I Found Home

Chapter 31

Hannah

« Be gentle with the brakes ! »

« Do you want me to caress them or something ? I am being gentle . »

« No you're not ! If that's your definition of gentle , then God help us when you're rough . »

Haze smirks looking at her with hungry eyes . « Don't worry , everyone enjoys it when I'm being rough.»

Okay that's enough , I lean my elbows on their seats and peek my head between them . « Guys , sorry to interrupt your erotic flirting but can you delay it for later when I actually have a full stomach so I can puke ? »

Paget's head snaps to me from the passenger seat , narrowing her eyes at me . « We're not flirting . »

« Yeah , Hannah . We're past that stage . » Haze says with his eyes on the road .

« We're in the kicking asses stage . » She glares at him , I never mentioned it before but Paget's face is not meant for glares , it only makes her look adorable .

« Kick all you want , you ain't running anywhere , doll . » His voice lowers as their green eyes clash .

When she said she was coming to pick me up , I didn't know he would come with her . Thank God Kane's car was hidden from their sight . When I got in she gave me an apologetic look and kept on finding excuses to yell at Haze , who's driving her car by the way . Her very precious car .

As they keep up with their bickering I can't help retreat into my mind and think of everything that has happened so far . It feels strange to see him after learning about our common sister . He is the only one who accepted her just fine and easily , Merlow and Iker are still not okay with this situation and I absolutely am not either . I wonder if he is aware that I know .

Being with Kane helped taking my mind off things but now ... I'm back to that spiral of negativity and anxiety about everything . I feel so small and insignificant like I can crash from one wrong word .

« That's not a princess treatment if you keep talking back to me . »

« So you know you're my princess ? That's a good start . »

For fuck's sake !

We finally make it to our neighborhood and I am more than relieved at the idea of being far away from these two . The tension between them is so palpable it makes it hard to breathe . I'm glad things between them might start to evolve but I'm too caught up in my own problems to tolerate it . Especially that there is that stab of jealousy at the fact that they can in fact show their feelings in public , or at least Haze can since Paget is still so set on giving him the cold shoulder and ignore his existence by never giving him a chance . I don't blame her though , he messed things up and only he can fix them .

I get out of the car but Paget quickly pulls my arm back . « Hey , aren't you going to tell me what's going on ? »

I stare at her then my eyes meet Haze's as he stands behind her . Judging from the look on his face , Melissa told him . He know about everything and he probably was aware that she planned to tell me . However he didn't tell Paget anything or try to warn me .

I study his green eyes and disheveled blonde hair , tattoos are covering his arms and chest , his allure is comfy and nonchalant but there is some sort of tenseness taking over his face . My gaze drifts back to Paget's , but just as I'm about to open my mouth to speak , Iker calls my name from behind me .

I turn around and see him walking towards us along with Merlow . They look so much alike the three brothers , Iker is a young version of Merlow and Haze .