Fighting a New World

12

Callum's POV

It had been a pretty good night. Jax seemed to be in a slightly better mood than normal, Liam was actually home a little early, and Ryder was going on about how he wanted to watch one of his new movies.

Everything was going so well until Jax opened his mouth.

"I want a punching bag," he said after Carter had gotten done eating, I hadn't even noticed they switched.

"I think that would be cool but where are we going to put it," Ryder said, barely peaking up from the movie.

"Probably the spare bedroom since we aren't using it. Just in the corner so there's room if anyone else wants something in there."

"I don't want to spoil anything for you, but aren't those things kind of expensive," Liam asked with a small frown. "You're the money man, can we afford it right now?"

"Yea the good ones can be 200ish but I know where we can get one for free."

"We aren't stealing one," I say, fighting the urge to roll my eyes. "And if you found one on the side of the road it's probably not worth bringing home."

"This is the part that you aren't going to like," he said with a small frown. I can't help but glare down at him; I had a feeling I wasn't going to like where this is going. "It's at my dad's old house."

My glare hardened before I try to calm myself down. Ryder and Liam didn't seem to care about staying calm though.

"You aren't going back there," Liam all but demanded but Jax wasn't letting go that easily.

"I'm going there regardless. There are a few other things I want to get too. Patrick and Andrew are coming with me and I was going to let you come with me."

"The amount of people coming with you doesn't change how okay it is," Ryder said with a small pout. "You shouldn't go at all. Let Callum and Patrick bring everything back." Jax's glare hardens.

"I talked to Andrew about it and he says it's fine. I'm going whether you three want me to or not."

"Let's all just calm down for a second," I butt in before Liam has the chance to say anything else. "What all do you want from there? Would it be too much for me and Patrick to get alone?"

"Not too much but I'm going to have to look for most of it. We'll only be in there for like 30 minutes at the most. It will be in and out like nothing even happened."

"You aren't actually considering this," Ryder all but yelled. "If I wanted to go to my mom's house, all of you would have shut me down. It's going to set him back and you know it."

"If you want to go to your mom's house then you can go, but I'm going with you, just like I'm offering for you to come with me," Jax said, clearly trying to hold back a glare.

"Why do you even want to go back there? Are you trying to have a panic attack or something?"

"I'm just trying to show myself that the fucking house is just a house and that I can go in there when ever the hell I want to. And I want my stuff back." Jax was starting to loose his patience and it was starting to show.

"We all know that it's not just a house," Liam seethed out, his voice getting louder too. "You're going to go in there, have a panic attack, set yourself back, and then you're going to be pissed at yourself for thinking you were ready. Swallow your pride and just admit you aren't ready."

My heart stopped for a split second.

Jax's eyes turned cold. His face only showed rage. His body language said he was ready to pounce at any given second.