West headed to the backyard to fly off to school, when his dad surprised him and grabbed his shoulder.
"Son, after all is happened, take the car to school today, ok?"
"Fine, dad" he said defeated, and, as a sign of protest, he slowly flew across the living room and got to the front door.
He stepped out the door and walked up to the SUV parked on the drive-way. West got the shook of his life when he saw the man standing next to the car: it was Noah, alive again…
"What the hell is going on here?" West inquired
"Claire hasn't told you yet? "
"Claire is not talking to me" West said sadly but kept on asking "Why are you alive? I saw you get shot in the eye!!"
"The Company kept me alive, Claire's blood saved me"
"Ok, fine, whatever, I don't want to hear from the Company anymore and I got to get to school"
"West, I can't stay with my family, I need you to take care of Claire, please" Noah shouted.
"Great, you know I'd love to, but she doesn't want me near her" West said, feeling his heart tear apart.
"What? Why?" Noah sounded surprised.
"I tried to talk some sense into her about what she wanted to do to the Company; by the way, she didn't liked it at all, she just gave me back my box and I left"
"I already talked to her about the company, but, West, you are the only one that can take care of her and protect her" Noah tried to explain.
"She doesn't want me!" West yelled "And I have to get to school and try not to think of her because it hurts like hell!" His eyes filled up with the tears he had held back.
"West, I'll talk to her, she needs you and she loves you" Noah tried to calm him down.
West face lit up, he was so sad but her loving him and needing him back was all he cared about.
"She is not going to school today; I can give you a ride to your house"
"All right, thank you" Noah jumped into the car.
Awkward silence filled in the SUV as they drove by, Noah decided to make it worse when he turned out the radio to ask West if he loved Claire…
"Of course I love her! I have since I saw her put her hands through flames in class, since I took her in my arms and I flew with her to the beach, I felt her holding on to me and I saw her smile the first time she opened her eyes to see the sky all around us. " his thoughts seemed to go as he said all that and tried to hold on to those memories "Sir, I can't forget the sight of her in her pajamas, just woken up, while I was cooking waffles!" West said laughing.
"What do you mean, just woken up?" Noah's face changed for worse "Have you slept with my daughter??" he yelled.
"What?! NO! I haven't, no way!" West simply freaked out as he answered the dreadful question.
"But you've thought about it, right?" Noah insisted.
"Sir, I love your daughter and with my love come my respect, but I have to be honest, if she would have wanted to… I would have said yes…" He tried to sound as respectful as he could but he is a teenage boy, of course he had thought about it…
"I'm glad to hear you say that you respect her and you'll wait for her"
The car pooled on the Buttler's driveway and Noah went inside the house as West drove away hoping he won't have to see Claire.
When he got to school he sat down and tried to stay focus in class, but it was so hard, he was in the biology class they shared and a flash of their first conversation came to his mind, he fought his thoughts however he eventually gave in. He spend all morning thinking about her even thou he knew he could not call her or go to see her, it was torture.
About a week or so, after West chat with Noah, he saw Claire in school for the first time since their fight, he managed not to fly to her and kiss her in the moment she appeared, somehow and he succeeded. It hurt so much to see her every day and not be able to be with her, he loved her and he missed her like hell.
Just a few days had passed by since Claire had come back to Costa Verde High, when she couldn't resist any more: she saw West putting away some book inside his locker and she ran to him wrapping her arms around his waist and placing her head on his back, surprising him.
"I missed you so much, I 'm so sorry!" she cried. West couldn't move, he was frozen and he started talking facing his open locker.
"Did your dad asked you to come back to me?" said disbelieving what was happening.
"No, West, I really need you" she pressing her cheek against his back.
"You need your flying bodyguard?" he said, turning around inside her arms with a smile.
"I need my boyfriend, I love you, West" the tears fell from her eyes and he wipe the away with the sleeve of his shirt.
"I love you too, baby!" he said ecstatic like he never had been before, reached down to her level and putted his hands around her face to bring her to his lips and to kiss her for the first time in such a long time.
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