better off without you

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one i pull into his house we both stay in the car
"my dad and wendy are home" owen sighs
"you should tell them what happened"
"i probably will"
"ok i'm gonna uber home cuz my car is at my house because your dumbass needed to fight with mark"
"just stay" he says
i think about it for a little bit, i had nothing to do and oddly enjoyed spending time with him.
"only for a little bit" i tell him

"i  mean owen as a person is he ok" wendy asks
after owen had explained he broke his hand but not what happened wendy asked me to stay down and talk to her and dave for a minute
"um i think he is"
"he seems a little happier in the last few months you've been here" wendy says
"i'm sure he's just maturing" i tell them
"are you two together?" dave asks bluntly.
"no, just friends"
"i think you guys would be good for eachother" wendy adds

i give her a small smile
"i should head up incase he needs meds anything"
"one last thing" wendy stops me
"mhm"
"what happened with owen and mark"
"something happened between mark and it upset owen so he took care of it"
"ok, if you ever need to talk you know i'm here"
i give her a smile.
"alright we won't hold you any longer" dave jokes
"i'll see you guys later"
i run up the stairs and into owens room

"why did they want to talk to you" he asks
"it was nothing" 
"mhm"
"alright go to sleep"
"no"
"i'm gonna go see sara" i tell him
"i'll come"
i sigh and walk out the door and into sara's room

"what's up" she asks
"i thought coming in here i would get away from him but he decided to come" i sigh
owen laughs and places his hand on my hips
"what happened to your hand" she asks
"i broke it" he says
"how"
"mark and i got in a fight"
she sighs and gives me a look.
"he's fine" i tell her
"ok well my friend is gonna be here soon so can you guys like...leave" she says
"lisa?" i ask
"no"
"is it a guy" owen asks
she looks away and her face starts to blush.

"sara who!!" i ask releasing myself from owens grip and  sitting down on her bed
"a kid from school we've just been talking for a while"
"oh my god" i smile
"it's not a big deal we're just friends" she says
"alana and i tell everyone we're 'just friends' but we have sex on weekends" owen smirks
i shake my head
"everyone knows you guys fuck" sara says in a duh tone
"anyways.... what's his name" i ask
"mason"
"sounds like a dick" owen says

"stop" i mouth to him
"you don't see me making fun of your hoes only lexi, i hated her" sara snaps
"lexi and i are done" he says
"you said that last time" she adds
owen shrugs

a knock from downstairs interrupts our conversation
"i'll get it"owen smiles and starts walking down
"no don't" sara yells for him
"owen stop"
we chase him down the stairs and to the door
"don't open the door you're going to embarrass her" i tell him
he steps aside from the door allowing sara to open it which she does
i pull owen a few feet from them

mason was a cute kid, he had blonde hair and green eyes
"hi mason" owen says in a high pitched voice
i jab his stomach with my elbow
"ignore him" sara sighs and he gives a shy smile to owen and i.
"um we can go up to my room" sara says
he nods and they walk upstairs
owen grabs my hand and follows behind them
"what are you doing" sara asks
"going to my room" owen says

surprisingly it's where we ended up, opposed to my thoughts that we would go to sara's room. he had laid down on his bed and i was sitting in a chair on the other side of his room
"i already hate that kid" he says
"you don't even know him"
"he seems like an asshole"
"again, you don't know him"
"so let's go get to know him" he grins
"owen no, let them be"

ignoring me he gets upset and goes to sara's room
i run after him but before i could get him he was already at saras door
"do not go in there" i whisper
"oops" he opens the door and walks in
"owen" sara yells
i go in and grab owens arm

sara and mason were laying together and owen was laughing
"get out" sara demands
"i wanna learn about mason" he says
"owen not now"
"what happened to your hand" mason asks
"i broke it this morning, got into a fight."
i knew he said that to scare him but he didn't look phased at all

"what sports do you play" owen asks
"baseball soccer and hockey" he says
"no football?"
"nope"

owen sits on the love seat sofa next to the bed and continues questioning him
"how old are you"
"16"
"so you're a junior?"
"mhm"
"saras a sophomore you know"
"yeah"
"owen stop" i sigh.
i walk over to the chair he's in and he pulls me down on his lap
"what are your intentions with sara" he asks
"you don't need to answer that" i tell him
he places his hand on my thigh and traces circles with his fingers

"can you guys just leave" sara asks
"why don't we watch a movie downstairs" owen suggests
"no you need to sleep" i say
"after the movie" he says
"if you want to" sara says looking at mason
"yeah sure"he says
"perfect" owen smiles

him and mason go she was of sara and i
"why is he doing this" she asks
"is this the first guy you've had come over"
"i mean i've had groups of people and guys were there but mason is the first guy who's been alone at my house i guess"
"he's your brother, he's gonna be annoying about guys you have over, i'll stop him while a movie is on"
she sighs
"he's just so annoying"
"tell me about it" i laugh

"what are you guys up to" wendy asks
"watching a movie" owen says
"alright there's snacks in the pantry, i can make popcorn"
"we got it" sara says
she nods and walks upstairs
"what are we gonna watch" i ask
"bird box?" sara suggests
"sure" mason says

i lay on the L part of the couch and owen lays right next to me
"hey do we still not know what personal space is?" i ask
"no" he says
"how's your hand"
"it's fine"
"you've broken it before haven't you"
"what makes you think that"
"you knew it was broke by looking at it and you are dealing with the pain good"
" i have broken it before but the other one"
"how"
"punched the wall a few times"
"why"
"i was mad"
"why"
"lexi pissed me off"
i slowly nod

"can you guys shut up we're watching this" sara says
i look over and see her and mason cuddling i smile but try to block owens view by puting a pillow blocking us from them
"what are you trying to do" he asks
i knew what he was thinking, i put up a pillow so they couldn't see whatever it is we were doing
"nothing" i tell him
"really?" he smirks
"yup"
he brushes his fingers along my thigh sending chills through my body
"so it wasn't so they couldn't see us"
"nope"

i was so comfortable with him, if anyone else were this close to me i would be pushing them away from me but i wanted him near me, i needed him near me.