Never Really Over

Chapter 15

Isaac had not stopped thinking about Maeve, he never really did. All he wanted was to be able to be with her. He always thought Otis had blinded her with his bs but he never really understood Maeve; not the way Isaac did anyway. Isaac loved her for who she was, including her past.

The next day, Isaac decided to go and speak to Otis, he knew it was time.

"Hey Otis." Isaac said.

"Hey Isaac." Otis said, looking visibly surprised at being approached by Isaac.

"I just wanted to clear the air between us." Isaac said.

"Alright.." Otis said.

"I know what I did was fucked up and I'm sorry. I shouldn't have deleted that message, you deserved your shot at being able to tell Maeve how you felt." Isaac said.

"Thank you for your apology." Otis said, not really knowing how to react.

"I want you to know that I want nothing but the best for you and Maeve. " Isaac said.

"That's nice of you." Otis said, growing increasingly awkward.

"Yeah and please tell that to Maeve too, I know she's upset about yesterday." Isaac said.

"What happened yesterday?" Otis asked.

"Oh she didn't tell you?" Isaac asked.

"No.." Otis said.

"Oh it's no big deal. Maeve offered to help my brother get a job because we're having money troubles. It was very nice of her. I was very touched." Isaac said.

"Okay, but why was she upset?" Otis asked.

"I.. um.. Just held her hand as a thank you and maybe she thought that meant something more? I'm not sure. But that was part of why I wanted to clear the air with you, you know? I'm not going after her or anything." Isaac said.

Otis was one second away from punching Isaac's face in. He knew what Isaac was doing but he couldn't help the pure unadulterated rage flowing through him. But he'd promised not to be an impulsive arsehole like his father so he decided to take a deep breath to calm himself.

"Look Isaac, I'll be honest with you. I don't trust you and quite frankly I don't like you. I know what you're doing and I would suggest backing the fuck away from me right now. " Otis said.

"Wow, come on, Otis. Don't take this the wrong way, I'm just trying to make things right." Isaac said.

"You are but not for Maeve and me but for yourself. Let me make something very clear to you, you try anything with Maeve and I will kick your ass. I mean that." Otis said, slamming the door of his locker and walking away.

Otis had no idea how he had managed to walk away from Isaac without killing him but he'd done it. He was still super angry though, He hated the fact that Maeve hadn't told him anything about this despite them being together for most of last night. He knew Isaac was trying to fuck with them but Maeve not communicating with him was literally the worst thing she could do right now. He knew he needed to speak to her but decided to talk to her after school, once he had cooled off.

The day felt a lot longer than usual for Otis, all her did was spend the day looking at the clock waiting for the day to end. Today was the only day Maeve and he had no classes together. He'd thought about texting her, asking her to talk after school but he figured she'd get worried reading a cryptic text like that. So he decided to wait for her by her locker.

"Hey." Maeve said, walking towards Otis.

"Hey." Otis said, holding onto the straps of his bag.

Maeve smiled her signature Otis smile and pecked him on the cheek. When she pulled away, she could sense that something was off with Otis.