Chapter 45


    Leaning in the door way I bit my lip watching as Nate moved around the kitchen. How did I end up


    here? Walking towards the ind in the middle I leaned against it. "You smell better" He winked


    pouring me a fresh ss of wine before turning to put it back in the fridge. Feeling my mouth fall


    open I raised my eyebrows. Noticing the cut vegetables on the chopping bored I picked up carrot


    and threw it at him watching as it bounced of his head. Smiling sweetly at him I crossed my arms


    over my chest.


    "Did you just throw a carrot at me Miss Mendez?" He asked picking the carrot up from the floor.


    "Don''t know what you''re talking about" Picking my ss up I winked at him over the top of it. "Hm I


    see. Must have been a ghost". Biting my lip so I wouldn''t smile I sucked in a breath. Edging his way


    towards me I knew he was up to something. Stopping at the cut vegetables he picked up a piece of


    carrot and threw it into his mouth. I couldn''t take my eyes off of him. Before I could blink his arms


    were around my waist, his head leaning on my shoulder "It''s not nice to throw things" He whispered


    "I could have gotten hurt".


    I couldn''t think, I could barely breath with how close he was to me. Running his nose up the side of


    my neck my head fell back against his chest. Breathing deeply a moan escaped my mouth as he


    nibbled on my ear lobe.... and then he was gone. Leaving me all hot and bothered.


    What the hell? Was he teasing me?


    "You hungry?" He asked pulling the fridge door open.


    I was so confused. One minute he was all over me the next he''s asking if I''m hungry? Definitely not


    hungry for food. "Not really but if you''ve prepared something I''ll eat".


    "You''d be dead by morning if I made you something" He muttered popping the vegetables into a


    container before putting them into the fridge. "I have some work to take care of. Do you mind?" He


    asked


    And now he was being distant! No!!


    "No I have some paper work I need to finish" Smiling I felt my shoulders sag as I made my way


    towards the stairs. Quickly grabbing my stuff I high tailed it into the spare room I was in the other


    night. I didn''t want to bump into him because I know I wouldn''t be able to stay quiet. I mean what


    the fuck was that? You don''t get a girl all hot and bothered and then do nothing about it.


    I had been sat for about an hour with my paperworkid out infront of me but couldn''t concentrate


    one bit. I couldn''t stop thinking about what happened earlier. If that would have been ze.. no


    stop. Maybe he was just being a good guy, trying not to over step the line. Fuck, the way he made


    me feel I would have spread out on the table and let him have his wicked way with me. Dammit why


    couldn''t I stop thinking about sex. My cheeks were flushed and the ache between my legs was


    beginning to be unbearable. Sighing I gathered my paperwork and shoved it back in my bag.


    No point in doing it if I couldn''t concentrate. Pulling out my phone it vibrated in my hand letting me


    know I had a text.


    ''A where are you? Please let me know you''re safe. Your dad is a mess and he''s going out of his


    mind. He didn''t mean to hit you baby. Please call me''


    He didn''t mean to hit me? Then why the hell did he? And to make it worse it was infront of


    everyone. Just as I was about to reply another message came through only this time it wasn''t my


    mom.


    ''Don''t pull this shit sweets. Let me know your safe''


    Rolling my eyes I opened up a new message and sent it to both my mom and ze.


    ''I''m safe''


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    He called me sweets. Feeling the guilt I shook my head. No he wasn''t making me feel guilty for


    nothing. He was the one that slept with someone else. Your shacked up with his brother! Was that


    why I was feeling guilty? Opening up another message my fingers hovered over the letters. Maybe I


    was being a little harsh?


    ''I''m okay you don''t need to worry about me''


    Staring at the message I had just sent I was about to turn my phone off when his reply came


    through.


    ''I''ll always worry about you sweets''


    Pulling my bottom lip into my mouth I could already feel the tears behind my eyes. Why was I


    crying? He hurt me yet he still managed to get under my skin. As I was about to turn my phone off it


    started ringing.


    Ally


    "Hello?"


    "Ava you need toe down here. I don''t have time to exin. Please juste"...


    And then she was gone. Feeling the dread settle in my stomach I moved quickly. Pulling on my


    jeans and boots I left my hair to air dry. Something had happened to Tommy, I could just feel it.


    Poking my head round Nate''s bedroom door I frowned when I couldn''t see him. Odd where could he


    be? Moving down the hall and down the stairs I stopped when I heard the light musicing from


    the room infront of me. Hm must be his office. Knocking lightly I pushed the door open his eyes


    shifting from hisptop to meet mine.


    "I have to go to work" I said chewing on my bottom lip.


    "Everything okay?" He asked pushing himself up and walking around his desk. Letting out a breath I


    shrugged my shoulders "One of my dad''s oldest friends got gunned down, critical condition. I should


    have stayed there" Running a hand through my hair I couldn''t help but think the worst.


    "Stop feeling guilty" Nate sighed cing his hand under my chin "I can''t help it. Tommy treats me


    like his own daughter and I bailed" Shaking my head I took a step back "I have to go, sorry".


    "At least let me drive you"


    "No you''ve done enough for me Nate. I''ll call you soon" cing a kiss on his cheek I squeezed his


    hand before heading out.


    Pulling up at the hospital I jumped from my car and ran straight inside. He couldn''t die, I couldn''t


    stand and watch my family fall apart. Coming to a halt I frowned, the waiting room was empty. Was I


    tote? Feeling the tears well a sob fell from my lips.


    "Would you have came that fast if I had called you?".


    "W - what''s happened? Is he okay?"


    "Tommy''s fine darlin'' in fact he''s better than fine. He''s stable for now, the fucker just needs to wake


    up".


    Was I missing something? Why did Ally phone me in a panic if Tommy was alright. "Why am I here if


    Tommy''s okay?" I asked turning so I could face him.


    Hissing he stormed towards me his hand going under my chin. "Fuck sweets he hit you a dull one"


    He cursed running his fingers over my cheek gently. Biting my lip I leaned in closer closing my eyes.


    Why did my heart melt at the sight of him? cing his hand on the small of my back he pulled me


    against him so there was no space left between us.


    What was I doing?


    "ze I-.."


    "I know darlin'' just let me hold you" He whispered.


    Being here with him my body rxed, ze was my safe nket, no matter how much I didn''t want


    him I couldn''t stop my body from reacting the way it did.


    "Why am I here ze?" I croaked opening my eyes to look into his. Had he been to sleep since


    Tommy had been shot? "You need to rest". I said my hand moving on its own ord to cup his


    cheek. "You can''t think straight on no sleep".


    "I forced Ally to call you" He winced when he noticed my re "I needed to see you, to make sure


    you were okay".


    I wanted to pull my self out of his hold, I wanted to curse at him, wanted to hit him but I couldn''t


    move from thefort of his arms.


    "Take me home ze" I sighed pulling away from him.


    "Where are you staying Ava it''s not-.."


    "No ze take me home" I said knowing when his eyes brightenup he knew I meant home.


    Walking into the clubhouse I noticed the atmosphere was dull. No music, no chatter, no life.


    Everyone was in there own little world, captured by there own thoughts. My dad was no where to be


    seen and I was greatful for that. I didn''t want to speak to him, I wasn''t ready to forgive. What kind of


    man hits there own daughter? I don''t even know why I asked ze to bring me here. Nothing good


    everes out of it.


    "Ava can we talk?" ze asked knocking me out of my thoughts. What could he possibly want to


    talk about? Apologise for hurting me yet again? Tell me how sorry he was and that it wouldn''t


    happen again? I let my guard slip at the hospital by asking him to bring me here and I wasn''t about


    to let that happen again.


    "Ava im-.."


    "Sorry?" I asked cutting him off "You seem to be saying that a lot to me these days ze. Now what


    exactly are you sorry for now?" I asked knowing the attention was now on us. "Sleeping with


    another girl? Hurting me yet again? Or is it just a sorry let me back into your panties?" I snapped.


    This is always what happens, we can never seem to have a conversation without arguing and that


    is why we should never be together. "Come on ze" Iughed watching his eyes fall into slits


    "What is it you''re apologising for this time?".


    Taking a hold of my fore arm he dragged me out of ear shot and pulled me into my dads office


    mming the door shut behind us. I would usually have reacted to him putting his hands on me,


    would have usually put up a fight kicking and screaming but by now I was used to it. " Did you bring


    me in here just to re at me?" I asked


    "Why did you ask me to bring you here?" He snapped. That was a good question. Why did I ask him


    to bring me here? Frowning I pulled my bottom lip between my teeth. "Come on Ava. Why did you


    ask me to bring you here?" He yelled storming towards me.


    "I don''t know" I snapped throwing my hands in the air. "I don''t know" I whispered running a hand


    through my hair. There was something about ze. No matter what had happened or how much we


    fought and argued I always seem to go back to him. No matter how much I tried to fight it I couldn''t.


    It was like a moth to a me me being the moth I knew I was going to get burnt every time.


    "You gotta do better than that sweets".


    "What do you want me to say?" I roared my hands balling into fists "You think that if you apologise


    we''ll just sweep what happened under the carpet? Pretend everything''s okay?. I''m not one of those


    girls ze, you knew that the first time youyed eyes on me all those years ago" Catching my


    breath I closed my eyes and sighed. How much more was he going to put me through? More lies?


    More hurt? More tears? I didn''t want to hurt anymore and I defiantly didn''t want to cry.


    "They meant nothing" Moving towards me slightly I shook my head holding up my hand. I didn''t


    want him near me. I didn''t want him to touch me.  "And I suppose the next one and the one after


    that will mean nothing too? I trusted you more than any other guy and you broke that. I gave you my


    virginity god". Already feeling the tears I tried blinking them away.


    "Sweets-"..


    " Don''t call me that" I spat "We agreed you''d leave me alone if I told you I didn''t want you yet you


    still tricked me into getting me on my own. What is it that you want from me?".


    " What the fuck is going on in here?" My dad roared bursting through the door. Quickly wiping my


    tears so he couldn''t see them I caught the guilt in his eyes when theynded on my face. "Is


    someone going to tell me whats going on? You''re giving the whole damn ce a fucking show".


    "Nothing I was just leaving" I sa catching the concern in his eyes. Oh so now he''s concerned.


    Wasn''t that when he smacked the shit out of my face.


    "You are not going anywhere, sit" he yelled before turning and looking at ze "If you''ve hurt her I''ll


    find out about it. Fucking sort your shit out the pair of you" Grunting he mmed the door shut


    behind him. Yeah and he was batshit crazy if he thought I was staying here. Walking towards the


    door I pulled the handle and cursed when it didn''t open. He had locked the door, what was I some


    caged animal that needed sorting?


    "You have got to be kidding me" I groaned. So this is what he means by sorting our shit out?


    Locking us in a room together like a pair children. Letting out a sigh I went and sat on my dads


    chair. May as well getfortable, god knows what time he''ll let us out. Taking out my phone I


    fought back the smile when I saw I had a text from Nate.


    ''Hope your okay! You need anything call me and if you don''t call anyway :) P. S I have a bottle of La


    Crema chilling with your name on it. N x''