Ice Cold Hearts

Chapter 9:

    Wandering. Aimlessly wandering through the abandoned city where I once lived. Drew was next to me but he was younger, way younger. Maybe eight which meant I too was way younger, only six. Mom was behind us about four buildings back. She was just staring at this building like it was the best thing she'd ever seen. Drew and I must've grown bored of it, wandering off by ourselves.
    Finally we heard a noise. A voice. Both Drew and I faced The direction of the voice to see a man standing by Momma. She had her arms wrapped around him tightly.
    Who was this man?
    When we return to mamas side she let go of the man. That she spoke, "Ella, Drew, this man here is –"

    Knock. Knock. Knock.
    Someone was at the front door.
    But before I could even get out of bed the door was open, closed, and three voices spoke. The first voice asked, "is she here bro?" Soon followed by a second voice saying "is she even awake?" And then a third voice, "come on Jake? We just want to meet the girl."
    If I hadn't known better I would've assumed the three men were here to kidnap me. But I didn't know better. Jake when they answer the door for these three random men. That's when it all clicked. The three other voices were Parker, Luke, and Jackson – Jake's three best friends. If anyone knew these boys better, it would be him.
    Hardly phased by this Jake asked, "Parker what are you doing? If every light in the house is turned off and it's midnight, don't you think either the family is sound asleep or not home? Ella is sleeping like a normal person would do the night before their first day of school. Please just go home. You can meet El's tomorrow. " right now I was smiling like a fool. He had a nickname for me! Today (or technically yesterday since it's midnight) has been amazing!
    I had nothing to lose by meeting them now so I crawled out of bed and walked into the hall area. "The queen has awaken from thy sleep! You must be the amazing Ella. I'm Luke and this is Jaxson and Parker. "
    "Nice to meet you, "I said well wrapping my arms around Jake. He kissed my four head and return before I noticed how Parker's job practically hit the floor. Conversation sped up really quick after that. All three boys start talking over one another but Jake just held his hand out, indicating that he would explain.

    I finally went to lay back down around one when the boys left. Honestly they were is bad as I expected. Jaxson was definitely a flirt but in a nice way. Parker and Luke on the other hand, were more straight up and honest. Well I take that back, Parker wasn't very nice at all but that goes along with his honesty. Parker had trash talked about the scar my throat from surgery, which really hurt my feelings. Something along the lines of me trying to slip my neck because I was depressed over losing my family.
    Jaxson try getting him to stop but nothing was going to work. He was on a roll and quite proud of himself. By the end of his speech we weren't that far apart. I punched him in the gut then shoved him to the floor. As I walked back to my room I could hear Jade telling them to leave that instant.