Daughter of two Arsenal legends.

Part 14

Noah's POV:

Noah: "fuck no, get this mother fucker out of my house, right now."
Lucas: "Noah."
Noah: "fuck no! You brought him here?! Are you fucking crazy!"
I grab Jackson by his collar and push him against the wall.
Lucas: "Noah!"
Jackson: "just let me explain, please!"
Noah: "you can get the fuck out of my house!"

Isla's POV:
Noah has Jackson pinned against the wall, everyone shouting at him to stop. I'm not saying anything, I can't, I don't have anything to say.
Leah: "NOAH JAMES WILLIAMSON! Stop it!"
Mama pulls Noah off him.
Lucas holds him back.
Noah: "after what he's done to our sister you bring him here?!"
Lucas: "because I'm the only one who actually listened to him!"
Noah: "no luke, you're just the gullible one who will fall for this bastards lies!"
Lucas doesn't say anything.
Leah: "Noah that's enough!"
Noah: "fuck this."
Noah walks out of the front door and slams it behind him. We all hear his car start up and it screeching off the driveway.
Amelia: "why Lucas, why?"
Lucas: "because what he's saying is true."
Jackson: "please just hear me out."
I nod.
Jackson: "can we talk in the garden?"
Isla: "if you want us to hear you out, you're going to tell us all at the same time."
He nods.
We all sit in the living room.
Jackson: "her name is libby. I went to high school with her, just friends, we were in the same friendship group and all that. We lost touch when I left to go play for Arsenal so when she messaged me asking if I was okay after my injury I replied and we reconnected. Purely as friends. Isla had just gone back to Manchester so when she asked for coffee, I just wanted company, someone to talk to that wasn't the arsenal shrinks or my parents. We went for coffee and couple of times, then last night we went for a couple of drinks. Nothing flirty, I mean I went in joggers and a grubby T-shirt for Christ sake.
Anyway, my taxi called saying it was 5 minutes away so we started heading outside. I turned around to hug her and she just kissed me, right in front of all the paparazzi and everything."
He lifts his head up and looks at me.
Jackson: "baby I swear it's the truth."
I look at Lucas.
Isla: "how do you know it's the truth."
Lucas: "look at him Isla, I know him, so do you."
Isla: "let's go outside."
Jackson just nods and follows me out there.

We are sat on the step.
Isla: "why didn't you tell me last night? Fuck why didn't you tell me about her in the first place?"
Jackson: "I didn't want to ruin your focus for today, you've been waiting to play again for ages and I didn't want to take that away from you. And for telling you about her, I really didn't think anything of it. I just didn't use my stupid brain. I love you Isla, I love you so fucking much."
Isla: "I love you Jackson."
I kiss him.
Jackson: "I'm so sorry."
Isla: "it's okay, just please don't hide shit from me"
Jackson: "I won't babe."
I hug him tightly.
Jackson: "you played so well today, so free and happy."
Isla: "you watched?"
Jackson: "how could I not?"
I kiss him softly before we go back inside.

Leah: "all good?"
I nod and hug Jackson's side.
Leah: "good, right mum and I are going home."
Lucas: "yeah I'm going too."
Jackson: "you coming babe?"
Isla: "no, I'm going to wait for Noah."
Jackson: "really?"
Isla: "yep, you guys go, I'll be home soon."
Everyone nods and leaves, Jackson kisses my cheek before heading out the front door.

Amelia: "what a mess."
Isla: "I believe him though."
Amelia: "Noah would too if he didn't have such a short fuse."
Isla: "yeah."
Amelia: "it's only because he loves you so much though."
Isla: "I know but he needs to calm down, especially with baby being due any day."
Amelia: "I think that's part of the problem, he's stressing and it taking it out on everyone."
Isla: "it'll be okay once he has her in his arms."
Amelia: "hopefully"

An hour or so later Noah walks through the door.
Noah: "hi."
Amelia: "calmed down now?"
Noah just nods.
Noah: "Isla."
Isla: "what?"
Noah: "look I know I blew up, and I'm sorry about that, but I'm only trying to protect you."
Isla: "I don't need protecting Noah."
Noah: "you do."
Isla: "no I don't, you don't get that I'm an adult, i can make my own decisions without you being a prick."
Noah: "you're my baby sister Isla."
Isla: "who's not a baby anymore."
Noah: "he's hurt you."
Isla: "no if you'd have listened to him, listened to Lucas, you'd have understood that it was all taken the wrong way. I believe him. The pain in his eyes, what he had to say, he is telling the truth and I know it. You just don't seem to have any faith in anyone."
Noah: "Isla."
Isla: "no I've said my piece, I'm going home, to Jackson. You have no place telling me who I can and can't be with. Sort it out Noah, before your daughter arrives."
With that I walk out. Not saying a word to him.
I walk down the street to Jackson's house, only a couple of streets away from Noah's and I knock on the door.
Linda: "hi honey, he's upstairs."
Isla: "thank you."
I walk up to Jackson's room and go straight in.
Jackson: "baby, hi."
Isla: "hi my love."
I kiss him softly whilst he's laid in bed.
Isla: "mind if I join you?"
Jackson: "you never have to ask that question."
I climb into bed next to him.
Jackson: "you speak to him?"
Isla: "yeah."
Jackson: "and?"
Isla: "not much was said on his part. I said my piece and left."
Jackson: "I'll say I'm sorry a thousand times a day."
Isla: "you don't have anything to apologise for Jackson. I know that, Lucas knows it."
Jackson: "are you sure?"
Isla: "more than sure."
I kiss him again.
Jackson: "when do you go back?"
Isla: "tomorrow."
Jackson: "oh."
Isla: "Gareth gave me a couple days off but now we are okay I can go back."
Jackson: "okay."
Isla: "are you okay?"
Jackson: "I'm glad you are back in my arms."
Isla: "as long as we communicate then I'll always come back."
He kisses my head and we drift off to sleep wrapped up in each other.

The next morning I wake up before Jackson does, I go downstairs and start making him his coffee and getting his tablets together.
Linda: "morning sweetheart, sleep okay?"
Isla: "I did, he's still asleep, just getting his coffee and tablets."
Linda: "thank you for hearing him out. He was crying thinking he had lost you. He loves you more than anything."
Isla: "I love him too."
Linda: "when do you go back?"
Isla: "this afternoon."
Linda: "did you speak to Noah?"
Isla: "yeah, it's up to him now, if he can't forget about it then he can leave us alone."
Linda: "just don't hate him for it okay? He loves you, you're his little sister and he just wants to look out for you."
Isla: "I know"

The rest of the morning goes smoothly, I haven't heard anything from Noah but it's his choice to talk to me, I'm not making any more moves for him to talk to me. I've had enough of his shit. I say bye to Jackson before getting on a train back to Manchester. Still nothing from Noah, but it's his loss.

Jackson texts me asking if I got there okay, I reply saying I did and I go straight to bed when I get in. I'm so tired from the past couple of days that I need an early night.