Chapter 9 No.9

Noah stood in the corner of the balcony, puffing out smoke aggressively.

His head throbbed as he replayed how Ava slapped him earlier.

"Who does she think she is?" He scoffed.

"Do you want to kill yourself?" Reed asks.

"Leave. I want to be alone," Noah said hoarsely.

"You are making me worried because you both act like wackos," Reed said, frustrated.

"Don't pull out my trigger because you won't like the outcome," Noah warned.

Reed gave him a lady glance, storming out.

He met Sophia by the door, and he glared at her.

"He wants to be alone," he said.

"Who just talked?" Sophia asks no one in particular, eyeing him.

"Suit yourself then," Reed hissed at her.

"Your headaches." Sophia rolled her eyes, passing another way.

~

"Honey," Mrs Thompson called nervously.

"Speak out," Mr Thompson answered her.

"I want to talk to you about Ethan." She picked her nails.

"What about him?" he raised his brow.

"You are being too harsh on him. Why are you forcing him to do what he doesn't like?" She asks courageously.

"And how do your headaches look? The way I chose to train him doesn't concern you, okay?" Mr Thompson said.

"He is my son also, and we both have the right to train him, Mrs Thompson yelled.

"Really?" Mr Thompson chuckled.

"Yes, Mrs Thompson nodded.

"Let me give you a quick reminder: you are nothing but a sex slave to me, so know your place and be cautious in how you speak to me, Mr Thompson stated, storming out.

Mrs Thompson blinked her eyes; her eyes were already welling up with tears.

~

"Are you kidding me!" Ava laughed.

"I'm serious about it. I once looked chubby, but now I have grown into a handsome dude," Ethan said proudly.

"Handsome indeed," Ava teased, and her eyes met with Noah, who was holding hands with Sophia.

She bit her lips torturously, feeling pained.

"I'd get you a new phone since that idiotic brother of yours broke it," Ethan said.

"Who told you he is my brother?" Ava queried.

"I overheard you telling your friends, he winked.

"So you were eavesdropping on my conversation with my friends?" Ava asks disappointedly.

"I am sorry," Ethan pleaded.

"It's fine, and about the phone, don't worry," she said, and Paige walked up to them.

"Can I steal her for a few minutes?" Paige smiled.

"Of course you are free," Ethan said.

Paige grabbed Ava's hand, dragging her along with her.

Ethan's eyes met with Noah's own, and he did a fuck you sign to him.

~

"What was that stunt you pulled?" Paige asks angrily.

"I don't know what came over me," Ava replied sadly.

"She did the right thing, though, because he deserves it," Mia shrugged.

"Fr? Mia, you are supporting her?" Paige asked, surprised.

"Like I cared?" Mia rolled her eyes.

"Gosh, you both are something else." Paige shook her head.

"And now he asked me not to talk to him," Ava muttered, burying her face in her palm.

"What are you going to do now?" Paige asks.

"I don't know; I am really stupid," Ava said bitterly.

"You are more than stupid, girlie, because Noah doesn't fight except if the person triggered him," Paige said.

"I know, and I am regretting my actions already. He was even holding her hands," Ava said.

"Hope you haven't fallen for him?" Mia asks.

"Maybe," Ava sniffles.

"TF", Paige replied hotly.

~

"Did Noah really mean all his words?" Paige asks about eating from her bowl of popcorn.

"Yea," Reed replied, dipping his hand inside her popcorn.

"Drop it before I choke your life out," Paige glared.

"C'mon,don't be stingy." Reed scoffed, eating the ones in his hand.

"You are dead serious." Paige dropped the bowl, and Reed ran for his life, Paige still chasing him.

"You are dead meat if I catch you seriously," Paige said heavily.

"You can't," Reed said, sticking his tongue out at her.

"Ouch, my leg," she whined, holding her leg.

"What? Are you okay?" Reed asked to come to meet her.

"I hit my leg on something," Paige whined again.

"Where?" Reed asked, kneeling beside her.

"Catch you," Paige laughed at him, holding his hand.

"So you made a fool out of me," he scoffed.

"Yes," she smirked.

"I hate you," he muttered, going back to where he was sitting.

"I love you, my twinny," she blew a kiss at him.

~

Who gave you a cut on your lips?" Mrs Thompson asked worriedly, and Ethan gave her a sullen look.

"You should reply to me," Mrs Thompson snapped at him.

"Why should I answer you? Tell me? When all you care about is your husband," Ethan snapped back.

"You should know I really do care about you, but..."

"But what? You cared about me, and you sit back and watch that psycho hit me," he yelled at her .

His mom stared at him, her heart shattered into pieces.

"She really isn't a good mother to him because she won't sit back and watch the father of her child maltreat his own son.

"You don't care about me, and lest I forget, you aren't worthy to be called my mother," Ethan slammed.

"I'm sorry, Mrs Thompson pleaded, her eyes filled with tears.

~

Ava stood nervously in front of Noah's room, contemplating whether to knock or not.

Her eyes already sailed with tears.

Her mind is really blank because she isn't thinking straight.

The door opened, and Noah's face came into view.

Ava gulped back her tears and forced a smile at him.

Noah stared at her with a blank expression, shutting the door on her face.

A new round of tears came out of her eyes as she squatted, resting on the door.

She buried her face in her palm, feeling sad.

"It's hurt," she wailed.