Bestfriends Shouldn’t Know How You Taste Chapter 22


    It feels like the tables had turned, ke was now  the one avoiding me like the gue for the rest of


    the day. I couldn’t me him, I had done the  same thing. But it didn’t lessen on how painful it  was to


    see him brush pa*s me in the hallway.


    He walked with so much confidence and so much  pride but didn’t once nce my way. It hurt so bad


    as I watched him walk away, hoping he would turn  and look at me. But he never did.


    It felt like we had now be strangers and I  hated it. I didn’t want to lose ke, but I didn’t  know


    how to fix this. It was my fault that our  friendship now had an invisible barrier between us,  I should’ve


    never gone to that party.


    I walked out of the school building, relieved that  I’m finally going home. All the whispers and stares


    had taken a toll on me. They got into my head  until I too began to believe those words. I was a  slut.


    A heavy arm slings over my shoulders. Turning my  head to see who dared, I groaned seeing my


    brother’s smirking face smiling down at me. “Home  time sister.” He chuckles as he walks together with


    my fast pace.


    “Arden get your arm off my shoulder.” I hissed  even though I didn’t try to remove it. Heughs it  off as


    we walked over to Ryan’s car. Not spotting  Ryan anywhere close by, we waited for him beside  the


    expensive car.


    Arden moves a couple of feet away from me. I lean  back on the metal of the car door, avoiding Arden’s


    stare. I knew he was itching to ask me what I  really didn’t want to answer. But there was no  going


    around this, I had to face this sooner or ter.


    I sighed crossing my arms and looked at him. “Go  on ask away.”


    I’m surprised to not see judgement in his eyes. I  had been seeing this the entire day and it was


    honestly draining. I knew deep down that the  judgement of everyone was the main reason I  couldn’t


    seem to let go and enjoy what ke and I  shared.


    He crosses his arms in a protective brother mode.  Even though I was older Arden seemed to think


    that he was the first child. It was honestly  annoying to have your little brother bossing you  around like


    a toddler.


    “I’ve been hearing rumors circting around the  school. Mind telling me what the F*ck is going on?”


    He asked calmly.


    I sucked in my bottom lip, my fingers pressing into  the flesh of my arm. “What exactly did you hear?”  I


    asks.


    He snorts.” Well there are many but my favourite  is hearing how you slept with ke at the party st


    night. Oh and how Stacy broke up with ke  after catching you two in an empty room, in their  words


    ‘F*cking each other’s brains out’. Heughs  at the end, clearly finding it amusing.


    But it wasn’t a bit amusing for me, in fact my  stomach began to cramp with unease until I felt


    nauseous. Arden sees my unease, the horror  written on my face and lets his features soften.


    “Ashley you don’t have to answer.” He mumbles.


    Tears blurred my vision and I blinked them away,  turning my head away from Arden. “It was a dare,  he


    was dared to kiss me, that’s all. I swear that’s  all Arden.” I whispered.


    I was such a hypocrite, a liar. That wasn’t all we  had done, in fact I feared that if those girls’ words


    hadn’t brought me back to reality, we would’ve  done so much more.


    “Your sister is a slut man!” A boy Arden’s age ughs as he pa*ses us with a group of his friends.  They


    allugh at hisme excuse of humor. His  hair was the color of xen, eyes a bright blue color. He


    turns to me and winks.


    “What the F*ck did you just say?” Arden says  calmly. My heart increases its pace as I saw the  murder


    in orbs that were simr to dad’s. Arden  turns around to face the boy who smirks. Clearly  proud of


    himself as he halts and stares at me.


    “I heard you have a business going on,how much  do you ask for a night? I should have a dog home


    that hasn’t F*cked a bitch in months, you should  do perfectly.” He directed at me, his eyes shing  in


    mockery.


    I gasped pressing my back more into the car door.  Where’s Ryan? I want to go home. A small scream


    leaves my lips when Arden rushes to the boy,  punching him squarely on the jaw. He doesn’t give  him


    time to retaliate as he throws punch after  punch at the boys face, intent on causing damage.


    “Arden please stop!” I scream, but he doesn’t,  instead his punches are now ruthless, brutal.


    “Who’s the bitch now?” He roars in the boy’s now  bloody face.A groan only leaves his burst open lip


    as he unsessfully flinches away from Arden  blows.


    The guy’s friends try to break the fight, but even  to them Arden’s was too strong to be held down.  My


    heart is pounding painfully, not knowing what  to do.


    “Arden stop, you’ll kill him!” I cried walking  towards the fight. The boy’s eyes are half closed  and I


    knew he was fighting to stay conscious.


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    I gulped reaching for the hand he intended to  inflict pain but he wretches out of my grasp and


    continues to show no mercy. I stumble away not  wanting to be the end of his rage. Fear crawls in  my


    body suffocating me to no end.


    Footsteps are rushing here and I knew a crowd  was forming. I lift my head and stared at the  students


    that were staring at the fight. I scan the  crowd looking for a particr blue eyed boy who  could help


    me in this situation.


    “Please stop them!” I shout at the crowd. But no  one seemed to want to get in between the two  boys.


    Arden was too strong for me to stop on my own.  But I’m disappointed when I don’t spot ke. But


    then the crowd parts and I hold my breath then let  it go when it was Ryan who was pushing students


    away to get to me.


    “What the F*ck is going on?” He hisses as he spots  Arden still pummeling the boy. He cringes when


    the sound of a broken bone makes everyone gasp.  I looked at Arden horrified.


    “Please make him stop, please.” I pleaded. He  nods and rushes towards Arden and with a bit of


    struggle manages to get him off the unconscious


    boy. I gasp looking at the boy’s face that was  hardly recognizable.


    “Let go of me.” Arden growls.


    “Calm down man.” Ryan hisses.


    I strutted towards them and got in front of Arden’s  face. Lifting both my hands, I ce them on his


    cheeks. My vision is blurry from tears but I could  still see the rage in his eyes. “Please brother,  please


    calm down.” I begged. His eyes soften when  he sees my desperation and stops struggling in  Ryan’s


    hold.


    The sound of sirens nearing has fear swirling in my  stomach. Someone must’ve called. “Let’s get the


    F*ck out of here now.” Ryan rushes.