Forever and Always | Protector AU

Chapter 8

Chapter 8

       Nolan and I had been spending every day together for basically the whole day, but now their spring break was over so they had to go back to school. Not only that, but I now had less than a week to figure out how to get back to my regular life, or else I was going to have to be separated from Nolan again.

       I couldn't handle being apart from him anymore. For the past month and a half, I hadn't been living with him, sleeping next to him, waking up next to him, and....doing other things.

       Insert Lenny face here.

       I didn't even know what I was supposed to do to get back to my regular life. Everything was slowly falling back into place. Ryder and Mae were back together, Nolan and I were dating, Orchid was no longer with Felix and would probably start crushing on Atticus soon.

       Maybe all that was left was getting Alan to stop being a homophobe.

       That seemed impossible to do, though. He was very stubborn, and wouldn't even listen to his grandparents when they tried talking to him about it.

       I was going to pick Nolan up from school today so we could go somewhere to hang out. As soon as I pulled into the parking lot, I saw quite a few students gathered around something or someone. Once I parked the car and got out, I saw who everyone was looking at.

       Nolan and Alan.

       And Nolan did not look good at all. He had a cut on his bottom lip, a small bruise was forming under his eye, and it looked like his ear was bleeding too.

       The brothers were currently arguing about something, but I had no idea what. If it was Alan who did that to Nolan, he better hide because my shovel was in my car and I was not afraid to use it.

       I had to hurry over there and push my way through the crowd, and I got there just in time because Nolan was about to launch himself at Alan, so I quickly had to wrap my arms around him to hold him back. Whatever they were arguing about must have been bad because Nolan would never, under any circumstance, fight someone, especially his own brother.

       "Look, everyone!" Alan announced loudly, addressing the people watching. "It's the guy Nolan dumped Janelle for! Oh, and did I mention that he's three years older and lives in Quebec?! That's right, my fourteen year old brother is dating someone who is seventeen and lives in a whole other country! So, congratulations, Nolan, on completely ruining your life!"

       "I'm ruining my life?" Nolan asked, trying to get out of my grasp but I wouldn't let him. "You were just standing there watching me as your so-called friends beat me up!"

       "They are my friends, not my 'so-called' friends," Alan said. "And you really think I could have stopped them? It would have been three against one."

       "Yet, Elizabeth had no problem risking suspension and taking on all three guys," Nolan said. "She got suspended, but she doesn't care because family comes first."

       "Well, none of that wouldn't have happened if you didn't choose to date him," Alan said.

       "I'm not choosing to be gay!" Nolan said. "Why would I choose to be someone that caused me to get beat up? Why would I choose to be someone that my own brother hates? You really think I'm choosing this?"

       "Yes, I do," Alan said. 

       If Ryder was here, things would be going a lot worse for Alan's friends, and even Alan. But today, he just happened to be sick so he had to stay home.