14 - Mercy
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Jaxon's POV:
"Please Jaxon. All I need is five minutes. Can we meet up?"
I internally rolled my eyes trying to not let out a groan at the sound of Brittany's voice, I let out a sigh before agreeing to pick her up. Personally I would have preferred to have met her at this new burger place she was talking about, but my mum raised me better than that. Which is why I had agreed to pick her up.
Who knew that meeting up with Brittany was going to be the biggest mistake of my life. It all happened in slow motion the moment I saw her big hazel eyes starring at me, my heart shattered into a million pieces at the situation. I knew how Avery's mind worked and right now she was thinking I was on a date, no doubt over thinking the situation when it really wasn't what it looked like. I felt the desperation crawl from within as I needed to explain myself, I really didn't want Avery to get the wrong idea about what she just saw between Brittany and I, but I was too late.
When I walked back into Royal Stacks I looked to my left and sure enough all her friends were eyeing me out, like it was hunting season and I was on the market. I let out a sigh as I walked back to the table to grab my jacket.
"Where are you going?" Brittany asked in panic.
"I'm getting out of here!" I growled out in a whisper.
"Please, let's just talk. We already ordered the food. Eat and then go?" She begged. I let out a tired sigh before sitting down, listening to the reasons she wanted to meet up.
Our "meeting" lasted for about forty minutes by the time we finished, I was mentally exhausted and just wanted to go home and sleep it off. As soon as I arrived home, I immediately had a steaming hot shower before changing into a pair of sweats. Walking downstairs into the theatre room I put the TV on to a random music channel, before leaning forward placing both forearms onto my knees.
Pulling out my phone as soon as I sat down I opened up my messages with Avery and sat there starring at the screen. My fingers did the little dance in the air above my screen, as I tried to figure out what to say and how to say it.
"Avery, I promise it was not what it looked like-"
"Avery, can we please talk about before?-"
"I can't get you out of my head. I'd never move on from you-"
I let out a sigh as I erased the third message in a row, giving up on the idea of messaging her. I decided not to bother her and to just leave her alone while she cooled off. There was the possibility of making the situation worse if I messaged her so I decided against it.
I'm hoping the decision I made was the right one.
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I think back on what had happened at Royal Stacks and my heart aches at the fact that I never called or messaged her. Something inside my bones told me I made the dumbest mistake by not messaging her, but it was as too late. I made my bed.
I needed a distraction so somehow I ended up at my mums restaurant just to help out, and annoy the shit out of Claude. I was there for about half an hour until I remembered Jonathan. I can't believe I had almost forgotten that I had to go pick up Johnny, so I jogged towards my mums office to let her know I was leaving. Knocking, I opened the door absentmindedly not expecting anyone else with her.
My heart squeezed tight at the sight of Avery crying. I wanted to wrap my arms around her and shield her away from whatever was making her upset. I watched quietly as she made her way towards me to leave, I took this perfect opportunity to leave as well so that I could have a few minutes to talk to her,
"Come back here mister. You and I have a little meeting"
I rolled my eyes out of frustration and growled underneath my breath. Did my mother not understand what I was trying to do?!
'Don't let her walk out without talking to you'
My eyes moved along with every movement Avery was making, watching her walk away was the hardest thing to see. I closed the office door quietly when all I wanted to do was slam it shut out of anger.
"What are you doing?" My mum asked as she placed her hands on her hips. I creased my eyebrows in confusion,
"Huh?"
"Avery! You silly teenager!" She yelled out in frustration. Seeing my mum flustered like this was almost amusing to the eyes but I wasn't stupid enough to admit that out loud.
"It's complicated."
To my surprise, my mum responded with a bitter laugh, "No it's not Jaxon. It's really simple. If you care for her, you fight for her. You do anything to protect her."
"I am fighting for her!" I growled out in anger. I let out a tired sigh before adding to my outburst, "Sorry Ma"
"It's okay baby. I've seen how she's changed you. For the better."
I gave my mum a sad smile, walking over to give her a quick kiss on the forehead before whispering, "I'll see you later. Love you."
"Love you too honey."
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I closed my fist tight until I heard the cracks of my knuckles release. Here I sat trying to control my anger while he was doing what I wanted to do, make Avery laugh. I want nothing more than to be the one person who was making her laugh like that. I've sat here watching them for the last hour, laughing and talking with each other. It took ever bone in my body not to walk over there and clock him one out of frustration.
I heard someone clear their throat, bringing me back to the realisation of my surroundings. I looked straight ahead, only to see Drew staring right at me with an eyebrow raised.
"Dont' look at me like that! Who would you rather?!"
Drew's eyebrows creased in confusion at my question, "Huh?"
"Me or Nick?" I emphasised.
"Neither mate. She was destined for me!"
"Shut up Lucas." Drew and I called out at the exact same time.
Drew let out a chuckle before shaking his head in amusement. I smirked at the boys before joining in on the laughter. My head involuntarily turned to my left to eye out the situation again.
"Stop. You'll freak her out." Drew called out. Rolling my eyes at him, I let out a frustrated sigh as I pulled my phone out to message her because I knew he was somewhat right. I just didn't want to admit it out loud.
Sat, Apr 30, 12:43 AM
Me: Meet me out back?
As soon as I hit send my eyes locked with hers, pleading that she wouldn't just blatantly ignore me. Thankfully she nodded before walking out the back. Seeing her swinging gave me flashbacks of our kiss, I shook my head though to focus on the task at hand. I was determined to tell her everything, yes there were a few things I had been keeping from her and yes it made me a hypocrite but I wanted her back. I was willing to do everything I needed now to get her back.
After being rudely interrupted I thought I had lost my chance but was grateful that she was willing to go to a cafe, somewhere private to talk. I was going to take advantage of this and be a hundred percent honest with her.
We agreed to meet at the front but I had to run upstairs to collect my gym bag that had my racing gear in it. I was too lazy to go home first because had that happened, I probably wouldn't have come tonight. I ran upstairs, into Mario's room and slung my bag over my shoulder. When I turned to leave I wasn't expecting to see Brittany directly behind me, bumping into her I tried to balance the both of us. I quickly grabbed her shoulders as I steadied us. My eyes creased in anger at the sight of her, maybe because she was now delaying me in going downstairs to Avery.
"What do you want, Brittany?" I asked in an annoyed tone.
She popped her gum before smirking at me, "I want a lot of things and they all have to do with you." She whispered and instantly I could smell the alcohol on her breath.
"We've already discussed this. I'm not interested!" I forced the words out through gritted teeth. This girl was persistent ill give her that, but she did not know when to lay the fuck off.
"What does she have that I don't have!" She roared out in anger.
"Dignity for starters. I heard about your little deal with Noah, Brittany." I watched as her face turned white.
Not giving her a chance I continued, "Pass on a message will ya? Tell him, he has to go through me if he wants to get to Avery." I spat the words out before pushing past her and walking down the stairs. I looked at the front door and couldn't see Avery in my sights. I walked around the house looking for her but had no luck. After admitting defeat I saw Drew and pushed past the crowd to get to him.
As soon as I arrived Drew looked at me with shock as I stood in front of him.
"Where's Avery?" I asked.
"Huh?" Drew yelled out over the music.
Leaning in I whispered loudly in his ear, "Where's Avery?"
"What are you doing here?!"
"What the fuck, dude?" I asked in confusion, "Where's Avery?!" I added
"She told me you guys were going to a cafe." He responded as he shook his head in shock.
My eyebrows creased in confusion, "She was supposed to meet me at the front!"
I grabbed my phone as I dialled her number but was in no luck as it rang out, reaching her voicemail. He shook his head as he grabbed his phone, "Let me try."
I watched on for a few seconds until he started talking, it stung to think that she ignored my call but answered Drew's. I tried to pay attention but all I wanted was to go see her, my attention refocused the moment Drew hung up before looking up at me.
"She got tired and went home, called an uber."
"What's her new address?"
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I was surprised when Drew had given me her address, I knew Isaac had been looking for a place for them but I didn't know where they ended up renting. I was even more surprised to see that it was practically around the corner from my house. Drew was only half way through telling me the address before I clicked and knew exactly where the place was, patting him on his back I fled that party quicker than I could blink. I only had one destination in mind and I was not about to back down from it.
'Why would she leave? I don't understand.'
'Why would she agree to do coffee, only to run out on me?'
I tried to replay the last fifteen minutes in my head from our agreement outside to now. I was missing a piece to the puzzle and couldn't seem to figure it out. It took a minute until it finally clicked into place.
Brittany.
I managed to get to her house in record time, I eyed it out for a few seconds before making my way through the gate. I could see all the lights were off, all except one which I'm assuming was her bedroom. I swallowed the lump in my throat as I knocked on the door. I waited for a few seconds, felt like hours if you ask me. I was about to knock again until I heard the clicking of the door.
She opened the door slowly revealing her eyes first before opening it all the way.
"Go home, Jaxon." She whispered tiredly as she tried to close the door. I quickly placed my palm on the door, preventing it from closing. I shook my head as I tried to find the words,
"If you say "it's not what it looked like", I'll seriously kill you." She stated as she leaned against the doorframe, crossing her arms over her chest.
I almost let out a laugh because she managed to joke about the situation but be completely serious at the same time. Shaking my head I responded, "But it's really not. Please just let me explain."
I bit onto my bottom lip as I anticipated her next actions, I wasn't sure whether she was going to slap me, slam the door in my face or just not respond. I watched on as she let out a sigh before shaking her head in denial.
"I'm sorry, Jax. I can't. Good night." She whispered sadly before slowly closing the door.
I tried to open it but I was too late. I placed both palms on the door, "Please Avery. Give me a chance."
I waited on a response but all I got was dead silence.
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A/N: Two chapters in a week?! Woohoo! What did we thing about this POV?
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