(Go Out With Me?)
Avalon's P.O.V
I stare at my mom in fear, knowing I'll need to explain fast.
Parents don't give you long when they're so mad that they say your whole name.
"I can explain! There was I break in! " I gasp out.
Obviously this explanation made everything worse because she starts hyperventilating.
"Break in??? Oh my God are you okay?? Are my belongings okay??? " She cries.
"I'm fine! " I assure her as the boys sit there awkwardly.
My mom frowns and looks at me dead in the eye.
"They didn't harm you? "
My eyes widen.
"Miss Jones, you're clearly in a state of panic, please take a seat" Xavier picks up a chair and guides her to it.
She sits down and looks at both him and Stephen.
"Who are you? " She says, out of breath from panicking.
"We're friends of your daughter and she was with us, don't worry, we were getting pretzels so the intruder didn't harm her" He assures my mom and she slowly calms down.
"Oh hunny I'm so sorry" She sobs while Xavier awkwardly pats her shoulder.
"I didn't realize how unsafe this house was" She sobs again.
"Mom no it's okay really-"
"No it's not! It's terrible" She cries out.
Heaven forbid.
"Miss Jones..... I know a safe place your daughter could stay" Xavier grins at me.
My mom looks up in confusion, "why the hell would she need another place to stay? "
My eyes widen in shock, it's quite rare for my mother to swear.
"You see, up in her room someone left some disturbing messages and well... The person who left them may as well have hurt her if she were here.... " Xavier trailed off.
"Messages? " My mother gasps and walks upstairs quickly, us falling behind her.
She enters my room and gasps at the mess and then double takes when she spots the messages on the wall.
"You didn't say they were on the wall! " She hisses.
"That seemed pretty irrelevant, actually I didn't say anything, Xavier did" I put the blame on him.
"This is horrible" She wails whilst hugging me tightly.
"Mom, you're killing me" I wheeze as she squeezes me.
"What if they come back! " She gasps.
"They will" Xavier butts in.
Oh that's so unneeded.
I glare at him, receiving only a small grin.
"I'll send you off to grandmas for a week or so. That'll do! " She exclaims.
My eyes widen in protest "she's scary! Her whole house is filled with dolls that look like they belong in horror films! "
"Well what do you expect me to do! " She argues back.
"She can stay with me-"
"Your opinion is invalid Avery" She shushes Xavier and he frowns.
"Excuse me ma'am, I have an option" Stephen speaks up.
"What great manners, tell me" She grins at him.
Xavier gapes and waves his hands dramatically.
"My loyal friend over here is extremely responsible and could house her until the police find this intruder" He suggests.
My mom pinches his cheeks, "that's hilarious, why would I-"
"Mom."
She looks at me and raises an eyebrow.
"When have you ever not had a reason to trust me, I'm 17!" I cross my arms.
She looks thoughtful for a moment before hesitantly saying, "if it's what you're comfortable with.... "
I grin and nod, "I trust Xavier he can protect me. "
"Way to give the man an ego boost" Stephen whispers in my ear.
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"A week's such a long time, are you sure?? " My mom asks in worry again.
"Yes mum, I'm positive" I assure for the twentieth time.
"Okay... Well I'll be staying with a.... Friend as well" She smiles and I hug her one last time before leaving the house with a small bag.
Sure all of my stuff was demolished beyond repair, but some outfits looked cute with the paint.
"Well Goldi, never thought I'd be bringing you home" Xavier laughs and I frown.
"You're odd" I laugh.
"You're not so normal yourself" He muses.
Rolling my eyes, I haul my bag into Stephens car and hop in with it, waving goodbye to my mom.
Obviously we had the whole, 'where do you live' and 'will your parents be there' thing, but they lied the whole time.
So that's fun.
We slowly drive in awkward silence, and pull up into Xavier's small driveway.
He has an apartment duplex and it's sort of small but it's right next to the restaurant so I'm not complaining.
We say our goodbyes to Stephen and he drives off, leaving us at the apartment.
Xavier unlocks the door and with little effort I force myself to go inside.
"Don't underestimate the size, we have two rooms" Xavier say while locking the door.
I give him an uncomfortable look.
"Security measures" He laughs awkwardly and throws the keys on the counter, missing.
We stare at the keys on the ground for a second but neither of us make an attempt to pick them up.
He clears his throat and starts walking down a narrow hallway.
I follow behind and he directs me to a medium sized bedroom with a very comfy feel to it.
"It hasn't been used in awhile, so it'll be dusty, but I advice against opening that window because its a really sketchy place." He scratches the back of his neck.
I smile and plop my bag on the bed, taking in the interior.
"There's only one bathroom and my rooms down the hall" He points to his left and then looks at me again.
"Want something to eat? " He runs his hands through his hair and leans against the doorframe.
"Sure" I grin and start grabbing out things like my toothbrush and hairbrush.
"Okay but, what do you want to eat?" He laughs warily.
I frown at him "are you nervous? "
Now's his turn to frown "I'm never nervous, I'm just not used to sharing my house" He bites his lip.
I shrug "pizza sounds fine. "
He leaves me to unpack and I place all my clothes on the old yellow dresser after wiping all the dust off.
But since I used my hands, all the dust transferred to my fingers and that's just irritating.
Sighing, I wipe it off on my pants and make my way down the hall, brushing a curl out of my face.
"What kind of pizza would you like? " Xavier questions with the phone pressed to his ear.
"Pepperoni."
I like pepperoni, it's so unproblematic and a lot of people enjoy it.
He laughs silently and repeats my order into the phone before giving his own order of plain cheese.
He puts down the phone and starts laughing at me again.
"What? " I ask him while furrowing my eyebrows.
"That's such an average answer" He snorts.
I gape at him "you literally ordered plain cheese pizza! "
"Whatever Goldi, tell me when the pizza gets here" He grins and leaves, going to his room.
I huff and wait at the counter for the knock on the door that would signal the pizzas arrival.
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I open the door and smile at the tall lanky boy on the other side who's holding onto our pizzas.
"Hi, that'll be 12.50$" He grins awkwardly.
My eyes widen in realization.
"One second, I need to get the money, I left it in my room" I laugh and before he can answer, I run to Xavier's room and open the door.
He's sitting on his bed, with a guitar in his hand and a paper and pencil accompanying him on the bed.
"Xavier we need money" I say quietly.
His eyes widen and he sets the guitar behind him as if I wouldn't see it and nods his head, "yeah, follow me. "
He walks to the kitchen and glances at the pizza guy before reaching into a drawer and handing me 20$ dollar bill.
"Is this enough? " He questions.
"More than enough actually, we only need 12.50$" I reply while looking at the money with uncertainty.
"It's fine, tell him to keep the change" He says quickly before yet again leaving.
I sigh and bring him the money"he said to keep the change. "
He nods and looks down at me.
"Say.... You're really pretty, wanna go get pizza with me sometime? " He asks.
"No thanks, I have a boyfriend" I lie and pick at my finger nails.
"But thanks for the pizza" I give a cheesy grin and grab the pizza, closing the door.
Ha. Cheesy grin.
I laugh a little and set the pizza on the counter.
"XAVIER YOUR PIZZA IS HERE" I yell whilst biting into a scolding piece.
"HOLY GOAT CHEESE THIS IS HOT" I yelp while continuing to eat it.
Xavier comes around the corner and sees what I'm doing before slapping the piece of pizza out of my hand.
"That's painful" He frowns.
"Really???? " I gasp in fake shock.
"Shush" He picks the pizza off of the ground and puts it on a plate.
As I bite into another scolding piece, there's a knock at the door making me and Xavier look at each other.
"I'll get it" He looks at the door then opens it.
"Hello Xavy" A taunting voice says on the other side.
"Gage." A look of disgust crosses Xavier's face and I hide behind the counter incase he decides to come in.
"What do you want? " Xavier asks in an annoyed tone.
"Can I come in?" Gage's amused voice rings through the house.
"No." Xavier crosses his arms but stays in way of the door so Gage can't force his way into the small duplex.
"Well, I wanted to warn your little friend, that someone's looking for her" Gage turns his gaze towards me, causing me to gasp and retract back behind the counter.
"Leave." Xavier states and slams the door.
"Ignore him Goldi. You're perfectly safe here" Xavier frowns and crosses his arms again.
"I know, I trust you" I smile warily and stand up, dusting off my pants and setting down my pizza.
"Come on, it's late and I bet you're tired" He laughs and I nod, unaware until as of now how tired I've become.
Before we leave the kitchen, a piece of paper slides under the door.
Xavier snatches it up and glares.
"What does it say?" I bounce one of my curls anxiously.
"It only says a number, 15 to be exact" Xavier scowls and shakes his head.
Putting the paper in his pocket, we go to our seperate rooms and say our goodnights.
I won't lie when I say that I can't fall asleep that night.
Thoughts of the day and everything that went on just keep circulating in my head.
I picture Gage's face saying the same line over and over and it causes a very restless sleep.
"Someone's looking for her. "
~ ~ ~ ~
I look at the water and smile, my reflection smiling back.
My fingertips graze over my reflection and it slowly forms into someone else.
Before I realize it, Gage is staring back at me with that sick grin of his.
But I don't feel fear.
Not even when he starts to speak.
"Someone's looking for you" His mocking voice echos in the seemingly empty forest around me.
I catch a glimpse of blond hair speeding through the woods and I realize it's mine.
But how can I be watching myself if I'm right here?
I ignore it, for it seems pointless at the moment and instead I turn my gaze back to the water.
The face I see staring back this time isn't Gage, but instead it's Ryder.
"You're mine and only mine" His horrid voice speaks and I frown.
I open my mouth to speak but no words come out, instead I feel as if I'm choking.
I can't breath and I don't have the ability to call out for help.
Who would here me anyways, in the emptiness of this forest.
The trees start swaying and the wind blows my hair out of my face, it seems like it's trying to save me from my breathless death.
To give me the oxygen I crave for so badly.
Then it goes dark.
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Okay but like, can we talk about how my book had 900 yesterday and now it's at 1.05k I'm so happy.
And tired, extremely tired.
But whatever, I need to eat lunch.
I really hope you enjoyed this chapter~QBWð