Just One Yesterday

From Nutella to Nowhere

"Run?! Aaron, are you-" Isabel began. "Okay." 

She really didn't want to run like this- knee length jeans and a t-shirt. And especially barefoot. She put on a full black jeans, took her "make up set" which was actually weapons in disguise, which her father and brother had collectively given her after that stupid incident.

"What are you doing?" Aaron said. The call was still on.

"Changing."

"Changing?! ISABEL THIS ISN'T THE TIME FOR THIS. YOU REALIZE-"

"You're the one who's scared of him. Like a baby. If you hadn't played with that weird shapeless toy-"

"Look, it wasn't a toy. That thing was dangerous. That's why the police are behind him. And you know very well what he did just because I knew about it, and I'm really scared of what he'll do now." Aaron said in a serious tone. "Can you hurry? I was already in a lot of trouble with Dad last time. Let's wrap it up before I have to tell him."

"Okay okay relax, I'm almost done. Taking some money along with me now." Isabel said while she put money in her pocket and began wearing her shoes. "Putting on shoes. I'll call you later. Hope you have it safely hidden." She cut the call.

She angrily turned off the tv. She wasn't done having nutella and watching marauders edits just yet, but her day just had to be disturbed.

She put her phone, charger and earphones in her pockets and began climbing out of her kitchen window.

She didn't even bother to run. She calmly walked away, making her way through the neighbor's backyard. She climbed above the fence and onto the road and nobody noticed. Then she continued to walk with songs loudly bursting in her ears through her earphones.

***

Nathan waited for her for about 20 minutes. Then he shook his head in disappointment and walked towards his car.

"Sir?" one of his bodyguards asked.

"She must have run away." Nathan guessed. "That's acceptable."

"Sir, if you asked, I could-"

"No." he said firmly. And, everybody knew the embarrassing fact that Aaron could now bring him down with a single call on his phone if his sister even complains.

The bodyguard stayed silent.

***

Isabel had been walking for about two hours without stopping. She obviously didn't plan on leaving London. She would just stay hidden for long enough till Aaron sorts it out then go home. She didn't even see why she was involved in all this - Aaron was the one who had gotten them all into this mess. Well, now she couldn't really complain, because she had appreciated him. She had asked to join him in that crazy... whatever it was. She didn't want to call it a mission.

She wanted to call her Dad and tell him everything. He was the only one who could get her out of this. But she didn't do it because she didn't want her brother to get badly grounded again. It would suck to have a frikking job and be grounded.

She never understood why, but Aaron was scared of Nathan Blackwood. He was scared of what he would do. And her dad would never, ever admit it, because he wanted to stay strong for them, but he was a little scared too. Isabel wasn't. She would break Blackwood's legs and give them in his own hands if she wanted to. She did give him a pretty bad kick last time. 

The biggest thing was, her mother didn't know about all this. Not even about the first time. Isabel really wanted to tell her, because Aaron was getting kicked out no matter when she got to know. If she can't go home for long enough, her mother will have to know.