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Driving skills?

Noah's pov
James interrupted my conversation with debs so I never actually got the answer to my question but it won't leave my head and if James has the same heart condition does that mean Brooklyn does too? And what about piper? Do they know how their brother died?

Amanda walks over to me "you good?"Amanda asks and i nod "I know about their brother I was dating james when he passed and he was incredibly sweet"amanda says "were you friends with him?"i ask "yeah that's how me and james met he was my best friend for a while"amanda says "is that why your still close with piper and james?"i ask

"Yeah and the fact that I wasn't going to let me and James breaking up ruin our friendship"amanda says "did you go to the funeral?"i ask

"yeah I um was there when he passed so was james and piper and i remember sitting on the sofa with james and piper being sat on my lap and Daniel walked in and fell over holding his chest and i remember looking at james and james went pale and tried to help and he was sobbing and I was trying to calm piper down because she didn't know what was happening and I remember after Daniel went to the hospital james just sat on the floor not saying anything just hugging piper and ever since then when anything goes wrong for james or piper they immediately go to find each other"amanda says

"What happened after that?"i ask "uhh james was still into painting a lot and I remember walking into his room and it was a mess and he looked as if he hadn't slept in weeks which he hadn't but he was painting and I looked at the canvas and he had painted Daniel he continued to paint his memories with Daniel for years he even painted a picture of the day daniel died but stopped after he started dating riley...I think Riley MADE him stop doing that but I don't know why"amanda says

Piper walks over "Daniel?that's who your talking about?"piper asks and amanda nods "did you keep the paintings?"i ask looking at piper "yeah there downstairs but james won't let you see them he doesn't let anyone see them"piper says "why?"i ask "I think it's because he was hurt then and he doesn't like to admit it but he didn't stop hurting for years"piper says

"Hurting?like grieving?"i ask "yeah but also after Daniel died his mental health just dropped and he was inflicting pain on himself because he blamed himself for Daniel dying and he still does blame himself"piper says but james walks over "pipes im okay now"james says and we all sit down "do you remember Christmas that year? Daniel woke us up at like 2am to open presents but when we told him it was too early you let him stay in your bed with us for hours and we all stayed up talking until piper came in telling us how Santa had came so we all had to pretend to believe in him"amanda says but towards the end her voice starts to shake

Piper doesn't hesitate to walk over to Amanda and sit in her lap "I'm okay pipes"amanda says kissing pipers head "why were you here and not with your parents?"henry asks looking at amanda "my mum had died a few months before and my dad is well my dad so I was in foster care and debs told me to stay here for a while I ended up staying for about a year"amanda says

"Okay your like cursed first your mum then Daniel and then Noah almost died hell nah get away from me!"Henry says and we all glare at him but amanda just walks off and me,James,emily,richelle and Giselle follow her but I go back to Henry and i grab him by his shirt and I drag him to amanda "apologise!"i shout "no! That girl is cursed I mean how do we know she didn't kill jet mum and Daniel!"henry says and our jaws drop

"YOU DO NOT TALK TO OR ABOUT AMANDA LIKE THAT LEAVE"deborah shouts in the loudest voice I've ever heard from her and i hug amanda "I just want them back"amanda sons into my chest "I know you do"i say softly "I'll be back!"jacquie says before walking out but when she comes back she has a bruised lip "Henry will not be saying anything else about you"jacquie says as she hugs amanda

After a while me,james,amanda,Giselle,emily,michelle,Richelle and jacquie go back to ems and we're all talking but I notice richelle and jacquie flirting and I begin to wonder if they've asked each other out yet but either way richelle is head over heels for jacquie "are you thinking the same thing?"emily whispers "when are they going to ask each other out?"i say "yeah! I mean look at them!"emily says as we both look at richele and jacquie who are both laughing and whispering to each other

watching them like that kind of makes me wish I could be like with james but I have no clue if he's attracted to guys plus not to mention we've been friends for a while so I don't want to it risk our friendship ver something stupid like a crush maybe I could kiss him on new years? I look at james who is burping Brooklyn or rather trying to but Brooklyn is quite stubborn

We all started talking about what we want to happen in the new year,richelle said she was pretty happy with the way things were now same with jacquie,james of course said he just wants everyone to be happy and healthy but that didn't stop me from making a remark that not everyone deserves to happy or healthy clearly hinting at Riley and my dad

Emily said for there to be wars in any way around the world,michelle said said she just she wanted to not get ill this year considering that she's been ill at least once every year for the past two years and I said I wanted there to be no drama especially in the studio but let's be real that is not a realistic expectation or hope Giselle said virtually the same thing as emily but amanda being the sassy and hot headed person she is said to see ozzy fall from the pedestal he had put himself on

I mean who wouldn't want to see that dickhead become miserable he thinks better then everyone else when in reality he's just a normal person that always HAS to cause drama when the attention isn't on him much like Riley but not as bad as her but definitely a close second

We started to come up with new year resolutions mine was to get a car adapted for me to be able to drive again if I'm not legally allowed to drive due to my prosthetic leg that is of course if I can go near a car let alone get in one the only reason I can get in Emily's is because she is a very careful driver especially when I'm in the car where as amanda will flip someone off or start an argument if someone cuts her off and she speeds a bit but I haven't been in James' car and I'm not sure I want to seeing how easily distracted he can get

We all started taking about my crash something that my therapist recommended to allow myself to think about it more often amanda asked how james hadn't gotten in a crash considering he's almost been in a few himself but james made a remark "as if your one to talk little miss i shout at someone for the smallest reason while driving"james says as he puts Brooklyn in her cott

Putting Brooklyn down after saying that to Amanda may of been his biggest mistake of his life other then dating riley because Amanda stood up and started chasing him shouting for him to take back what he said but james knowing he can't run forever and amanda will definitely catch up to him yanks me up off the sofa and hides behind me knowing amanda wouldn't lay a hand on me,amanda stops in tracks glaring at james for his minor win "you know you can't hide behind noah forever right?"giselle asks

"I know I just need to catch my breath before I start running again"james says in between heavy breathing everyone knows that amanda won't give in until james apologises,james suddenly jumps on the sofa and over the back of it leaving a shoe print of mud on Emily's brand new white sofa "MY SOFA"Emily says sitting up

James now had two extremely angry people running after him we laugh as james runs around shouting that he's sorry to both emily and amanda "can someone help me?!"james says the rest of us who weren't being chased or chasing someone looked at each other and shook our heads absolutely pissing ourselves when james trips over the rug ultimating face planting the floor and I cringe when I hear his head smack the hard floor

Amanda now bent over crying with laughter "james you alive?"michelle says gently tapping him with her foot,james suddenly jumps running again with emily and amanda both right behind him until james managed to corner himself after he ran upstairs running into my room

After James apologised a trillion times amanda and emily both stopped and they walked downstairs where me,richelle,jacquie,Giselle and Michelle were crying with laughter