Am I in love with my Step-Brother?

Chapter 16

I woke up wrapped in Nathan so I slid out and into the bathroom to brush my teeth. I then pulled on some running shorts and a sports bra and I put my armband on and put my phone in it with my headphones in my ear.

I then pulled on my Nike running trainers and headed out of the house.

I was jogging for a good 15 minutes when I heard a man shouting. I stopped and hid behind the wall just peaking.

The man was shouting down to a homeless man and he was holding a gun.

"Did you take my money?.... ANSWER ME!" He shouted.

"N..no I didn't t..take your money" the homeless guy said.

"I want you to tell me the truth right now. DID YOU TAKE MY MONEY?!" He shouted again.

"I.. I needed it fo-" the guy couldn't finish his sentence.

"Don't lie to me ever again. oh wait, there won't be a next time." The guy said and shot the homeless person and I let out a scream and quickly hid myself but I think he saw me.

I peaked around the corner and he was walking my way in long strides.

I started running and the guy started running as well so I started to sprint and eventually he gave up as I was too fast but I sprinted home just in case he decided to follow me again.

I swung the front door open and placed my hands on my knees and took 5 deep breathes and then walked into the kitchen and chugged down a pint of water.

"Hey, where've you been?" Taylor asked coming into the kitchen.

"I was out for a jog" I replied but it was obvious that she didn't believe me as I was still breathing really deeply.

"No you weren't. tell me the truth" she said.

So I told her right down to every detail. "...so the reason I was sprinting was to get away from the guy with the gun" I finished and drank another glass of water.

"What's going on here ladies?" Nathan said walking into the kitchen and saw the way that me and Taylor were standing so that it was obvious that we were having a conversation.

"Oh sorry, did I interrupt something? Wait. Gabriella I thought you were out for a jog. you look like you were sprinting" he said looking at me confused.

"She was running away from a g-" Taylor started but I clamped my hand over her mouth.

"What?! What were you running away from?!" Nathan said, suddenly sounding like a protective boyfriend.

"I.. eh... Was running away from a d...dog?" I said in a questioning way but I'm hoping that he is going to buy it.

"Gabriella, I'm not stupid. what were you running away from?" He said again sounding protective but this time he crossed his arms across his chest.

"A dog. I was running away from a dog" I said this time sounding more confident.

"Fine. I'm trusting you, but I'm not sure that it was a dog that you were running away from." Nathan replied while walking out of the kitchen.

"Phew" I said and then I turned towards Taylor. "Really!? Why did you just blurt it out?!" I said annoyed and she just laughed.

"You should have seen your face. it was priceless" Taylor said continuing to laugh.

"You know what. I was going to tell you about last night and how it went but I'm now not going to tell you. your lose." I said walking out of the kitchen leaving a stunned Taylor.