Back to Noah's point of view for you guys who didn't read the bottom part.
I apologize for not updating it for a real long time Q_Q. gives you all cookies.
Chapter Nine
Swallowed by the nighttime sky
I gave a yawn as I stretched. It was good to be back home. The flight landed around ten o'clock and we reached the house around ten thirty. We just took our things to our rooms and passed out. I gave another yawn as I got out of bed. It was six o'clock. Senior year was going to start in a few short minutes.
The past few months seemed to stretch out forever. Thankfully they were behind me now and those bastards had got what they deserved. I would have wanted them to just leave me with Steve and be done with it but no. There was other things we didn't know about.
I still didn't know about most of it but they were going to contact us in a few days. One more week of August and the month was going to end. Which meant two more weeks till my birthday! I had missed Ashley's birthday but was able to send her something special. It happened a few days ago. Liam's was a months ago too. It sucked that I wasn't here but I was now.
I got out of bed and went to go take a shower. The water felt amazing. The hotel didn't have that much hot water. Fifteen minutes and the water turned cold. I put one the silver studs in my ear and ran the towel through my hair.
I put on a black shirt with a wolf howling at a full moon in the front, the back had white angel wings. Blue jeans soon followed, not tight but not baggy. I added a belt to make sure they didn't fall. I had lost a few pounds when I was in New York. I slipped on my new white shoes Steve had bought me. He bought three four himself. He loved shoes but they got ruined at work.
I picked up my backpack and headed downstairs. I didn't bought a new one since Ashley and I had put work on the backpack. Would have been a shame to throw it away. I got downstairs and didn't smell anything. Weird. Usually Steve would have burnt something.
I looked in the kitchen and couldn't find him. I called out but nothing. Looked outside and was confused as to why his truck was gone. Weird. Did he leave while I was in the shower? Why so early though. Well we were gone for awhile so maybe he wanted to get started on the ton of crap he had to do.
I got my bicycle and locked up the house. I would take my motorcycle but I haven't looked at it since it got fixed so I didn't wanna risk it. I didn't know shit about cars but I knew lots of things about bikes, the regular ones or motorcycles. As soon as I locked up the garage I got on my bike and noticed something. My tire was flat, it had a cut on the side.
I was debating whether or not to just walk. I reached into my pocket and took out my cell. I sent over a quick message to Ash to see if she could pick me up. Five minutes passed and she didn't answer. Weird... Usually she would answer back with the quickness.
I gave Eric a message too but he didn't answer back. I was debating again whether to call one of them. I was looking at my phone as a truck pulled up in front of the house. I looked up and smiled. Well this was a strange coincidence.
He rolled down his window and smiled at me. He had his hair spiky, man he looked very.... hot. "Well hello there beautiful need a ride?" His smile had turned up the hotness.
I moved a few strands of hair behind my ear. I might have to get a haircut soon. "I missed you..." I smiled.
He got out the car and walked towards me. I met him halfway and didn't move as he leaned down to kiss me. He put his hands behind my waist as I put mine being his neck. His lips left mine and his forehead was pressed against mine. I opened my eyes and saw his eyes looking into mine. They were sparkling.
"I was hoping to catch you." He smiled as he put a chaste kiss on my lips.
"Well you are kinda holding me right now..." I smirked as he rubbed my nose with his. He was rubbing my back with his thumbs.
"Can I be a little spoiled and take you to school?" He kissed my forehead and smelled my hair.
Speaking of smelling... "So you like the cologne I got you?" It smelled great on him.
"Yeah and you smell like strawberries. So will you spoil me?" He moved his head back and looked down at me. Freaking hot giant.
"Well I kinda have to take you up on the offer. My bike has a flat." I bit my lip.
"Well lets get going..." He looked at my lip and leaned down to pull it with his teeth. "Don't want to be late."
After sharing a few quick kisses on my front lawn we got in the truck and headed to the school.
"So everything went good right?" He squeezed my hand as he turned into a street.
He had taken ownership of my hand when we got into the truck. "As good as it could have been. They tried to get me but they lost things in the process."
"What did they lose?"
I smiled. "Well lots of things. There house though. It belonged to Steve and they got fined up the ass for keeping it away from him."
"They took a house from Steve?"
And a few other things. "Yeah but he got it back. When dad died we where still young so things we inherited didn't really go to us. So they took advantage and didn't tell us about a few things. The house being one of them. They couldn't sell it but they lived in it rent free."
"Man that sucks..." He turned to another street. "So do you have theater this year?"
I smiled. I didn't want t tell him I had three classes with him. I shared the same classes he and Ashley had. Not to mention the same science class with him and Schala. "Yeah." The doc had made my schedule again. I took out my glasses cases and put them on. I still haven't gone to go get my new prescription and contacts.
"You look really hot with those thing on you know?" He turned to look at me with a hot grin on his face.
I smiled and moved them a bit. "Like the nerdy guys?"
"I just like the lazy ones with piercings." He squeezed my hand and winked at me.
"Can't they have a tattoo?" I raised an eyebrow.
"You have one?" I nodded. "Where?" He had this exited look on his face.
I have him a sultry look. "Well you just have to find where."
He smiled and turned to the street where our school was at. "Gladly."
We parked and got out of the truck. There was a few cars parked. Ashley's dads car was parked. Which was her car now since her father gave it to her for her birthday. Really nice present.
Liam wrapped his hand around mine and started walking, pulling me behind him. It was weird getting my hand held, the good weird though.
"Going to pin me against a door and attack me?" I asked I followed him around the school.
"If you play your cards right later."
I laughed. He stopped right in front of the auditorium. Why? "I don't have this class till last period Liam."
He smiled and let my hand go, I missed it instantly. "Close your eyes."
I looked at him for a second and did as I was told. He went behind me and put one hand over my eyes. I heard him open the door and soon he pushed me inside. He went slow, so I was able to walk down the steps. I missed a few times but he made sure I didn't go rolling down. Happened to me once when Steve tried to surprise me.
He took his hand away from my face and hugged me from behind. "Say hello guys."
I opened my eyes and smiled when I saw all my friends there. There was a banner across the stage that said Welcome back. There was a food on the stage. "Hello guys." I smiled as they came over to give me a group hug.
They had a really nice set up. Chairs, tables, and breakfast on top. They told me a few stories about what they did when I was gone. They had went to the beach a couple of times and in which Erika being the trouble maker that she was took a few sand crabs back home. Which had escaped into the house terrorizing her mother.
All in all they all had fun which I was happy for but was sad since I couldn't be part of there memories. I was gone for lots of those memories and wanted to be part of there again. Which I was going to get a chance at. Even if it was small. College was around the corner. Still had the year though.
Eventually we had to clean up but when I was going to help Ashley pulled me away from everyone and out the building.
"Did I tell you how pretty you look?" I looked at her and watched her blush. She really looked cute today. Well she was always cute but this time she had a different air about her. Was it more confidence?
"Shut up.." She hugged my arm as we walked past people. School was going to start in half an hour. "Is everything okay?"
"Yeah why wouldn't it be?" I looked at her confused.
She let go of my arm and got in front of me. "You haven't been taking your medication lately..."
How would... Steve... I laughed, which made her angry. "I haven't needed it but..." I looked around to make sure no one was looking. Pills were forbidden unless they were at the nurse. "Look." I pulled out a box from my backpack and showed her. "It has all the pills I might need or actually need." It contained everything from acid pills to my anxiety meds.
"You know you have to take them even if you don't need them." She was still frowning.
I sighed. "I know but I haven't had an attack for a while."
"Yet... Steve was with you all that time so there was no reason for you not too..." Her laser eyes were focused on me. "But now.."
I gave up. I opened the box and took out an acid pill. "See?" I showed her the pill and downed it. I was gonna need it later. Too much good food.
"Take it with water dumbass..." I smiled when she said that.
Ashley and I waited inside our English class with a few other students. The teacher was going to be George Wilson, who liked German Shepard's, had a silver Prius, golfed on the weekends, was happily married and had three kids. All information courtesy of Ashley PI.
Ashley was talking about a new game she wanted us to play when someone behind me started hugging me. I saw her look up and smile just when certain cologne smell passed my nose. "So what other classes do we have together?" Liam purred in my ear. He actually purred...
"That's a secret." I had two other classes with him.
"That's not fair..." He let go and started pouting. Ashley and I couldn't keep from laughing at his face. It was so adorable.
Class soon started after a few minutes and had our first assignment of the year. Write something interesting about yourself, something that separates you from everyone else. Yay! I had so many thing that separated me from everyone else. I did have an imaginary friend name Santiago who had buried treasure all over the back yard.... They were always worms though...
I stretched as the bell rang. Liam and Ashley waited as I gathered my things. They were the type of people that as soon as there was about three minutes left off class they packed up.
"So what class do you have next?" Liam asked as we walked out of class.
I gave a yawn. Jet lagged still I was guessing. "Chemistry." I was hoping the teacher was fun like everyone was saying. He liked doing fun experiments and took out his students for little field trips on the field to try said experiments.
Which luckily Mr. Harris was that teacher and explained to us that we were going to have a nice year of experimentation ahead of us. Not the sexual kind. Which he said was perfectly fine for us to do but not to do it in his classroom. Sadly none of my friends were in the class but I was sure to make some more friends or at least be occupied with fun experimentation.
"There was this place we went to seem pretty good but who knows how many..." Ashley was talking to Liam about something when I walked into Math. "Some go there to get drunk."
"Lame." Liam turned around and had this goofy grin on his face. "So that makes two classes."
"And one to go." I said as I sat right in front of him. They were in the back row and some people already had the other seats so I could only sit in front of them.
"Which one?" He asked curiously.
"I don't know." I did know just didn't want to tell him. Wanted him to wait with anticipation. Yeah I was weird.
"That is so not fair..." He pouted again.
"Remember guys to only use pen...." Ashley whispered as Mr. Johnson entered the room. He was thirty-eight, had no significant other, was divorced, lived near school so didn't drive, and liked everything written in pen.
When class started Mr. Johnson gave us all worksheets to see how well we were in math. He wanted us to show all of our work and then show how the answer can be turned into the problem. Someone behind me, Liam, had to use multiple scratch papers apparently. Ashley later told me how he used about ten pages double sided.
The next class I had after math was Medieval Literature . Yeah I didn't have that class but it was a new one that was added after some people complained of lack of culture at school. None of my friends had the class. I would have thought Schala would have had it but she didn't like it
It was Cooking class instead. Which Schala was going to be a part of. It was also a class in which Erika could be with us. It wasn't divided by grades like the regular curriculum. Mrs. Field looked like one for those old time women who was happy in everything. Rosy cheeks and sunshine coming out her butt.
"So what would you think of a chocolate fudge doom pie?" Erica asked as we had to choose what our midterms would be. Which was to make are own desert or entree.
"What is the doom?" I was debating on chicken salad or a fruit tart. .
"That's what I'm thinking..." She taped our group counter. There was a kitchen counter for a group of four in the classroom so there was six and one for the teacher.
"You can use something exotic." Schala wrote something down on her paper and folded it up. "Well I picked mine." She looked at us amused.
"Is it something poetic or have some deep meaning to it?" I wrote down fruit tart and folded my paper. I wasn't going to make chicken. I never experimented with desserts before. Schala didn't answer me.
"What do you think of strawberries covered in vanilla with chocolate on top?" Erika thought for a second. "Why not." She wrote it down and folded it. "or...." She got it back and scribbled all over it.
"What did you put down there?" I asked her curiously.
"You would like to know wouldn't you..." She narrowed her eyes as she looked at me.
"You guys are so weird..." Our fourth group member said as he added his paper into our little pile.
"It sucks that I can't go eat with you guys." Erika frowned as we walked out of class and towards the tree.
"Don't you have class to get too?" Schala stopped and looked at Erika.
"Yeah.. but.." Erika frowned and her eyes were watery.
Schala sighed and gave her a hug. Did she whisper something in her ear? She let Erika go revealing she was sporting a very dark red blush. She didn't say anything before she started running back to school.
"What did you say?"
She smiled at me but didn't say anything.
"Noah~" Ashley ran up to us and stopped a few inches from smacking into my face. "Do you want to go out to eat or would you like to eat here today?"
I thought for a second. "We can go out to eat?" She nodded. "Why don't we just go bring some food and eat here?"
She pursed her lips and started thinking. "Well that might be a good idea..." We followed her over to the tree. "So how was you first day guys?"
"Great aside from the asses in class." Schala sat down and we followed her lead.
"Well everyone has asses in there..." She paused and looked over to the side. "Great for me too."
"Well yeah you have cheat sheets..." I crumbled as I took out my glasses from my backpack. "I swear all the teachers will have an Ashley fan club." My contacts were starting to irritate me so I put them in there case.
"I know you cheated Ash." Schala had a look of surprise on her face. All fake though.
"It's not that kind of cheating. I just get information about my teachers so I can do my best to pass." A bit of a brown noser and she knew it.
"She has mysterious ways to get information from people I tell you." Steve is her little puppet when she wants information on me. All she needs to do is give him a pie. Doesn't matter what type of pie just needs to give it to him and he is her puppet. A reason why he got slimmer when we were at New York. Something he was surprised about.
"Oh I should learn your ways Ash."
Oh lord we didn't need someone else having information that was better left hidden. Somewhere in her room Ashley has a picture of when I cross dressed a few years ago. It was a bad case of a stupid teenager getting drunk and having a bad group of friends. The cross dressing was entirely one hundred percent. From the hair... to the piercings... the makeup.... to the underwear..
"Please...." I stopped and covered my nose. I wasn't the only one who smelled gasoline. Strong gasoline.
"Do we really smell that badly?" Tom appeared with Eric and Liam following his trail. Tom tried to get close to Ashley but she put her hands right in front of her to make him stop. "Ash do I really smell that bad." She shook her head violently yes.
"Noah?" Liam walked closer and it was worse now. There combined odor was horrifying at least Eric was staying further away.
I pinched my nose. "Does anyone have spray?" I saw the weird smile Schala had on her face even if her hands were covering it up. Her eyes glittered brightly.
"I can't believe you let her spray me like this..." Liam groaned as we left the school parking lot. We all separated into groups and went out to go bring food back to school to eat underneath the tree. Liam and I were in charge of getting the main course which was pizza. Ashley and Tom were getting the dessert. Schala and Eric were getting the drinks.
"Well its not our fault you didn't think about how you were going to smell after class." There teacher put them to work the very first day on a old car. Just like in cooking a group of six compared to our four were working on one car.
Schala had sprayed them with some weird girl fragrance. Which I found weird since I would have thought she wouldn't have had something like that. Not that I think she smells bad she just doesn't really have an odor strangely enough. Maybe just a hint of vanilla.
The spray was just full blown flowers. It was a very sweet scent... on girls. Now on men.... guys who were tall and likes to do things that made them big was... Humorous.
"So how was everything over there? Ash didn't give us that many details." Liam asked when we pulled up to a red light.
"Well it was just some custody stuff. When my parents died..." Kinda. "The had it set up that my dad's parents would get us. However they didn't want nothing to do with us since of mom. So they gave there rights to my mom's mom. So when she died she gave the rights to Steve. They wanted them back and all the other things that go along with me going with them." Part of the company and a few other things my other grandparents had given to us.
"Sounds complicated."
I shook my head. "My dads family is high class remember?" He nodded. "So when he married my mom they kinda made him the black sheep. So we didn't visit often. So when my dad started the business his dad gave him some starter money and got some percent in the business. Some things happened and now they want to get more of it." Neglect to tell of us some things that belonged to us. Steve was the one getting robbed blind most of all. He was the first great-grandchild.
"Sounds like the rich are trying to get richer."
Or back to it. "So what kind of pizza are we getting?"
"Well one with all meat and another with veggies for the people who don't want to bulk up." That was half of us right there. "We can just go in there and tell them. They have them pre-made anyways."
"Frozen?"
"Nah, just prepared and kept in the fridge till they are done. Mom likes to get pizza from there randomly throughout the month." Must be the one she was planning to tell me about.
We ordered the pizza and didn't miss the fact the guy leaned over a bit to take a whiff at us. "Something wrong?" I asked with a little smile on my face.
"No..." He took the money Liam handed him. "You just smell like my girlfriend."
I let myself... more like make myself blush. "Oh thank you... Don't think its too much?" I leaned on the counter a bit and smiled with more sugar. Liam was going to get looked at weird for the rest of the day no need to start now.
"Nah.." He blushed. "Just smells weird a guy using it." He handed back the card and started preparing our order.
"You didn't need to do that." Liam said when we sat down at one of the tables.
"Well you are going to have a rough day at school ahead of you so I just saved you some pain." I waved my hand.
He reached out and got my wrist. "Don't be so nice to other guys okay?"
I raised my eyebrow. "I shouldn't be so nice to people?"
"Just guys..." He looked at me full blast filled with seriousness in his eyes. "No guys need to see how cute or adorable you can be."
I blushed a bit and chuckled. "Okay.... only if you take me for a strawberry shake now and again."
"You got a deal..." He smiled and our number got called up. We got our pizza and headed back to school. "So how many guys did you date?"
"Let me think." Sexually speaking I wasn't sure. Getting drugged up and drunk really didn't let you remember much about encounters like that. Even if I was doing something she didn't liked Grandma made sure I was safe. But actual dating... "About four guys..." Rick, Joe, Don, and Dave. They all lasted about three weeks. They just wanted to know where I got my 'good stuff'. "You?"
"None. I dated about Seven girls since you left all those years ago." I wanted to ask how many he had slept with or did anything with but I couldn't. I crushed my little jealousy. If he knew what I did before... that would really hurt him. It hurt everyone else. I was too drugged up to even care.
"Oh, that's cool." I bit my lip. It got awkward. At least for me. What were we anyway? Friends at the most. I told him we would hold of on anything else till I got back.
"Not really it was just something people told me to do. When someone asked me out I just said why not. I never broke up with anyone they all just broke up with me."
That's strange. "Why? You are like the packaged deal." Anyone would be lucky to have his slow self.
"Just wasn't really into anyone one. After a while they realized it and went there way. Amber is the one who keeps asking me out and then dumping me when I don't do something she wants. Since last year she wants to get back but I keep saying no."
"I guess she is infected with Liam disease." I was infected since I was but a wee child.
"Don't be naming diseases after me." He smiled. "How many people do you think have it?"
"I'm guessing around eight. There is probably no cure but to bath in you bodily fluids."
"I have to pee on them?"
I laughed. "I don't know some girls might get off on that, I won't."
"Does that mean you are infected as well?"
"I don't think so." He frowned. "I'm just a living zombie at this point."
"So that's twenty minutes wasted and twenty five more minutes we have left..." Ashley said when we all got back together. "We brought some doughnuts." She pointed at Tom who was carrying two plain boxes. "All of them are random."
"For us we brought three chocolate and three vanilla milkshakes. Didn't know what you guys wanted." Schala had the drinks in front of her. "We need to make a list next time."
"And Noah got pizza...." She didn't sound surprised.
Liam gave out a loud belch which signified the end our lunch. Ashley covered her nose in disgust. Apparently our group was having a belching contest and for now the reigning king was Liam who was followed close by Tom.
"Can you guys be...." Schala opened her mouth and let out a loud burp which scared a few people walking by. "Ugh." Ashley smacked her forehead.
"Whoa! looks like we have a new Queen!" Eric clapped as Schala did a few bow.
"Guys show some cl-" I opened up my mouth and let our a slightly louder one which earned me a smack by Ash. "What kind of people am I hanging out with? You all are... BURRRRP." She covered her mouth and blushed a dark red.
We all started laughing as Tom gave her a hug. "Ah baby you are just like the rest of us."
"Shut up!" She covered her face with her hands.
"Yes our burping queen."
Deciding to give Ashley a break I butted in. "So just Ash, Liam, and I have free period next?" It was just a class held in the library to give us time to get work done or study for tests. Which Ashley and I were going to take full advantage of.
"Well I had my free period second period." Schala took out her poem book, which I got her, and started reading. "Sam is with me that period."
"Really? How is he? I haven't seen him since when we were last together." Eric got real close to Schala. Strange.
She kept her eyes on her book. "Good." Was all she said.
Eric sat back down and sighed. "First period for me. Which makes perfect sense seeing how I have all my classes after..." Well he had extra time then compared to the rest of us. He could blow everything off till the next day.
"I have it with you guys." Tom said happily. "Also you and I can work together on projects for American History."
Oh we had the same class after? Sweet. "I do love my history."
"You guys gave the same class? That sucks I wanted another class." Liam frown and gave another.
Ashley leaned over and smacked Liam with her notebook. "Stop that! And you are going to be in the next class."
"Oh yeah." He got happy again. "So whats your last class?" He looked at me.
"Drama." Schala leaned over and patted my cheek. "We are going to be doing lots of skits this year."
I smiled but feared the skits we would do. She had emailed me some possible skits and they all involved murdering..... of my character... or mine going insane and doing long monologues. Long... ones...
Schala looked over to Liam. "Would you be mad if they involved kissing?"
"Well..." He paused and thought for a second.
"Hey! Shouldn't you be asking me that?" I frowned.
"Don't worry it would be small pecks. My character would kiss her fallen comrades or foes that fell to her blade."
"No tongue?" She nodded. "Sure then."
"Stop ignoring me!" They ignored me.
"So kissing fallen comrades?" Liam asked curiously.
"Her character is pretty unique." Ashley looked over at Schala. "Can I explain her? I loved how you made those plays."
"If you must. Gives me time to read." Schala began reading again.
"Okay. So she is a girl who had lost her life after she was poisoned at a wedding. Filled with grief her lover sacrificed there life to a demon to bring her back. She was brought back but her love was now dead. Unable to live with the thought of having cost her loves life she wanders the world. She later finds out her love is alive but controlled by the demon. She goes on a mission to find them. Each time she finds them she tries to kill the demon but it wont kill her.... It turns out that..."
"Wait!" Schala slammed her book shut. "Don't ruin the ending."
"Oh yeah... " Ashley blushed. "Anyway its very interesting. All the characters she meets slowly descend into insanity. Those she meets she unfortunately corrupts." She sighed. "I should read it again."
"So that was what you sent me yesterday..." Schala sent me something a few days ago I hadn't opened yet. Scared.
Schala nodded to me. "I gave her a rough draft. Once it was good she told me to look over it. So then I sent it over to you."
"So let me guess.... I'm playing everyone that isn't the main character...." Maybe it would be fun.
"Yes... and there are girls in there too." She smirked evilly.
What? "Hell no!" I was not going to let her do that!
"Oh don't worry the outfits will fit perfectly," She smiled. "I made sure I got your sizes so they would fit. You can sing soprano right?"
"Barely... I can sing a bit but not as high as...." Wait. "I will not be singing!"
"Yes, you will..." Her eyes glittered.
"I will not!"
"You will..." Her smile showed white teeth.
"I will not Schala! That is the end of it!" I glared at her, didn't phase her. Ashley leaned over to me and whispered something horrible into my ear. I sighed, "Fine..."
Schala smiled triumphantly.
I was emitting 'stay away from me vibes' that Liam was oblivious too. Ashley was just smiling at me from two tables across with Tom smiling at me with sympathy. At least he felt sorry for me. I couldn't believe Ashley had used the picture against me. Though I would have thought she would have used it sooner... Damn.
"So you are gonna make sweets for your cooking class?" Liam asked as I glared at Ashley who blew me a kiss. She was lucky I loved her.... or I would die her hair orange... again.
"Yeah. A fruit tart..." She continued to smile at me and turned her attention to her significant other. All the girls I knew had evil in them. "Steve likes sweets so I should get comfortable with making them.
"Do you have a brother complex?"
"A what?" Ashley said that before...
"You know obsessed with your brother. You guys are really close."
"The things we have been through... Of course we are close..." How could you not be close to someone who experience the same pain you went through. Steve was determined to focus his life on making my life great. When I asked him if he planned to get married he laughed and said life had other things for him than that. He didn't trust women.
"What did you experience?"
"Mom taught him a very good lesson one day. Grandpa and Dad got a lesson too, a harder one. I was suppose to get it too but oh well." I sighed as I felt a slight pain go pass my body. "What food do you like?"
He looked at me for a few seconds unblinking. "Meat."
I laughed. "Yes, Tarzan."
"Don't be to mad at her okay?" Tom said as we walked to our History class. "I'll buy you a ice cream cake."
"You do realize that I can't be bought right?" I smiled. "But ice cream does help calm me down."
"Great. She just wants you to sing like you used to."
He knew about that? What else could he have known... "I do sing rarely just..." Another jolt of pain passed by. I stopped and closed my eyes, pinching the bridge of my nose.
"Are you okay? Should I take you to the nurse?" Tom put his hand on my shoulder, rubbing it.
It helped me a bit. "Yes, just a little tired. Aren't you worried people are gonna think you are gay by touching me for so long?" I smiled at him, slightly worried.
He smiled and patted my shoulder. "Well people like you and they like me so let them think whatever. Your a good guy and you make my girl feel all sisterly."
"Your girl?" I chuckled and we started walking back.
"Yeah, we agreed to let it out open. No need to hide it now." He patted his chest. "I'm confident in my sexuality to be around you guys."
Hmm.. Guys... We had assigned seats with Mr. Turner. Luckily Tom was right in front of me so chances were we could be partners since we were going to have assigned ones as well.
Mistress was happy to see most of her students returned to her class and was happy too that everyone in this period had experience from the past semesters. Just like anticipated we were going to be working in skits. They could be made by us or they could be from other plays. We could use costumes if we wanted but they weren't required. Though she did say it would be extra credit since it will give a certain more to our plays. Schala whispered in my ear that the costume option was mandatory for us.
I rolled my eyes and let Mistress continue explaining our itinerary. We had two major productions what would take place. One was going to be in December the other was going to be some time next year. She wanted it to be spectacular. Seeing as some of her beloved students were leaving.
Schala waited with me outside for a while before she went home to 'take care' of a few things as I waited outside class. I wasn't sure if Ashley was still here or had something else to do but I was worried about my ride home. I guess I could take a bus but I wasn't sure which one to take.
"Waiting for someone?" I looked up and was surprised to see Amber looking at me.
"Don't know... Not sure if I have a ride home..." She didn't seem hostile. I looked down at my cell. I didn't want to ask Liam if he was in class still. He could be washing up or something. It was the first day but some teachers put you to work the first day back.
She looked at me and narrowed her eyes and sighed. "I can give you a ride if you want."She crossed her arms and pursed her lips. "I have something to talk to you about anyways."
I was going to say no but from her stance it seemed that she wasn't going to take no for an answer. "That would be great. Thanks."
"Follow me." She turned around and walked towards the parking lot. I picked up my stuff and followed her. I noticed Liam's car was still there. She beeped a small red Toyota and got in. I got into the passenger seat and buckled in. "Where?"
I told her my address as she pulled out of the parking lot.
It was silent for a few minutes. Deciding to be civil I decided to break the tension. "So how was your summer break?"
"Uneventful. To many things to do not enough time." I nodded. "Where were you?"
I raised an eyebrow. How did she know I wasn't here. "With distant family."
"I see." She turned into my street and stopped her car.
We sat there in silence for a while. "Thanks for the ride."
I was about to get out when her hand grabbed my arm. "What are you to Liam?" She didn't look at me but her face was focused.
"An old friend. Childhood friends." We weren't something yet but I did tell him we could start something when I got back.
"Doesn't seem like that..." Her hand squeezed my arm it almost hurt. "Can you leave him alone?"
She seemed sad. "I can't...."
She dropped her hand and turned to face me. Full of determination. "You like him don't you?" I opened my mouth but she shushed me. "Fine but know I'm more suited for him. He..." She looked to the side and I felt bad for a bit. "He was there for me and we..." She bit her lip. She shook her head. "I won't let you have him. I much better than you Noah. I swear I'll prove how unworthy you are."
She turned away dismissing me. I unbuckled myself and let myself out. Before I closed the door I poked my head in. "You have no idea how right you are." I closed the door and made my way to the door.
I got in and noticed Steve passed out on the couch. He probably cut his work day in half from jet lag. I sighed and made my way into the kitchen. I felt my phone vibrate and I looked down at the screen. Liam. I sighed and picked up. "Hi."
"Hey! Where are you?"
I sat down on a stool and peeked inside a pink box. Oh donuts. "Home." I picked up a chocolate one and took a bite out of it. "I got a ride home."
"Oh okay. Sorry I just got out Coach wanted us to do a few laps."
"Oh sounds fun."
He chuckled. "Hardly. Can I stop by?"
I bit my lip. I didn't want visitors right now. Amber left a bitter taste in my mouth right now. Not that she was an opponent but that she was right. I didn't deserve Liam. I was tainted. "Shouldn't you take a shower or something."
"Don't you want me all sweaty?"
Tempting... real tempting. "You would be dry by then."
He chuckled. "I guess so."
"Noah." I looked over and I saw Steve scratching his belly. "I didn't know you were here." He yawned and rubbed my head as he stole a bite of my doughnut.
"Get your own." I stuck out my tongue and focused back on Liam. "I'll talk to you later. Maybe you can come for dinner if you want."
"Oh sure. See you later." He purred before he hung up.
I slid my cell away from me and bit into the doughnut. "So took a break from work?"
"Yeah I was still tired." He yawned again.
"I know how you feel if class wasn't so interesting right now I would have fallen asleep too."
He chuckled. "One of a few kids who looks forward to school." He rubbed my head again. "So what do you think we should do with the house in New York?"
"Not sure. We can always use it for vacation." It was a nice house.
"Well they have to leave from the orders of the court. And pay me a hefty sum for keeping it from me for oh so many years." He scratched his butt as he reached in the fridge. Pretty...
"Which they don't have." Bad spending, gambling, and living beyond there means. They had the nerve to steal from Steve and then try to take more on top of it.
"They do have other properties that can go to us if they can't pay." He opened up his water bottle and drank. "Would be good to see what they have. Can give me more incentive to do what I've been wanting to do..." He paused and rubbed his chin.
"Expand the business?" Steve wanted to expand a bit. Go to other states and make more clients.
"Yeah. But if I do that I have to move eventually. Take care of the branching areas." I noticed he didn't say we. "Thinking of what colleges you want to go to yet?"
I shook my head. Frankly I had no idea what I wanted to do yet. Try to be an actor was one of them but there was already so many people out there trying to be big. I could try my hand in some business deal like Steve.
"No rush. We still have time."
"Yeah..." I looked up at him and smiled. "So what do you want for dinner?"
"Well Bunny boy I don't know..." He leaned over and kissed my head for no reason. "Make something with lots of tomato sauce." With that he went out of the kitchen.
It was six in the afternoon and the lasagna was in the oven. It would be done soon. I just finished my story about my imaginary friend. He sure loved leaving me worm treasures.
Someone rang the doorbell and Steve yelled I got it. I clicked print on my computer and waited as it printed. I got the paper and made sure it was perfect for I put it inside my binder. I was packing stuff up when hands went around my was and lips hit the back of my neck.
"Hello Noah..." Liam purred in my ear. I blushed and felt heat go down my body. One of his hands was brave and got underneath my shirt. "Getting ready for tomorrow?"
"Y-yeah." I stuttered as his tongue went up my neck.
"Such a studious guy." He pinched a nipple and I squeaked.
"Get handsy with all the people you like?" I asked as he rubbed my nipple again.
"Just you..." He sighed and let me go. I felt cold afterwards but it was good. We shouldn't go to fast.
I turned around and smiled. "How can you be so brave to do all that stuff when we never did that before as kids."
He shrugged and pulled me into a hug. "I have needs you know. I never dreamed I could hold you like this. The boy who left me..." He sighed and kissed my nose.
"I'm sorry." I really was.
He shook his head. "It wasn't your fault. You were a kid. I have you now and that's all that matters."
But was I worthy for you? I bit my lip. "You do." For as long as you want me.
"Forever." He pulled my lip from my teeth and kissed the abused flesh.
"Hey Noah! I think the foods ready!"
"Oh crap! I have to put the bread in." I pulled Liam with me.
"I have to talk to your brother by the way."
"About that?"
"If he would let me marry you."
Sorry for the long wait. I hope you guys didn't have to wait long. Lies... I made you wait forever.... sorry just things.. School and stuff. Culinary, life and drama blah. I hate stepparents!!! Wish me look on my second year of college.
Review and such. Just to make sure its not a long wait I will write the next chapter now. Hopefully get it out in a few days to say sorry Q_Q
I made it short since the next chapter should be long since I will let it contain two months and some drama at the end. The evil returns!