"What's that on your lip?"
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Never have I ever been as scared as I am now.
You know that feeling where you're about to get on a big, new roller coaster and you're really scared and nervous?
That's my feelings now.
I am so scared for what is about to happen. Dad just found out about my lip.
My makeup must have washed off in the water! I wonder if he noticed it earlier than now.
"Evelyn." I heard him say. I looked down at him.
"What?" I asked, trying to play innocent. He raised an eyebrow at me.
"What's on your lip?" Dad asked again. He was quite calm for my liking.
"What do you mean?" I asked, acting like I have no clue what he's talking about.
"Evelyn, don't play dumb right now." He said. "What's on your lip?"
"Oh, you mean this?" I asked, putting my finger on my 'hickey'.
I don't like calling it that.
"Yes. What would that be?" He asked.
Everybody was focused on me now. And I faintly saw Uncle Niall smirking from the corner of my eye.
"I bit my lip earlier. It hurts." I said, touching my lip.
"Bullshit. Now what really happened?" Uncle Zayn asked, coming into the conversation.
"I bit my lip?" I said, making it sound more like a question.
I furrowed my eyebrows and looked at them.
I scooted back, and took a seat on the coffee table edge. Still facing Dad of course.
"Love, we still don't believe you." Uncle Louis said.
Do they all have to join in now?
"I don't see why not." I said.
"Who did it?" Dad asked. I looked at him funny.
"What happened to 'what is that?'." I asked. He chuckled.
"Who. As in who were you kissing to get that?" Dad asked.
"Nobody! You know that I bite my lip when I'm nervous!" I said, raising my voice a little.
"Okay? And? I know you did not do that." He said.
"But I did!" I yelled, standing up.
"Do not yell at me!" He yelled, standing up to look at me.
"Then why won't you believe that I did this?!" I asked. He just looked at me.
"How do you expect me to believe you? Who was it?" Dad asked.
"No-"
"Was it Jack?" He asked.
"What? No!" I said.
"I'll kill him." Dad said, heading towards the door.
"It wasn't him!" I yelled, grabbing his arm.
"Evelyn, I will give you five seconds to tell me who did this to you." He said, turning back around. I sighed.
"Da-"
"No. That's not what I asked." Dad said. Oh my gosh.
"Nobody did this!" I yelled.
"Oh, really? No-"
"Will you just believe me?! Nobody fucking did this to me! Why can't you believe me?!" I yelled, loudly.
The whole room went silent. I ran over the words I said, and covered my mouth.
My eyes started to fill tears, and I looked at them all. They all looked upset.
But Uncle Zayn looked pissed. I can faintly remember the conversation we had forever ago about cussing.
He was warning me about cussing. And I didn't even do anything.
That he knew about at least.
Uncle Zayn stood up and walked over to me. He grabbed my forearm and pulled me close to him.
Our noses were literally about to touch.
"Do you know how many times we have told you that we never want to hear you cuss? Do you know how many time I have warned you?" Uncle Zayn asked, in a dangerously low voice.
"Yes." I said quietly.
"Then why would you go and do it?!" He asked, glaring at me.
"Because nobody is believing me!" I yelled back.
"Go to your room. We'll talk about this later." Dad said. I nodded and went up to my room.
I started to cry, and just lay on my bed.
Why do things always go from good to bad?
Of course my makeup had to come off in the water. None of this would've happened if it didn't.
I pulled out my phone and called Jack.
"Hello?" He said into the phone.
"Hey." I said, sniffing a little.
"What's wrong, love?" Jack asked.
"My Dad found out about my lip." I said. It was silent for a few seconds.
"How did he take it?" He asked. I sighed.
"He wasn't happy. Not at all." I said.
"Does he know I did it?" He asked again.
"No. I didn't tell him. He just kept asking who did it." I told him.
"Well..."
"And then I cursed. Which just pissed them off further." I said.
"Eve... I don't know what to say. They most likely believe I did it." He said.
And it was true. They knew that I was 'friends' with Jack. They probably assume it was him.
Uncle Niall knows though.
"I know. I guess we'll just see how it goes." I said.
"Yeah. I'll see you tomorrow at school." He said. I nodded.
"Okay. Goodnight." I said, picking at my blanket.
"Goodnight, princess." He said. I smiled.
I hung up the phone, and fell back on my bed.
There was a knock at my door, and I told them to come in.
"Hey." I heard someone say. I looked up and saw Uncle Niall.
"Hey." I said, laying my head back down.
He came over towards me and laid by me.
"How's it going?" He asked. I shrugged.
"Could be better." I said. He nodded.
"So, it was Jack, aye?" He asked, nudging my side.
"Shut up." I said, giggling.
"You've gotta be more careful, love. One more slip and your Dad flips." Uncle Niall said.
"You're a poet and didn't know it." I said. He laughed.
"I swear I didn't mean to rhyme." He said.
"Sure." I said, laughing a little.
"Anyways, do you know your cousin Micheal?" He asked. I nodded.
"Yeah. What about him?" I asked.
Micheal is my Aunt Ruth's son. He lives in Wolverhampton with his Mum.
"He's moving here to London. Tomorrow's his first day at your school." Uncle Niall said.
Oh goodie. Micheal is super protective. I was like, 10, and I had a guy friend. Micheal basically made that guy never talk to me again.
We were 10! Micheal was like 12! And he still did that to a 10 year old.
But he's so protective, so I can only image what Dad is planning.
"Well that's good." I said. Uncle Niall shrugged.
"Maybe not for you." He said. I sighed.
"What's he planning?" I asked, talking about Dad.
"He's already called him and told him to keep an eye on you." He said.
"Of course. That's all he ever does." I said.
"He just wants to protect you, love." He said. I nodded.
"I know." I sighed.
"Get some sleep. Night." Uncle Niall said, kissing my forehead.
I got under the covers and smiled up at him.
"Night." I said.
He went toward the door and turned off the lights. He closed the door, and I started to close my eyes.
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Hey guys!
I hope you enjoyed this chapter!
I'm sorry I didn't update yesterday:(
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I went to a festival, and then I had cheer after that.
I couldn't come up with a good enough chapter.
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