His Heart

Chapter 9

We pull up to the apartment and it looks like nothing has changed, at least on the outside. The flowers that I planted last year are re-flowering and the small pink windmill is still placed near the doorstep.

I did miss my apartment. It was home and everything around it was comforting. Well it was. Now looking at this place makes my stomach spin.

"You ready?" My brother says as he notices my eyes staring at the front door.

"As I'll ever be'' I say and I walk up to the front door. Jay and Austin walk up behind me as I unlock the door and open it to be faced with the living room. It was much smaller than theirs but to me it was perfect.

I hear footsteps and then Noah walks out of the bedroom. "Oh my gosh. Bella"

He looks at me with a shocked expression as he walks over me and puts his hands on my arms and I shiver at the contact of his warm hands on my cold skin. "Listen, just let me explain. Please"

I look at him and for a moment I consider it. But then a tall presence comes behind me and removes his hands from my arms.

"She won't be doing that" Jay's deep voice erupts in the room and suddenly all eyes are on him. I didn't see my brother, so he must have gone to the car. "We are going to get her stuff and leave." He grabs my wrist and pulls me away from Noah and I just mouth the words "I'm sorry" to Noah before getting dragged to the kitchen.

"What the hell?" I look at Jay blankly waiting for an explanation.

"What? I was told to keep him away from you" he says smugly

"Yeah, but don't be mean about it. You don't even know the guy. He is not all that awful"

"He is" Jay crosses his arms over his chest

"How are you so sure>" I cross my arms as well

"What's the fun in telling you, sweetheart, when I can let you wonder" He smirks and walks out of the kitchen but stops at the entryway and looks back to me "You stay here, I will grab your crap" He then walks out.

Stay here my ass. I walk out of the kitchen not long after he does and glare at him when I walk over and sit on the couch.

When Jay and Austin carry my dresser outside Noah comes over and sits next to me.

"I really am sorry, I didn't want you to see that" He says with an apologetic smile.

"It's okay, things were not going good for a while between us I guess, I just think the way you handled it was crap. But i'm over it now"

I'm not, but he does not have to know that.

"I miss you Bella, I want to get back together. We can take this slow and you can live with your brother" he offers but I just sigh

"Noah I-" I start but he interrupts me

"Don't you miss what we had? The kisses, the flowers-" He places a hand on my thigh as he runs it up and down in a smoothing motion and looks me right in the eyes "The love" he says slowly, in a slightly lower voice than before.

"You hurt me" I look at I'm, pushing back the tears in my eyes. My voice is coming out weak and tired.

"I know, but I love you Bella. I've gone insane these past few days and I-" He starts rubbing my thigh while he speaks. "I need you. You are my sunshine in this dark world." I give him a look of hesitation as his hand makes it further up before squeezing my thigh. "Just think about it, okay?" He gives me a weak smile.

"I-" I'm about to respond when a hand comes over and grabs my wrist, pulling me up from the couch.

What is with people and grabbing my wrist? They do realize I am a human being right?

"She will not be thinking about anything. Get it in your stupid little head that she doesn't want you" Jay speaks and I just stand in awe, unsure of what to do, when Noah stands up and looks from me to him and he shrugs.

"I make up for it in other places. Don't I babe?" He looks at me and winks and the warm heat from my wrist is gone and I see Jays fist going towards Noah.

He punches him in the middle of his face, blooding up Noah's nose. Jay shakes his hand before grabbing my wrist and pulling me out to the car.

"Jay! What the hell!" I yell at him and he just looks at me with a smirk, as if he did not just punch my ex in the face.

"I've wanted to do that for a while" He then opens the passenger door to the van containing the furniture. "Get in, were leaving"

"But what about-"

"Everything is already in the van. Now get in before I make you" His look goes stern and I get into the Van, fastening my seat belt.

I lean my head against the window as I watch him get into the van and start the engine.

"Wait, what about my brother?" He was supposed to help me unpack my things when we got back to the condo.

"He has some date tonight so he is taking the jeep, he told me to help you unpack"

"I don't need help" I say in an arguing tone as I turn to face him.

"And I don't need your attitude, so shut the fuck up before I make you walk home" I sigh and continue too look out the window as we drive back to the condo.

I watch as we drive past a garden filled with pink and yellow flowers and the van stops and I watch Jay get out of the van.

I raise a brow as he walks over and grabs some of the flowers and holds them in his hand.

He opens the van door and hands them to me. "Here, now can you stop throwing a fit and just let me help you"

"You think stolen flowers will make me change my mind?" I scoff and place the flowers in the center of the console and continue to look out the window at the trees and small townhouses we pass on the way back to the condo. They remind me of the time Noah and I visited his family in Utah.

I wonder if he told them how we ended things?

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I don't know what was going through my head when I wrote this but whatever lol.