Liability

Chapter 13

We paid separately and started walking on the pavement.

"Where's your mother?" Ace asked. I loved how he said mother instead of mom as if he already felt how fucked up my relationship is with my mother.

"Ohio." I said quietly.

"Why?" He asked and looked at me.

"Uh..she needs to take care of a business." I said and looked at the ground.

"What business?" He asked.

"The none of your business kind of business." I looked at him and smirked because I answered him the same way he did a while back.

"Where's your dad?" He asked.

"What's with all these personal questions?" I asked angrily.

"I don't know. Just interested in your personal life that's all. Maybe I'm the one spending time with a psychopath." He grinned.

"Yeah right." I said and rolled my eyes. I took out my cigarettes and lit one up.

"Why don't you smoke weed?" He asked.

"Because I think that weed fucks up your brain and makes you hallucinate. It kind of changes you in a way that you don't notice but the people around you do. Plus I don't want to lose the handle I have over myself." I said.

"That's not right. It helps you with your inspiration and it doesn't fuck up your brain. Unlike cigarettes and alcohol, it doesn't have any death cases whatsoever. If you've never tried it, you're not eligible to judge it." He said.

"I've never tried coke but I can say that it's bad." I arched an eyebrow.

"Because you know the consequences but getting high on weed doesn't have any severe consequences." He shrugged.

"Can you stop talking about weed?" I felt annoyed.

"If you stop smoking cigarettes when you're around me then yes." He smirked.

"Fuck. You. I will never do such a thing and you don't have that power over me, ACIE." I said.

"We'll see about that." He said. My phone suddenly buzzed with a million messages and it started ringing. I looked at the screen and...SHIT! It was my dad.

"Ace, I need to go home." I said.

"Why? Is your mother calling you?" He asked.

"No, it's my dad." I said as I tried to order a cab from Uber.

"Alright. I don't have to go home yet so I'll tag along." He said. Fuck! He can't come over. I never had a boy in my house.

"No!" I exclaimed and felt my panic taking over.

"Just let me help." He said and called a number on his phone and in less than 5 minutes a car stopped infront of us. "Sit." Ace ordered in.

"Whatever." I tried so hard to not refuse his order because I hate it when guys order me around but my dad was calling repeatedly and I couldn't wait more especially when I couldn't find an Uber. We got into the car and the engine started, taking off to the direction of my house. I started panicking even more because I never had a guy over and Ace is going to be the first ever guy who would walk into my house.

"Stop fidgeting." Ace said.

"Shut up!" I said.

"Let's see if that mouth is as dirty as it speaks." He said under his breath and my heart started beating as fast as a humming bird's.

"What did you just say?" I asked.

"Nothing." He smirked.

"FYI, my mouth is as dirty as it speaks. It can easily cut your balls into tiny little pieces." I smiled and tried showing him my fangs.

"Sure thing, princess." He said and looked out of the window. We stopped by my house and I got out.

"You can't come inside yet because I don't know why my dad is repeatedly calling me. Maybe my mother is already back." I said. He nodded and I went inside my house while he stood outside.

"Hello?" I said and no one answered. I let out the breath I was holding in and turned on the lights. I took out my dad's really old and worn-our shirt and one of his really huge Abercrombie pants which he gave me himself. I also took off all my make up so he wouldn't think that I was out. I took my phone and videocalled him.

"Hi dad." I tried sounding sleepy and tired.

"Hi baby. Are you alright? Why weren't you answering my calls?" He asked worriedly.

"I'm not feeling well dad. I took some pain killers. Period cramps." I said and tried to sound as believeable as possible.

"Oh my baby! It's okay! Please take care of yourself. Drink some tea and try to rest. You can skip school tomorrow if you want."

"Alright papa." I said and smiled. I tried to keep my tears from shedding because I love my dad but he broke my heart into a million pieces when I realized that he was cheating on my mother.

"Good night baby." He said and hung up. I sat on the couch for a while and tried to block all the dark memories from resurfacing. I took deep breaths and Pixie jumped on my lap in a comforting manner. I nuzzled her a bit and stood up to drink a glass of water in order to calm myself before facing Ace. I looked like a total idiot. My face was bare and I was wearing oversized clothes but who cares? If he doesn't like the natural me then how can I feel comfortable around him? I shook my head and took out my phone. I dialed up his number which was not yet saved in my phone.

"You can come in now." I said and opened the door for him.