Unity

Rumours

I managed to take in my deep breaths and after a few puffs my lungs had returned back to normal. Ace still hovered by us, his hands on his hips as he watched us closely. "You okay?" Axel asked, his blue eyes watching me carefully.

I nodded. "Yes, thank you." I told him, he leant back onto the bed and sighed in relief. "Where did you get my inhaler from? I left it at the diner."

"I've always had a spare since you were younger." He told me. "Carried one with me at all times."

My heart warmed at my brothers words, he really did look after me and I'd owe him for it, for the rest of my life. "Thank you." I told him, reaching over and grabbing his hand appreciatively. I looked up at Ace, thanking him as well but he nodded before looking at Mac and left the room quickly.

"Come on, you're coming back to my room." Axel told me, tugging on my hand before letting it go to pick up my wet clothes in the corner of the room. He passed Mac and patted his back. "Thanks Mac."

Mac nodded at him before smiling at me. "Goodnight Ava." He said.

"Thanks Mac, goodnight."

I'd fallen asleep in my brothers room, Axel had crashed on the couch he'd pushed in the corner of his room. His snores filled the air and I grumbled telling him to shut up before burying my face in the pillow.

After my mini asthma I'd had a restless sleep but I was thankful that I hadn't dreamed of anything, the sleep was somewhat peaceful until I'd given up on ignoring Axels snores and jumped out of bed to go to the bar for a drink.

"Axel!" I shouted when I realised the time. It was nine thirty and I knew that he'd have to be in the meeting room for ten. He jolted awake, falling off of the couch and landing on the carpet with a thud.

"W-what?" He asked, rubbing his eyes grumpily.

"It's nine thirty." I told him, his eyes widened in alarm before he muttered a curse word and raced to the bathroom. I shook my head before leaving his bedroom, letting him have his space to get ready.

I walked down the corridor and into the bar where a boy that I didn't recognise was stood behind the bar. He nodded his head at me. "Morning."

"Erm morning?" I greeted, my voice coming out unsure. I'd never seen him before and was a bit worried that we'd had an invasion in the night. Yet he grinned like a Cheshire Cat putting a mug on top of the counter.

"Coffee?" He asked.

"No, Tea please." I told him pulling a disgusted face at the mention of coffee, the smell was bad enough let alone the taste of it too.

"I'm Cain by the way." He told me, offering me his hand which I accepted. His dark brown hair flopped in front of his face and he blew it out of his eyes, coincidentally he had eyes that reminded me exactly of coffee grounds.

"Ava." I chirped, taking a seat at the bar stool to talk to him. I'd gotten good vibes from him and judging by his nice he was, he'd convinced me that he was definitely not apart of the Reckless Rebels which had rid me of any doubt.

"Ah, Axels sister." He smirked as he dropped an English tea bag into the cup. "Heard a lot about you."

Instantly I thought of my secret that Ace had kindly told everyone and I scowled at him, he threw his hands up in mock surrender before flicking the kettle that I hadn't noticed behind the bar. "Hey all good things, all good things." He chuckled.

I couldn't help but smile back at him, he was already growing on me. "So how do you know my brother?" I asked, deciding to turn the topic of conversation away from rumours. He pointed to his leather jacket where a patch that spelt 'Prospect' sat and I nodded in realisation.

A prospect was someone who had declared loyalty to the club in hopes of one day becoming a full patch member, which meant that he'd been voted in by the majority of the club. So if they trusted him, then so did I.

Ace stumbled up the bar, rubbing his eyes sleepily and yawned before stretching. He wore his signature leather jacket but underneath wore a basic white tee. "Cain." He nodded, completely ignoring my presence as I sat beside him.

"Erm morning?" I asked wearily, he looked at me but it was as if he were looking right through me. He looked bored and instead carried onto ignore me.

"Meeting starts in five minutes." He spoke, clearly talking to Cain and not me. I rolled my eyes in annoyance, he didn't have a right to ignore me if anything I should be ignoring him. "Today I want you to take Axels little sister and get her inhaler, I can't deal with anymore Asthma attacks."

I opened my mouth, an angry look taking over my face. "You don't have to talk about me like I'm not here." I spat.

"No." Ace said finally acknowledging me as Cain busied himself with making my cup of tea. "I don't but I want to because I have things to do today and entertaining you isn't one of them."

His voice was cold and harsh, I actually felt hurt at what he had said. Instead I just scoffed and turned away from him, focusing my attention on Cain as Ace chuckled slightly before walking towards the meeting room. As soon as I heard the door close I let out an annoyed sound. "He's such an ass!" I growled.

Cain chuckled at me before pushing my tea in front of me. "Drink up me and you have a mission!" He joked while wiggling his slender fingers in my direction. His words seemed to calm the anger that burned in the depths of my stomach and I nodded at him, gingerly taking a few sips from my tea.

We waited until all of the club members were in the meeting room until I decided to go and get ready. We'd decided that we'd grab breakfast on the way get my inhaler and do something for the day, it seemed Cain was just as bored as I was sitting around that place all day.