Fighting Feelings

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Nadia POV

"Nadia my Dad's getting better isn't he?" Joseph asked from the back of the car.

"Of course he is you saw him today he had so much energy," I assured the boys.

Once we got back to Aunt Doreen's , the boys were exhausted and headed of to bed. I was about to leave when Aunt Doreen stopped me.

"We need to talk missy," she tells me as she takes a seat prompting me to take one too.

"I'm guessing this is about Caleb," I say deciding to not beat around the bush.

"You thought right... where is he Nadia? I need to know for the sakes of these boys," she explains. Or was she just being nosey? She was the boys guardian and wherever Caleb decided to go, it had nothing to do with her. It just hurt me to know that she cared now but where was she when Caleb was crumbling down. Perhaps I was mad at myself because where was I?

"I have no idea, he didn't tell me where he was planning on going, he just left," as much as it pained me to tell her the truth, she needed to know.

"So what about the kiss? You know the one that happened between the two of you,"

She just had to bring that up. Way to be tactful.

"That was nothing," I sigh I was wishing she had forgotten about that.

"Don't take this to heart, but does him leaving have anything to do with you? It's just I sense a lot of tension anytime I'm near the two of you," she goes on.

"I'm sorry but Caleb and I are purely platonic that day was just a blip, I don't know where and why he's left but I'm sure he'll be back in no time," I explain trying to give her some hope but it was most likely he would not be coming back.

"I know you care and that's okay... just let me know if you hear from him," she tells me before I leave.

I turned on my phone and I was bombarded with tons of messages from the boys asking me if I was alright and the girls asking when we were going to catch up. There was also Marcus who I'd grown to genuinely like as a person, we were at the talking stage where we were getting to know each other.

The boys hated his guts and Debbie thought that I was using him as a rebound which was far from the truth. Pamela was the only one shipping us as she liked to put it.

Marcus: Your father invited me to yours tonight to watch the game x

I sighed as I realised my father had gained a liking towards Marcus. I don't know why I didn't like that idea....

Nadia: I'm on my way I just dropped the boys to their Aunts x

Marcus: Alright I'll see you then x

I smiled before putting my phone in my pocket and starting the engine but not even a second after my phone starts to vibrate and as I check the screen, an unfamiliar number is displayed.

"Hello?" I ask.

It was silent.

"Nadia," as soon as I heard my name I knew who it was.

"Caleb! What the hell! Where are you?"

"I can't tell you that I just wanted to see how you were," he says leaving me fuming.

"What do you mean you can't tell me that, your Aunt and your brothers have been pestering me for information! They miss you Caleb and I do too!" I can't believe I just let him know that.

"I miss you too... I don't even think you understand how much," he sighs.

"Then come back, and we'll sort this whole mess together Caleb, I meant it when I said I'm here for you," it was at this moment that I realised how much I needed him in my life.

"I don't deserve you Nadia,"

"Right now you don't because you're being an ass! But truth be told we're all lost without you," I told him as I could feel my walls breaking down.

"If things we're different... I could've seen a future for us you know, but I can't be there for you and I want you to find someone that will adore you," I take a huge gulp. I didn't know he felt that way about me.

"I don't care about anyone else Caleb! All I want is you... so please don't leave me when I've finally decided to open up," I reply holding back my tears. I didn't even know I felt this way about him but I did know that he meant a lot to me.

"Look after my brothers for me and look after yourself," he says before ending the call leaving me staring at my phone in awe.

I drove back to mine whilst listening to no scrubs, it made the tears come flooding. It was as though I could not escape thinking about him.

We both finally opened up for him to smack me in the face with "look after yourself".

Once I entered the house, I was greeted with my brother, my father and Marcus sitting down with a few beers watching the game. My brother looked quite left out and I did sort of feel bad for him.

"You guys started the game without me?" I sulk.

"Well you were helping out that boy, wasting your time," My father huffs whilst Marcus chuckles and my my brother shakes his head.

"That boy is your best friends son, and anyways I went to visit Mr Daniels with the boys, its quite shocking that you claim him your best friend but you're barely there for him!" I rant on and on. It low-key had pissed me off a lot. My father was supposed to be Isaac Daniels best friend but he had barely been there for him. I'm guessing him allowing Caleb to stay with us was his only idea of help.

He made such an effort with Marcus but it's like he did not even care about Caleb.

"Nadia do not use that tone with me! We'll discuss this later not whilst we have a guest," my Father groans in annoyance and I just sigh in response.

"Well our guest is just as bad," I say as I had seen Marcus laugh alongside my father.

"Can I talk to you for a minute?" Marcus asks me. I nod and take him to the side.

"Why are you getting at me? What did I do?" He asks me.

"You were laughing with my father about Caleb and his brothers it just seems disrespectful," I say.

"You need to stop backing that guys corner.... have you heard about what's been going around?" He asks me leaving me confused.

I shake my head. What was the latest rumour?

"Well apparently he slept with Stephanie.... you know the night that I told you to go to him.." my heart stopped. I knew that he was with Stephanie that night but that just tainted my whole memory of that night.

Now all I could think about was those two in each other's arms.

"Look I didn't want to hurt your feelings but I wanted you to know that you care so much but he does he even care a fraction about you?"

Marcus's words hit me hard and it made me question everything.

Everything.

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