Chapter 5
What Was I Supposed To Do?
This chapter actually doesn't have a song for it.
I don't own anything.
Another short update. sorry it took so long …..Also trigger warning?
One week as passed, and surprisingly its been a good one, probably the best week in a long time. Spencer and I had been making serious progress. We're not exactly on perfect terms, but we're on good terms and thats all I can really ask for at this point.
Just being able to have a conversation with the girl who I love is good enough for me, and I'm not about to jeopardize that by trying to get more out of our awkward situation.
So now that Spencer and I seem to be making progress, I need to do the same with Hanna and Emily. Its been so long since i've talked to either or them. Spencer hasn't spoken a word either she told me. After we broke up, they didn't want to take sides and decided to give us some space, but one thing led to another and things got awkward between all four of us, and we just kinda stopped talking. Im not sure if they're mad or maybe just nervous but they haven't been making any effort to say a word to either Spencer or I.
Making my way to the court yard, I get stopped by Noel before I can find Hanna or Emily. "Hi Aria" He says nervously. Things with Noel are definitely weird. We preformed our duet of 'We Are Stars' By Virginia to Vegas, and after that I tried to distance myself from him completely. However that didn't stop him from trying to talk to me multiple times.
"Noel I can't talk right now" I say trying to brush past him. "Thats what you say every time I try to talk to you" Noel says a little louder now, and he reaches out, grabbing my wrist to stop me from walking away.
"Noel let go!" I say trying to release myself. When Noel doesn't let go, I begin to get nervous. "Noel!" I say angrily. "Aria I need to talk to you, you can't just walk away from me!" Noel snaps, very angry himself "Yes I can! Let go!" I say as I'm still trying to get out of his tight grasp.
"Hey let go of her" A voice snaps. Spencer. "Stay out of it, dyke! She isn't your girlfriend anymore, I can do whatever I want with her!" Came his harsh reply.
Spencer looked a cross from hurt and mad from hearing Noel's words. "Im going to tell you again, Noel, let go of her" Spencer said, and approached Noel to push him back quite strongly, causing him to fumble backwards, releasing my wrist in the process.
I looked down to my arm to see the small purple bruise beginning to show, and frowned. "Hey are you ok? Let me see" Spencer said, as she stood right in front of me, taking my small wrist in her hands to examine.
"Stupid dykes" We heard Noel mutter as he walked away. Spencer glared in his direction, before returning her attention to me.
"Thank you Spencer" I said quietly catching Spencer's eye when she looked up from my wrist. She smiled. "Don't worry about it, now answer my question, are you ok?" She repeated, obviously concerned.
I looked down at my now semi swollen wrist and sighed. "Yeah, I guess. Im sure it'll heal" I said sadly. "Maybe you should go to a doctor, or maybe just-" Spencer began rambling before I stopped her. "Hey, its ok, I promise" I said, to her, placing my other hand on her hand that was still placed on my wrist.
She nodded. Waited another second and looked as if she was thinking about something, maybe trying to make up her mind about something? And then, she sadly pulled her hands away and stepped back, making us a normal distance away from each other to have a normal conversation.
"Were you, uh, do you maybe uh want to have lunch, you know with me" Spencer said nervously and looked down for a moment. Aww she's nervous about asking me to have lunch. Cute.
"Of course I do Spence" I said, but then added, "Friends can have lunch together right?" I said, as a rhetorical question, but Spencer answered anyway. "Yeah right" She mumbled, seeming disappointed with my comment.
Wait, was she asking it as a date? I ask myself. No, she couldn't have. Spencer said herself she wants to try to be my friend again. Just my friend. I have to stop trying to get something more out of this. Its not going to happen. At least not right now.
"You know, I wanted to talk to Hanna and Emily" I tell Spencer once we've sat at a table. She looks up at me curiously. "You did?" She asks. "Yeah, I mean, we're okay now, you and me, and I don't really see why we can't all try to be friends again, I know its going to take awhile but I really want them back in my life again. Just like you." I explain to Spencer, a small smile playing at my lips when I see Spencer's eyes light up at my last words. Just like you.
"Yeah, I would really like that too, we should talk to them" Spencer agrees, nodding her head. "Good. Thank you Spencer" I beam.
And as if on cue, Hanna and Emily step out in the courtyard and see Spencer and I, sitting together, and both their eyes fill with a curious expression.
"They're probably wondering why we're having lunch together" Spencer rolls her eyes when she sees them. Before I answer the taller brunette however, none other than Hanna and Emily come walking over to us. "I guess that talk is happening now" I mumble to Spencer just before the familiar pair make their way to out table.
"Uh Hi Spencer, Aria" Emily says when she approached us. "Hi Em" Spencer replies, smiling. "Hey guys" I greet the both of them. "Um don't mean to sound noisy or anything, but is something going on between you two?" Hanna asks gesturing between me and Spencer. Spencer nervously laughs, and I shake my head. "No Han, we uh, just having lunch" I say. "Well if this isn't a date then, maybe…we could join you guys?" Emily asks slowly. I smile brightly, and see Spencer does the same. "Of course you can." Spencer says.
Spencers pov
Today has surprisingly been an amazing day. Aria and I are really getting closer, and I know I'm going to win her back soon. I love her to much to let her go. Just seeing Noel's hands on her today made me furious and I wish I could do a lot more then just push the boys back. But other then that, it was a fantastic day.
Aria and I had a great conversation with Hanna and Emily, and things may just be going back to normal between the four of us.
Im now driving home, and notice that its starting to rain. Oh thank goodness I decided to drive today. I feel pretty bad for all those people who now have to walk home from school in the pouring rain.
As I make my usual turn, I notice a small brunette, with her arms wrapped around her body, obviously freezing her butt off, as she walks quickly down the street.
Its Aria. Why is she walking? She has a car. Did she just not take it this morning?
I pull up beside her and roll down the window. I smile as I look at her. But my smile fades a little, as I see she's soaked from head to toe, shivering, and has smudged makeup across her face. I open my car door and quickly jog up to her, taking off my semi dry jacket and wrapping it around her freezing frame.
"Aria, damn your freezing, come on let me drive you home" I tell her pulling her back to my car. "Thank you, once again today" Aria smiles, quickly getting inside my car. Once we're both in I begin driving. "Why are you walking? Wheres your car?" I ask her.
She sighs. "My dads been making me pay for my on gas, and I'm currently broke" She shrugs. "So you have to walk home all the time, even in this weather!" I say, and gesture towards the car window. "Its not that bad, Spence, its only a half an hour walk" Aria says.
I shake my head. "It is that bad Ar, I'm driving you to and from school from now on" I tell her. She looks up at me. "No Spence, I can't ask you to do that" She argues. "Your not asking, I'm offering, and I don't care what you say I'm doing it" I tell her. "Spence, you really don't have to" She begins saying before I cut in. "I don't want to hear any argument you have, its happening" I tell her.
Aria rolls her eyes. "You're still as stubborn as ever Spencer" Aria laughs. "Hey it isn't stubbornness its kindness the way I see it" I argue. "Yeah yeah, whatever you say" Aria continues laughing.
"Well, uh, thanks for the ride, Spence" Aria said once we pulled up into her driveway. "No problem Aria, and I'll be here tomorrow morning to pick you up" I promised her. Aria rolled her eyes again. "I'll find the money to pay for gas soon, you'll only have to drive me for a week or two, I swear" Aria said.
"Please don't worry about it, I don't mind at all, honestly" I told her sincerely. It was true. Getting to see Aria everyday after and before school would be nice really.
"Ok, but I'm still going to find a way to start earning money, maybe I should get a job" Aria sighed. "Im sure you'll figure something out, you always do" I smiled.
"Well, thanks again, see you tomorrow" She spoke before exiting my car. "Bye!" I called after her.
I watched her walk up to her front door, and noticed that my jacket was still wrapped around her. A small smile was then plastered to my face for the rest of the car ride home, knowing that Aria kept my jacket.
Arias pov
After stepping through the front door, I immediately regretted it, when hearing my parents words. "Its not my fault! I raised him perfectly! All this bad behaviour comes from your side of the family!" I hear my mother shout. "My side! Your side is just as fucked up, and thats why are children are like this!" My dad shouts back.
Ouch. So me and Mike are the fucked up ones in this house?
Im not in the mood to deal with either one of them right now, so I rush upstairs as fast as I can and avoid both of them.
Upon entering my room, I notice that Spencers jacket is still tightly wrapped around me. I smile. It was nice of her to give me her jacket.
I pull the item off of me, and carefully fold it, leaving it on my chair. I would return it tomorrow.
A soft knock is then heard at my door. I open the door, revealing Mike. A sad look in his eyes is seen. I sigh and open the door wider to allow him to come in. "Hey" I speak, watching him come in. "Hows uh, how are things downstairs?" I ask.
"Its like fucking world war two down there" Mike grumbles. I close the door and join Mike, sitting on my bed. "They'll stop eventually they always do" I say sadly, trying to reassure him.
"Yeah but its only so long until they start again" He says. Mike was right. It didn't matter when they stopped fighting or how long they stopped fighting for…it would start again, only it would be a whole new argument.
"Mike! Aria!" A loud voice then shouted from downstairs. "Great what do they want" Mike mumbled while standing up. "Don't make them more upset then they already are Mike, just smile and nod" I tried telling him, joining him at the door. "Are you serious? Just smile and nod? We need to do something about all this fighting! Im sick of it!" Mike says angrily.
"Mike, Aria! Get down here Now!" Our dads voice called again. "I know okay, just now is not the time" I said quickly and walked out of my room, down the stairs with Mike following.
General Pov
"Byron this is not necessary!" Ella said once Aria and Mike reached the bottom of the stairs. "Yes it is, we can end this right now" Byron said.
"Whats going on?" Aria asked as her and Mike slowly walked up to there parents. "We need to clear some things up" Byron stated darkly, turning to meet his children. "Im not going to do this Byron, I'm leaving" Ella said quickly, grabbing her things and heading towards the door. "Wait mom, whats going on!" Mike asked desperately. "Im sorry, to both of you" Ella said sadly as she shared one last look with both Mike and Aria and then left the house.
"That will make things much easier" Byron spoke up. Aria eyed her dad for a moment. "Dad are you drunk?" She asked slowly, noticing her dads wobbling pace. "Thats none of your business!" He shouts angrily. Aria takes a step back, in fear of what her dad might do.
"The two of you have been causing a lot of problems in this house lately! Its your fault your mom had to find anything out in the first place, its your fault that we are like this!" He says with so much hatred and anger towards Aria.
"Don't talk to her like that! Look at yourself! Are you seriously blaming Aria? Your a mess! Thank god Mom left your pathetic ass!" Mike said stepping towards Byron and leaving Aria behind him.
"How dare you talk to me like that, you stupid little delinquent!" Byron his shouting as loud as he has now, and before anyone can do anything, his fist collides with Mike's face.
"Ah, fuck!" Mike curses loudly, as he stumbles back, his hand holding his face wear Byron hit. "Oh my god! How could you!" Aria shouts, coming to her brothers side and trying to look at his face. "You two are both so worthless." Byron speaks and then leaves the living room, heading to his office at the back of the house.
"Mike, fuck, are you ok?" Aria asks frantically. Mike removes his hand and Aria gasps at the sight. Mike's eye is already swelling and forming black and purple bruises, and his cheek right underneath his eye has a large bloody cut.
"Its not that bad" Mike tries convincing Aria. "Not that bad!? Are you insane!" Aria asks, looking at the bruise. "Come on lets get ice" She says, leading her brother to the kitchen.
"I hate him so much" Mike sighs as he brings the bag of ice to his eye. Aria sighs. "I know. Me too"