Who's Laughing Now?

7

     A/N: Ainsley has not spoken to their parents about their pronouns yet, so they don't know that they are non-binary.

     The rest spent the night at Ainsley's home since the door was left open. Tori and Layla took their bed because it was big enough for two and Lewis took the couch downstairs. Both Layla and Tori were awaken by the sound of a scream. A loud scream.

    Tori rushed down the stairs immediately to see what all the commotion was about. She was just in time to see Lewis harshly get hit in the face with a handbag.

      "Honey! Stop, you woke him up!" Ainsley's father cried.

       "Why is there a shirtless grown man laying on my eight hundred thousand dollar sofa?!" The  mother screamed. Harold, their father, placed his hands on her shoulders.

       "Maybe darling, Ainsley has a boyfriend now!" Maria, their mother, covered her mouth in shock. This whole time she believed her daughter was into women because she refused to get a boyfriend. And now, seeing a man on her sofa is causing her so many questions.

Did she even know who her daughter was?

       "Mr. And Mrs. Lynn!" The parents turned their head to Tori, standing on the stairwell. Maria was even more confused now.

       "Tori, who is this guy?" Lewis sat up and grumbled, brushing the cheek he just got hit by a bag with.

        "I am so sorry Mrs. Lynn, I didn't realize you'd be back so soon." She actually forgot about them. Ainsley told her they went to Paris, but they weren't supposed to be back until another few weeks. "That's actually my friend Le-"

      "Where's our daughter? Is she safe? Is she here?" Maria pleaded, folding her hands together.

       "We came back as soon as we heard about what happened. Thankfully, there were open seats still available to fly back last minute," Harold explained. Tori gritted her teeth, unsure of how to answer the mother's questions. She didn't like answering questions that she didn't know the answers to. It was like telling someone the wrong directions to somewhere important.

      At the same time, Layla came down the stairs and paused where Tori stood.

      "Ainsley has friends?" Harold asked.

      "Tori, who are these people and is my daughter okay or not?!" Her voice was raising. It wasn't the side she always saw when she came over. Usually her parents are sweet, but sometimes they say and do questionable things which made her understand why Ainsley doesn't have the best relationship with them.

    Tori looked around as if that was going to help her find answers. Lewis and Layla weren't even Ainsley's friends, what was she supposed to say?

      "Um, this is Layla and Lewis, our friends. We just stayed for one night because of the rain and the stuff happening, you kno-"

      "Okay, so where's my daughter, and is she okay or not?" Maria's voice became angrier the more Tori dodged the question. Lewis grabbed his shirt that was on the floor and put in back on before he made matters worse. Tori gulped.

       "I-I don't know..." This made Tori realize that she didn't even know if her friend was alive or dead at the moment and she hadn't heard from them, Seth and Ari in hours.

      "What the hell do you mean you don't know?! Ainsley doesn't leave her room at all, and you're telling me that she left?!"

       "We had no other choice Mrs. Ly-" Tori was cut off by the shattering of glass nearby the door. An arrow had shot threw the window and stopped at the photo of both Ainsley and their parents, breaking it apart. Layla immediately took cover and ran back up the stairs. Tori did the same hoping that the others would just follow behind. Harold went with Lewis to hide in the kitchen, but Maria made a brave move to run upstairs over the shattered glass frame. She was seconds away from being hit by the second arrow shot inside the home.