Kingdom Of Cards: chpt 2 N.S. story

Underneath the waves

SORRY FOR TYPOS
*SOME DISTURBING THEMES *

Noah's POV
I woke up to the smell of pancakes and bacon sitting right beside me on my nightstand. God the smell woke me to a refreshing morning. As I sat up, I saw Eleanor standing in one of my t shirts. She was eating some strawberries while brushing her long dark hair. "Morning baby " I said in a raspy voice as I grabbed one of the plates on the tray. "Good morning, my love" she giggles while coming to sit beside me. "The doorman bring this up?" I asked taking a bit of the amazing pancakes. "He did. I ordered it this morning. " I nod while giving Ellie a bit off my fork. "Mmm, those are amazing " she moans before swallowing. "The best for sure, maybe better than IHOP " we laughed and enjoyed the rest of our breakfast together.

Folio's POV
It's been a few days since I've heard from Ellie and Noah, but I don't want to disturb them either. "Hey Jolly? Shouldn't I call Noah" I asked eating some toast. "Noooo, let them enjoy their time." DING DONG "Yeah you're probably right. " I replied while walking to answer the door. "Make sure that's not a crazy fan again" Nick informs as I looked thru the window.
"It's Johnathan " I said in shock before opening the door.

"Johnathan? " I questioned as he looked heartbroken. "Hi, Folio. Is Eleanor here? I heard everything on the news and I was angry then heartbroken after what happened to their baby and... Sorry, is she home? " he was about to cry, I could see it in his eyes. "Yeah, she and Noah have had a very rough year. To answer your question no, their on a vacation in Italy. " I explained as he nods.
"I'll fill you in on everything if you'd like a cup of coffee? " I offer as he nodded and said a quick "Thank you " before stepping inside.

We walked to the kitchen table where Nick and Jolly were sitting. "Johnathan? " Jolly says as he stands up to shake his hand. "Hello boys.
Folio here told me that Eleanor and Noah are in Italy? " he asks as we took a seat. "Yep. They need it." Nick says looking at his phone. "So Johnathan,
Why are you here? " I asked pouring a cup of coffee for us. "I came to see my daughter. I saw on the news that the boy she's in love with tried to commit suicide for the hundredth time and they secretly got married. What the hell is going on here?" I looked at,him with wide eyes. "The wedding wasn't on the news " I know it wasn't cause Noah had good reasons not to do so.
"No, I found out because she told me and she's legally in US now. " I nodded not even gonna get into detail on how their not LEGALLY married.
"Let's back up a bit ok. First off Jonathan, don't you dare talk sh*t about our friend. Second, that's your daughter's husband. Thirdly, you have some nerve just to show up here. Why are you even here? To make your life easier." Nick questioned as we all looked at Johnathan. "I don't like him, he's dangerous for her. He's gonna kill himself one day I guarantee it and he'll break my daughter's heart. I've read the crazy stories of his youth and quite honestly... I don't blame his grandfather." Nick stood up quickly and was about to tackle Johnathan, until Jolly grabbed him and pushes him back. "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WENT THROUGH AS A KID, YOU MOTHER F*CKING PEICE OF SH*T " he yells as Johnathan stood out of his seat. "He's psychotic and you all know it." That pissed me off. "Go. Get out of here and don't ever come back." I order while leading him to the door.
"Police will be here in two seconds if you're not out now. " Jolly says as John just rolled his eyes and left our house.

"God what an *sshole" I mumbled while walking towards Nick. "What happened to Noah?" Jolly asked as we take a seat on the couch with Nick.
"Yeah, what happened during his youth? " I put my elbows on my knees and listened as Nick took a deep breath.

"Noah and I have been friends since high school, so we know everything about each other. So back in 2011 we had just left school, I was walking down the hallway to meet Noah and go home. Well as I made my way down, I saw him being beat by two jocks in the men's locker rooms. He was shaking and had no one there to help him. So I yelled at them and said I had the security team coming, which they believed and the ran off. I ran to Noah and helped him stand up as he shook the whole walk home.

Once we got to his grandparent's house, his grandfather opened the door with such anger. I remember him yelling at us saying stuff like,
"She's dead and it's all your fault, or your mentality unstable and don't deserve to be here and on the list goes. We both were standing there in shock and I swear I saw a tear fall from Noah's face when the words of his grandmother dying left his grandfather's mouth. He just kept repeating 'No' over and over again in such disbelief. That really hurt him and till this day he's not completely over it yet.

While I stood there supporting his injured self, Paddy pulled him inside and told me to go home. I couldn't go inside Noah's house cause his grandfather refused so I waved to Noah and walked home.

A little while later I went for a walk down to this bridge we'd always sit at together. As I sat underneath the bridge, I heard footsteps approaching me so I quickly stood up... only to find Noah limping towards me. I remember saying "God Noah what happened to you? " as he just clasped into my arms crying. He said "Paddy is going to kill me, Nick. My rib is broken and I can't breathe properly." he cried as we sat together underneath the bridge. I just talked with him for hours under there before we said Goodnight and he went home.

The next day I got a call from the hospital saying that Noah tried to commit suicide and he really wanted to see me. Sure enough I went and saw how he had just gotten out of surgery. I spoke to a nurse who explained everything but asked if I knew how he broke his rib? I knew right there that Noah lied to them and probably said he fell off his bike or something, but we both knew it was Paddy who'd hurt him. After the talk with the nurse I went to see him.

I sat down beside his bed and started crying from how bad he looked.
He spoke quietly but said, "Nick, she's really dead. I don't want to live without her and if I stay then Paddy will kill me." I shook my head in disbelief. I said, "Noah, what about the band you're gonna join? You have gifts man" that's how we spoke to each other. He just shook his head and said "Don't tell them Paddy did this" I was confused "Why? He's a peice of sh*t Noah " I asked but Noah just nodded and said he needed a place to stay so he wasn't homeless.

About a month later, Noah and I were hanging out with these guys and were trying to get a band together. A week after that we met you Folio then you Jolly were introduced to us and the rest is history....."