Her Given (Editing)

Chapter 8 - Coming Home

Cole's POV

The final bell rings, signalling the end of the day.

Fucking finally. I can't stand being away from my kitten for too long.

I find Ashton outside of my door, waiting for my arrival so we can meet up with our angel.

"Hey, man," I greet him.

"Hey, come on, let's go. I wanna see my baby girl." I chuckle at his response. Always the charmer.

We take our leave to meet up with our other brother and my kitten.

Once we make it to their classroom, we see Xavier holding her hand, leading her out of the room. I swear, that kid will jump at any chance to touch her. Not that I'm judging; her touch is kind of electrifying and euphoric.

I greet him in the same fashion as I greeted Ashton, and then I lean in to kiss our angel's cheek. Bold move, I know. She just let's out a little giggle and blushes. I honestly don't think I'll ever get used to her adorableness. I mean, how can you?

"Are you ready to go, Avelyn?" I ask her. She meets my eyes.

"Where exactly are we going?"

"To our house, babe. Where else?" Ashton answers.

"B-b-but what about my parents? They'll be so mad if I don't come home." I can hear the quiver in her voice, and I immediately become tense. Oh my poor girl, what did they do to you?

Xavier lowly growls. "Princess, I told you. You aren't going back there. I'm not going to let them hurt you again. I couldn't bear seeing or hearing of your pain again. Please don't fight me on this." He's practically begging, and I would too if I were him. I'm not letting her go back to those lowlifes she calls parents.

I can see the apprehension in her beautiful eyes, the worry. But I assume she realizes there's no point in arguing because her shoulders sag and she sighs, nodding in agreement. We care about her too much to let anything harm her again. If we can do something to stop it, then we sure as hell will.

I still can't believe this girl stole my heart so easily. I've never been one to be taken with just one girl; I could never be tied down, but now I can't imagine ever being with another. She's stolen my heart, and I'd let her do it again, a thousand times over.

I take her other hand, the one that's not already taken by Xavier, and Ashton takes her bag. After he's slung it over his shoulder, we start to the car. The parking lot is still pretty full, too. And out of nowhere Ava stops, which immediately causes worry to set in.

"Baby, what's wrong?"

"I just remembered something. What about my car? I assume you guys want me to go with you, but I can't just leave my baby here all alone and unprotected." We all chuckle in response. With the tone in her voice, you'd think she'd be leaving behind an actual child. I swear, she just keeps getting better.

"How about you come with Ashton and I, and Cole can follow in your car," Xavier suggests. I feel like I've just been stabbed, and the world is ending. I'm sure they can all see the shock written on my face because Xavier and Ashton chuckle while Avelyn giggles.

"No way, dude! How the fuck is that fair? I wanna ride with Avelyn. You were just with her last period." I know I sound like a whiny little bitch, but I can't help it.

"Ugh, fine. I'll take the stupid car," he huffs in annoyance. When he says this I can see the red-hot anger start to form on my kitten's face.

"Did you just call my baby stupid?" She questions menacingly. Wow, at least I know one way to piss her off. She looks super fucking hot right now, and I can't help the tent that begins to form in my pants--angry is definitely a good look on her. Xavier just looks shocked and slightly scared. His face goes white as he frantically tries to defend himself.