Ezra's P.O.V

"Ezra," dad said sternly after I wasn't responding to his questions for the fifth time. I ducked down a little in the passenger's seat.

He continued to pester, "What's wrong? You've been acting strange after you came out of the bathroom."

I stubbornly stayed silent to afraid to look up into concerned green eyes. I didn't want to talk about the reason that I'm upset. To afraid to see what his reaction would be if he knew. What was I supposed to say?

   Hey, your girlfriend is nice and all but the only mistake is that her daughter has been my sworn enemy since first grade.

   Yeah...like taking a bullet to the heart. That's my comparison for what his reaction would be like. A bullet straight through the heart and the everlasting bleeding of guilt, anger, and more. Then...back to square one.

   The bottles...

   The darkness...

   Hateful words...

   Beatings...

   I shivered at the very thought and gripped my arms, shrinking into the seat even more feeling smaller. Dad must of noticed because I could feel worried eyes burning through the back of my head.

   Still...I didn't want to go back to those days. Not when he finally looks happy to live life for once. He seemed more at peace with himself when he was with Hera and I didn't want to take that away from him.

   Cause I'm not the one that makes him happy...Hera does. When I'm with him, he gets drunk until Hera came and suddenly...he's happy. Happy with her...not me. Does he need me?

   No.

   A simple answer but with so much meaning behind it and...it hurt...a lot.

"Ezra..."

I snapped out of my thoughts and finally found the guts to look dad in the eyes.

"Did I do something wrong? Did you not like Hera or Sabine? What's wrong? You are really scaring me," he said.

"Well, one out of the two," I thought. Then I mustered a smile. A fake smile while lying, "Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just glad you found someone."

The look in his eyes seemed to uncover my little lie but didn't say a peep about it. Instead, he nodded unsure and began, "You know..."

His hand was placed onto my shoulder while looking me dead on.

"...if there's something bothering you. You can always come to me, right?"

He sounded so raw. So genuine. No slurred excuses or horrible lies or blind rage. Just pure blissful sincerity.

I'll admit, it caught me off guard a little. I nodded slowly since that was the only response that I could pull off. He grinned and got out of the car. I just now noticed we were back home and left the car. We walked over to the door and went inside. I was exhausted so I went up to my room and fell onto the bed, closing my eyes.

Today...was interesting. Who am I kidding? My dad was dating the nerd's mom! Hera is nice and all but the evil snob next to her was far beyond that. Who is that nice that could have a child that bad? Seriously!

I sighed before hearing my phone buzz like crazy. I picked it up to see a bunch of texts from Zare and Jai's group chat with me. I opened the chat to see a bunch of messages asking if I am okay or if I'm alive. What I thought was funny was that everything was in caps yet couldn't help but wonder why it seemed urgent.

I responded back to them.

From then, I knew Jai left the chat and is probably going to punch me the next time we meet. I could imagine him cursing under his breath about me. That thought brought a smile to my face and cheered me up.

I set my phone aside and stared up at the ceiling as memories of today rushed through my head. A frown graced my lips but I wasn't as sad as before since Zare and Jai are the best to talk with when feeling down.

My mind began to doze off as slumber wrapped its arms around me.

Sabine's P.O.V

   Many thoughts.

   Many, many, many thoughts raced through my mind. Not only is my mother dating the father of my sworn enemy, but also the this horrible feeling in my gut that agreed. Agreed that I was happy to see her happy about dating Kanan. The father of the villain, Ezra Jarrus. The brother of Thor. And the living nightmare housing in Pandora's box.

   Then, one day, if it ever happens. I'll be living in Pandora's box, too.

   What a cruel world that would be and one that needs to be avoided. Yet, I couldn't do that to my mother. It would break her heart knowing that Ezra and I will never, and I mean never get along. That never should have met.

   Like Dialga and Palkia. Two entities that should have never met.

   I remember the day we first met so clearly. Every word and the fight. I remember it like it was just yesterday.

   The day he became my bully.

For. No. Good. Reason.

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