Aesthetic by mush004 . (I LOVE IT SIS!)

Dedicated to PatienTsN22To1

Question of the day: "Have u hated a book so much, u wanted to throw it across ur room?"

"Real Men don't hit women."

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The reason Shorty gave me a ride was because he was so sure that my date with Nathan will be so awesome that we'll end up sleeping together. And the date was awesome. And we might've ended up in bed with each other, but something really urgent came up.

As I'm standing anxiously in front of the door after telling Nathan goodbye, I think of my mother. I try to understand how she could've gotten the strength to leave my spineless bastard of a father. I just wish I can give Naomi some of that strength.

It's Ian who opens the door. Normally, I'd refer to Ian as Naomi's brother, but right now I'm so angry, I can think of him as Ian, Kai's friend. That stupid, spineless example of a coward man, Kai. I want to push past Ian, but he extends an arm to the other end of the door, blocking my entrance.

"Go easy on her, please. She's already really stressed." He says.

"Says the brother who got her married to a monster."

My reply takes him off-guard. He drops his arm and I take this opportunity to enter the house. I have never been to I can hear muffled sounds coming from a nearby room so I make my way towards it.

"She is my sister. If I had known Kai to be like this, I wouldn't have let him near her." I stop at the entrance of the door and turn to look at him. His curly hair is an unruly mess as his ihazel eyes seem to be holding so much pain and sincerity. I immediately feel guilty for saying my judgement out loud.

"I get it." I say, trying to rectify the situation. "Is it okay for me to want to kill him?"

"Kai left before I made it to the house. Or trust me he would have been buried by now."

I look at him with what expression, I don't know. But it must be something amusing because it makes Ian's feminine lips turned into a ghost of a smile. "Go." he says. I nod and open the door but inside I am shaking my head, thinking about our unlikely bonding. And I would have smiled if it wasn't for the sight in front of me when I close the door.

Her head seems like someone bashed it with a cricket bat. I rush through the room and envelope Naomi in my arms, not caring about my fallen handbag.

"What happened? Tell me all of it." I say when I pull back.

She says she was making dinner when she heard him scream upstairs. Apparently, he had lost a big deal for his company, but she didn't know it at the time. "When I reached our room he was throwing things around. They were flying around like birds." Her horrified expression breaks my heart. "Then he saw me. He told me to go away but I asked him to tell me what happened. I was worried since I had never seen him like this before. When he didn't listen I stepped forward and that's when he pushed me. Our room is close to the stairs. He pushed me so hard, I fell down those stairs."

"Stop." I say. I can't hear anymore. I can imagine what happened and the images in my mind are not good. They are too gruesome. "Let's go away, Naomi. Now. You don't have to stay here. Let's go."

"What? No!" She says sniffling. "I love him, Zara. I can't leave him. He needs me. Specially right now. "

I stand up abruptly. I know Ian and told me to go easy on her, but I didn't know she was this stupid! "You are kidding me right now? She shakes her head. "Are you fucking serious?" I shout. She seems taken aback by my harsh words, causing more tears to fall down her face.

There's a knock on the door, which can only be Ian, but I conveniently ignore it. "Zara," Naomi says, her voice trembling. "I'm sure if I find a way to help him, this may not happen again. He said he was-"

"-he was sorry?" I finish it for her. I give out a harsh laugh when I see her nod. "Guess what? They are all sorry! Those wife bashing assholes are all sorry! They are sorry the first time and the second time and they're also sorry the millionth time! How many times are you going to forgive him?"

"But Zara, he might change." I swear, if that is hope I hear in her voice, I'm gonna blow this place to Hell.

"You really think that?"

"Yes, Zars. I think the baby could bring positive change in him. Plus I love him."

"Okay. If you think so." I take a seat beside her again. "Let me tell you a story." I make my voice in a calm whisper. "When my mother was pregnant with me she found a contact of a therapist. My dad had anger issues. So she wanted him to see that therapist. They were at the backyard when she told him that. My dad shoved my mom towards the fence. She was seven months pregnant, Nan. Seven. My mom left him the next morning. And sent him the divorce papers the next month. I never saw that man in my life except in pictures. And guess what, Nan? I salute my mom every day for making that decision. And you do realize that just because you love, he doesn't have to hurt you too. Love shouldn't hurt, Nan."

Tears are falling like Niagara Falls down her cheeks.

"You're right, but...it's easier said than done." She chokes up. "And Kai isn't like that at all."

"Okay, if you think you have all this figured out, why call me? You know that there's a part of you that knows it may happen again. You know that and that is why you called me. Isn't it?"

"No... I..." She shakes her head, but I know the realization has dawned on her.

I hug her. "Hey, hey. Hush. I know."

"I... I... I called you because I thought we could together figure out a way to help him."

I pull away from her immediately after the words leave her lips. I am staring at her trying to get the last three seconds out of my mind because I'm too full of disbelief.

The knocking outside becomes insistent. So I stand up, grab my handbag and open the door. Ian's perfect jaw is set straight when I look at him.

"Your Senorita of a sister isn't scatter brained." I say to him. "Because she has got no brains to scatter." With that, I make my way towards the exit of the house.

A/N: Finally, its Thursday!!!!! AND HERE IS OUR UPDATE!! 

Ok, so tell me how do u like the story so far?

What ending do u think it will have? 

And specifically, what do u think of Zara and Nan(Naomi) till now?

Does Ian seem like a good older brother?