The Bad Boy.. Loves Me? [𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃]

chapter 19: "you snore like a snuffly litle animal!!"

"dad?" i whisper. my head is fuzzy like a teddy is stuffedinto it. i blink the slep from my eyes.

i hear a gruff chuckle "sure is kiddo"

i carefully manoevure from my bed - somehow brok's arm ended up on me. i tread quietly to my ensuite and shut the door. i sit on the floor, holding my phone to my ear. i'm wide awake now, heart racing. why is my dad calling me? then, anger. why didnt he call me sooner?

"you still there marlygirl?"

i suck in sharp breth at the nickname . it's been a while since someon call me that. "whats going on dad, why are yo calling me?"

i hear him sigh "i cant tell you right now"

i sigh too. same old same old. 

"i just wanted to check you were ok. Suttons treating you well?"

i fiddle with my clothes "ye i guess"

"how's school?"

i shrug "ok"

a pause, a hesitation "and your mom?

at that i snap slightly "eleven months and no call, dad. don't pretend to care now"

there's a muffled sound, i can just imagine my dad running his hand through his har tired "im going to be in town soon. can we talk?"

i lean against the bathtub "i guess"

"i'll call you when i get there"

i give noncomital "mm"

"and marly?"

"ye dad

"watch your back. ive herd things are brewing where you are. so stau vigilant."

i frown. "what do you-

"and do me a favor don't tell youre mom i called you"

i scrunch brow "but dad, i dont understand-"

"i have to go now marly" he intererupts "but ill call yo soon ok"

"dad-"

beep.

i stare up at my ceiling. god, what is up with him? i can understan him hiding stuf from me when i was yoinger. but i'm sixteen now, almost seventen. when will he trust me? he puts me in position where only he know the facts and only he can save me. but i want to be abl to protect muself and i cant do that when i dont know  whats going on

why did he disapear? why no phone calls? in the past eleven months, mom remarry, my whole life unraveled and i said bye to my friens and ended up here. now i am in fight with mom and satan wont spek to me and my dads bein as cryptik as ever

by the time i get back to bed its geting light outside. brok shifts and opens an eye then looks confused . he sits up looking around. then looks at me. he rubs his eyes. "shit, i fel asleep"

i smile but it doesnt feel real smile. "morning"

he peers at me "you ok"

"im fine"

he frowns but doesnt press. "god im sorry, i didnt mean tto fal asleep here"

"it's fine, dont wory about it" i smile more for real this time "did you know you snore?"

he snorts "do not"

"ha!" i say with a smirk "you snore like a snufly litle animal!!

brok narrows eyes. 

then he wrestlees me onto bed like big wrestler. i shreek and ticfkle his stomach. he wheezes and loses his hold somehow we both fall onto bed me on top of him. our laughing suddenly stops. i go very red. brok opens mouth to say something but then theres the sound of door oopening

"what the-"

berk stands in the doorway staring at us "i was looking for brok..." he shakes his head "but if im interupting something..." he starts to retreet

i scramble from brok like an egg "no your not we just fell"

"right" squint berk suspicously  "off the bed"

my cheeks feel so hot i feel i might die  "seriosly berk we werent-

"look" he tells us "its kinda weird not gonna lie, but i gues your not technicaly related. so you do you, no jugement from me." he pauses "doesnt mean i want to see you in action tho"

me and brok stare at him spechles

berk gives us a wave "bye kids"

for an akward minute me and brok just stand ther like two akward people. oh lordly egg, i think to myself.

"well-" starts brok as i say "huh"

"you go"i say

brok clears his throat "ill talk to berk"

i nod "good idea"

silence lapses like water betweeen us

"id better get dresed " i say. brok stare at me blankly

"so unles you want to watch" i say slowly 'um, get out?"

he blinks and i think i notice a faint blush. wow, i think to myself does berk liek me or something? then more rational i think, hes porbably just embarased because of acidentally sleepin here and wat berk said

"right" he mumbles "i have to get dresed too. um, i can drive you?

"uh yeah thanks" i say not makin eye contact

he nods. then nods again. then leaves like autumn wind

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in the car, it's jus as akward 

when i got to car, brok was in the driving seat. berk sat in the back, things spred out so i cant sit there too. when i catch his eye he gives me a wink.

oh boy, i think to myself as i slide into fornt seat.

"um" brok says "grammarly"

i turn to look at him "uh ye?

"well i was thinking if your alredy training with berk, yo can altenate between us and get more training time"

i nod slowly "sounds good" then i imagine brok sweaty on the training mat, touchinng my waist, corecting my stance... 

i put my hands to my face. what's wrong with me??

as berk and brok talk about football training aand other boring manly things i stare out the window with trobled thots

what did my dad men when he said things were "brewing here". did he mean with the gangs? is satan in danger? are brok and berk? 

my frown deepens.

is my dad involved? why is he coming to town? as much as i'd love to believe it was to sea me i inow its not true. so what is he up to? 

i wory. wil i be caught in crosfire? i went on a date with satan, and im friends with kai now. they are satans angels. also my brothers are in razor snakes. and if my dad's going to stir up troble too-

i shudder like cow udder.  it think to me grimly:

nothing about this is good

shit about   go down

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well well well I GUess

UM

YEH

BYE