A&L: Trial and Error

11

My eyes flickered open and I was met my pastel blue and pink walls.

What the fuck happened.

I bent my neck and looked down and saw Alex on the edge of my bed and my mom sitting on my chair.

"Where's Liam?" I questioned, my voice raspy.

"What were you thinking?!" My brother snapped while walking over to me.

"Chill out. You were taking too long and Liam was getting his ass beat I had to do something. Also stop yelling my head fucking hurts." I straightened my back.

"Language." My mom said. "How are you?" She put her hands on the side of my face.

I winced. "I'm fine. Where's Liam?"

"He's downstairs. Talking to your father." My mom sat back down.

Shit. "Can I go see him?"

"Just lay down for a bit we'll go get him." My mom took my brothers arm and dragged him out.

Just before he was out the door he called out to me. "Oh yeah Ava, you're an idiot."

I stuck my middle finger. One day I will snap his neck.

I grabbed my phone and looked at my face in the camera. There was a huge bruise on my left cheek.

This bitch. I hope those two idiots fall in a hole.....a deep hole.

I was about to start swearing at no one because of how pissed I was, when I saw Liam walk in.

He had a busted lip and bruises on his face.

He walked over and I opened my mouth to speak but he stopped me. He wrapped his arms around my waist putting his face into the crook of my neck.

"I'm so sorry." He mumbled.

"Hey," I said softly. "It's not your fault Liam."

"It is."

I rolled my eyes. "It's not your fault and you know it."

"It is Ava." He sat on the bed beside me. "I shouldn't have punched him. I should have walked away. I should have been able to protect you yet you had to protect me and got yourself hurt."

I sighed. "You don't have to protect me all the time Liam. I can handle myself. It's neither of our faults, they made you very upset."

He nodded and I looked up at him. His eyes flickered to my lips and he started leaning closer to me.

HOLY SHIT HE'S GOING TO KISS ME. DOES MY BREATH SMELL.

"Ava are you hungr-woah." My brother barged in making us shoot apart.

Way to fucking ruin the moment.

"Nope." I said my teeth clenched.

I'm going to kill him.

"I'm going to go home it's really late. See you at school Ava?"

I nodded and smiled. He walked over to my brother who was giving him a death stare. He just nodded and continued walking.

"I could kill you right now." I said to him standing up.

"I could kill him." He mumbled.

"Since when are you protective?" I scoffed.

"Since boys actually started going after you. So I guess high school." He shrugged.

I scoffed. "Whatever." I stood up and walked over to him pushing him out.