[Chapter twenty-three]

-Winnie-

"Fu—I was like twelve years old, I didn't even know what 'fucking' meant!" Flynn turns around and shouts at Octavia.

"Yeah, well, you still liked her." Octavia scoffs, crossing her arms as her statement sinks in.

What—

"What the fuck is your problem?" Flynn seethes, clenching his fists. Adonis stares at him, not exactly knowing what to do.

"My problem?" Octavia repeats in disbelief. "What the fuck is your proble—"

"Hold on, you liked me?" I cut her off, turning to the brown haired boy who wouldn't meet my eyes.

"I—uh, yeah." He sighs in defeat before his eyes widen. "B-But it was when I first moved here! Nowhere near recently! So...yeah."

"You call two years ago 'nowhere near recently'?" Octavia huffs. "Yeah, okay."

I bite the inside of my cheek before turning to Octavia. "What the fuck is your problem?"

Her eyes widen in disbelief. "Me?! Wha—"

I see Adonis and Flynn staring at each other awkwardly, seemingly have a conversation through their eyes.

"Why the hell are you out here talking about shit that isn't any of your business?" I ask her in annoyance. "And you're being a bitch."

"He was—he was—"

"He was what, Octavia?" I raise an eyebrow at her, crossing my arms.

"He was pissing me off!" She exclaims as if it's a good excuse.

"What could he have possibly done to piss you off?!"

"He kept talking about you!"

I stare at her for a second before huffing out an unimpressed laugh. "So you were jealous?"

Her eyes widen once again. "I...yeah. So what?!"

"What makes you think you have the right to get jealous?" I ask her as Adonis and Flynn watch this whole shitshow go down. "Especially when you've been running around, trying to fuck other guys."

"That's different!"

"Oh?" I raise both my eyebrows before turning to Flynn. "Hey, Flynnigan, guess what? She remembers."

Octavia gaps and Flynn's eyebrows furrow in confusion before both his and Adonis' faces drop in realisation.

Adonis looks at Flynn sympathetically. "Bro..."

Flynn ignores him, his green eyes set on my sister instead. "Fuck you, Octavia."

He spins on his heel and storms out.

Adonis glares coldly at Octavia, his violet eyes darkening before he follows Flynn out, no doubt to make sure he's alright.

Octavia watches them leave, eyes full of regret before she turns to me, regret now replaced with fury. "Why the fuck would you do that?!"

We faintly hear the front door open and close followed by dad's voice. "Hey, what's wrong with Flynn?"

We ignore him, too caught up in our crap to answer back.

I shrug, giving her a humourless smile. "You were pissing me off."

Her face twists as she lunges at me. "You bitch!"

We both land on the ground, wrestling each other. Her hand is tangled in my hair and mine is clenching the front of her shirt. I get the upper hand, sitting on her with my fist in the air.

Don't punch her. Don't fucking punch her.

"What the bloody hell is going on here?!" Dad screams as he bursts into the room. He grabs me and pulls me off her and Octavia scrambles up off the floor.

"I don't know what the fuck your problem is, man!" I shout as her as dad stands between us, clearly not knowing what to do. We always fight, but we had never gotten to the point of actually throwing a punch. "You've been pissing me off since all your bullshit with Lucas started happening. But I was too busy trying to get you to sort your shit out to say anything!"

"Winnie." My dad warns but I ignore him.

"And you know what, Tavi?" I glare at her as she glares back.

"What?" She spits.

"You're my sister and I love you. But if you keep fucking with my best friend, I swear to God, I'll fuck you up."

"Windora!" Dad shouts before I spin on my heel and walk out of the room.

"I'll be at Uncle Max's."

*~*

-Flynn-

"Do you like Winnie?"

The question makes me snap my eyes away from the sparkling water of the lake to Adonis' puppy eyes instead. "What?"

"Because if you do, I'll back off."

"What?!"

"Why didn't you tell me you liked her?" He groans. "I wouldn't have gotten close to her if I knew. That like, goes against the bro code."

I watch him with raised eyebrows as he rambles on.

Oh bless his heart.

"Yo, Doni, chill." I cut him off, slapping my hand over his mouth. He slaps my hand away and looks at me expectantly. "Yeah, I did like her. For three years. But that was when I first moved here. I don't like her anymore. Honestly, it'd be kinda weird if I did. She's like my sister. You don't need to back off or anything, dude."

Adonis still looks a bit unsure. "You sure?"

"Yeah, man." I give him a smile before raising my eyebrow at him suggestively. "And why would you getting close to her go against the bro code, huh?"

He looks away from me, his cheeks turning a light shade of pink. "Come on, man. Don't make me say it."

"Say what? I'm not making you say anything." I loop an arm around his neck and bring him into a headlock

"Flynn!" He whines.

"Nah, come on," I grin as I rub my knuckles against the top of his head. "Say it."

He stops struggling for a moment. "Uncle?"

I roll my eyes. "No, asshole. The other thing."

"What other thing?"

I stare down at him blankly before I resume giving him a noogie.

"Ow, okay, okay, fine, I like Winnie!"

I immediately let him go. He sits up and pouts at me, smoothing his hair down.

"I knew it." I grin widely at him and he shoves me, biting back his own grin.

"It's not like it was a secret."

"I know, I just get a special joy out of torturing you." I tell him.

"Damn, didn't take you as a sadist." He remarks, laughing loudly as I shove him back.

"Shut up." I chuckle.

*~*

-Winnie-

"—she's been acting all different for a while now and it's not like she can use mom's death as a reason because mom died when we were seven and she didn't start acting like this 'til Luke. I almost broke her fucking face, man!" I rant to Kamri as I lie on her bed, a pillow clenched in my grip.

"Well, I don't know what to say. You guys will be back to normal in about three days." Kamri shrugs, my head in her lap as she runs her hands through my hair.

"I think you should go check on Flynn." Mia suggests from her spot at Kamri's desk as she rolls back and forth in the wheely chair.

I shoot up, looking around the room for my car keys. "Oh, shit, you're right!"

Mia is already one step ahead of me, tossing me my keys. I smile gratefully before kissing her cheek and running out, ruffling Kam's hair on the way.

"Use protection!"

"We're lesbians!" Kamri shouts back at me.

"Doesn't mean you can't get an STD!"

"What the fuck are you talking about?!" Uncle Max pokes his head out of the kitchen as I run past and throw the front door open

"Sweetie, don't act like you and the boys didn't have weird conversations like that in front of Tanya." I hear Aunt Megan retort as I shut the door.

*~*

Surpriseeee!

Got a random burst of motivation and produced this piece of shit. I don't really know how I feel about this chapter.

The only good part is Doni and Flynnigan, best boyfriends for life.

I don't know when the next time I update will be, so hopefully this chapter keeps you guys satisfied for a minute.

Thanksss,

-Lee🦄