Thwaites & Thompson

Mollifying the bull

*I introduce to you: Brandon Huston*⬆️

Thompson

Adam parks his car in and we all leave the car at once.

He gets the front door open with my key and then hands it to me.

I take it and head to my room after Nala.

The moment I stepped inside, I felt bad when Nala and I rushed into our rooms and left Adam out there. It broke my heart a little.
But if I know him, I'd know better.
He probably went into his room too and shrugged it off.

But I figured tonight I didn't know Adam at all.
Last night he was asking for my advice, tonight he asked me to stay out of this.

Both Cole and I advised him to listen to Nala. Yet, he's refusing to do just that.

What is he afraid of? Acceptance?
People fall in love and have sex all the time!
What do we know? Maybe Brandon is planning on marrying Nala. Then this would all be done for nothing.

Thwaites

I fucked up big time.
To Nala and to Tess...

But I don't regret punching Brandon.
He deserves what he'll be getting from me from now on.

I still couldn't believe Nala chose him.

And then there was Cole and all he said to me.
I'm mad at Cole as equally as I'm mad at Brandon.

He was the one who promised me they won't fuck around with my baby sister.
He promised me he'd make sure none of them entertained the sole thought of dating my sister.

Now he's telling me I don't get to decide for my sister who she dates...

Tess's words kept replaying themselves in the back of my mind.

Is this all worth it?

It was no longer about Brandon and Nala.
I'm mad at every single one of them.
I was being attacked by the three of them. Hell, four of them...

No one stood by me when I've expected Cole, of all people...

My chest heaved painfully.

I was not sending Nala back home. I could never do that to her...
I just needed her to know I could.
I needed them all to know that.

But then that would mean I had to agree to the two of them dating. And in my head, it sounded like I was agreeing to the two of them having sex again and again!

It's like watching Brandon do her and laugh at my face when I closed my eyes.

I sighed heavily and shut my eyes before I opened them again.

Tess...

I reach for my phone and type her a text.

*Asleep?*

I shut my eyes and place my phone on my chest so I can feel it when it vibrates at Tess's reply.

When she takes long to reply, I start considering a hell lot of things.

Maybe I really did upset her. Worse, frightened her...
She won't feel safe around me again...

Or maybe she just fell asleep.

But that was very unlikely.

I pull myself up and leave my room.

I find the TV switched on at the end of the hallway but as I walk to it, I find no one in the living room.