The Stepbrother - Noah Centineo (COMPLETED)

Arielle, lower your voice.

Arielle's PoV

"I'm sorry-" I widened my eyes, looking at my dad from across the table.
"You were what?" I choked on my food ever so slightly, not believing what I was hearing.
"Kelly and I were thinking of buying a house together. You and Noah would obviously come along." He repeated himself.
"Already?" I asked, completely shocked over the whole situation.
"I've only met them once. I'm not prepared to live in the same house as them 24/7." I shook my head frantically.
"Kelly and I have been seeing each other for over six months now, we think we're ready." He lifted his fork up to his mouth, taking a chip off of it.
"You've known her for six months and I only heard about her last night?" I was getting slightly pissed at him. What the fuck?
"Arielle, lower your voice." He spoke sternly to which I rolled my eyes, stabbing my fork into a chip. We were back to the normal food, burger and chips.
"You might be ready to start a new life with them, but I'm not." I shook my head. I suddenly lost my appetite.
"Like I said, we're only thinking about it." He responded.
"Even if we were to move, it wouldn't be until the New Year anyway so you'll have plenty of time to get to know them." He took a sip of his water.
We were in September now. That doesn't give me plenty of time. It only gives me three months. Ughhh.
"Fine." I groaned, standing up and grabbing my plate.
"Thanks for dinner." I mumbled. He watched me as I walked over to the bin, emptying my left over food  into it before I placed it in the dishwasher and wandered off upstairs.

You probably think I'm overreacting but how can I just be fine with moving out? This is my family home. It has been since I was 2 and I'm now twenty. 18 years, that's a lot of memories to just throw away. Many sad yet magical moments. I was emotionally connected to this house and I wasn't ready to move, not just yet. Especially with two strangers. I wonder if Noah knows about this and what his thoughts on it are...

I walked over to my record player, putting in a 70's record, the sweet sound of Fleetwood Mac drowned out the silence. 'The chain' was one of my all time favourite songs. It just had such a good feel to it. You could listen to it no matter how you felt. Sad? Put 'the chain' on. Angry? Put 'the chain' on. Happy? Put 'the chain' on. It works wonders guys.

Falling down to my bed with a huff, I thought about how different life would be if mum was here. Dad wouldn't be seeing other women... well, I hope not anyway. Mum would be by my side, comforting me in times of need. Dad would do the same from time to time but when he's the ones who's pissed me off, he's the last person I wanted comfort from.
I know that it could be worse. We could be moving in with each other tomorrow. That would really suck.
The swirls on my ceiling suddenly became so interesting as I thought to myself.

My thinking was cut short as a text pinged up on my phone.

FROM UNKNOWN
Hi, it's Jude. You know, the guy who threw the ball at you in the park today? Lol... sorry? I thought I'd text you quickly so you had my number saved in your phone :)

I smiled. He hadn't forgotten to text me.

TO JUDE
Oh, it's you 😒 IM KIDDING... or am I? Aha. How are you?

FROM JUDE
Ouch, my heart just shattered into a million pieces.

Good to know he had my sense of humour.

FROM JUDE
I'm great, thanks. How are you?

TO JUDE
Yeah, I'm good thanks :)

Jude and I ended up texting the rest of the night, just getting to know each other. He was pretty interesting. Apparently he had two sisters, both younger than him. Juliet and Tammy. They seemed rather cool. He also had parents that were "always attached by the hip" as Jude explained. They must be close. He had said that he previously worked in McDonald's but now works in retail at Urban Outfitters. His favourite colour was blue. His favourite food was pizza and his all time favourite movie was the first 'guardians of the galaxy'. I've seen that twice and I must say, that soundtrack to that is decent. I like it.

It was getting late now. Jude had fallen asleep about half an hour ago so I was all alone again.
My life is very boring when I'm on my own. Nothing happens and then I begin to overthink. It's great.

I let out a yawn, turning off my bedside lamp. Maybe I could sleep now. Dad had checked on me earlier but I told him to fuck off. Not exactly those words but you know what I mean. I think if I told him to fuck off, he'd never let me see my friends again or let me out of the house.

Just as I closed my eyes, my phone went off beside me again and I picked it up, seeing an Instagram notification.

@ncentineo wants to send you a message.

I frowned. How did he get my instagram and why does he want to send me a message?

I opened it up, reading carefully.

@ncentineo you've heard the news, right?

What news? Was he talking about the whole moving in with each other situation.

@ariellehartman the news?

@ncentineo we're moving in with each other sissy

I rolled my eyes. Ugh. No. How dare he call me that.

@ariellehartman fuck off

@ncentineo woah, hakuna your tatas. I was messing with you Arielle.

@ariellehartman whatever

@ncentineo jeez, someone's moody... is it that time of the month or are you tired?

Dickhead.

@ariellehartman you just piss me off

@ncentineo I haven't done anything

@ariellehartman I know twats when I see them

@ncentineo wow, judging me before you even know me. Classy

I decided not to reply. I couldn't be bothered with his bullshit. Not tonight anyway.

I locked my phone, placing it down on the nightstand before falling into a slumber. I hadn't realised how tired I was.