Always you - Remington Leith

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"come on, were getting out of here", Elle looked over at me, knowing full well that I was about to punch someone in the face.

I didn't bother saying another word before I got up off the couch and practically stomped up the stairs and into my room, Elle followed close behind and closed the door behind her.

"What a fucking douche!", I yelled, tangling my hands in my hair and tugging slightly out of anger, "He's been here like what? 10 minutes? and he's already pissing me off"

"Just ignore him, you both clearly hate each other"

"The thing is, I don't even know what I did, and yet ever since he showed up he's just been causing trouble. Why is my brother even friends with such an idiot?", I asked but all I got is a shrug in return.

My brother recently acquired three new friends while going out to fancy bar in the city. Which doesn't happen a lot to him, may I add. These three new guys are apparently in some band called palaye royale (at least that's what I managed to pick up from the conversations I over heard). Sebastian is the oldest and Emerson the youngest, and then we have fucking Remington. Of course he's the middle child, so he just so happens to be the most infuriating one out of all of them.

He was alright at the beginning when I first met him, but then he started to get all rude for no reason, ignoring me and shooting smart little remarks my way when they were definitely not wanted. I bet my brother had something to do with it, he always does. But anyway, my brother (Daniel), decided to invite all three of them over tonight, where they were drinking and playing games in the living room (extremely loudly) which irritated me even more. Elle and I were having a quiet girls night in, watching movies and eating popcorn when the front door swung open and in came all four boys, shouting and laughing so loud that the neighbours could probably hear.

They probably didn't  expect us to be up so late, so they were all slightly stunned when they saw us sitting in the dark watching a movie.

"Get out, it's our turn", Daniel glared at us as he grabed the remote from the table and changed the channel.

"We were watching that!", Elle and I shouted in unison.

"Too bad, were gonna play some video games now", he said and we both scoffed, not bothering to move out of our seats.

I ignored my brother and turned to the other three boys, "Hey guys, nice to see you again", I smiled politely, but made sure to direct my attention towards Emerson and Sebastian.

"Hi Mia, how's everything going at work?", Sebastian asked as he sat across from me, Emerson giving a shy wave and sitting next to Daniel as he set up their game.

"I quit last week, job hunting now, but other than that it's alright, thanks for asking", I explained and I could hear Remington quietly scoff from the other end of the couch. "Is there something you'd like to say, Remington?", Sarcasm laced in my voice.

He just looked over at me and rolled his eyes before moving to stand directly in front of me, blocking my view. "Move", he said sternly, pointing his finger in the other direction.

"Move?", I repeated and he nodded his head slightly, "This is my house, I can sit wherever I want to ", I folded my arms across my chest, standing my ground. Elle looked over at me from the bean bag, mentally asking if everything was alright and I gave her a slight nod.

"Just move, you're not playing anyway", He said again, this time pulling the blanket away from me and throwing it to the floor, earning confused glances from everyone in the room.

"Oh fuck off why don't you. There is clearly plenty of space, so just suck it up and sit somewhere else", I raised my voice slightly. He was clearly not impressed by this, so he decided to grab my wrist and pull me straight to the floor, my ass making contact with the ground before I could even process what was happening. Daniel soon burst into laughter and Remington sunk into where I was previously sat, a slight smirk plastered right across his smug face. Emerson, Sebastian and Elle shared concerned looks between each other.

"Listen here you asshole", I got up right in his face, "I don't know who you think you are but can you just stop being so fucking rude all the time?"

"No can do sweetheart", He said shoving me out of the way again so he could see the screen clearly. My blood was beginning to boil, why was he so blunt and rude? I was really about to dump water onto his head but Elle must have seen the growing tension and stepped in before I did anything I would regret. Well, maybe I wouldn't regret it that much...

That's pretty much what led up to me then pacing around my room, clenching my fists and almost pulling my hair out. I get annoyed really easily, but Elle obviously understands and often gets me out of those situations before they escalate too much.

I slumped down onto my bed, taking in deep breaths while Elle sat on the other end and folded my clothes for me (haven't got a clue why she does it, but it's become a habit over the years for her to clean when she's stressed out). My attention was quickly averted to the door as we both heard some light knocking.

"Fuck off", I said but the door slightly opened, revealing a shy Emerson standing on the other side.

"I'm sorry to bother you, can I talk to you?", he asked and I nodded for him to come in, practically breathing out a sigh of relief at it not being Remington or my stupid brother. I gestured towards my desk chair and he took a seat, looking between Elle and I.

"Look, I'm sorry for what happened out there, it's not your fault he's being like that", He sighed.

"I don't understand what I did Emerson, all of a sudden he hates me", I flung my arms in the air and crossed them over my chest again in a huff.

"Maybe he likes you", Elle mumbled from beside me, not even looking up from her phone.

"You're fucking demented, you know that right?", I said and both Emerson and Elle burst out laughing.

"Just give him some time Mia, he will warm up eventually", Emerson said getting up from the chair. I shot him a small smile to say "thanks" and he returned my gesture with a nod while making his way out of my room.

I looked back at Elle and her eyes shot back down to her phone, a slight blush making its way up her cheeks.

"Oh shit, you like him don't you?"