The Innocence is Gone

typical rude Alex

April's POV

" Woah, who is that?" Maddy gasped grabbing attention of everyone in the group to look at who she was referring. My face instantly lit up. My brother stood against his car that was parked at the lone spot in the parking lot. He had sunglasses on. "And what car is that?"Maddy added as we walked further into the parking lot.

"That car is worth millions. As rich as my family is we cannot afford it as easily."Marcus commented and I looked at my brother's car. I had not noticed the type of car he came with. I instantly got annoyed that he chose to come with a flashy car. He knew I hated attention and he came with a car that screamed attention.

"P....why are you just standing there? Come here and give me a hug." Landon said and everyone looked at me with with questioning gazes.

I forced a smile. "That is my brother Landon."I told them and I heard one or two gasps.

"Are you serious?" Maverick asked looking me up and down. That was weird right?

Just when I was about to answer, I spotted my brother walking towards us and he stopped just in front of me. He opened his arms for me and I stepped forward to embrace him and he wrapped his hands on my back tightly. "I missed you i***t. Why do you seem unhappy to see me?"he asked resting his chin on my head then he suddenly pulled his chin away amd I pulled away from his embrace. "Why do you look homeless?"he asked me his gaze on my hair.

I looked away. "Because I am really homeless."I replied ignoring his other questions he had asked before. He knew why I was unhappy. Why did he want me to tell him? I then looked at Marcus's friends. I was not sure if I should introduce them. They were not really my friends.

"Are these your friends?"Landon asked smiling at Marcus's friends. I opened my mouth to reply no but Olivia beat me to it.

"Yes." She said and I just closed my eyes and smiled. I did not like that answer.

"Oh great. This is actually nice that you are making friends."Landon was looking at me as he spoke then he looked away. "I am Landon everyone."he introduced himself and it was actually surprising that he was being soft and all smiling. He was never kind to strangers.

"I am Olivia, he is Marcus and that's Maddy.........."I blocked Olivia's voice from my ears as she introduced everyone. She was getting tired for nothing. My brother was likely going to forget their names a second later anyway.

"Nice to meet you and thanks for being friends with my sister."Landon said and I was fighting the urge to roll my eyes. He was doing too much and most likely not being genuine. He was never this nice to people. There was no way he was starting today. Plus, they were not my friends.

"Thanks guys. I'll be leaving. "I suddenly said pulling my brother with me before he started speaking more things that were annoying to me.

"Why are you not letting me know your friends more?" Landon asked me when we were walking away to his car.

"Because you are wasting their time."I told him.

"What? I was being genuine."

I scoffed. "Since when?"

He did not reply. We reached his car and he opened the passenger door for me. I got in and I did not wait for him to close it. I aggressively closed the door and I waited for him to get in as I buckled my seat belt.

"Where are we going?"he asked me when he was sat in the driver's seat his hands on the steering wheel.

I was silent for a second. "Why did you choose a flashy car?" I asked him.

"It's my car, I can choose it whenever I want to drive it." He said and I glared at him. "Plus, I have never taken you for a spin in this particular car."he shrugged.

" I don't like attention and people looking at me like I come from money."I said.

"But you do come from money."Landon chuckled starting the car. "Wait till they find out who your father is."he added still chuckling as if it was funny.

"It's not funny."

London's smile dropped. "I know but I like seeing you annoyed by the fact that you come from so much money. Do you know how many people would want to be in a position you are in?"he asked.

"I love my family and everything we have. I just don't like people knowing who my family really is. It makes me live a peaceful, quiet and normal life that I want."I told my brother sitting further into my seat. "Drive, I'll show you where to go. We need to get my things from a place I left them last night."I said.

Landon nodded and he started the car and drove away.

About twenty minutes or so, we reached where Alex lived but it was after getting lost for a while. I rung the bell when we reached Alex's apartment. I had the key but it did not feel right to just enter. Wait, I had the key. He left without asking for it when we were at Marcus's place. How did he enter the house? Was he even in? If I had the key that meant......

I did not complete my thought because the door opened. Oh...apparently he managed to get in somehow.

Alex stood at the door sleepy. I think he got annoyed when he saw me. As soon he saw me, his expression changed to an annoyed one. "What do you want July?"he asked.

"I...I am here to get my things."I told him.

"Why are they still here? I was clear when I told you to leave before I woke up. And why are you ringing the doorbell when you have the key?"he asked getting angry.

I was about to answer but I felt Landon's hand on my shoulders stopping me from saying anything. He pushed me back and he stood in front of me. I still peeped worried about what was about to happen. I was aware my brother was very protective of me. Alex was being rude and Landon probably didn't like it.

"Typical rude Alex huh?" My brother said and I blinked tilting my head to the side. Landon knew Alex?