Black and Green

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

I slid into the back seat of the car and found Dr. Green sitting in the back and Mr. Blackbourne sitting behind the wheel. I had watched as North drove the big moving truck away, Luke sitting next to him playing on his phone.

"That was the best thing that could have happened, it worked perfectly!" Dr. Green exclaimed. He reached for my hand and held tight, giving me a big and bright smile. I returned it but felt like something could still go very wrong.

"That was a situation everyone wanted her out of; now that she is part of the Academy it was easy to do." Dr. Roberts said. I didn't realize that he knew much about my family situation or really what they had told him. Evidently they told him enough for him to agree to help.

I watched as I left the house behind and we passed Kota's, I nearly expected them to stop there and just drop me off. I knew that would defeat the purpose of the entire extraction, especially since my dad was probably still watching us. I turned to ask Mr. Blackbourne more questions, but a slight shake of his head when our eyes met in the rearview mirror had me keeping my mouth shut. I looked over to Dr. Roberts and guessed that it was not safe to talk about everything in front of him. He must only know enough to help and nothing more.

I picked a safe question, "Where are we going?" I looked out at the highway we were on and tried to guess, but I was bad with the area still and could not figure out where we were going.

"My house," Mr. Blackbourne said. I nodded and wondered if that was where I was going to be staying and calling home now. I knew that I could stay at any of their houses, but it was probably better to stay at a house that didn't have parents or siblings watching. They would wonder why I suddenly didn't have a home anymore. I felt sad to not have a home really anymore, which was strange since I spent next to no time at the house I had been calling home. The boys were my home now, I would always be at home now as long as I was with them. I started to feel better when thinking about what this really meant. I could be with them whenever I wanted, I didn't have to worry about my dad, sister or step-mom. I was free. For the first time in my life I could do the things that I wanted to do and not have to worry about it.

When we pulled up to Mr. Blackbourne's house we all got out of the car and Dr. Roberts pulled Mr. Blackbourne aside for a moment to talk. When they were done Dr. Roberts took the car keys and left. I guess the car we had used was his; it made sense, but I didn't think he would own a car like that. I picked him as being more likely to have a convertible.

We entered the house and all the guys were standing in the living room. Once they saw me they all came running at me. I stopped and was soon being lifted off the ground and passed around, being hugged and kissed. It was a little more than I could handle and soon I could not stop the tears from falling down my face. They cared so much and I was having a hard time believing it was all for me.

"Sang Baby, what is wrong?" North asked me. He set me down and wiped my tears away. I looked up at his face and his lumber jack beard, and a giggle escaped my lips. North looked confused until I reached out and gave a tug on his beard.

"You look like a lumberjack," I said voicing my thoughts.

"A lumberjack?" North asked. I nodded and he just shook his head, clearly amused with my observation. I started to laugh again and then everyone started to join in with me, even North.

"Where will I live now?" I asked once we all stopped laughing.

"You will live with me. The boys should have set up your room. You can decorate it later when we have some time," Mr. Blackbourne said. I was surprised that I had my own room in his house, even more surprised that I was going to be able to decorate it.

"How did you get my dad to change his mind?" I asked. I had been wondering since I had left and was hoping they didn't do anything illegal or anything that could get us in trouble.

"Who can resist free private boarding school? Now the money he was going to spend on you can be used for whatever he wants," Sean said. It made sense, I had a feeling there were some details that I was not hearing right now, but I could ask later once we were all settled again. We had other things we need to deal with anyway.

"We can talk more in the morning about what is all going to happen, for now let's eat something and then we can all go our separate ways for tonight. We are going to have a long few weeks ahead of us," Mr. Blackbourne said when he saw how close some of the guys were to yelling about how everything happened.

"What is for dinner?" I asked looking around. It was then that I noticed that Kota was missing, I hoped he wasn't off by himself because of what happened at the camp ground. Just as I was about to ask about Kota, the doorbell rang. Luke jumped up and ran to the door, throwing it open and grabbing something from the person outside.

Luke walked back in with a stack of pizzas and soon Kota followed him with even more, I was about to say they ordered too many but then thought better of it when I watched North take an entire box for himself.

"Sang, can we talk for a minute?" Kota asked. He looked shy and scared, not how I thought of him at all. He was brave, he gave orders and helped keep everyone in line.

I walked out to the backyard with him, concerned that he still felt bad about the shower and for how everything went down at Victor's. I still needed to talk to Victor, he went a little over the line with his shouting match. He could have been nicer about it, but I know he was mad and scared and reacted naturally.

"I'm so sorry, I had no idea about the shower. I should have listened to you though, you said no and I thought I knew better. I don't expect you to forgive me. but I want to try and help you in any way I can." Kota said. He looked close to tears and I was stunned by his words, he didn't think I would forgive him?

"Of course I forgive you Kota, you didn't know and that is my fault. I thought I could handle it but I couldn't. I do wish you had listened to me when I said no, but I don't blame you for anything," I said. Kota looked relieved and like I just told him he can live another day. He pulled me close, wrapping his around me and pressing his lips to my forehead.

I couldn't believe that he was taking the blame for the entire incident, it was just as much my fault if not more. He didn't know that I was scared of the shower, he thought I saw a spider and was scared of that.

"You're too nice for your own good, Sang, and I am going to do everything I can to keep you safe," Kota said. He eventually let me go when Luke yelled out the door that the pizza was going to get cold. We walked back in and I made sure to hold on to his hand so that everyone would understand that I was not mad at him. I didn't want them to give him a hard time and if they saw me being nice and I hoped they would follow my example.