EMOTIONALLY ENTANGLED

Chapter 20.

CHAPTER 20: sorting out Jaxon and Nicole's problem

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I watched as Nicole and Jaxon argued in the distance. I told Nicole to talk about her problems with Jaxon because he was getting suspicious as to why she was ignoring him and it got pretty heated. I originally talked to Nicole and Jaxon about what they should do and soon, the pair have arranged to meet up and talk about what was going on. It was a lot harder for Nicole because tonight, she was supposed to be going on her date with Jaxon, but it seemed to her that he's just forgotten completely.

"Don't worry, you've got this. If he doesn't apologise for doing what he did to you then you don't deserve a sneak like him," Kelly spoke to her as she only nodded. This was difficult for Nicole so we all decided to stay in the distance, close but not too close.

Jaxon came in with Owen and a few other gang members. They were having a laugh together, but all of that seemed to stop when Jax's eyes met Nicole's. Owen patted him on the shoulder before joining me to one of the nearby lockers.

"Things were pretty tense when we got in. What's up with those two, anyway?" he asked as I only shrugged.

"Some...stuff...I don't know. It's really complicated," I said, looking back at them. Nicole had begun to get a little bit louder and was more pissed off now than she was before as Jaxon only looked at her confused. Whenever I saw a couple fight, it always reminded me of my parents and this situation hasn't changed my perspective one bit, "it's only getting worse, but I told both of them to talk it out together."

"How are you, anyway? I hope things are better for you." that made my attention turn to him. What is he talking about? I know it can't be about my past because he doesn't even know anything about it, apart from the fact he caught my parents arguing that one night. Slowly, I walked towards him, a confused expression on my face.

"What...are you talking about?" I asked, my voice quiet as he scratched the back of his neck with a sheepish look on his face, "no, like seriously, what are you on about? You literally know nothing about me and you're acting as if you know everything about my life."

He looked defensively at me and raised his hands up in surrender. It wasn't that I was angry at him. I just didn't want him to know everything about my parents, not now and maybe not ever, but I wanted to know why he asked me that. Maybe he's just checking on me and that he doesn't actually know, but it feels like he does and he's getting me to prove it.

"I was just asking so you don't have to get all defensive about it. It doesn't hurt to be nice sometimes," he spoke, his voice quiet as my mouth closed immediately, "unless, you're hiding something."

There was a suspicious look in his eyes as he smirked down at me. I gulped before moving my gaze back to Jaxon and Nicole. She was starting to get all in his face and snapping. Oof, it really isn't getting any better, I thought.

"Well, I can't really apologise for something that I didn't even know I did." he barked in her face suddenly as she clutched the roots of her hair tugging gently, a distressed look on her face. That's what seemed to make Nicole crumble, not from the pressure, but from the shouting. Jaxon had a cold look in his eyes as a tear ran down Nicole's cheek, "you expect me to apologise for something I didn't even know I did. Why don't you provide some evidence for your accusations first?"

"Will you just stop lying to yourself like this? For fuck's sake, I saw you all over that girl a few days ago. I wasn't hallucinating, I wasn't drunk and I definitely wasn't asleep!" the more they argued, the more it got worst and it soon got so bad, Owen thought his brother was going to hit her.