The Nerd And The Bad Boy

Chapter Thirty-Five

The door was cracked and I could just barely hear the muted conversation going on inside.

I moved closer to the door, peering through the crack. Inside, my mother dressed in her pajamas was running her hands through her hair and nodding nervously.

"Listen, Bell," the man said, "Its just plain stupid to divorce your husband, you'd get nothing with just ending up with me."

"You're wrong, I'd get love, and trust me it's a huge strain on a marriage if your no longer in love with the person you married," mum stood from her bed, trying to convince this strange man to stay obviously.

"Bell, I love you, but you'd never be able to keep the house, I only work in the summer with construction," the man hugged my mum, "You'd wind up on the streets, think about your daughter."

"Alice would be fine, Gerald," she insisted, "And we wouldn't end up in the streets, I have a good job."

"How would she react if she found out about us?" He wondered, pulling back a little bit to watch my mums face.

Shocked, completely shocked and betrayed. That's what I felt.

"She wouldn't be happy, and I've already been a terrible mother...but she would adjust, Alice is a very strong girl."

"Well she does have a very strong mother," he states, leaning down to kiss her. I rush back to my room, my breathing erratic and tears in my eyes. So my mum had ended it, ended the marriage and called for a divorce. Which meant she had lied to me.

"Ali, calm down," whispered Chloe cautiously, "They're going to hear you."

"I don't care," I put my head between my knees and tries to take deep breaths. I soon heard Chloe getting on the phone when I couldn't calm down and speaking with someone. I couldn't focus on that though, with the nightmare and my mother lying to me I was pretty occupied.

Soon Chloe wrapped her arm around me and pulled me into standing position, "Colten is coming to pick you up, alright?"

I hugged my best friend as she helped me quiet down a little, enough to keep my mother and her...whatever he was from hearing us make our way down the hallway and down the stairs. She held me in her arms as we waited in the entrance, listening closely for the sound of Colt's truck.

When we heard his truck's rumble, Chloe wrapped me in one of her sweatshirts and helped me out the door, where Colt met us. Colt immediately wrapped his arms around me, "What's wrong, Ali? What happened?"

"Colten, just take her somewhere else and try to calm her down, okay?" Chloe told him, looking back into the dark house, "When you do calm her down, she's gonna need someone to talk to. Right now, you're the best person because I'm not sure how to handle this situation."

With that Colt lead me to his truck, never once removing his arm from around me, as if I were the most fragile thing in the world. He helped me get into the car, buckling me in before heading round to the drivers side and hopping in.

He automatically grabbed my hand, I stared straight ahead tears forming in my eyes.

"Ali," his hand now had both of my hands, his hand was on fire compared to mine. I didn't even glance at him, too lost in my own world. My mum had cheated on my dad and they were getting a divorce because of her. Worse yet she wanted to marry the guy. Oh and another thing, I had to go to court and face Mr. Solons. My life was going to shit right in front of me.

I felt Colt pull over to the shoulder of the road, and unbuckle me before he cradled me in his arms.

"Ali, you're alright, I'm here," he murmured, forcing me to meet his eyes, "What's wrong?"

I shook my head and buried my face in his chest, wrapping my arms around his neck to hold myself up. His arms were wrapped around me, holding me close as he rubbed my back.

"You're alright," he whispered in my ear, hugging me tighter, "I'm not gonna let anyone hurt you, I'm here."

I kissed his neck, my way of saying thanks and rested my head fully in his chest. He kept one arm around me as he began driving again.

"Where do you want to go?" He asked, rubbing my back with his free hand. I didn't respond, because I honestly couldn't care less where we went as long as he stayed with me.

Colt drove slowly, taking his time getting to wherever we were heading. I didn't mind, I was calming down, if even just a little.

"I hope you don't mind if we go to my Grams house," he murmured, "I think that's the best place right now."

I blinked, slowly at first before I kept my eyes closed. No more nightmares tonight, not with Colten here to protect me.
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A/N
Hey, guys, how's it going? I really hope you guys enjoy this chapter, I worked really hard on it. Though there will most likely be grammatical errors because I've been super busy this week and last. I'm going to start the next chapter as soon as I post this, btw please comment, your feedback lets me know how I'm doing with my writing. I hope everyone has a great week and Happy Holidays in case I don't update before the New Year!
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