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Chapter 20 - The Talk

Chapter 20 - The Talk

April's POV - 

"No April," Crystal said as she turned to look at me.

"What do you mean no? Aiden and Anthony could be in real trouble and it's all my fault. I have to try and fix it. Just tell me where Jake lives!" I screamed as the frustration filled my entire body.

"And what good is it going to do if you turn up in a cab, hmm? Are you going to stand in the middle of them all?"

"Errr, hello is someone going to order a cab or what?" The voice down the phone asked.

"Just a minute," I said in a frustrated tone.

"If I have to, then yes!" I shouted as I turned back around to face Crystal.

"Look, right now everyone's mad ok, so if you go there after Aiden and Anthony, how much angrier are they going to be when they see you, your wrist and Jake all in the same place?"

She had a point.

"Ok, so what I suggest is that you wait here and just let things settle down. Aiden can handle himself and Anthony won't let him get into any trouble," she said as she sat down next to me and rested her hand on top of mine.

"Goodbye!" The voice down the phone shouted.

We couldn't help but burst out laughing as we heard the dial tone, down the phone.

"Guess he agrees with me," Crystal said as she smiled at me.

"Yeah, you're right. I just hope they'll all be ok, even Jake," I muttered.

"They will be fine and I don't know why you're worried about that jerk".

"I don't believe that he's a bad guy you know, I guess he just got his heart broken a few too many times and I know how much that hurts, believe me. What he did was wrong but I suppose he had his reasons," I said.

"Maybe but I'm just glad that you're ok. I was really worried about you when I came outside you know. Why did he do that anyway?"

"I told him that I just wanted to be friends and that we weren't going to work out, he begged me to keep trying, I said no and he kind of just flipped out".

I decided to leave out the whole me having feelings for someone else bit, for now, it was only going to lead to a round of questions that I didn't want to answer.

"Strange, well I'm sure that everything will work out just fine," she said as she gave my hand a little squeeze.

"Yeah," I whispered as I allowed my head to rest on her shoulder.

I really hope that she's right.

Aiden's POV - 

"Listen, dude you need to slow down man, you reached the speed limit like ten minutes ago," Anthony said as I sped down the road, towards Jake's house.

I ignored him, I couldn't talk right now. All I could see was April's arm and the marks that, that jerk had left there. Mad was an understatement of how I was feeling right now. 

"Dude, you need to calm down," Anthony pleaded. 

I had never heard him sound so worried before. Usually if I was in a fight then he was down, no questions asked, just sheer excitement at the thought of beating up some dudes for fun but he was acting different this time. I knew that this was different, I had never been so angry but he was going to pay for what he had done to April. I was angrier with myself than Jake though!

How did everyone know this story about him and his ex and yet I didn't?

I would have never left him alone with April if I knew that!