Promise

chapter 20

Avery

It was around 7am when I woke up, which was pretty late, the first thing I noticed though was both me and Nathan were holding hands, he was still asleep however and it scared me, the thought of how this would change us, what it would mean. Maybe I was overthinking but I couldnt help it.
"Holy shit, I'm sooo sorry" I look over and see nathan his eyes wide at the sight of our hands and he quickly removes them. Why didn't I remove my hand when I first saw it. The confusion I felt frustrated me and I hated feeling it. "Its ok" I reply and he smiles. "Well how about we go make ourselves some breakfast so we dont wake beth" he says glancing at her, I look over and see she is fast asleep, I find myself wishing I could sleep as well as her.
I nod in agreement and we go to the kitchen. "Soo I'm a terrible cook so the options are toast or cereal" he asks once we are inside, i couldn't help but laugh at his remark "cereal is fine" i tell him and responds by getting the cereal from the shelf. I really was suprised that he was making it for me, I guess this is what friendships are like. "My brother is probably asleep still and Beth we know is definitely asleep so its just us" he said and handed me a bowl, I took a seat at the small kitchen table, he also took one, luckily across from ne rather than next to me. We started talking as we ate, nothing to serious and he had me laughing a few times. Part of me trusted him but the other part couldnt help but think of everyone who had mistreated me in the past, especially guys and it scared me that if I let my walls down he would break me, I had this problem with Elijah too. Only I felt safer with him which was weird considering I had seen his dark side.
After a while beth joined and although we continued talking it didnt seem the same, our talking was interrupted when my phone went off, I looked at the caller id to see it was unknown. "Elijah" beth asked and I shake my head. "I don't know who it is" I say my voice trembled. "Put it on speaker" she suggested and I nodded and anwsered, before a word could be spoken I had it on speaker. "I see you have grown up quite a bit since our last encounter but just remember no matter who you surround yourself with, you will always be a filthy little whore" the voice snarled and tears began to pour down my face. I couldnt speak. I wanted elijah, but then maybe if he knew he would think I was to much trouble and send me back. "Listen here, I dont know who you are but she is not a filthy whore, so I suggest you dont even try get in contact again" nathan snapped down the phone making me cry harder, if they knew the truth they would never talk to me again. "Then you dont know her as well as you thought you did, I always admired how cute you were sleeping in those stupid shorts, practically begging me to take you" he snarled and I shuddered. "Tf kinda person are you" beth shouted "it seems everyone is willing to talk to me but you, why is that my little flower" he said and the use of the name made me realize who it was and I couldnt help when my breathing increased or when the tears fell like a waterfall. I barely registered beth taking my phone and ending the call or nathan calling my name. Everything seemed like a blur and i wanted it to stop.

Nathan

I was beyond annoyed when I saw the effect that call on her. This morning was great, I told her i was sorry about the hand thing but i secretly wasnt, i dont know how it happened but it did and then we got talking in the kitchen. I think it was safe to say i had a crush on her but i could see she wasn't ready for anything other than friends so i would stick to be her friend. That call though, how dare he say those things, we both tried to call her name but she didnt respond. "Maybe your brother will know what to do" beth suggests. "no, I dont think she would want him to see" I tell her also knowing he would be useless, the more people the worse it will get. "Elijah " she whispers in what to me was a painful to see state. Beth who had her phone still was straight away calling him. I tried to reach out to hold her hand but she flinched away. She was scared if me. I seriously hope Elijah knows what to do.

Elijah.
Tommorow was a long night. I was beyond tired, after doing some messed up stuff we hit a strip club and now thinking back to last nights events, i should have gone straight home. The women were super clingy but I wanted to get laid so I stopped. Now I was in the bed of a total stranger, after all I wasn't going to have her round to mine. I decided to get out of here so I pulled on my clothes and headed out.

Before I could get in my car, my phone rang, I quickly got it out, it was to early for gang stuff or anything really. "What" I answer without even properly looking at the id "I'm sorry if we woke you sir but you need to come " a voice spoke, it was female but I didnt recognise it, come where? I pulled my phone away to look at the id. Avery. Something was wrong. This was her friend, why wasn't avery calling. "Is she ok, what's wrong" I say in panic. "Shes having a somewhat panic attack" she tells me and I curse. "I'll be there in 10 minutes" I say and hang up. Fuck. I swear if that kid, nathan, did anything to cause this, he would pay big time.