The Night Keepers||Book 1

14|| The Boy in Room 99

Now Playing: Broken Home by 5 Seconds of Summer

11:25am

Phoenix sat in her room doing her Law homework when she seen Salem walk into the room. She put the marker down in the book getting off the bed hugging her tightly. "What's wrong ?"

Salem walked into the room wiping tears from her eyes shaking her head. She felt Phoenix hug her and laid her head on Phoenix shoulder. "My parents are coming here."

Phoenix closed the door sitting on the bed beside Salem and kissing her head softly. " They can't be that bad, right?" She said hearing a knock on the door.

Salem heard the knock on the door and wiping her tears and let out a breathe. "It's open!" She said going to her closet picking out a hoodie and a pair of shorts.

Salem's parents walked into the room putting their bags down beside them.

"Salem my little girl how's college treating you?" Her mother said hugging and kissing her daughters cheek.

"It's going fine." Salem said hugging her mother back then looked at her dad and put her clothes on the end of her bed.

"Who's this?" Mary said looking at Phoenix.

"This is my roommate and best friend Phoenix Maze." Salem said putting her arm around Phoenix neck and whispered to her softly "you're not leaving me here with them." She said then turned to her parents "this is my mother Mary and my father Duncan."

"It's really nice to meet you Mr and Mrs. Goulding. Salem's told me so much about you." This was a lie because neither one of them ever told each other about their parents.

3 hrs later

Now Playing: Truth Is by Stealth

Tyler stepped out of the shower wrapping a towel around his waist walking out of the bathroom into his room. He picked up his phone and texted Salem.   ' I've been thinking about you a lot. Text or Call me when you get a chance.'

Elijah walked into the room leaning against the doorframe shaking his head. "Dude it's 8 weeks since you and her talked to each other. There's a possibility that she doesn't want anything to do with you Ty." He said seeing Matthew walk beside him.

Matthew walk upstairs to the bedroom leaning against the other side of the door. "Put some clothes on. The police are here." He said throwing Tyler's hoodie to him.

Both Elijah and Tyler looked at Matthew with pure horror in their eyes.

"What for?" Tyler said pulling his hoodie over his head.

All the boys walked downstairs in a line seeing the police standing in their kitchen talking with their mother.

Neena sat in the kitchen with her soon to be husband seeing their sons walk into the kitchen. She shook her head blocking out what the cops where saying about her ex husband Michael. Neena looked at Michael as he walked into the house. "Get him the hell out of my house." She said putting her coffee mug in the sink before turning back to the cops.

Michael let out a sigh shaking his head before sliding the envelope in front of her. "You can't marry him. I'm legally still married to you. The court won't let you two get married. Oh and your kids are legally also mine."

Neena walked towards Michael looking up at him. She pushed him repeatedly hitting him repeatedly. " I WILL BURN THIS FUCKING HOUSE TO GROUND! BEFORE I GIVE YOU ANYTHING IN IT! THOSE ARE HIS KIDS! YOU MEAN NOTHING TO THEM! THEY DONT KNOW YOU! GET THE FUCK OUT BEFORE I FUCKING KILL YOU!!!!!"

Ryan shot up from his seat grabbing Neena picking her up " Hey! Hey! Neena! Stop!! Let him!" He said pulling her off of Michael. Ryan looked at his sons then sat Neena down on the counter looking it into her eyes shaking his head " We'll fight this. We'll fight it because we're family and we let no one hurt our family." He kissed her head softly walking towards the cops "When's the court date?" He said crossing his arms over his chest.

One of the cops helped Michael up off the ground then looked at Ryan " April 15th." He said walking to the door.

All the boys and Ryan, Neena all looked at the cops. "Change the date! They're getting married April 15th and we can't push the wedding back at all!" Elijah said walking to his parents.

Micheal shook his head "I'm sorry young man but the court has already decided that the date will be April 15th."

Tyler felt his phone buzzing in his pocket but didn't answer it until the cops left.

The boys watched as Michael and the cops walked out of the house and let out a breathe of relief. They all turned to their parents "we can't cancel the wedding. You guys have to get married." Matthew said closing the door as the cops and Michael left.

2hrs later

Salem's parents have been dragging her and Phoenix around the city all day. They finally let the girls take a break and go back to their dorm room.

Phoenix walked into the room kicking her shoes off and laying across Salem's bed. "Remind me to never say the words ' they can't be that bad' about your parents" she said turning in the bed looking up at the ceiling.

Salem took off her shoes throwing them in the corner laying on the bed beside Phoenix. She looked over at her and laughed " See I told you they were horrible." Salem said running her hands through her hair.

"So there's this guy right." Salem said turning facing Phoenix " Don't worry I'm not replacing you at all." She said getting up off the bed and going to her closet taking off her hoodie and changing into more comfortable clothes.

Phoenix chuckled shaking her head "you can't replace me no matter how hard you try!" She said getting up from the bed walking to her closet.