The Orphan

Chapter Fourteen

Autumn-

I was lying in the darkness looking up at the ceiling I couldn't go to sleep with the amount of awkward tension in this room right now.

"You awake?" Ryder chirped up.

"What do you think." I spat harshly through whisper.

"If we're gonna have this conversation lets take it into the other room." he stated.

"Good call." I agreed with anger surging through my veins.

I clumsily made my way to the door and followed Ryder into the main room.

I closed the door behind me and Ryder Flicked on the lights.

My eyes had to adjust to the bright lights, but once they did I immediately had my deathly glare fixed on Ryder.

"What the fuck!" I hissed storming towards him.

He backed up until he hit the wall.

"You hypocrite, you liar, you son of a bitch!" I spat in his face my eyes only inches from his and my index finger pointing accusingly at his chest.

"Hey!" he yelled annoyed that I was putting so much blame on him, "What are you even doing here McKay, where's your own group of Orphans?!"

I rolled my eyes and backed up, "why do you care?" I folded my arms over my chest.

"Because this is my family, my home and my sanctuary." He stated, "you don't get to come here and make the rules! You're in my territory now, My roof, my rules."

"Your territory? What about the others?" I asked feeling a little less high and mighty.

"I saved them, I raised them, I worked my ass off to pay for their meals and clothes, I made us a family." He answered still annoyed.

I swallowed hard, he's being over dramatic surely, he's just trying to make me respect him or whatever.

"Oh, piss off!" I hissed, " what happened to 'you'll forever be alone!' "

"I'm not taking that back, every single one of us is alone in some sense, just some people don't realise it yet."

Finally something we agree on.

"You couldn't possibly know what being alone feels like!" I hissed at him.

He didn't retaliate or try to prove me wrong.

Instead he stood there looking disappointed and shaking his head at me.

He didn't speak nor walk away. I began to feel bad.

I hate it when people make you feel bad just by looking disappointed.

"Why aren't you doing anything!" I finally growled.

He took a deep breath before answering, "what's the point in trying to fight with you Autumn, you may be an orphan like me, but I swear you have no idea what you're talking about."

He wasn't going to elaborate?

He walked back to the bedroom and flicked off the light behind him, leaving me in the pitch blackness.

I couldn't sleep in the same room as him. It just wasn't possible.

I blindly found my way to the couch, there wasn't any point considering sleeping when I had so many things rushing through my brain.

I just lay down looked up at the ceiling and thought through everything that has happened since I arrived here.

When I had reached to the part about Mason and I, I felt bad, having anger issues is apart of his personality, just one fault I don't agree with and I walk away.