Chapter 55: Chapter 55

LV

I busy myself after I make myself coffee and Pile all the work I have to do on the desk, After a while I check the time and huff when I see that it's already 4 pm.

I didn't realize that he'd be gone the entire day. Closing my notebook and throwing the pen on the table, I stand up and go search for my phone. I almost start writing him a text message, when I stop myself. No. He isn't missing me, I can't let him know that I'm missing him. So, instead, I find my godmother's phone number.

It's been a while since we've talked and I'm starting to miss her. Also, I have to talk about moving to her if I could. I call her, and wait for her to pick up. Her cheerful voice fills my ears a few ring later. "Sophie! Oh, how I've missed you! How are you sweetie?"

"Hi, Sonia." I smile, genuinely happy to be talking to her. "I'm sorry that I haven't called earlier, things have just been... Crazy a bit." I tell her, biting my bottom lip.

I have always trusted her with anything, and I know she won't judge me when I tell her my story. "What's wrong? Are you okay?" she asks, her voice worried.

"Yeah, I'm fine. It's just that I found someone here and, um," I chuckle "a lot of things have happened, he's really been messing with my heart."

"Oh my God! I've been waiting forever for the day you'd fall in love! How is he? Does he treat you good?" she sounds so happy for me, I can't help but laugh.

"He's great." I tell her, honest. True, he has his moments, but I understand him and I know that he really loves me. "But the thing is, dad hates him."

"Oh, Daniel always fucks it up. What did he do this time?"

Oh, aunt Sophie and her foul mouth. Her and Axel would go along just fine.

"He, um, found me in bed with Axel and he kind of kicked me out." I tell her, anxious of her answer.

"I didn't know you had it in you, to be honest." she says after a few moments. "You might be more like me than I thought."

"Maybe." I reply, a smile on my face still.

"So, you're serious with this guy?"

"I don't know. I mean, I'm staying at his place right now, but we're not officially together and we've only known each other for a month." I explain.

"But do you love him?" she asks, and I've been waiting for that question.

She's an unstoppable romantic, putting love before everything else. It's why she's still single.

"Yeah. I do." I admit.

"I can't believe your dad kicked you out." she says a moment later.

"It was a big shock to me too. It's sort of the reason why I called." I take a deep breath, preparing myself for the big request I'm about to make. "Do you think I could stay with you? At least until I get my life back in track? If you still have space and all, I would understand if-"

"Of course you can! Yes! I'd love that!" she shouts, literally shouts, and I start laughing. "We're gonna have taco Tuesdays, and we can go out on Fridays together and watch those romantic bullshit movies and I could meet this Axel of yours and you could cook because you can actually cook and oh my fuck, I can't wait! When are you coming?"

She sounds so excited, it makes me so happy to have her in my life.

"I don't know, maybe next week? I still haven't told him and my parents, I'm kind of afraid of their reactions."

"Oh, he's like that? Possesive?" she asks, her voice a bit lower.

I whistle. "You can't even imagine."

And she squeals, and I think I hear her jumping. "Oh my, that's so fucking hot."

I laugh again. "I gotta go, Sonia. I'll keep you updated, okay?"

"You better. Love you, sweetie."

"Love you, too." I hang up the phone with that and sit down on the couch.

This is the right thing to do. It has to be.

It doesn't mean that me and Axel have to break up because of this, it's only a three hour ride, and we could easily spend weekends together. He's gonna be mad, though. I'm so scared of his reaction, but I have to do this. I can't just stay with him, I'm only 16 years old.

Well, I'm turning 17 in two days, but anyway, I can't live with a guy I've just met at 17 years old. It's not how things work in real life.

Also, it's a great test to see if what we have would actually work out. If we stay together through this, we can stay together through anything. If we don't...

I don't want to think about that, so I get my bum up and go to my room to get changed into clothes that are a nicer. Considering I've done all my school work for the next two weeks, I have nothing more to do and I don't want to be bored out of my mind because that would get me overthinking things. Overthinking is never good.

Instead, I decide to call Amber and Liam and ask them if they want to go to the mall with me to get some food. They happily agree and tell me that they'll be here in ten minutes, so I hurry up, putting on my favourite jeans and a white shirt.

Also, I put on mascara and lipgloss, just so I don't look like a monster. A honk sounds from outside, and I go out to get in the car with them, taking my purse with me.

"Hi! How are you guys?" I say happily.

"We're... Good." Amber says with a smirk and Liam blushes.

I don't even want to know, so I don't ask any further.

"I'm really sorry about what Axel did yesterday." I begin to apologize. "No matter what, he shouldn't have done that. He's been going through a lot lately, and last night just blew him off. Is your uncle okay?" I ask Amber.

"He'll be fine. It's more of his ego that's wounded." she says and sighs. "I knew it was going to go like that anyway, I shouldn't have even tried. I just thought that if you were there, uncle would be a bit less of a dick and Axel wouldn't react the way he usually does, but it was all just a false hope."

"Wait, this has happened before?" I ask, alarmed.

"Every time they were in the same room." she tells me, nodding her head. "But they don't always punch each other, more like fighting like mad dogs, until one storms off or someone else pulls one away."

Wow. I didn't realize it was so bad, that they would fight each time they would be together.

Honestly, his uncle must really be an arse.

"That's horrible." I say and Liam nods, pulling into the parking lot of the mall.

"Here we are." he grins, and we all exit the car, walking towards the entry. They are all touchy, holding hands and occasionally kissing each other's cheeks, and it only makes me miss Axel a hundred times more.

We end up shopping for almost 2 hours because Amber has decided that she wanted new ripped jeans and no jeans were good enough, and then when she finally found the right pair, she said that it was absolutely necessary to get a new pair of heels with it. By the time she finds the right shoes me and Liam are starving, so we go to the first diner we see.

However, my thoughts of a nice, big, fat, cheesy pizza are innterupted by a disturbing sight in front of me. In the booth next to the one the waiter leads us to, sits a certain someone I've grown to love.

Only he's not the way I'd like him to be.

His eyes are wide, like a deer caught in highlights, and on his thigh there's a woman's hand.

I trace up the hand with horror, to see who it belongs to.

Gina.

Of course.

She has a wicked smile on her lips and she squeezes his thigh and leans into him to see if she can get a reaction from me. "Oh, there's no need for another booth to be occupied. There are our friends, we can happily all squeeze together by this table." she sends a wicked smile towards the waiter who nods with a smile, relieved to have more space, and hurries off.

I don't even see Theo and Jax opposite of them in my shock.

I turn towards Amber with wide eyes. "Let's go."

Her expression looks enraged as she looks at me and she shakes his head. "No fucking way we're letting this continue. Sit down. Now. Next to Theo. Let's see if your pretty little dick of a boyfriend has anything to say."

I open my mouth to protest, but she turns me around and physically forces me to sit down next to Theo. Thankfully, the booth is very big, bigger than usually, so Liam and Amber squeeze in too.

I am pressed against Theo and I feel my cheeks burn, wanting the ground to swallow me up.

Now.