Joaquin

Chapter 4

Joaquins POV

What the hell is going on? I think to myself as I see Ava run to the bathroom.  I hurry up pull Avas milkshake and fries closer to me so it doesn't look like there was another person sitting across from me. When I hear the bell at the door ring I turn around and see her dad.  He was taller brobably around 6'4 definilty a strong build and a little bit of a beard. "has Ava been here?" he asked Pop. "Yeah she was just here with Archie but left a couple minutes ago.  You probably passed her on the way here." Pop said calmly.  Now the man was getting really pissed he glanced my way but didn't give me another thought as he kept on looking around the restaurant. 

He finally gave in and muttered something under his breathe  as he turned around and went back to his truck.  Once I was sure he was out of the parking lot I ran to he women bathroom and knocked on the door. "It's me you can open the door he's gone." As soon as I said that she opened up the door and didn't even look my way she just went straight to the counter and pulled out her wallet and got out a couple 20's "whatever he broke will this cover it?" she asked Pop he just put his hands up and shook his head. "no darling he didn't break anything and even if he did I wouldn't get caught dead taking money from you" she thanked him and put her money back in her wallet. "will you drive me back to my car?" she turned her head and asked me. "Yeah of course" and just like that we were on the road she didn't have t o tell me to go fast I already got the memo.  

She was hanging on to dear life while I was easily going over 100.  Once we got to the bar FP was sitting outside with a cigarette.  Ava quickly got off my bike and and ran to her car and and got in and started it but she quickly got out and ran towards me and hugged me "thank you for not telling him." she said so quietly I almost couldn't hear her "I would never." she let go and smiled at me and than ran back to her car and peeled out.  Once she was completely out of sight FP asked "what the hell was that about?" you could sense the worriedness in his voice " we were at Pops and her dad came In looking for her."

 FP stepped on his cigarette and walked towards me "shit... Did Mike find her?" so thats his name. "no Pop warned her and she hid in the back"I replied " Listen to me, you cannot have anything to do with her father ok?" I nod my head " Whats wrong with him?" FP sighed you could tell he was debating on whether or not he should tell me "Way back when Mike was a south side serpant whenever we needed to make somebody disappear Mike was the one to call." he paused for a minute before contining you can tell this is hard on him to bring back up again " one can only take so much before they completely shut down. and Mike past that limit and then some." 

Ava's POV

I was going well over a hundred trying to get home as fast as I could.  I pull out my phone and called Archie to warn him about my dad. "hello?" he asked "Archie has my dad been to your house?" he could tell the panic in my voice "No should I be worried?" god I hope not I thought to myself  " No of course not but if he comes over say that I just dropped you off after we got back from Pops." Archie knows how bad my dad can get so he already knows what to expect. "Yeah of course whatever you need." he says " Thank you so much Archie I owe you one." I say "You don't owe me anything just get home safe." he says and then hung up.  Once I turned the corner to my house I look in the driveway to see if my dads there thankfully he's not.  I hurry up and pull in and run inside.  I ran upstairs and hurried up and got into my night clothes to make it look like I have been here for a while.  Next I get out my phone and im about to call Archie when I see that I have already gotten three calls and several text saying to call him.  When I called him and he picked up on the first ring.  " Please tell me you are already home." he says worriedly " yeah just got home did my dad go to your house?" I asked scared of what he is going to say next. " yeah he was pissed yelling at me asking what me and you did all day and wondering where you were." I close my eyes trying not to cry " Archie I am so sorry." I say "Ava, im worried about you i told him that you just dropped me off.  he should be there any second.  do you need me to come over?" he asked " NO" I told him immediately. " I will be fine he just needs to calm down." I say more to reassure myself than Archie. 

 As soon as I say that I hear my front door slam shut and my dad yelling my name. "Shit I got to go." I tell Archie "Ava wa-" I hurry and hung up before he could finish that sentence.  I hurry and get my backpack and get my algebra 2 homework out to make it look like i'm working on it and as soon as I do my dad barges into my room and he looks pissed.  "Where the hell have you been?" he asked with smoke coming out of his ears.  I get off the bed and stand infront of him because he thinks its disrespectful to be sitting down when somebody is talking to you. " I went with Archie to go eat at Pops I wrote a note for you and put it on the fridge."  "yeah I saw the fucking note.  but Ava its 8 o'clock you can't tell me that you were with Archie that whole time."  I shrug my shoulders " I don't know what you want me to say that's the truth." as soon as those words left my mouth I knew I was going to regret them.  My dad took a step closer to me and back handed me.  My head went with the swing to where my head was now tilted to the right and I didn't dare move. "You're just as much of a whore as your mother was." He tells me with a disgusted look on his face.  

That crossed the line.  I looked up at him making eye contact with tears running down my face and I reared back and punched him and for the first time I didn't care the consequences.  It didn't take him nothing but a second to recover.  He grabbed both of my shoulders and pushed me against  the wall and punched me in the check bone area.  That one took me a little bit longer to recover from. 

"Don't you dare!" he yelled fumming. "don't talk about my mother like that and we won't have a problem." I told him, I don't know where all this courage is coming from but i'm scared its going to land me in more trouble than I am going to be able to handle so I decided to keep my mouth shut for the rest of the time.  "this is my house and if you think you can act like this in my house then you are dead wrong do you understand." I nodded my head but didn't say anything. 

He walked out and slammed my door shut. I finally let out a breathe I didn't know I was holding and got on my bed.  I put my hand on my stinging cheek and felt something wet on my hand when I touched my lips.  I pulled my hand back and saw a little bit of blood on my hand.  "shit." I say as I walk into my bathroom and looked at me lip.  There was a small cut on my bottom lip and I could already tell that i'm going to have a black eye by morning.   Covering up bruises and busted up lips are the only reason I wear makeup and it looks like i'm going to need a lot for tomorrow.  I got a wet wash cloth and dabbed my lip to get all the blood off.  Once I did I went back to my room and looked at me phone and saw that I had a missed call from Joaquin. 

I have more chapters that I just haven't published.  If you want me to publish them then please let me know.