Chapter 41: I think you call that ... IRONY

Alex POV:

"You looking forward to this trip, baby?" Amanda asks. I look at her quickly, then turn back to the window.

"Kinda," I mumble, looking at the ground get further and further away. She places a hand in mine. Its not warm and doesn't fit in mine like Nat's does. I stiffen. She brings our joined hands onto my thigh. Her hand is cold and her pointy nails are digging into my skin. She whips out her phone and shows me some screenshots she took of her Instagram feed.

"Look at this one of us!" she says, showing me the picture of her and I at the modeling thing. I nod and look away.

"Babe, you ok?" she asks, squeezing her nails into my hand again. I nod again and continue looking out the window. She sighs and puts on the head phones for her little TV screen on the back of the chair in front of her. "Whatever." She starts watch 'Mean Girls' and doesn't speak to me until it finishes.

I continue to look out the window at the clouds. Its a beautiful view. Of course, I like another view better. Woah, that was creepy. I pull out my phone and plug in my headphones and click on a random 'pop hits' playlist.

I miss you by Julia Michaels starts playing and I lean my head on the window's glass, watching everything fly by.

Nat and I haven't spoken in a week. I don't know why. I didn't tell her I'd be in Virginia for two weeks, and I know she's confused about why she's mad, because she keeps giving me smiles in the hall that turn into grimaces. Its confusing for both us, I know.

And I miss her because I'm a crazy person in love. And now this song is playing. I think you call that... IRONY.

I sigh and continue to look out the window as Amanda's closes her eyes, her headphones digging into my shoulder as she puts her head there.

***

We arrive in front of a large, white house. There are large, white stone pillars that stretch from the roof to the outside to the front doorsteps. The house is a rectangular prism and has about nine windows all in line.

The cab driver unlocks the doors and we step out. Amanda pays him. "Thanks," I say as he helps me with my bags. Amanda hands me hers and I sling it over my shoulder as she walks up the steps in her high heels, her handbag hanging on her forearm.

I sigh and nod another, 'thank you,' at the cabbie. I carry our suitcases to the front door and place mine on the ground, ringing my arm out. Amanda pulls my arm around her waist and entangles her fingers with mine, ringing the doorbell.

A girl with long, dark hair and medium complexion opens the door. She's wearing a short, black skirt and a white, v-neck singlet top. She's got her hair straightened and has a lot of makeup on, but it makes her pretty face look neutral.

"Amanda, its so great to see you!" the girl says, hugging her cousin. Amanda hugs her back.

"Hi, Elena," Amanda says. The girl pulls away and looks at me.

"And you must be Alex," she says, looking me up and down. I stare right back at her and hold out a hand.

"Yeah, Amanda's boyfriend," I say. Elena nods and motions for us to come in. I bend down and pick up the bag. Amanda walks inside before me, but Elena waits.

"So you and Amanda go to school together?" she asks as I hoist the bag onto my shoulder.

"Yeah," I say, swinging the bag on my left side to my right.

"And you're treating her well?" she asks. I gulp. Am I? I know she's cheating on me, but seeing Natalie everyday, and almost kissing her twice, is that treating her right? I know I never actually kissed her, but its still not ok.

"I think so," I lie. I do see where Natalie is coming from, its not right to cheat.

"Good," she says and turns, her hair flipping after her as she walks inside. I step into the house and look around. Its around the same size as mine, but more glamorous. The rails of the stairs are gold and the stairs themselves are marbles. There are pillars beside random artifacts of furniture and the floor is made of Limestone.

Amanda walks over to me. "What took you so long?" she asks, I shrug and try and hand her her bag, but she quickly clip-claps off to Elena. I walk behind her.

"Elena, where should I put these bags?" I ask her as she opens the fridge and pulls out a bottle of water, moving to the cupboard and pulling out three glasses. She fills them up and looks at me from under her eyebrows.

"You can put them over there, Alex," she says, pointing to a large dining table. I put them down on the floor beside the table and walk back over. Elena hands me my glass, her acrylic nails making clicking noises on the cup.

The doorbell dings as I take my first sip. "That'll be Jamie," Elena says, quickly walking over to the door. Amanda hops on a seat and swings herself to face Elena, who's walking out of the kitchen speedily.

"Jamie?" Amanda calls. Elena stops and turn to her cousin.

"My boyfriend," she explains. Amanda wiggles her eyebrows and I take another sip of my water. Amanda hops off her chair and walks over to me.

"Baby, you look down, what's wrong?" she frowns. I shake my head.

"Nothing," I say. She puts her hand on my arm and squeezes it, looking at me with her eyes open wide.

"Really, Al, you can tell me," she whispers, leaning forwards. I recline slightly. When did she start calling me Al? That sounds like a donkey's name.

"I'm fine," I say, setting my glass down. She wraps her arms around my neck and presses her lips to mine. I push her off me. "Amanda, I'm fine."

Amanda pouts and starts running her hands through my hair. I try not to frown. "C'mon, baby, you can tell me. If its Natalie, you know I'm here for you. You don't need her. She's way out of your league. You don't need someone like her, all you need is me, forget about her," Amanda says. I resist the urge to punch her in the face. I walk away from her and around to the other side of the counter so that I don't completely snap her in half.

She doesn't take the hint, instead she follows me around the counter and pulls my hand over to her heart. "You feel this?" she asks. I puke mentally, but nod physically. "My heart beats for you."

If Nat was here we'd both burst out laughing, but she's not, and so I just twist my lips to make it seem as though I'm not about to let out a shout of laughter. I decide smiling would be fine, so that's what I do. "Thanks, Amanda."

Quickly, I turn away from her and see Elena open the door. A boy with black hair walks into the house. Elena goes to kiss him, but he moves his head quickly and hugs her instead. Elena looks confused when he pulls away. They walk over to us.

"I'm Jamie," the boy holds out his hand and I shake it.

"Alex," I say. He nods and turns to Amanda. She walks over and sticks out her hand.

"I'm Amanda," she says, blinking at him with her long fake eyelashes. She bites her lip when he nods.

"I'm Jamison," he says, looking a little grossed out. She gives him a small flirty smile then shrugs her shoulder a little, smiling over her shoulder as she walks back to my side. Elena is looking at the time, so she doesn't notice.

Just before Amanda turns back around, Jamison looks at me, confused, probably wondering why I don't pull her back into me and go all protective. I smile at him. I save the protective stuff for another girl. He grins back.

There are footsteps on the stairs and another boy walks down. He's got blonde slicked back hair and icy blue eyes. He's a bit shorter than me and has a big bulky, muscular build. He walks down the stairs and comes to stand beside Elena.

Jamison looks over at him. I see him clench his jaw. The guy folds his arms over his chest and stares at me. I look over at a vase on the table.

"Who're you?" he asks. I look back.

"I'm Amanda's boyfriend," I say. He looks at me from head to toe. Then he turns to Amanda.

"Who're you?" he asks her. She smiles.

"I'm Amanda. Elena's cousin," she says. He nods and looks back at me. I look away, at a chandelier hanging over the guy's head. Elena starts a conversation with Amanda and Jamison joins in.

I stand behind them and keep looking around. The guy is looking at me, still glaring. I don't understand what I did wrong, so I quickly look away and take another sip of my water. I pull my phone out of my pocket and turn it on. I see her laughing face on there and immediately smile. I open it and click on my messages, sitting down.

Hey.

She doesn't text back immediately. I wait, tapping my foot impatiently. The guy walks over and I slip the phone back into my pocket.

"Hi," I say awkwardly.

He narrows his eyes at me. "Hi. I'm Blake."

He holds out a hand and I shake it. He has a firm grip and I pull away quickly. He frowns even more.

A big, fat cat walks into the room, purring as it walks past. Blake kicks it away. "Get away, Barry. What are you doing here?"

I stick a hand in my pocket. "Elena invited Amanda and I over for two weeks. So... yeah, I'm here."

"She's your sister?" he asks. My phone buzzes twice.

"What? No!" I shake my head. "She's my girlfriend."

"What kind of boyfriend," he pauses, sneering. "Never looks at their girlfriend and stands at least two feet away from them?"

I shrug. "I dunno. Me."

Blake scoffs and shakes his head at me, walking away. I pull my phone back out of my pocket and open the message Nat sent me.

Hey babe.

How's Amanda?

Why do you wanna know about Amanda?

I look up from my phone and see Amanda on her phone, her back to Jamie, Blake and Elena. Nat doesn't reply until ten minutes later.

I dunno.

She's good.

Good.

Hbu.

Patricia, this convo is v formal.

There she is.

Who? The butt frog?

:) Bye Nat.

You weirdo. See ya.

I switch off my phone and see Blake hanging up on the phone. I smile and turn on my phone back on and open my photos app. I scroll through some screenshots of things on ebay until I find the lot of pictures of Nat.

There's a video of her playing with Wombat in her room. She's throwing the ball for him, but he just stays by her side, occasionally dropping to the floor and rolling around. She looks frustrated. Then she looks up and sees me taping. She tries to hide her smile, but doesn't succeed, and the video finishes when she smiles and Wombat yaps.

I switch my phone off and sip my water, occasionally looking over at the other four. I feel like a loner. At school, when heaps of girls are draping themselves all over me, I feel like the king. But that barely happens anymore. Firstly, I have a girlfriend now, but girls still try to flirt with me. But I think the main reason is because I totally, completely ignore them, there's no need to flirt with someone when you already love someone else. And plus, Nat's way better at it than them, even though she doesn't know that.

There is a knock at the door and Blake walks over to answer it. A girl with a heap of dark make up on steps into the house and hugs him. The make up makes her blue eyes stand out on her in her tan skin. She's got her brown hair in braids and is wearing a skirt, boots and an off shoulder top. She's wearing a moon boot but walks with purpose into the room.

"Hi," she says shyly to Blake. He smiles at her and they walk inside. Amanda is on her phone again. She's smiling. Maybe she's texting Dave. Or Henry. Or Tyler. Or Zayn. Elena looks at the girl and scowls. Jamison looks up and his eyes brighten. Oh, I see what's going on here.

The girl avoids both their gazes and looks at the ground. Jamison looks back to Blake and his jaw clenches. I walk over to them, fed up with being a loner. The girl looks at me. Then to Amanda. She looks confused. I look back. She looks back at the ground.

"What is she doing here?" Elena asks, trying to put on a smile, but her question still coming out with venom. Jamison looks at his girlfriend.

"I invited her," Blake says, looking at the girl.

"Alright," Elena says, through a forced smile, and pulls Jamison out of the room. Blake pats the girl on the back and walks over to Amanda. He says something to her and she laughs. She puts a hand on his arm and moves closer to whisper something in his ear.

The girl is watching them and I walk over, sticking out a hand.

"I'm Alex," I say. She nods, shaking it.

"Lillian," the girl replies, looking up quickly then back to the ground.

"He's your boyfriend?" I ask, inclining my head towards Blake.

"No," she says sharply, looking in the direction Elena and Jamison went. But they aren't visible. She turns back. "We're just friends."

I nod. "Are you friends with everyone here?"

She shakes her head. "Only Blake and..." she trails off. I raise my eyebrows and nod again.

"Yeah," I laugh. "I'm a loner."

"Your girlfriend is Elena's cousin, right?" she asks, looking at me from head to toe suspiciously. I nod. "You're here for the long weekend?"

"I thought I was here for two weeks?" I look over at Amanda, who's still with Blake. "Amanda, are we here for two weeks?"

"What? Oh, sorry, that's something I have on with Cade," she says. Wow. I didn't know there was a Cade. "Its only the long weekend."

I nod and smile. More time with Nat. Lillian looks up at me, smiling slightly. "Is that better than two weeks?"

"Much," I reply.

We stand around for about ten minutes until my phone buzzes and I open the text from Mum.

Hope you're having fun, xoxo, Mum.

I reply, Thanks, Mum, I am.

What a lie. I sigh and turn to Lillian. "Wanna go somewhere?"

"Oh, uhm," she says, then sighs. "Sure."

***

Nat's POV:

Bubbles and I are walking home from the subway to my house when her phone rings. She answers it and gestures for me to wait. I stop and stand beside a bench. Bubbles walks into the trees beside us and I sit and wait.

A couple of cars pass, but only three, so I guess its a pretty calm street. A bunch of young boys walk past, kicking a soccer ball.

Then there's a creepy guy. He's about my age. He's wearing a beanie, a jumper and scruffed Nike sand shoes. He's buff, but has shaggy hair and sunken eyes. He walks past and I breathe in the smell. Cigarettes. Alcohol.

"Hey, baby," he says, wrapping an arm around my waist and pulling me into him as soon as he gets close. I try and push him off me but he won't budge. My heart rate starts to increase. He just smiles wickedly.

"Please gets off me," my voice trembles as I say it.

"Nah, baby," he says and puts his lips on mine. He tastes exactly how he smells, like cigarettes and alcohol, but there's something else.... probably some kind of drug. I pull away from him as soon as he places his lips on mine.

"Get off me!" I scream, starting to kick him. He just smiles and moves his hands down my back. I try and knee him, but he's holding me too close. "BUBBLES!" I yell.

"Coming!" her muffled voice yells back, from what sounds like a hundred yards away. The guy kissing me again, and doesn't let me pull away, instead he puts a hand on the back of my head and holds me still.

I pull my arm up and slap him. He pulls away, his words are slurred, which I didn't notice before. "You're gonna wish you didn't do that, baby."

He shoves me into the bench behind me and my back sears with pain. He kicks me in the stomach, hard. I cry out in pain and hold onto my stomach, fighting to get up and run away. He kicks me in the nose this time and I feel the blood dribbling down my nostrils easily. He leans down and brushes a piece of hair out of my face before punching my temple and kicking me in the chest.

He run away when Bubbles walks out of the trees. She screams and runs over to me. "Nat!" she says, pulling my head into her lap and tilting it back to stop the blood running down my nose. The last thing I see is her pulling out her phone, her hand brushing my hair back and whispering soothing words, before the world turns black for the second time this year.

***

Alex's POV:

As we walk along the board walk, Lillian points to the shops and cafe's beside us. She's walking quite quickly, though I don't know why.

"Can I call you Lilly?" I ask.

"No," she says quickly. I close my mouth. There must be a reason behind it. "And over there is the ice cream pa lour."

I nod and run to catch up. "Do you go down to the beach often?"

She shakes her head. "No, I like the pool more."

"Cool," I say, sliding my hands into my pockets. "What's up with you and those two guys?"

She shrugs, walking even faster, her eyes locked on the ground. I don't say anymore. We walk for a few more minutes until she leads me down another section of the board walk.

"Where are we going?" I ask. She smiles, still looking at the ground.

"Nowhere special. Just Starbucks." she replies as we passed a huge Ferris Wheel with a crowd of people lining up for it.

I look at the huge line as we walk past and I ask, "What's with all the people? I don't think I've ever seen anywhere so crowded on a weekend."

"It's a full moon. They launch fireworks here every month for it. Don't ask me why." she informs me, continuing to walk through the crowd. I run up to her and stop.

"Fireworks? Cool! Can we watch?" I ask, excited.

"Yeah if you want. You can see them from the Starbuck windows or if you want you could just wait out here and I'll come back for you later," she sighs.

"Don't you want to watch them?" I ask, wondering why anyone wouldn't want to watch fireworks. She stops walking for a moment.

She takes a deep breath and closes her eyes as if to get rid of a memory. "I'd prefer not to. I don't find them that enjoyable and besides, I can see them every month," she responds, her voice trembling lightly when she speaks. I cock my head and look at her, confused, but nod anyway.

"It's fine. I'm sure I can come back here another day and see them," I say and we continue on our way.

"Are you sure?" she asks, continuing with the fast paced walking.

"Positive," I nod, trying to keep up with her, making my long legs take ginormous steps. "Why don't you like fireworks?"

"Reasons," She says sharply and I stop walking for a moment. She looks at the ground. "Sorry, it's just really personal. I didn't mean to snap."

"It's alright, I understand," I say, and we arrive at Starbucks.

"We're here!" She says excitedly and runs inside. Damn, she must really love this place. There are a heap of people in here and it smells like coffee and biscuits, different from the quiet, cool one back in Cali. The building is nearly completely full. She moves over to a table and sits down in a seat. She gives me a small smile when I try and fight my way through the crowd to the table.

A group of girls come up to me and try to talk to me. "Sorry, excuse me," I say, quickly jogging over to Lillian.

"Trouble getting through?" She teases. I roll my eyes.

"Did we have to go to the other side of the store?" I whine and she sighs.

"You wanted to watch the fireworks and this seat has the best view," she leans back into the pillows behind her.

"Oh," I nod, looking at her curiously. "Thanks."

She stands up quickly and does a couple of stretches. "I'm going to get a drink. Want anything?"

I grimace, "Is there anything that's not coffee?"

She laughs a little, "Of course! Have you never been to Starbucks?"

"Can't say I have," I respond slowly, trying to think back, there was one time with the guys, but that was only for a couple of minutes before we decided to have a burger at a nearby diner instead. "I've never been much of a coffee drinker."

"I'm sorry. I know we've only just met but our friendship is over." She jokes and I chuckle while shaking my head.

"Choose for me, as long as it's not coffee."

I pick up the napkin sitting in front of me and start to fold it. It turns out all right. I smile and recall the moment when we had Chinese and her hair was in braids, which she took out. She was smiling when she ate her noodles and spat them out when she laughed at a joke. I smile and tuck the crane into my pocket.

Lillian is still in the line. She's very... mysterious, that's the word. I wonder why she wears dark make-up, not many girls in Cali do, and she's a little self conscious. Well, at least when I first met her. I can tell both Jamie and Blake like her, she obviously can't. I don't know what's happened in her past and I tell myself not to ask, that would be prying. Instead I wait patiently at the table for her to order something.

***

I look down at my phone, smiling. Nat sent through a gif a couple of hours ago that made me laugh. And then a weird selfie of herself.

When I look up I see Lillian sipping some kind of drink and fidgeting with her phone. I see the doughtnut and refreshment in front of me. The fireworks start again, so I watch them, since Lillian is texting someone on her phone. She bites her lip and waits for a reply, so I continue watching the fireworks. I hear her sigh and turn off her phone. I look back at her.

"Don't you want to watch them? They're breathtaking," I say. She flinches slightly.

"It's just not for everyone, I guess," I respond, taking another sip out of my drink.

"Might I ask why?" I scold myself for asking about her personal life.

"It's personal," She says quickly, focusing on her drink. A moment passes. "Who's Natalie?"

"Wait, what?" I look up from following her gaze to the drink, surprised.

"You were texting someone, the ID thing said Natalie. Well, it had a bunch of other things but I gathered her name was Natalie," she says after a second.

"She's my friend," I say simply and she looks at me disbelievingly.

"Only a friend?" she asks, smiling slightly.

"Yeah, I'm dating Amanda, remember?" I remind her.

"You don't sound too happy about that," she states. Another firework goes off. She jumps, spilling some of her drink on her shirt.

"You okay?" I ask, getting up to grab some napkins and handing them to her.

"Yeah, the fireworks just scared me," she wipes the stuff of off of her and chucks the napkins in the trash.

"You're scared...of fireworks?" I say slowly and laugh a bit. She glares at me and I stop. "Sorry, sorry. But...fireworks?"

"There's a lot of things to be scared about when it comes to fireworks, and don't think I don't know what you're doing. Stop changing the subject and tell me who Natalie is," she says firmly, crossing her arms.

"Nat-" I take a deep breath, "Natalie is just a friend from school."

"Are you sure?  Because it sure sounds like you'd rather be with her than Amanda."

"My relationship with Amanda is complicated-"

She interrupts me, "I'm a stranger and there's a low chance you're ever going to see me again and an even lower chance I'm going to repeat what you've said to your girlfriend or her cousin so just spill."

I sit up straighter and look at the blue-eyed girl. "As I've said, I'm dating Amanda and Natalie is just a friend. That's all there is to it."

"Alex I-don't-know-your-last-name. Please tell me? I'm really good at relationship advice. And don't even think of lying."

I si and lean back in my chair, covering my face in my hands. "Fine." I groan before taking a breath and speaking. "Natalie is my neighbor. She babysits my siblings, goes to my school and my mum loves her. Who couldn't? She's perfect. From her flowing ombre hair to her breathtaking dark eyes. She's just as beautiful on the inside as she is out. She's kind, funny, just amazing to be around..." I trail off and she nods a couple times. I sound like a poet. Yeah, Dr seuss.

"Why are you dating Amanda?" She asks.

I think for a while, trying to come up with a reason. "She's pretty?" I mean, sure she's alright looking.. but she can't compare.

"Give me the real reason." she gives me another glare and I sigh before muttering under my breath the real reason.

"Louder, Alex."

"I'm trying to make Natalie jealous," I say quickly before looking around as though someone was watching or listening to us.

"Aha!" she exclaims successfully and I just roll my eyes. "Why?"

"Why what?"

"Why are you making Natalie jealous?" she explains.

I think for a while before responding, "Reasons."

"Elaborate," she says.

"I really like Natalie, but now I've gotten tangled up with Amanda and why not make her jealous? I don't know how to ask Natalie to be my girlfriend, I don't deserve her."

She gestures for me to keep going.

"I know Amanda cheats on me, but I never expected anything from our relationship," I let out a deep sigh. "I just hope that my plan works."

She laughs. "Your plan? Alex, can I give you some advice?"

"Shoot."

"This isn't going to work. Break up with Amanda before it goes too far, the relationship isn't healthy for either of you. From what you've told me, Natalie sounds like an amazing girl and I hope you two do eventually get together but it's not going to work if you keep doing this. Don't try and make her jealous, it won't work and soon you'll find that you've lost her forever. Break up with Amanda and give up on your 'plan'."

"I don't know-" I'm cut off by my phone ringing. No Caller ID. "Hello?"

"Alex," I hear Claudia's voice, she sounds worried and scared. "Natalie... She.. I don't know what happened! But she's beat up real bad. We're all at the hospital."

"What do you mean?" I say, starting to get worried.

"There was this guy... I went to take a phone call from my mum and I came back and this guy was running away. She was lying on the ground and her nose is all bloody and she's not waking up. Alex... I'm scared, she's not responding, they can't get her to wake up!"

I start to get panicky and stand up quickly, my doughnut and drink lying untouched on the table. "I'm coming, I'm coming. Tell her to hang on." I hang up and slide my phone into my pocket. I look at Lillian. "Can you drive me to the airport? It's an emergency."

She stands up. "Come on, let's go."

We rush to my car and get in. Immediately, she starts the engine and starts to drive. "I hope you don't get scared."

"What do you mean?" I ask. We get onto the highway and she starts driving like a maniac. "How the hell do you not get pulled over?"

"They've given up. My license might be revoked at one point but oh well. It looked like it was pretty important you got to the airport."

"Yeah, Natalie's in the hospital," I tell her, taking a deep breath. If I find that guy, I will kill him. What did she ever do to him? I'll beat him up so bad until he's a dying pulp. Oh my god, what if Nat's dead. My heart stops for a second. What if she's dead? No, no way, unless the guy cracked her skull or kicked her ribs so bad she couldn't move, then she couldn't be dead, could she?

Lillian swerves a little. "What happened?"

"Some guy decided to beat her up." I clench my fists, Lillian looks at them, but continues driving.

"Alex, could you get my phone from my bag and ring the airport? Say it's for Lillian." she asks me I nod.

I take out her phone and call the person. We talk for five minutes and she gets me a ticket. I don't know how that happened so fast, must be another factor of her mysterious past...

Once we get there, she parks and we rush in. My plane leaves in half an hour and we still need to get through security and I needed to actually get on the plane.

Eventually, we make it through security just in time. She asks,"You'll be alright?"

I nod.

"I wish Natalie luck. I hope you listen to what I said about the Amanda thing," she says.

"Thanks for this, Lillian. You didn't have to pay for the ticket," I say.

"It's fine," the speaker announces final boarding for passengers. "Now go before you miss your flight. I'll tell Amanda where you are," she says.

I give her a small smile and walk towards the boarding gate. I don't have many friends. Callum and Leo definitely are. Nat's friends may be too. Girls who flirt with me are definitely not. Boys who are jealous of me are not. But I think I made a new friend, even though I'll probably never see her again, since I didn't ask for her number, but I did. I'm so proud of myself God, I'm lame.

I hope Amanda brings my bags back, and I'm glad Lillian will be the one to tell her, not me, I couldn't stand that. But right now, I've got to go and see my hopefully-not-dying girl.

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