Chapter 9

Sabine's P.O.V

About six days have passed following that incident. I planned to stand up for myself against dad about Ezra, but I was nervous to actually do the darn thing. My dad and I stopped talking after the incident since I was still mad at him, and I still don't forgive him. Heck, he even didn't necessarily feel sorry as much about the incident. Needless to say, all he had to do was not go as far as do what he did and Ezra and I wouldn't have been at bigger odds with my dad. I talked to my mom about the incident, she talked to my dad, and as usual, they fought about me and Ezra, for the ten millionth time! This had to stop sooner or later, and I was going to stand up today, one way or another!

I sighed as I got out of my room and headed downstairs, ready to stand up for myself, taking a deep breath as I prepared myself. I found my dad in the living room with his feet up on the couch, working on his laptop. "Dad, can we talk for a minute?" I asked.

"Why?" he asked.

"Can we?"

"Fine." I took a seat on the other couch, putting my feet up and making eye contact with my dad. "So what do you want to talk about?"

"About the incident."

"Sabine, are you seriously questioning me over..."

"Yes, dad! I am. I am questioning you over the incident six days ago. That was uncool and you shouldn't have done that. And you know what? I think it's time for me to stand up for myself against my own dad for once."

"I'm sorry, but let me correct you on something here. You talk to your dad, not stand up against him."

"I am talking to you right now as I'm standing up for myself. Now, are you going to let me get to the point here?"

"Cut to it."

"I thing is...you can't keep doing this to me and Ezra. Even if you don't see me dating a guy such as him, I have my preferences and I can decide for myself as to who I date. You just have to accept the fact that I'm dating a person who you don't see me dating, and that is okay to me. Me and Ezra are different, and that's what makes us a good couple. But, even though we get told a lot by people that we make a good couple, YOU just have to make things difficult for the both of us. We've had enough, I've had enough, of you always dissing him and me over the fact that I'm with him. So I'm going to ask you once, AND ONCE ONLY, to just please stop making a big deal out of this and come clean with the truth that I'm with Ezra and I love him. Seriously, it's for the better. And that with that incident, you're making things worse for yourself, and for us. And if you have a problem with me and Ezra dating, too bad. You just have to come clean and stop dissing us."

Wow, it actually felt pretty good to stand up for myself, even if dad had a problem with it. He just sat there in silence. He broke it after three minutes. "Sabine, you know that you're putting yourself in even more trouble with me than you have to?"

"Oh why, because I just stood up for myself?"

"One, you know that Ezra is a disgrace to our clan and that you know that you just can't simply defy me like that. Two, I wanted you to date a guy who has actual discipline within himself, and what do you do, you fall in love with him."

"Because I loved him then and I love him now."

"When will you ever learn?"

"I learned. I learned that I don't have to always listen to you and that I am the one who decides who I love. I love Ezra, dad, you seriously need to get over this!"

"Break up with him, or else."

"Did you just tell me to break up with him?"

"Yes. Do it, or else I'll make you do it."

"Dad, why do you have such a problem with him!? I'm not going to break up with him for a long time. We're just made for each other."

"Made for each other to be the worst couple out there."

I felt the rage burning in me, but I took a deep breath before I said, "Take that back right now."

"I'm sorry I said that, but it's true."

"To you maybe. Look, just give us a chance. We've been dating for about almost three months now, so it's time that you give us a chance."

"I did in the beginning, but now I see Ezra for the huge disgrace that he is."

I sighed heavily. "You know what, dad, I'm out of here. I'm just going to spend the night at Ezra's since I don't want to have another fight with the guy who just can't simply give his daughter and her boyfriend a chance to show that they're a really good couple!"

"Sabine, you have no right to leave our homestead without permission."

"I don't need permission. Besides, I'm 17, and I text mom or you to tell you where I am if I do leave on my own."

I grabbed my house key, threw on my green winter coat and black winter hat, then headed for the front door. "Sabine, you are seriously in so much trouble if you take one step out that door."

"I'm not in trouble to myself, dad! I didn't even do anything wrong! You're just lucky that mom had to work today to not lecture you about this. Now, see you tomorrow." I didn't say anything else and walked out the door, locking the door behind me. I walked down the steps of my house and headed to Ezra's house. Just as I walked, my phone rang, and I saw that it was dad. I answered it. "Look, I'm not coming back tonight, so take a chill pill and just accept the fact that I'm dating Ezra. Oh, and he's not a disgrace and he's actually a good person." I hung up after that, sighing as I put my phone away, continuing my walk over.

I got there 10 minutes later, and Ezra could tell that something was up. He let me in and we went up to his room to talk about it. "What's up, Sabs?" he asked. I sighed.

"I stood up for myself against my dad about us and the incident from a few days ago, and he said something..." I answered.

"What did he say?"

"Dude, you aren't gonna like this." He took my hand in his.

"You can tell me anything, babe, I'm here for you."

"He told me to break up with you."

"What!?"

"Yeah. He said to do it or else he'll make me do it."

"He can't just do that though!"

"I know, and it's wrong." I started sobbing a tiny bit. What he said was strong enough to bring me to tears a little bit. Ezra pulled me in and I sobbed into his shoulder.

"We'll get through this. We both will." I nodded against his shoulder. Ezra comforted me for about 15 minutes as I sobbed.

"He can't do this to me, Ezra, he just can't."

"I know, and it's pissing me off."

"What am I gonna do?"

"Deny what he told you because he doesn't control us, that's all I can say. We are going to get through this one way or another, Sabine, we both will."

"I don't want him to separate us, Ezra. I love you." He kissed me briefly but passionately.

"I love you too. I don't want anything to happen to us."

"I won't let anything happen, Ez."

"Me either."

We lay in his bed, cuddling for a while until his phone rang. He answered it. "Hello?" There was silence. "Look, if you think you could make my girlfriend break up with me, Mr. Wren, you are wrong!" Crap, my dad was calling Ezra. "No, no, let me talk for once because Sabine and I have had it with you always dissing us about our relationship!" He didn't say anything for about 30 seconds. "Look, you seriously need to chill the heck out before you seriously do something else that you'r-" Ezra got interrupted by my dad from what I could here from his phone to his ear. "No, I'm not telling my girlfriend that! You aren't going to break us up, we are both 17 years old and we can decide for ourselves if we want to break up or not! As of now, we are not breaking up!" My dad started lecturing him again, until Ezra spoke up after a minute. "You know what, unless you seriously chill out and actually see why I am good for Sabine, I'm not talking to you! I'm blocking your number! Goodbye!" Ezra hung up.

"What did he say?" I asked.

"He said that he wanted me to tell you that I wanted to break up with you. I had a feeling that he just wanted me to say that as if I was his inside man." he answered.

"He's not going to do that, Ezra. I will not allow my dad to do that."

"Me either. I swear, if he exploits me again..."

"I'm honestly done with this. I'm going to stand up for myself against dad again if he does call me because he seriously needs to get over this thing."

"I agree with you. He seriously does. I'm done with him, I am!"

"Me too. You know what I'm going to do as usual to prove a point in this, Ez?"

"What?"

"Keep on defying my own dad about us dating as usual, because eventually he is going to come clean with our love if I keep on doing that." My phone rang, and I saw that it was my dad. I sighed, declining his call. It took 10 seconds after I declined the call for me to receive voicemail from him. I played it.

"Either you break up with him, or I WILL do it for you."

"Osik!" I swore.

"What?" Ezra asked.

"He left me a voicemail. He told me to break up with you or he will do it for me."

"But he can't though. He doesn't control us."

"I know. Ez, can I maybe stay with you for while if this gets worse?"

"Sure. And, Sabine, if this gets worse, I will always be there for you."

"Thank you, Ezra."

I gave him a kiss on the cheek, going back to resting my head on his shoulder. I decided to stay with him tonight, and even though I was good for the most part, I still decided to go back to my place and get some extras. Ezra offered to give me a lift, but for the sake of his rivalry with my dad, I told him that I thought it was best if he didn't show himself for now. I started my walk back to my house, arriving there 15 minutes later.

I opened the door with my key, marching up to my room to get my things, and my backpack. Just as I was getting my sweatpants in my bag, my dad entered my room.

"I'm sorry, did you ask me at first before you entered?" I asked him.

"No, and I don't need to for when you are in trouble."