❝ i'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby ❞
- 𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛...
a boy who is the
equivalent to a teenage dirtbag and
has nightmares falls in love with
the boy who always looks like
he's in pain .
playlist inside.
- 🩸
lower case intended .
jasper hal...
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TEENAGE DIRTBAG
chapter 11
[ questions ]
the car ride was silent. bella and edward sat at the front, ethan in the back. every few minutes, ethan could see edwards eyes in the rearview mirror looking at him, as if he were trying to figure something out about the boy.
ethan knew edward had seen his little act, and there was nothing he could do about it. bella, on the other hand, she wasn't able to see what actually happened, thanks to their backs being turned to her.
ethan kept his head down, looking at his bare hand. he had yet to put the glove back on as he inspected his hand - as if he had never seen it before. his leather glove sat in his other hand, slight rips in it from being ripped off his hand.
it had been a while since ethan had his hand exposed like this in public, he didn't know how to feel. not just about his hand, but about what he did. he hadn't hurt someone like that in a while, he didn't know how to feel.
he tried to think of positives about the situation, such as: i was protecting my friend and possibly other women they could have harrassed, but right now, it didn't do much to make him feel better - especially because it brought him back to that night.
the night no one knew about. the night his father died. the night he killed his own father.
it was something that was permanently stuck in his head - a vision and a sight he could never forget. even after all these years, it still felt like it was only just yesterday. seeing those men harass bella like that, all drunk and touchy made ethan feel like he was six years old again.
although his dad never got touchy with him like that, he still did in a way; but in a much more violent way. and now he had lifelong scars to remind him of it every day and yet, he had told no one about how his dad really was or what really happened that night.
"you okay, ethan?"
the boy snapped his head up, seeing bella poking her head around the car seat, looking at him in some sort of worry. "what? oh, yeah, yeah, i'm okay." ethan shrugged.
"you keep touching that scar on your arm." bella commented, her eyes showing quick flashes of worry. "hm, would you look at that." ethan hummed, only now noticing he was doing it as he pulled his arm away, noticing the small glance edward had sent in his direction.
"so, eddick, how'd you know where we were?" ethan changed the subject, leaning forwards as he questioned the guy suspiciously.
"i didn't, but be thankful that i did. once i heard what they were thinking, i-"
"woah, woah, woah. back fucking track, you heard what they were thinking?" ethan voiced his confusion, looking edward up and down suspiciously. the cullens eyes widened for a split second, as if he had been caught red-handed before they fell back to their normal slight glare.
"not literally, you know, it was easy to tell what they were thinking." the bronze-haired boy quickly responded, almost a little too quickly. ethan knew better than this, there had to be more behind it, but for now, he wouldn't push the boy's buttons - or at least not in front of bella.
it was quiet for a few seconds, edward's hand tightening on the wheel as if he were anxious about what was going to be said next, "whatever you say." ethan finally said, relaxing back in his seat.
and with that, the car ride fell back into its natural silence.
it took around 5 more minutes before the car came to a halt outside a restaurant, the same restaurant bella and ethan were supposed to meet angela and jessica at over an hour ago.
bella quickly rushed out of the car, running up to the two girls who were on their way out of the restaurant. ethan slid his leather glove back onto his hand, making sure it was secure before following after.
he slammed the car door shut behind him and just when he thought everything was fine, a hand got placed on his shoulder preventing him from going anywhere.
"yeah, that's my shoulder, edward." ethan commented, looking down at his hand before up to his face. his eyes were narrowed, looking the boy up and down as if he were inspecting every small detail before landing back on his face once more.
"what did you do to that man?" edward asked, his voice plain as he narrowed his eyes suspiciously. "what do you mean?" the jaylin boy questioned, he knew fine well what edward meant; obviously he would never admit what actually happened.
"you know what i mean." edward spoke, this time his tone a lot more harsher than usual as his grip on the boy's shoulder tightened by a ton. "good fucking god, edward." ethan hissed in pain slightly as the grip tightened.
edward observed the boy for another second before letting go of his shoulder and taking a small step back. he was silent for a few seconds, as if he didn't know what to question the boy about next.
"why do you wear those gloves?"
ethan's eyes flashed down to his hands before furrowing his brows, "my... skin condition? literally already told you this." ethan used his classic excuse once more.
"what's the condition called?" edward questioned, for once ethan didn't know what to say. surprisingly, he had never actually been asked this question and now that he was asked it, he didn't know what to say.
"okay, buddy. why is your skin so cold? you know that's not, like, a human temperature, right?" ethan raised his brow, changing the subject from himself to edward. it seemed to have taken the boy off guard as he suddenly widened his eyes, unsure of what to say just like how ethan was a few seconds ago.
"fine." edward spat sourly before deciding to drop the whole thing by walking away, walking to bella's side as she spoke to angela and jessica.
ethan waited a few seconds before letting out a long sigh and leaning his head back against the car. he honestly didn't know what to do now that edward, of all people, was catching onto his lie.
but, edward had his secrets too, right? and ethan knew it was only a matter of days, maybe even hours before he figured out exactly what it was. so, he figured they'd be even.
"ethan, you coming?" bella's voice rang through the air causing him to turn his head only to see her gesturing to follow both her and edward into the restaurant.
how great.
but, nonetheless, he followed anyways.
alex speaks
two new chapters in two days? there's no way. and i know this chapter kind of sucks and there has been likea lack of jasper BUT jasper is guranteed to make an appearnace either next chapter or the chapter after!!
