Where is he?
Where is he?
She quickly got off her bed and began to stomp towards her brother's room in just a tank top and boxer brief which she had taken from Peter on the day he bought it. Her hair was in a mess but that was the least of her concern as she marched towards his room and pushed the door open.
"Can you two keep it down? I'm trying to fix my assignment!" She said, glaring at the two until her eyes landed on the box of pizza on the floor beside where them.
"You ordered pizza?" She asked them both accusingly as she went further inside the room to pick up the two last pieces.
Peter hadn't been willing to pause the game to acknowledge her presence so he had continued playing until Noah paused it.
"What the hell dude!" Peter glared at Noah.
"She would have done it anyway." Noah said with a shrug.
"Thank you! I'm afraid my eardrum is going to get damaged one day." She said with an eyeroll as she took a big bite of Pizza.
Noah chuckled as he watched her. "You look like a savage." He commented as he looked at her messy hair and the way she was eating with her mouth stained.
"What are you still doing at home? Thought you mentioned going out on a date with that Flinn guy today?" Peter asked his younger sister who was eating the last piece now.
"That bastard! He suddenly cancelled on me." She hissed. Although it was embarrassing to say it, she knew they would find out one way or the other so she simply told them.
"That's good then. You should focus on your studies instead of going out on dates." Noah chipped in casually as he opened the bottle of water beside him to take a gulp.
"Why can't I go out on dates when everyone else does so?" She asked him in annoyance. She really didn't like the fact that he was stricter than her brothers towards her.
"You are 16 Chel, you don't want me to keep reminding you of that." Noah said as he looked her up and down quickly.
"I am going to be 17 soon and in less than 18 months from now, I'll be 18!"
"Just wait until you are 18 before you go out on a date then. Now go away! We need to play." Peter said impatiently while waving her away but she didn't move.
Rachel's eyes narrowed at Noah who was giving her a smug smile.
"You didn't do anything right?" She asked Noah suspiciously. She had been able to find out from a guy who had a crush on her one time that Noah had asked him to steer clear of her.
"What do you mean? Was I supposed to do something?" He asked in confusion.
Rachel looked at him one more time but decided to just believe him.
"Whatever. I won't be going out on dates anymore anyway. Boys are annoying." She said while Noah nodded. "Yea, boys are assholes. You shouldn't let anyone deceive you."
"That includes youz I guess. You're a bigger asshole and make sure not to call me to come clean up any mess you both make here, even if you try to bribe me with a thousand bucks, I won't fall for it." She said first to Noah before leaving the room.
Noah chuckled lightly but as he turned his head, he noticed Peter was staring at him intensely.
"What?" He asked Peter.
"You really didn't have anything to do with it?" Peter asked suspiciously. Even though he usually didn't pay much attention to their banters, he had heard the last time when Rachel accused him of scaring her admirers away.
"I don't get you, why would I do something like that?" He asked with a confused frown.
"I saw you with Flinn just before we left school." Peter remembered.
"We were talking about the game." Noah answered with a casual shrug while Peter sighed in relief.
"Would have reminded you that I'd kill you if you had a thing for my sister but..." He began to laugh.
"Which guy in his normal senses would fall for her? She even scares me." Peter said with a laugh while Noah joined in.
Hearing the door open again, both quickly composed themselves.
Rachel snuck her head in and looked at them suspiciously before she entered inside.
"I do have a feeling you guys were talking about me. But I won't mind it for now. Just remembered I had a question for you..." She moved closer to sit on the bed.
"What?" Noah asked quietly, seeing she was looking at him.
"Mary Lucas, the girl who... you remember?" She let her words trail off, not wanting to describe her as the girl who was caught having an affair with Mira's father.
"Yea. What happened to her?"
"You called her Kylie or something? How do you know her?" She asked curiously. As much as she was Mira's friend, she was also Mia's friend but she was closer to Mira since the girl pratically saw their house as hers.
"She is a friend's girlfriend. I met her once at a party where she barged in uninvited. I actually took note of her because she had caused a scene by fighting with her boyfriend's main girlfriend and had almost fought with her boyfriend for cheating on her."
"Wow!" Rachel's jaws dropped in surprise.
"What's wrong with people these days? It means they've both been cheating on each other then?" She asked, still sounding surprised.
"That practically sums it up, dummy." Peter said before pushing her head.
"Which friend are you talking about? And did you tell him about this...?" Rachel asked, ignoring Peter.
"A friend I made recently. He's in college. And no, I didn't mention it to him."
She shook her head before standing up to leave the room.
"Adults are so complicated and vulgar." She murmured to herself as she left the room.
***********
Chloe looked between Jeremy and Ellie in surprise and confusion. Jeremy also had the same surprised look on his face. None of them had seen that coming.
"He.. can feed himself I believe?" Chloe said before looking at Jeremy, expecting him to agree to what she had just said but he took the opportunity to shake his head.
"I can't."
"He can't." Ellie echoed.
Chloe looked at the both of them, stunned. "He has you to feed him–"
"I can't." Ellie shook her head immediately while still looking at Chloe innocently. "My hands are tiny. Besides, I have been in here since yesterday so I want to go get some fresh air outside." She stretched and yawned.
They seriously weren't expecting her to feed Jeremy right? She had never fed someone before!
Chloe looked at her phone. The last missed call was from Leo but she also noticed a couple of messages and quickly clicked on Louis' message first since she could guess he had been waiting for her at school.
How had she forgotten to do the right thing and call him? No, the right thing had been, returning to school before the end of her classes.
When Ellie saw Chloe's relunctance, she sighed. "I'll just feed my brother then. I am the only one he has anyway." Ellie said as she began to gather the things.
Was Ellie trying to guilt–trip her right now? Chloe wondered as she watched how exaggeratedly Ellie moved even the spoon like it was some kind of heavy weapon.
"Be careful Ellie, do not hurt your hand." Jeremy told his sister, also exaggerately which made Chloe scoff as she opened the text message which was from Leo.
Louis' text had been asking her where she was and why she wasn't taking her calls while Leo's message read, "Where are you? You left Louis worried. I told him you were out running an errand for me. Make sure you are safe and not get into trouble. And call me as soon as you see this text."
Chloe sighed in relief and began dialing his number, ignoring the siblings who were doing everything they could to get her attention.
After calling a second time, it still didn't go through so she ignored it and walked towards Jeremy's bed. With a harsh glare at Jeremy, she took the spoon from Ellie who grinned before jumping down from the bed.
"I'll go get some fresh air now." Ellie said before winking at Jeremy who was trying so hard not to grin.
***********
Leo's car pulled up in the Stark's residence. Since he was well known as a friend of the family, the security men at the gate had let him in with pleasant smiles, not knowing he wasn't there for a pleasant visit.
Once he got to the door, he rung the bell impatiently and angrily.
Leo had wanted to ignore everything earlier including the fact that Benjamin was Mia's dancing partner and assume it was all a coincidence, but now he didn't think so anymore.
Even though Mia had liked him before which he hates to remember, he knew now that Mia liked him and not Benjamin. But not only had he molested her, he had also disrespected Leo by going after the woman he liked which was against the universal bro code. He didn't even need to say it, the looks he had sent to Benjamin during the party had been enough for him to know Mia was his woman.
A maid came out first and right behind her was Amara who was surprisingly at home since she worked and also lived in an apartment a bit far from here.
"Leo? What is wrong?" She asked in surprise.
She had come to yell at the idiot who was disturbing the peace of the house but was surprised to see it was Leo.
"Where is your brother?" He asked in a quiet but angry voice.
"Ben?" She asked while still looking at him in confusion, wondering why he looked so angry.
"He... isn't at home.. why are you..."
"Where is he? And I hope you give me an address I would definitely find him." He warned.