Nate's POV:
Friday rolled by really quick, nothing interesting happened, just me hanging out with Rosie and trying to console her about our parents' departure and Xavier ditching me a couple of times to hang out with this girl, Lilly, Lilly Mathews. I still didn't get the chance to meet this mystery girl who gave me the chills, its like a shiver running down my spine whenever I hear her name, it was weird; a feeling I never experienced before, but it was pleasant, really pleasant and that made me squirm in antsy, because of how foreign the feeling was. Xavier has been claiming that nothing is going on between them and that they are strictly just friends. Though, I believe that there is something between them, like a secret affair, but the weird this is the waves of anger that wash over me just at the thought of Xavier and Lilly together.
Getting out of bed in the morning was an exasperating task, just like every other single day. However, today I'm working on convincing myself that it's Friday, the last day of the school week and that I'm going to have two days full of freedom, not that I'm studious and always working hard during the school days, In fact, I'm the complete opposite, I still get beat drunk and laid, simply life goes on just like normal. The only difference is that I don't have a designed time to wake up at.
After several minutes of contemplating whether I should get up or just skip school all together, the more rational part of me won the argument and decided to just go to school and if I don't feel like it, I'm going to ditch, no biggie.
I pulled my sore body out of the bed and begrudgingly entered the bathroom, running a shower. After getting ready for school, I left the room and went straight to the kitchen which was calling for me, oh my ... food, I'm a growing male, Plus I need the food to maintain my sexy figure, just saying.
Though, I think I lost all my appetite at seeing the scene in front of me. My parents sitting on the bar stools, sipping tenderly on their hot steamy tea cups, each staring at a laptop with paperwork fluttered around them.
They seemed to realise my presence, so they turned to face me fully, However, their calm and sophisticated exterior crumbled to the earth the moment they made eye contact with me. My father's eyes were filled with rage, disgust, anger and mostly disappointment. My mother's eyes were filled with completely different emotions, disbelief, shock, a little bit of anger but what caught my attention the most was the foreign emotion I saw in the depth of her eyes: Regret. I didn't know whether it was regret for giving birth to me, a child who betrays his own parents, or regret about what they put me through all those past years. But I wanted to figure it out so badly.
"Nathaniel Cole Erickson, you have crossed all you lines and limitations, young man!" My dad bellowed angrily, and somehow that got me angrier. "Don't go all full name on me." I retorted. I knew I was triggering him into more rage but I couldn't help it.
"You think you can keep doing the shit that you do, running around ruining my reputation in your drunken state and expect me to treat you properly? You are living under my roof."
I let out a humourless laugh and stared at him with menace. "What are you gonna do, dad?" I asked, spitting out the word dad. At this moment, all the previous guilt I felt for destroying his business vanished, I couldn't care less. Without waiting for an answer i continued. "You're gonna throw me out?Huh? Do you want all the media to find out that the almighty Daniel Erickson threw his son, the heir to their business out on the street? Do you want your reputation to vanish completely? Guess we all know the answer. NO."
My father was shaking with unshed rage and anger, then without a warning his hand shot out and punched me straight in the jaw.
It all happened so suddenly, my mom gasped, I heard Rosie scream, I saw the shocked look on my father's face, the bewildered faces of our servants and my body was shaking violently with undeniable anger.
I would have went straight forward and tackled him to the floor, knocking him out with just a couple of blows, but after all, he was my father. The maximum I could do was mouth back to him, nothing more than that. He might be annoying and doesn't give a damn about me but I still respected him enough to not hit him. But that still didn't stop the anger boiling in my veins.
I knew that if I didn't leave right now I was going to do something majorly stupid and I had to refrain from that especially after realising Rosie's presence in the room, I didn't want to scare the little girl off, so I immediately ran out of the house, taking in much needed air into my lungs. My jaw was still throbbing a little bit, but the air helped keep me sane.
I hopped into my car, then pulled out of my parking spot. School was now one of my last worries, its not even like I'll be there on time, right now it was halfway through my first class, so why should I go, plus I didn't want to end up serving a life sentence in prison because I killed some of the idiots who go to my school and piss me off to no limit.
I pulled my phone out of my pocket, being careful not to crash into anything while driving, I'm still young and handsome, there is no need for any car crashes. Being the rational person I am; I decided to pull up at the side of the road, and send the text, there was no rush.
Scrolling through my contacts I finally landed on the person I needed the most right now, Xavier.
'Meet me outside the school right after first class. We're going to the cottage.
-Nate'
I continued the drive to the school in a tense manner, I couldn't help but think about how much it stung to get punched by your own father, the person who was sworn to protect you from any danger or harm, A tiny part of me kept nagging me about it being his right after what I put him through, and that like any other man he wouldn't like to get humiliated or disrespected in front of the world, or even his family and servants, but that still didn't stop the anger coursing through my veins.
I sat in my car impatiently waiting for Xavier to come out, I wanted nothing other than to confess what happened in the past couple of hours to my best friend, the only person who could help me through this, Xavier could be silly and childish sometimes, but in times like that, he was a great listener and an even better advice giver.
I looked at the dash board to find that its 10:12 meaning that first class already gave out about 10 minutes ago. Why the hell wasn't he coming? I know that Xavier knows me better than anything, and that rushed text along with me wanting to go to the cottage meant that something immensely important happened. I couldn't stop the feeling of betrayal that mixed in my veins along with my anger. Everyone was betraying me lately.
Having had enough of it, I opened my car door angrily, stomping off into the school, scaring a couple of stupid school mates along the way.
I came to a halt at the scene in front of me, Xavier leaning against a locker with his head thrown back laughing at something the girl in front of him said. I couldn't see the girl properly but that was the least of my worries. I couldn't believe this, Xavier just bailed on me when he knew that it was an emergency for a girl? Damn, that seriously damaged my ego.
My anger flared further and I couldn't control my actions, I took long strides in Xavier's direction, then forcefully pulled him away, slamming him into the lockers behind, Xavier gasped in shock, I knew that I took him by surprise. My face was contorted into a deep angry frown. "What the hell, man?" I asked, anger lacing every word. Xavier's face immediately turned from shock to guilt, I knew that Xavier could easily feel guilty when it came to me, and the fact that I was feeling kind of bad for lashing out on my best friend is unbearable.
He took a deep breath then looked me straight in the eye, "Look, Nate I'm sorry I was coming but I just got caught up!" He said, I didn't want him to feel bad further but my anger overpowered. "Oh, yeah it was so obvious that you were coming while flirting with her." I said, adding a wry laugh.
What happened next took me by surprise, it was like the wind was knocked out of me by just hearing that sweet velvety voice, it was so innocent but tough at the same time, something I don't think is possible. I whipped my head to the side to look at the girl, the one with Xavier who I didn't take notice to at the beginning because I was outraged. Lilly, Lilly Mathews. That was her standing in front of me, I didn't need to be told to know that it was her. It all clicked perfectly, Xavier's description, her personality, everything. But one thing was inaccurate, Xavier couldn't describe how beautiful she was. It's like words couldn't describe how breathtakingly beautiful the girl in front of me was. Her long brown hair was tied up into a high pony tail, giving me a clearer view of her pretty face. Her skin was a little bit tanned, she had tiny freckles covering her cheeks and nose, making her look innocent. Her lips were a pale shade of pink, her eyes were something special, they were like a sea of never ending chocolate, they were deep but what caught me enchanted the most was the amount of foreign emotions in them, They were so much, but I wasn't able to pin point even a single one of them. They were well hidden. Her body was slim but curvy, I could easily notice that even though she has several layers of loose clothing on top.
"Calm down, we were just discussing our project." She said through gritted teeth. I noticed that tone all too well, anger and frustration. It simply was able to pull me out of my day dream. I wasn't going to stand there fantasising about some girl in my school, who i don't care about.
"Shut up, whore." I spat out, harshly.
Her face turned into a deeper frown and her nose flared a little, she shut her eyes tightly trying to take in gulps of air, I couldn't help but notice how her hand was clenching and unclenching, till her knuckled turned white.
Then without further notice, she slammed me into a locker, hard may I add. I stared at her wide eyed and my mouth agape. I didn't need to take a look to know that Xavier's expression was no different than mine.
"Don't you dare talk to me like that." She said through gritted teeth, her face was of close proximity to mine and it was driving my brain into a frenzy, but that didn't stop me from turning us around and changing our positions, it was her now pressed against the locker and I was holding her arms tightly. She started glaring at me to an extend where i thought laser was gonna come out of her chocolatey eyes.
"Hands off me, asshole! Or I swear I'm gonna break them!" She said. I looked at her deeply, trying to figure out how her threat sounded so real that for a second I thought that she was capable of doing this.
I suddenly felt sharp pain which no man on earth could withstand, the pain where you just double over and fall to the ground due to, I guess you understood what happened. She kneed me where the sun doesn't shine and it hurt like hell.
A pained groan escaped my lips as I fell to the ground, Lilly stood above me with a triumphant smile on her lips then walked away.
And what hurt the most was that i was the one left defeated at the end. Oh no Lilly, If you think you won then you should rethink it, beautiful or not, I'm not gonna let this go unnoticed.
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Hey Guys!
The Joker talking.
I guess i have a lot of apologising to do, I am so so sorry for not updating for two weeks and two days. Yes I've been counting and I feel pretty bad about it but we had our reasons, finals are on the way and I had a physics project which I've been working on with the batman for the last two weeks and we couldn't find time to write.
This update is kind of different. I'm updating today but the batman isn't, she's kind of busy so she cant but hopefully she'll update in the next couple of days.
Now lets take a deep breath and fangirl over the fact that THEY MET!
I am fangirling right now!!! I was so excited about writing this chapter and i hope you guys like it too!
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