𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐖𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 | 𝟏𝟖+

6 | Bad Memories

-Noah-

I walked down to the basement towards my weapon room. Liam was sitting on the couch when I opened the doors. I ignored the way he was looking at me and walked over to grab a Glock 17 from the rack.

"She's cute." Liam said. "Don't you have a girlfriend?" I said as I grabbed some bullets from the drawer. "So what is she to you?" Liam said as he stood from the couch.

"What are you assholes talking about?" Jax came into the room. "Noah's new friend." Liam emphasized the word friend. "She's just someone who's staying with us for a while." "Let me guess, you gave her the only room next to yours." Liam said as he leaned more into me. "No." Yes.

"I'm confused. Who is she?" Jax asked. "Noah's 'friend' that's a girl." Liam nudged me. "She's my high school friends sister." "Wait Santiago?" Jax asked and I nodded. "So it's the famous Maya." Jax said proudly as he crossed his tattooed arms over his chest. I remembered when I told them about the day 8 years ago.

I cocked my gun in front of both of them. "I will not hesitate to shoot both of you if you don't shut the fuck up." Liam backed away from me. "Dude we girlfriends remember!" Liam said as he raised his hands up.

"Yes you fucking do." Sophie said as she and Elena walked in. "Do we all have to come here right now?" I asked sarcastically.

"So who's the chica upstairs?" Elena asked. "I'm only saying this once so everyone better listen." I said as I pointed my gun around the room. "That's Maya, Santiago's sister. Someone is after her so she's going to be staying here. She's under my protection." I said my last 2 worlds with a serious tone. "What if you need our help?" Sophie asked. "That's unlikely but if that comes around then I'll contact you. Now that we're done here, I'm going to practice." With that, I left the room.

I spent the whole afternoon shooting targets in our basement gun range. The soundproof walls help to keep any noise from going upstairs, and I'm mostly thankful for that at this moment.

I went back upstairs to see Sophie and Maya together on the couch in living room. "Oh hey!" Maya called out. I waved back. "We ordered pizza if you want some." Maya said as she pointed to the kitchen. "I'm not hungry." I said, walking upstairs to my room.

I was tired so I got in the shower early. The water ran down my skin as my thoughts went to a place it shouldn't. The thought of Maya running her hands down my body made me groan to myself. I shouldn't be thinking about her in that way. My job is to protect her, not fuck her.

1:47am

I couldn't sleep. I don't know what was wrong with me tonight. I tossed and turned all night but nothing worked. I decided to go to the kitchen to grab a glass of water.

I chugged the water down and placed the glass in the sink. On my way back to my room, my eyes landed on my guitar. I haven't played it in 8 years. The last time I played it was the night I spent with Maya.

I grabbed the guitar and sat on a chair in the living room. I remember my mother teaching me a few songs. My fingers found the strings and started playing 'Photograph' by Ed Sheeran.
In the middle of the chorus, I heard sniffles behind me. I stopped playing and turned to look, seeing Maya sitting on the staircase.

"Maya?" When I called out her name, she ran up the stairs. I got up from my chair and ran towards her. I must've scared her because she tripped on a step and fell. "Shit." I ran up and grabbed her. Her knee was bleeding from her fall.