ANGEL ~ vance hopper x reader ~

? ? ?? ? ?chapter 19? ? ?? ??

a faint ringing sounded from my room and my insides froze over again. I stood stock still and stared out into the hallway, unable to move.

"y/n?... you... gonna get that?" dad asked, placing his knife down. I swallowed and nodded my head.

"yeah..." I forced myself to move, my stiff and awkward legs carrying me to my room. anxiety shot through me as I held my door handle and pushed it open. the receiver was cold in my hand as I picked it up and I tried not to whimper in fear when I spoke into it. "hello?..."

"good morning, y/n. I see you didn't sleep so good." I bit my lip in fear as tom karls's voice harassed my ears.

"please... stop calling me." my voice came out in a desperate whine. tom tutted condescendingly.

"why would I do that? I love hearing your voice, especially the fear." I whimpered in fear and dropped the receiver to the holder, placing my two hands over it as if scared it would pop back up and i'd have to listen to tom all over again. I blinked the tears away and patted my hair down with a fake, watery smile before going back out to the kitchen.

"who was that?" gwen asked.

"uhm, nobody. wrong number." I muttered as I picked up my school bag. "ready to go?"

"yeah, you haven't eaten." dad stated.

"I'm not hungry, I feel a little sick, actually." I responded. I wasn't lying, just not telling the full truth.

"you gonna be ok?" dad asked.

"i'll be fine. let's get finney to his first day back!" I said with a bigger smile.

we all headed out of the house, dad to his car and us kids down the road. dad didn't have time to drop us off today, he had to be in a little earlier to run some errands for his boss. he bid us goodbye and finney good luck before hopping in his car and driving away.

we arrived at the school and gwen immediately bounded away, meeting susie at the playground. I turned to finney and smiled.

"be good, ok? don't do anything stupid. if you wanna leave, just go to the principal's. you gonna be alright?" my voice wobbled with worry.

"i'll be fine!" finney said with a smile. I couldn't help but pull him into a tight hug. "y/n! get off of me!"

"finney! be nice to your sister, if I got a hug from her, I certainly wouldn't be fighting like that." I stopped hugging finney as I turned to the voice with smile that I couldn't fight.

"hello, robin." I said in a fake-bored tone.

"hola, mi amor!" robin exclaimed with wide arms.

"I'm not hugging you." he jumped back at my statement with his hands clasping his chest as if he'd been shot, making finney and I laugh.

"mi amor! you wound me!" he exclaimed.

"you'll get over it." I said. "right, you two going in?"

the boys nodded. robin linked finney's arm with his and stood up straight with his other hand to his forehead in a salute.

"don't worry, y/n dearest! i'll look after him." he stomped his foot on the ground and I laughed.