Alex in the jaw while taking him down to the floor. All hell broke loose as Alex’s buddies jumped in, which in return caused Xavier’s frat buddies to jump into the mix. I stood back because there were more than enough people hitting one another. Might as well let these assholes fight… I heard a female yelp out a few curse words a little ways behind me . Turning to find the source, I saw Hannah on the floor with Abby on top of her like they had both just fallen down. There were too many people in-between me and them to get there to help them up. But lord knows I tried to push my way through. Before I could move, Abby had jumped up and made her way back into the mess of Xavier and Alex. All I could do was shake my head at her. Poor girl needs to figure her shit out… Xavier is in fact a man-whore but Alex and Abby make no sense to me. I lost sight of Hannah as I pushed through a group of people. Dear god, I hope she isn’t being trampled down on the floor. My heart began to race as sweat beaded on my forehead from the thought of her on the floor. I pushed even harder through the crowd because I had to get to her…wherever she was. Rounding the last swarm of people I couldn’t find Hannah anywhere on the floor. As I brought my eyes up to the wall adjacent to where I was standing, I noticed Landon with a death grip on her arm and a distraught look scattered across her face. Suddenly all I could see was red. “Let go of her!” I snapped through my gritted teeth. Hannah turned to me as her face flashed with surprise. “Jason it’s not what it……” Before I could catch what Hannah was saying Landon moved her from in front of me to beside him, causing me to swell up in anger. I was waiting for the punk to make his move before I kicked his ass all over this place. Just because he was a bouncer here didn’t mean I couldn’t take him…I had all the confidence in the world when it came to protecting her. Hannah’s raspy growl asking us to stop snapped me back into reality. “Alex and Xavier have started World War Three over there and now the two of you are going to act like children?! YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!” Landon didn’t even acknowledge Hannah’s rant, but I couldn’t miss the confusion in her eyes. I didn’t give a shit about this guy…that girl’s my world…not his. “You’re lucky I’m still on the clock and have to drag your boys apart. Or this would be ending very differently.” Landon half-ass stated while poking me with his index finger in my chest before jetting off into the crowd, cutting off my response. Ha! That was supposed to be intimidating…What a fucking joke! It took all I had not to react to his ignorance but I knew Hannah wouldn’t approve. I turned back to Hannah to see if she was all right but before I could speak she snapped with fury. “Don’t…Just d on’t, Jason… Abby is stuck in the middle of that madness somewhere and I have to find her. I cannot let her get hurt so if you’re not going to help me find her, MOVE!” She threw her hand in the air and walked away, leaving me with my jaw on the floor. I couldn’t even react...I should have grabbed her and demanded that she talked to me but I couldn’t process what had just happened. I could faintly hear Hannah calling out for Abby but instead of following her I went straight for the exit to catch some well-needed fresh air. I took up shop slightly down from the exit door. My mind was going a hundred miles a minute so I closed my eyes and let my head fall back against the building. “What the hell just happened…?” I sighed. ∙∞∙ I wasn’t sure how much time had passed since I first leaned up against the wall but the familiar voices of Xavier and Abby coming from across the parking lot made me open my eyes. They were making up for lost time…I bet you could smack Xavier upside the head and he wouldn’t even notice. The two of them were intertwined like a vine creeping across a railing.