Chapter 10- Old friends

Fishing..to me personally was a very stupid and useless idea, i'm not saying this just because my bucket is empty.. no. Never.

I dropped the fishing rod on the boat's surface and sighed.

"this is lame!"

I heard a chuckle coming from Connor, my head snapped toward's him, my eyes narrowing at his direction.

"You're only saying that because you can't fish"

I scoffed and crossed my arms over my chest.

"I can"

"Then why is your bucket empty?"

I stayed silent,of course i can't fish! I never went fishing not even once in my life.

"Come on now Connor, teach him"

His mother said picking yet another fish from the hook of her rod, great.

He came up to me and sat behinde me,a couple of inches away.

"Put both of your hands on it, tightly"

I picked mine up from the floor and rolled my eyes, I didn't know how to fish nor did I want to try it, I would like it more if I just ate the fish.

"Ok now bring your arms back as of you're gonna throw it, hold on to it tightly and be careful to not hit my mom behinde you"

Madison laughed a little while I looked back at connor to see him having a smirk on his face, I elbowed him in the side then face the water again.

"So not funny"

I moved the rod around a little, trying to figure out the right way to do this.

"Just, do it"

I did as he told me but when i pulled it back it got stuck on something.

"Try again"

I pulled it back gently and started all over,the second time i pulled it back and threw it, ACTUALLY threw it in the fucking water..like..the whole rod..

his mother burst out laughing,what actually surprised me that he laughed along too, I smiled instantly and turned back to look at him, his eyes closed, two raws of pearly white teeth decorated his mouth, his light dimples on full display as the sun casted it's bright yellow shade on him, making his perfect perfect skin glow.

I noticed that his mother was also smiling, looking at her son while he laughed, she looked..proud and happy, very happy that her son was laughing this hard, when he noticed that we were both staring at him while smiling at his gorgous laugh, His smile deceased slightly, he glanced at his mom then at me, having a confused expression on his face.

"Stop staring at me"

He flicked my forehead using his long, thick index, I hissed and rubbed it quickly, pouting at him.

"I'm going to get your rod"

He said before getting up, he took his shirt off, giving me a full uncensored view of his well defined abs, he glanced at me, smirking proudly when he caught me staring he jumped in the water, it only took him a few seconds to get it, then climbed up back on the road, the lake wasn't that deep after all.

"Ok, let's try again"

He said once again sitting behinde me this time my back attached to his chest ,i was blushing while he held my hands and gave me the rod, i had a good grip on it this time he placed his hands on my forearm and swung it back and then forth, i was blushing even harder, his touch made me feel giddy, feeling his hot breath on my neck made me feel turned on.

"Ok now don't pull it too hard or the string will cut loose"

Slowly and after a few more rough tries, I finally..finally had a small fish in my hand, close to a tuna yes, I will not lie but it's a fish!.

"I'm cooking this bitch tonight!!"

I said happily as if I was holding a whole huge fish, not a tiny piece of meat that would barely feed one person.

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A few hours later, and before sun set we were back home we placed the fishes in the fridge like his mother demanded, Connor went to our room a few seconds ago and I was left alone in the kitchen, looking for a cold treat.

"What are you looking for justin?"

Madison asked as she were looking through the fridge after she walked into the kitchen.

"Umm, ice cream but i don't think there's any"

I said and closed the fridge, feeling slightly disappointed,Connor walked in the kitchen, having a fresh set of clothes on.

"I want my phone back"

His mother looked at him then back at me, completely ignoring his demand.

"There isn't but i'm sure Connor will drive you to get some"

Connor furrowed his brows, glanced at me then looked back at his mother, tilting his head in confusion.

"Drive him where?"

"To a grocery store, to get ice cream"

He rolled his eyes and, obviously annoyed with me.

"What are you? Five?"

I frowned and crossed my arms over my chest.

"Ice creams isn't for children only"

"It is but sorry,i forgot that you're a child as well"

He looked at his mother and pointed at me

"Why can't he go alone?"

She gasped softly, hitting his arm

"What if he got lost?"

"He can use navigation mom"

She shook her head violently as an answer for him

"No. Take him"

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"You've been driving for so loooong when are we going to get there??"

I whined shifting in my seat uncomfortably.

"Not before another fifteen minutes"

I sunk in my seat a loud whine escaping my lips.

"Oh my god!, i didn't even bring my phone with me ,we could've listened to some music!"

"Thank god you didnt"

I furrowed my brows, looking over at him now.

"Why do you hate my music? No one hate's my music,ever"

He kept quite, his face gave off something.. more than just him ignoring me.

"Connor"

I said in a softer way,He didn't say anything untill i sat on the chair with my back facing the front mirror, i stared at him while i crossed my arms over my chest, he sighed and started to talk when he noticed how persistent I was.

"It's because i used to do it,with my father..i was the perfect shotgun passenger and we both liked my music,it was mostly old pop and jazz and just..old stuff we both loved, you singing and dancing to the lyrics and beat reminde's me of how i used to be"

"Oh"

My arms fell to my lap and so did my gaze, I didn't know what to say at first but after a few seconds I spoke.

"But..you can't just yell at everyone who play's music in the car,Connor"

I heard him let out a loud, deep sigh, making me look up at him.

"I know i have to do something about my anger issues"

"And the eating disorder, you barley eat, and barley sleep"

I added.

"Yeah yeah ok"

He replied nodding twice

"Did you try some sleep meds?"

"No, i don't want to sleep"

He said shaking his head.

"I'm sure if you-"

"I said i don't want to sleep!"

I jumped due to how loud he suddenly spoke,the car fell silent after that, I didn't dare to say a word.

we got to the grocery store, the engine died down after he pulled the key out,i got down and closed the door behinde me then walked inside, hearing the door sound Ding Dong going off ,i greeted the girl who worked there and went around looking for the ice cream section, i picked chocolate flavour and turned around, heading toward's the cashier.

"Get strawberry and vanilla too, my mother love's them"

I nodded and placed the two flavors in the cart.

"We're not going back here again,put more so we won't have to drive 20 minutes for ice cream"

I nodded and placed more ice cream tubs and pushed the cart , my eyes went wide due to the sight of bunch of familiar faces, i stopped in my track my eyes almost falling out of my eyes. Connor kept on walking but stopped when he didn't see me following him he walked back to me a clear annoyed expression on his face.

"What is it now"

My gaze scattered around as i spoke nervously.

"J- jack"

I said, my hands growing colder and colder , even though i'm an adult now and i'm twenty two years old but ..the sight of my life time bully and his friends..scare's me to death.

"Who's jack?"

He followed my gaze untill his eyes met the blond boy's figure.

"Is he like..your friend"

I shook my head quickly and hid behinde Connor.

"Nononononono"

I gripped the back of his shirt and buried my face there ,he turned around and faced me, cupping my face in his hands.

"What is wrong with you?And who is jack?"

He asked, I couldn't look him in the eyes, I kept looking down, memories of Jack and his friends ruining my life kept on flooding inside my head making me tremble in fear.

"My..Bully"

"What?..justin,you're a grown man"

He said with furrowed eyebrows.

"I know i know"

I said shutting my eyes and nodding rapidly.

"I'm just scared he has been bullying me not just during high school he has been bullying me my whole life Connor,except for college because I ran away from home because of them"

I explained further, balling my hands tightly to stop them from shaking.

"He won't hurt you,that was..years ago"

He said, now letting go of my face.

"Yeah,yeah..maybe"

I calmed down a little as he stood up straight and walked with me past them..I realized that i was shaking for nothing, They didn't even recognize me which Is amazing,thank god .

"Hey, i'm going to go get some things you can walk around to see if you need anything"

I nodded and watched him walk away, I started to walk in the opposite way, the snacks isle, my other home.

i picked some chips and placed them in the cart along with an unhealthy amount of chocolate bars, Marshmallows and candy..since my boyfriend is rich, might as well take advantage of it right?.

"Well well well,what do we have here, the one and only..justin blake, it's been years"

His familiar voice sent shivers down my intire body, i turned around slowly to face him, gripping my cart's hand tightly.

"I'm..not justin blake sorry"

I pushed my cart forward, trying to escape them obviously but I was stopped when someone stood in front of my cart and held it still, I slowly looked up to see another familiar face, a familiar smirk, familiar eyes, those eyes that watched me get beat up just because I was me, I let go of the cart and started to walk backwards when my back bumped into someone, I looked up to see their third friend Simon, he pushed me away toward's the shelves making me whimper in pain.

"We- we are not 17 anymore! Why can't you guys grow up!"

I yelled, Kevin, the dark headed one cracked his knuckles as he walked closer to me.

"We are grown, it just depends..you still gay?"

"Still? What the fuck does that suppose to mean huh? It's not something I control!"

Jack stepped closer and gripped my collar ,yanking me closer to him.

"God, you still haven't learned to seal that mouth of yours shut"

I gritted my teeth and pushed him away from me using my entire strength, that only made him take three steps back, when he was right about to obviously punch the living soul out of me, I closed my eyes and waited for it but when it didn't happen I slowly opened my eyes to see Connor standing right infront of me and i couldn't be happier to see him.

"Who are you?"

Jack asked, looking at Connor with furrowed brows

"His boyfriend, who are you ?"

Jack scoffed and leaned to the side to look at me

"You got yourself a fag-"

Connor quickly choked Jack, squeezing his throat, his Jaw clenched

"Don't. Dare call me that"

He said before throwing him away toward's a perfectly made cans pyramid..Kevin rushed over to him while Simon got angry and tried to punch Connor, the later held Simon's arm and twisted it behind his back tightly, almost seeming as if he's gonna break it.

I saw a different side of Connor that day, he was beating those guys up as if he had a personal bad blood with them, he was hitting them with a sick smile on his face as if he was enjoying this..as if it was like a hobby to him or something, I got scared of him, scared that maybe one day I will push him to the edge and he will beat the shit out of me too.

"Connor, stop come on let's go they had enough"

I couldn't pull him out from it until I gave him a slap on the cheek, that managed to get him out of whatever trance he was in, we took our groceries, payed for them and left, I knew we would never come back here, even if my life depended on it.

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