Isabella's life has been anything but easy. At 14, she's already endured more than most. Her mother and her mother's boyfriend, Jack, were both controlling and abusive, leaving Isa to navigate the scars of their manipulation. Her mother always told...
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I ruffle Samuel's ears as we walk to Dylan's room, I press myself close to Nick for comfort, I really don't want to meet Arthur right now. To be honest I am quite mad at Nick for hiding Samuel from me, but because I was the first one he showed him to, he's forgiven.
We arrive at Dylan's room without encountering anyone, the door is open. Dylan is on the bed curled up in a ball still crying, Alex is sitting beside him stroking his hair and Ezra is standing next to Alex. I don't remember him being here earlier so he must've come in later, but everything was so chaotic earlier that I can't remember properly.
Ezra is the first to look up, he frowns "What's that?!" he says pointing at Samuel. I bring him closer so that he can look. Ezra backs away almost...scared. "Is that... a cat?!" he exclaims, still backing away from me. "Where the hell did you find a cat?!"
"Ezra" I whine "Come back!" he shakes his head. "It's fine he's not going to bite you!"
"Hell no!" he says from the other side of the room "Do you have any idea how many diseases he might have" I laugh at him. Seeing my big scary brother get scared by a cute cat is too precious.
I walk to the bed, still holding Samuel. I sit down, so that Dylan is sandwiched between me and Alex, who peers curiously at my lap. "Where did you get a cat?" he inquiries raising an eyebrow.
"It's Nicks!" I say looking towards Nick who's standing awkwardly in the doorway. "His name is Samuel and he's something British" I rush out "He's a British Shorthair." Nick explains. I nod "Yeah that one."
Alex puts his hands around Dylan's waist and pulls him up so that he is in a sitting position, well kind of. Since the only thing keeping him upright is Alex. He whimpers in pain when his stomach is touched.
I look at Dylan, his eyes are red and puffy from crying and his whole body is trembling. Alex strokes him gently trying to calm him down, I watch as Alex whispers something in his ear and he raises his head to look towards me. I gently lift Samuel and put him in Dylan's lap. Samuel lays down immediately and my brother extends a trembling hand to pet him, Samuel sniffs his hand and licks it.
We stay like that on the bed for a while, Alex holding Dylan, me and Dylan petting Samuel. Soon my brother stops crying, while still letting out some sniffles and whimpers once in a while. I find myself being lifted into the air and onto someone's lap, I look up to see who the perpetrator is... Ezra. Nick is still standing in the doorway staring at us absentmindedly. I giggle at Ezra. "What?! What's funny?!"
"You!" I say laughing
"Me?" he asks,slightly amused.
"Have you stopped being scared of a tiny little cute cat Ezra?" I taunt him
"I-I was not!" He defends. "Its just probably carring some diseases or something."
"Fine then if you're not scared, pet him!" I challange. I watch as Ezra extends his hand and touches Sammy with the point of his finger tip before hurridly retreacting his hand.
"There I did it, happy now?"
"You barely touched him!" I complain taking his hand a putting it in Sammy, forcing him to stroke the little furry creature.
"His soft" Ezra says in awe, continuing to pet him.
"He's a cat!" I exclaim.
"Where did you find a cat anyways?" Alex asks.
"He's mine." Nick speaks up walking towards the bed.
Alex raises an eyebrow, his left hand stroking Dylan's hair he gives Nick a look that says 'elaborate' "I got him a couple months ago when he was a kitten he has been staying with me in my room."
"Ah, so that's why you keep going out randomly during the middle of the week, I thought you finally developed a social life"
"I do have a social life."
"I mean out of your computer." Nick doesn't say anything, but has an amused look on his face mixed with annoyance "You're going to end up becoming an old lady with 20 cats." Alex chuckles and looks down at Dylan who's sleeping peacefully in his arms. He gently slides Dylan off of him and lays him under the covers. I'm still in Ezra's lap. My back is on his chest, I snuggle into him and he wraps his arms around me.
Just as I'm about to fall asleep a voice breaks through the air "What's happening here, family snuggle time? And why is there a cat on the bed?!" My eyes snap open and I see Lorenzo in the doorway. He's wearing light blue jeans and a black leather jacket, his car keys dangle off one of his fingers and a smirk appears on his face.
"Enzo, please go and fetch Roger we need to talk and please check on Dominic, make sure he's ok. I'll meet you in my office." Alex says, Lorenzo's smirk drops and concern floods his face, he looks towards Ezra for an explanation but doesn't get one, finally he nods and walks out of the room. Alex kisses Dylan on the forehead and gets up, he circles the bed and plants a kiss on my head. He looks up at Ezra "Stay with them, ok?" Ezra nods "Nick your coming with me, bring the cat with you if you want, it's fine."
They both walk out and Ezra tells me to go back to sleep, even though I was never asleep in the first place. I close my eyes and snuggle into his shirt, I feel his arms tighten around me. As I'm falling asleep I feel my brother put me under the sheets and tucking me in, so that I'm next to Dylan.
A/N
Hey guys finally posted. What do you think? This chapter is for Ash8Rosie3, hope this cheers you up pookie. I'm sorry you had a bad day :(
I'm currently in vacation in Spain, yay and they have different charging ports so I couldn't charge my computer. Question for my Squid Game fans: Who's your favourite Player or Player's in Squid Game?
