Chapter 11

"Are you back?"

Lanton asks as I walk back to the beach. His friends are surrounding him and I just step between them and duck down, staring at a completely finished Lanton standing there. He's splayed out on the sand, sitting up and has buried his face in his hands.

"Yeah, I came to take you home," I say, ducking down beside him. "And I only came because Haris agreed to it."

Lanton takes a deep breath, but doesn't look at me.

"You can't keep doing that. Going out hitting people like that, that's not you," I keep saying; he looks really embarrassed.

"I'm sorry."

I roll my eyes and stand up, making the boy stand up with me. Two girls from his group offer to help me carry him to the car, but with just a single glance, they quickly shut up and back off. I will not let two turkeys get into that car that is waiting for us near there, on the avenue. With great difficulty, I manage to carry Lanton along the beach and make him climb the stairs, the smell of alcohol is very strong, but still I