The Badboy's Daughter

Chapter 9

"Skye please this is silly! I made you lunch,please just open the door and talk to me" Joel says banging on the door for the fiftieth time today.

"Leave me alone Joel"

As you can see I'm still very angry at him.

"Mummy why won't you let Uncle Joel play tea party with us?" Siena asks pouring pretend tea for her teddy bears.

"Mummy and Joel are just having a little argument that's all. He can play with us another time maybe" I say back sipping my pretend tea.

I haven't talked to Joel since his outburst at school. Maybe I'm over reacting... Maybe he's right... But I can't think about that right now, I'll talk to him about it later I suppose.

Just when I thought he gave up trying to come in, I hear his voice say "Yeah she's in there."

A soft knock sounds against my bedroom door.

"I told you Joel to leave me alone!" I snap angrily.

"Birdy it's me"

Alex.

I slowly stand up and unlock the door quickly before sitting back down.

"Good luck bud, your walking through a minefield. You never know when she'll blow" Joel mutters.

"Oh go suck a duck" I scowl.

"That's original" Alex says shutting the door behind him.

"Sorry I snapped at you when you knocked. I thought you were Joel"

He comes and sits beside me joining the tea party. I snuggle into his chest and his fingers weave their way into my hair, playing with it softly.

"What did the poor guy do to make you so mad?" He smiles down at me.

"I don't want to talk about it" I say snuggling further into him, breathing in his masculine smell.

"Hey now! Don't go shutting me out! I don't want to be him" He laughs.

"Sorry..." I sigh.

"It's okay Birdy. You can tell me when your ready"

Now I have to tell him ugh.

"He admitted to liking me in a way"

"Oh" He says his voice softening.

"I don't like him like that, you have nothing to worry about in that department. He was getting angry at me for kissing you and uh I don't know what to do"

"Technically we aren't together so he is kinda over reacting"

"Yeah I guess your right"

Ouch, that one stung.

"I'm gonna go talk to him and apologise would you be able to watch her?" I motion to Sienna playing with her dolls and teddies.

"Yeah for sure"

"Nenna mummy is just gonna go talk to uncle Joel. Be a good girl for Alex I'll be back in a minute" I say standing up and heading for the exit of her room.

"Joel?" I call.

"Has the devil risen? Is that really you?"

"Fine forget it I don't know why I bother----"

"I'm joking I'm joking I'm in my room, well not really my room the spare room."

We had a spare room, but we basically deemed it as Joel's. He sleeps over more days than I can count.

"I'm sorry" I say entering his room.

"You shouldn't be sorry at all. I should be. Come sit" he says patting the spot next to him on his bed.

Hesitantly, I walk over and sit next to him, making sure there is a gap between us.

"Oh.." He says noticing the space I've placed between us.

"I'm sorry---" We both say at the same time.

"You first" I say brushing a piece of hair behind my ear.

"I'm sorry I snapped about Alex. You must really like him huh? Well, anyway I'm sorry. I shouldn't have acted how I did it was childish. I just have a bad feeling about him I don't know what it is, I just do. I care about you Skye. I don't want you to get hurt."

"You hurt me Joel..." I mumble.

"I know... I know... I'm sorry. If you like him, you like him. My feelings can't and wont stop that. I'm sorry" he says, pulling me in for a hug which I can't help but return.

I'll always love Joel, I don't want to loose him ever. But Alex is a part of my life too now. Joel needs to accept that.