Astrid’s P.O.V.
Anthony shoves Duke backwards and he says, “I am staying here to protect Astrid.” Duke was about to interject but then I say, “Please let him stay Duke, I will answer anything you or your dad asks.” Duke looks at me with a sad look and says to Anthony, “Fine you can stay here.” I sigh in relief and then Chika comes out of the car and says, “I’m staying here with Astrid too.” I smile at her and then Scott, Duke’s father, comes out of the house and says, “Duke, bring Astrid inside.” Duke begins to walk over towards me so I run away from him and into the house. Scott leads me to the living room, points to a chair, and says, “Sit in it.”
I sit in the chair and Duke, Anthony, and Chika come in, sit down and Scott says, “Astrid, I am so sorry about what happened to you.” I flip him off and say, “Fuck you, you’re not sorry at all.” Duke begins to speak but then Scott says, “No Duke, your right Astrid, if I was truly sorry, I would’ve forced Duke to apologize to your family.” I shake my head and say, “My dad wouldn’t listen to it anyway.” Scott nods and says, “Let’s drop the subject and get onto the subject that discuss you and Duke.” I shake my head and say, “There is no us and nothing that you say will change my mind.” Scott sighs and says, “Can you at least hear me out?”
I shake my head and say, “First we make a deal.” Scott nods his head and I say, “I listen to whatever you have to say but then afterwards you let me go and I never see you or Duke again.” Duke was about to interject when Scott says, “You got a deal.” I nod my head and we begin talking and when we got done, Anthony took me home and when I got to my house there was cops everywhere. I got out of the car with stuff that I bought and I enter the house and I run into my dad. He pulls me into a hug and he says, “Where the hell were you?” I hug my dad back and say, “Anthony and Chika picked me up to go to the mall.”
My dad forces me to look at him and he says, “You should’ve told me that you were going out.” I nod my head and say, “I’m sorry dad, I’ll make sure to tell you the next time I decide to go somewhere.” My dad nods his head and I feel something on my head so I look up at my dad and I see that he’s crying. I wipe his tears away and my dad says, “I’m sorry sweetie, I thought maybe Duke took you away from me.” I begin to cry and then my dad pulls me into a hug and I knew that I couldn’t tell him that Duke had kidnapped me. After we get done hugging, my dad tells the cops that I came home so they left and then I went upstairs to lay down on my bed. I woke up two hours later to the smell of my dad’s cooking so I went downstairs and I run into Matt and he says, “Astrid, I demand a hug.” I laugh and then I wrap my arms around Matt and he says, “I was worried about you.” I nod my head smiling and Matt says, “Tomorrow you and me are going to hang out wherever you want to go.”
Matt lets go of me and then dad yells out, “Lunch is ready!” We head to the kitchen to get food and for some reason everybody wasn’t talking. I got done quickly cause the silence was making me want to pull out my hair. When I entered my room, Bella was chewing on a bone and then I sat on my bed not wanting to do anything anymore. I kicked my shoes off and then I laid on my bed wanting to listen to ‘Let it die’ by Ozzy Osbourne. So I did just that and I began mouthing the words, not missing a single word. I got bored and tired of mouthing lyrics and then I decided to take a nap.
I woke up three hours later to burnt food and I realized that it’s Mike cooking because he can never cook right without burning something. I head downstairs to run into Mike and he says, “Was about to come up and tell you that its dinnertime.” I nod my head and say, “Where’s everybody else at?” Mike sighs and says, “Dad had to go to work and Matt and Jared decided to go and hang out with friends.” I nod my head and Mike says, “I’m trying to get better at cooking, alright?” I nod my head smiling and say, “I know you are and you’re going to get better at it.” Mike smiles and says, “Let’s eat.”
