Dusk

16| fury

Ava

"W-wait but- what? This wasn't supposed to be so easy." I muttered. My eyebrows were scrunched and I didn't know if Jett was playing with me. "You don't want to punch him?"

"I'm the boxer, Ava. He can't punch me." Elias murmured from beside.

"No." Jett chuckled. "Well, if I caught you two having sex together then maybe. But I trust your judgements. You're both adults and very much capable to make choices. If this is what you want, if this is what makes you happy, why would I have a problem with that?"

"So you're like, really cool?" I asked again. Jett had reacted in the most opposite way I'd expected him to. He was smiling, though hesitantly, looking between the two of us. Elias looked uncertain as well.

"I'm not going to say it isn't a little weird, but I suppose I could handle it. Eli has been my best friend for ten years, there's no one I trust more than him. And you're my sister, I know you. I know you wouldn't do this if you weren't sure."

I opened my mouth to say something, then decided against it. Jett chuckled again. "I'm upset you don't even trust me that much, Ava. This had been going on for a year and this is when you decide to tell me? And you," He turned around to face Isabella, who looked like a dear caught in headlights. "You knew?"

"No!" She replied, a little too fast. "Of course not. Eli, how could you have not told me? I'm disappointed in you, hermano. You should have told us sooner."

"Of course, as if I'd buy that." Jett scoffed. "He runs to you for every single thing."

"Just like you." Elias snickered. "You told Ava about you and Isa two months before I found out."

"I always thought you calling her nicknames was an inside joke." Jett murmured. "I feel so stupid now. You both left so many hints and I still couldn't figure it out."

"If it makes you feel any better, I wouldn't have figured it out if he hadn't told me." Isa said. 

"Well, that's all well and nice now. But, on a serious note," My brother said. "I don't want to lose either of you, okay? Don't hurt each other."

I looked up at Elias just when he looked down at me, and he smiled, shaking his head. I smiled back. "Aw, they're so lovey dovey." Isabella cooed. He closed his eyes in frustration. 

"I'm going to grab coffee. You want some?" I asked them. They shook their heads.

"I'll come with you." Elias added.

He wrapped his arm around my shoulder and pulled me into his body as we walked out. Pressing a kiss to my forehead, he said, "See, that wasn't bad at all. I told you we'll be alright."

I looked up at him, grinning when he pressed another kiss to my nose. "Maybe I should start listening to you."

"You should." He said as we walked into the elevator. "Because when I say no one in this world has to power to end us except you and I, I mean it."

"But you and I are not going to end it, right?"

He tipped my head up, his eyes softening. "No, we won't."

Elias kept his arms around my waist, standing behind me as I ordered our coffees. He tucked my hair behind my ear, then bent down. "I need to go to the bathroom. I'll be back in a minute."

I nodded, his warmth leaving my body as he stepped away. I hummed to myself, tapping my feet on the ground in a rhythmic motion. I felt someone standing behind me.

"Hello, Miss Thompson." There was a whisper. 

I snapped around because that voice was awfully similar. Fred stood behind me, hands in his pocket, smiling wickedly. He was dressed in a long coat, a dress shirt and some pants, and I scrunched my eyebrows. This fucker should have been in jail by now.