Closer To You Chapter 2
It had been two hours since Newt and Thomas had arrived at their new home.
It was a small cape cod in the residential side of town and the boys had quickly unloaded the few possessions that they had brought with them before splitting off for some time to themselves.
Newt was up in his room with his headphones on while he stared out the window at his new backyard.
The house definitely needed work, that's for sure.
There were cobwebs everywhere and the backyard was severely overgrown.
Just then a knock sounded on the front door making him groan in frustration.
Who on earth was coming around when they've only been here for two bloody hours?
Taking the steps two at a time, he took his headphones off his ears and made his way over to the front door where whoever it was had been pounding away.
When he opened the door he was fully prepared to shout at them that they needed to go away but what he found made him raise an eyebrow instead.
A plain looking girl was standing on his doorstep with a plate of cookies with a hesitant smile.
She had long brown hair and big brown eyes and he would've said she was beautiful if she hadn't been so plain.
"Can I help you?" He asked as he looked down at her with a confused expression.
The girl's smile faltered and she looked up at him like a deer in headlights obviously not expecting his bluntness.
"Hi…um my name's Bella Swan and I live next door. I thought I'd bring you a house warming gift." She stuttered as she held the plate of cookies out like a peace offering.
He was at a loss at what to do.
Tom was always the one who went out of his way to make friends, not him.
Shifting his weight from one side to the other, he realized that she was still standing there waiting for some type of answer.
Deciding that he should probably say something, he awkwardly held the door open and ushered her inside.
Taking the plater of cookies from her hand, he set them down on the coffee table and gestured to the sitting area.
"Thanks, would you like to sit down?" He said cursing himself at how insecure he sounded.
"Yeah, that'd be great." She said as she made her way over to the couch.
Just as she was about to reach the couch she bumped her knee on the coffee table spilling the cookies everywhere, smashed the plate into pieces and managed to fall face first on the edge of the rug.
A string of curses spilled from his lips as he rushed over and tried to pick her up off the floor.
"Ow…" She winced making him look down at her with a concerned expression.
"Are you alright, love?" He asked before he grimaced at his choice of a British pet name.
He watched as she pulled up the sleeve of her shirt and examined a deep gash that was bleeding everywhere.
Newt froze as he paled and started to stumble away from her.
Blood. The one thing that he feared most in life.
It had started when he saw his parent's mutilated bodies.
In that moment he knew he could never see another drop of blood without thinking of them.
Bella looked up at him with an annoyed look. "Well are you gonna help me or not?" She said as he shook his head hard and took another step back.
"I need to go to the hospital! Come on you need to take me!" She whined wither her eyes all wide and pitiful looking.
Newt's heart dropped out of his chest at the fact that he still couldn't drive so he couldn't help her at all.
So he shook his head making her glare harshly at him.
"Fine I'll just bleed to death while I drive myself." She growled as she stormed over to the front door.
It was right at that moment that Thomas decided to come home making his heart leap for joy.
Thomas was holding a bag of groceries but immediately set it down as he took in the situation that he had just walked into.
Eyeing the glass, blood, cookies and the injured brunette that was glaring at him he went with the best thing he could think of.
"Who are you?" He questioned as her eyes became wide and she gave him the same deer in the headlights look that she had given his brother.
"Bella…Swan. I live next door." She stammered making him look over at his brother who was turning positively green.
He quirked an eyebrow at him as Newt mouthed the word "Blood."
Thomas's eyes lit up in recognition before he turned and gave the girl a reassuring smile.
"Well I'm Thomas and that's my brother Newt and I don't know what happened here but I think I'd like to drive you to the hospital so you can get some stitches for that."
He said as he pointed at her arm.
Bella's face lit up as she nodded. "Thanks, Thomas. I'll tell you what happened in the car." She said as she shot one last glare over at Newt who cringed as she stormed out of the house.
Thomas sighed and looked over at him with a worried look. "Are you alright? Don't worry I'll handle this. Just try and calm down okay?"
Isaac nodded his head slightly and gave his brother a tired smile before Thomas smiled back and grabbed his car keys and followed Bella out the door.
As soon as the front door shut he looked around the room at the whole mess of destruction the brunette had caused.
Shaking himself out of his nightmarish flashbacks, he slowly began to clean up everything.
Great. Now the brunette is mad at him and wants to get with his brother.
He wasn't stupid. He had seen the look of complete awe and wonder on her face.
Huffing out an annoyed breath, he grabbed the broom and started sweeping up the glass and cookies that lay scattered in front of the couch.
"So much for a great start." He muttered as he put his headphones on and blocked out the rest of the world completely.