering into mine.

"Do you have feelings for me ?" I froze at his question making me motionless as I looked at him.

I've had weird thoughts and admiration towards him but I haven't really questioned myself if I had romantic feelings towards him.

He rested his hand on one of my cheek and brushed it with his thumb, his actions wasn't making me think as to what to say to him.

"You wouldn't get an answer if you keep doing that because I'm clearly not thinking now." My voice was low because of the steamy situation I was in with Drake.

"Then I've gotten my answer." I was about to say something when I felt his lips pressing on mine.

My eyes widened in shock but they slowly closed as I began kissing him back. This wasn't my first kiss, Andre was my first kiss but kissing Drake made it feel like it was my first time.

I always feel safe and secured whenever I'm with Drake and he takes me as his responsibility, making sure I'm happy and safe.

He is exactly what I need right now,to ease the pain and worries that was piling up inside of me, with him I feel no Andre or whoever it is that is after me can't hurt me.