Secrets of a Good(ish) Girl

Chapter 4 - Dex's POV - Which Secret

After Kira said she saw Sebastian, my first priority was getting her out of there. This was why I hated her coming to places like Fryer's. I knew she was perfectly capable of looking after herself, even in those stupidly high shoes, but she was still my little sister. I had every right to worry about her. Greg offered to stay behind and get a lift back with Tom, so I could leave with Kira. He knew I'd be panicking about her anyway, so I might as well be there to see she's ok. "This is why you shouldn't have come," I told her as we reached the truck.
"Not the time for I-told-you-so." She replied. As soon as both doors were shut, I sped off in the direction of home.

A couple of minutes later Kira piped up, "You don't need to drive so fast you know. It's not like Sebastian is chasing after us." I realised she had a point and eased off the gas.
"He wasn't the kind of person I'd been thinking we'd need to run from."
"I still don't understand what he was doing there. He's not in a gang, is he?" Why was she asking me?
"I don't know. Don't think so though, doesn't seem like the type."
"And Colin does?" She made a good point.
"You sure he didn't recognise you?"
"He only saw me for a second, from a distance. Plus, today was the first time he's ever spoken to me. So no, I don't think he'll piece together who I am."
"Why was he speaking to you today?" No offence to my sister, she is pretty, but when she's at school, she's not really the kind of girl Sebastian Jeffors is hanging out with. She let out a scoff.
"Ugh, I had an encounter with Ashley Blossom in the hallway." We stopped at the red light at the junction of our street.
"An encounter? Wasn't aware she was an alien." Kira didn't laugh at my poor joke, she never does. She just rolled her eyes at me and continued with her story, as I started driving again.
"Anyway, she was about to throw one of her tantrums, but Sebastian calms her down and even apologised to me and Gabby about her."
"Well, isn't he such a gentleman," I commented as I pulled up to the house
"A gentleman hanging out at Fryer's, yeah don't think so."
"Excuse me." I turned to face her, with a hurt expression on my face. "I'll have you know; I am a gentleman."
"Uh-huh. Sure." And with that, she got out and headed inside.

I was closing the front door as Kira was going up the stairs. "You ok to walk to school tomorrow? Don't feel like going." She stopped in her tracks.
"But that means getting up earlier." She huffed.
"Then I suggest you go to sleep soon." Suddenly her face lit up. Shit, what is she planning?
"Can I take the truck?" The Fuck did she say? "I'll park it away from school. Pretty please?"
"Nope, not happening." Kira let out a defeated sigh. But I know she was just putting on an act. She didn't really expect me to say yes, she was just trying her luck.
"So much for being a gentleman."
"Love you too, sis."
"Night, Dex." I returned her comment as she continued upstairs, and I headed to the kitchen.

Grabbing a beer out of the fridge, I checked my phone to see if there was any news from Greg and the others. I didn't like leaving them behind, but I knew they'd be fine, or at least I hoped they would be. It was about half an hour later when I was sitting on the sofa watching TV, that my phone rang.
                            Tom's giving me a lift to yours. Got something to tell you.
That fact Greg didn't just phone me, or tell me over text, worried me. But I told myself that it couldn't be that urgent if it could wait until he got here.

Ten minutes went by before a car pulled up outside. I walked over to the window and watched as Greg got out of Tom's car. I didn't turn away from the window until I saw Tom drive away again. "You look like such an old woman when you peek out the curtains like that," Greg said as he closed the front door and locked it behind him. I could tell something was wrong as soon as he walked into the living room. Once I got a closer look, I noticed there was a bruise forming on his face. "What happened?" I asked. He just looked at me, not saying anything. "Come on."

He followed me into the kitchen, and I went to get him some frozen peas to put on his face. It didn't look too bad, but something told me there was more to this. He jumped up on the counter as I searched in the freezer. "You going to tell me what happened?" I asked again. Greg sighed, taking the cold bag out of my hand.
"About 10 minutes after you two left one of Tyson's boys came over, saying he wanted a word with us. So, I went with him."
"Where were the other three?"
"Getting a drink, or in the loo, one of the two. Anyway, Tyson was asking where you were, so I told him to get fucked. His three guard dogs had free reign then. Tom and Hank showed up at some point, but Tyson didn't listen until Colin got there."
"Fucking dickhead." I muttered under my breath. I wanted to shout and hit something, but I knew it would wake Kira up. So, I settled for pacing up and down the kitchen. "If you'd left with Kira instead of me, none of this would've happened." I was really annoyed with myself. My over-protectiveness for my sister meant my best friend got beaten up.
"Hey, I chose to stay behind. Don't beat yourself up about this." Greg told me, trying to calm me down.
"What if the others hadn't shown up? What if Colin hadn't been there?" None of us really understood why, but Tyson always listened to Colin, there was some history there. We'd tried asking Colin about it in the past, but he just shut himself off, so now we don't ask. "You could've ended up in hospital, or worse."
"Look at me, I'm fine." Greg was trying to reassure me, and it was almost working. I took a deep breath.
"Did Tyson say anything else?" I asked.
"Apparently, he might know your 'dirty little secret'." I stopped pacing and looked at him. There was a look in his eye that I knew all too well. 
"Well, he's going to have to be more specific," I replied, walking closer to the worktop Greg was sitting on. "I've got more than one."

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Sorry!!! 

That took a lot longer than expected. 

I still hope you enjoyed it though and are sticking with me!! The next couple of chapters will be coming out in the next few weeks, I'm going to try and stick to uploading on a Friday. 

Once again thank you so much for reading and let me know what you thought! 

Any guesses as to what Dex's other secrets might be?? 

-KMell00