Nothing To Lose (Emblem3)

Chapter 22 - Secrets

-Torii's POV-

I opened my eyes and once they adjusted to my surroundings I remembers the events of last night. I smiled looking over to my left to see Wesley sleeping soundly on his stomach with no shirt and the sheet resting on his lower back. Not wanting to wake him, I quietly got out of the bed and made my way to the bathroom. I washed my face, brushed my teeth, and put my hair up before walking back out. I slid back into the bed next to him. I traced my fingers along his back muscles and he turned his head facing me.

"Good morning baby" he whispered in a raspy morning voice without even opening his eyes.

"Morning" I smiled and kissed his cheek. I could feel his smile and I kept running my fingers up and down his back.

"That feels nice" I giggled at his goofy smile.

"Come on, we should get up" I said twirling the little hairs behind his neck.

"Noooo" he whined.

"Yeeeesss. It's already ten Wes. I have to get home"

"K fine", he sat up and walked into the bathroom. While he was in there, I got dressed and threw on his pullover then sat on the edge of the bed. He walked out of the bathroom and came over to stand in front of me. He cupped my face in his hands and planted a kiss on my forehead, then my lips. I smiled brightly as he sat next to me to slip his shoes and shirt on. I went on my phone until he was ready.

"Let's get breakfast then I'll take you home. Deal?" he asked as we walked out.

"Deal" I nodded.

We went to ihop because I told him I had never been there before. We ate and talked for almost two hours then we left to take me home. Honestly I didn't want this to end. It was such a good night and morning.

We reached my house and I saw that my brother's car was parked in the driveway along with my grandma's and my Aunt's. As I walked up to the door I could her yelling. Wes looked at me unsure.

"Um. I'll just see you later I guess" I said to him.

"Do you need me to stay Tor?" He looked so concerned.

"No. It's fine. I'll call you"

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah." He nodded looking unconvinced and kissed me before walking back to his car.
I took a deep breath before walking in. I immediately regretted it. There was broken glass on the floor and my mom and aunt were both being held back while yelling. At the same time, my sister in law and my grandma were yelling too.
I tried yelling over them to get them to stop so I could at least find out what's going on but it was no use. Then I realized my grandparents were both here so where was my sister? I looked around then ran upstairs to find her in the corner in her room crying with her hands covering her ears. I walked over to her and say down next to her. She climbed into my lap and I held her trying to calm her down.

"Do you know what happened?" I asked her.

"N-no. Mommy and Danny (our brother) were talking then they started yelling and Kim (his wife) started yelling too and grandma and Aunt Bobby came in and they started fighting too"
By then she was full on crying again."

"It's ok. " I shushed her.

Eventually I heard the door slam and it was quiet. Erika cried herself to sleep in my lap so I stood up and placed her in her bed before walking downstairs.
My mom and grandma were cleaning up the glass on the floor.

"What the hell was that?" I asked angrily as I took the last step.

"Torii Don't worry about it." My moms said not looking up.

"Don't worry about it?!" How am I not supposed to worry about it when I come home to see basically my entire family fighting, there's broken glass, and my little sister is upstairs crying in a fucking corner?!"

"Victoria that's enough" My grandma sternly shouted.

"So you're not even gonna tell me why that happened?"

"Not now " she replied.

I huffed. "More secrets. More shit to sweep under the rug right? Like our family doesn't have enough lies and shit to pretend don't exist"

"Victoria I said that is enough. Stop it" she yelled once more.

"Fine. Whatever." I walked back up to my room and debated on who I should call. I didn't wanna call Wes and burden him but I needed to get my mind off of this stuff. I decided to call Luis. He was always the one I came to when there was family problems. He understood and he always made me feel better.

I dialed his number and waited for him to answer.

"Hello?"

"Hey Luis, are you busy right now?"

"I was just getting ready to go blaze it. What's up? I can tell there's something wrong"

"Can I go with you? I'll explain later"

"Yeah of course, you know Nate loves you" Nate was a guy who was a few years older than us. He's not exactly the kind of guy you want to be around all the time. He sells drugs, drinks a lot, smokes basically everyday, and hangs around bad people. His place is basically a trap house.

I drive over to Luis's house and we went to Nate's in his car. On the way, I told him what happened this morning and of course, he listened and understood without judging me or my family. That's why I always go to him. When we got to Nate's house, Luis grabbed my hand as we walked in. We went straight to a room on the back where Nate was at. The room was already filled with smoke. I had smoke a few times before but only when we were at parties.

"Hey Luis. Finally you made it!"

"Yeah I had to wait for this one" he replied moving over a bit so I was in Nate's view.

"Oh Torii. What a surprise, I didn't think I would ever see you here" he smirked. I let out a nervous laugh. I was completely out of my element here.

"Yeah she's got some problems she needs to get rid of" Luis answered for me.

"Ah. Ok" Nate nodded.
We sat on the couch and before I knew it, I was high and everyone around me was too.
A few hours later we decided to leave. Luis paid Nate and got some weed to take with him.

"Here. First times on me. You look like you're gonna need it" Nate said handing me a medicine bottle filled with weed.

"Thanks" I said taking it and walking out behind Luis.

"Hey can I just stay at your house tonight?" I asked Luis as he drove.

"Yeah of course" he said back smiling.
We got to his house and went straight to his room. I laid back on his bed and he laid next to me. We talked for a few minutes until I said I wanted to take a shower. He got up and tossed me a pair of boxers and his school soccer jersey even though I had clothes on me. I always brought a bag with me that had extra stuff just in case I decided to stay at someone's house. I went into his bathroom and locked the door. As the water heated up, I looked at myself in the mirror. Not liking what I saw, I sighed and stepped into the shower. When I got out I went back into the room it was empty. I went to the living room and he was sitting down watching tv in this big comfy chair that I always sit in when I come over. I stood in the doorway and sighed once more.

"You ok?" He asked looking up.

"Yeah. Can we cuddle?"

"Duh" he answered making me laugh. Then he opened his arms and I curled into him. I must have fallen asleep pretty quickly though because I don't remember anything after that.

A/N - Yoooo it's been a while 😁 sorry.

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