The Surfer or the Wolf

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Mila’s POV

“Oh hey guys!” Will said while holding a very pretty girl. She had a blond pixie cut and very fair skin, she couldn’t have looked more different than Will. He was almost hippie looking, the exact definition of a surfer dude, and she was feminine and obviously into fashion. I knew Annie would appreciate her taste for clothes, she had 6 inch Lou Boutin’s and a very pretty blue flared dress.

Annie and I both stood in shock, Will had never expressed any interest in any girl before, it was so weird to see him so intimate with this girl. Will’s brows started to frown, he bent his head, I’m guessing he wants us to speak.

“Uh..hey?” I replied, making it sound more like a question. I could see that the girl looked really uncomfortable, ah geez..I felt really bad.

“I’m sorry, we’re acting so rude. We’re just really shocked to see Will with a women, he’s always been single. My name’s Mila and this is Annie.” I said gesturing to Annie. The girl’s face lit up and she smiled at Will and threw her hands around his neck and kissed him deeply. We had to fake cough for them to come out of their make out session.

“Hi! My name’s Waverly!” The girl beamed in a high pitched voice. I had never heard that name before, it was pretty unique.

“William and Waverly..” Annie said smiling. Will hugged Waverly tightly and smiled from ear to ear.

“It’s perfect isn’t it?” Will said lovingly to her. They started kissing again and we grew a bit impatient.

“Alright alright, atleast move out of our way love birds.” Annie said as she pushed her way to the elevators. We all giggled and all four of us got in, I was well aware that I would have to face Tyler very soon. I’m not sure what i’m going to say to him yet, I don’t even know what i’m going to do..who am I supposed to choose?! Ugh.

The elevator doors opened and we made our way through the hall to our room. We turned the corner and I saw Tyler sitting on the floor, his back to the door of my room. He looked like he already knew what had happened, his face that was usually sun kissed and perfect, looked really pale. His eyes were sunken in and looked very tired, i’m assuming he didn’t sleep a wink last night. My heart broke in two, how could I betray this sweet man?! He looked up at us as we approached and he slowly got up, he couldn’t even look at me, he looked at the others or the floor, but never at me.

“Oh hey Will. I’m soo happy to see you.” Tyler spat sarcastically. I never heard him speak like this, this wasn’t like him at all, he was usually so joyful and positive. I didn’t even know who this person was in front of me.

“Hey buddy..uh I guess I should apologize for the other night. This is Waverly..” Will started but Tyler rudely interrupted him.

“No, what the f**k man? You ditched me for some girl at a party, I didn’t know anyone else there and then you vanished for the rest of the weekend?! F**k you and your w***e!” Tyler spat. I didn’t even have the time to blink before Will lunged at Tyler and tackled him to the floor. They rolled around throwing jabs at eachother until Will pinned Tyler under him and started punching him in the face, extremely roughly. Annie and I started screaming for them to stop and Waverly just stood there with her hands covering her mouth. Then, Devin rushed out of his room and jumped in to break them up, he pulled Will off Tyler and pinned him on the wall, Waverly rushed to his side and put her hands on the side of his face, whatever she was doing was working cause Will was calming down quickly.

I ran to Tyler’s side, I tried to touch his arm but he yanked his arm away from me, looking at me disgusted.

“And where the f**k have you been all night?!” He screamed at me with hateful eyes. I sat back on my feet and looked at him in shock. I opened my mouth to speak but my mouth dried up and I couldn’t get out anything audible.

“Chill the f**k out Ty, it’s all my fault. Mila was just being a good friend to me. She slept on a couch while I was knocking boots.” Annie shouted at Tyler. I looked at her and smiled thankfully at her and Tyler rolled his eyes at her, he got up briskly and made his way to his room.

“Yeah. Sure.” Tyler said before he slammed the door to his room.

Devin lent a hand to me to help me get up. Will and Waverly were still at the same spot, hugging lovingly.

“Sorry everyone..I don’t know what came over me. I just really didn’t like how Ty was talking about Waverly..” Will spoke softly, sounding remorseful.

“Don’t worry Will, someone needed to smack some sense into Ty.” Annie said to him, Will and Waverly both smiled at her.

“Well.. how about you all go into Mila and Annie’s room and i’ll go deal with Ty. I’ll pack up your stuff Will.” Devin said to us, we all nodded to him and made our way to our room to get ready and pack to go home.

An hour or so later we were driving off, Waverly was outside the hotel waving at us. Devin offered to drive and I didn’t fight him on it. Annie, Will and I sat in the backseat while Tyler was up front with Devin, his arms crossed on his chest. I really hoped he would calm down before I talked to him, because his recent behaviour was really scaring me. I didn’t think he would ever hurt me, but I didn’t think of him ever hurting anyone before today yet I had witnessed him insult and name call a complete innocent girl and fight one of his best friends.

I started to have a really uneasy feeling in my stomach, guilt and dread, I was also terrified of Tyler right now.

I felt my pocket vibrate, I took out my phone out of my pocket and I slid my finger on the screen to see that I had a text from Isaac. I looked cautiously at Tyler in front and made sure his attention was elsewhere before opening the text.

‘Hey beautiful, are you ok? I miss you already.’

My heart fluttered reading those sweet words from Isaac. I tried to cover a smile as I answered him.

‘Hi Isaac. Yeah, i’m ok. It’s been an eventful day to say the least, we’re on the way home now.’

I answered him and I didn’t even have time to put my phone away before my phone vibrated once again.

‘Devin told me what happened at the hotel, that must have been scary for you to see. If you need someone to talk to, don’t hesitate to call me. I’d love nothing more than to hear your voice again ;)’

I held in a giggle but it didn’t go by unnoticed by Annie, she looked at me and grinned.

‘’Thanks Isaac, I might just take you up on that offer. Talk to you soon :)’

‘I’ll see you soon beautiful’

I reread his last text message over 10 times before placing my phone in my pocket. I laid my head back and closed my eyes. What the hell was I going to do?! I guess I had to talk to Tyler, tell him about Isaac and see how that goes..

After a very silent drive, we finally pulled up to my house. Devin barely had time to put my jeep in park and Tyler grabbed his bag and hopped out, he didn’t say a word to anyone and just went to his house. Annie placed her hand on my shoulder and sighed.

“He’ll be alright, Mila. Maybe you should wait until tomorrow to talk to him.” Annie said. I agreed with her, I didn’t think it was a good idea at all to talk to him right now. I would wait until he calmed down.

I waved everyone goodbye and walked in to my house. I dropped my bag at the door and walked in the kitchen, what a mess! Flour, milk, eggs, bowls, pans..the kitchen looked ransacked! What the hell happened in here?! I looked on the counter and noticed some very burnt chocolate chip cookies. My mom was an excellent baker and Nora never stepped foot in the kitchen, who the hell made this mess? I cleaned up the best I could and went to my room to relax. I dropped my bag in my closet and threw myself on my bed. I laid there comfortably for a minute until I heard someone whimpering. I got up quickly and walked through the hall to go see if my mom was alright, I walked passed Nora’s room and noticed that the sobbing was very loud. I realized quickly that it was Nora who was crying.

I knocked softly on Nora’s door and waited for her to let me in.

“Nora?? It’s Mila..can I come in?” I asked gently. I heard her mumbling something that sounded like a yes so I opened the door slowly, she was laying on her bed in a fetal position. I sat down next to her and brushed her hair with my hand.

“Heyy..what’s wrong??” I asked as I shh’ed softly. She sat up and faced me, she wiped the tears off her face and brought her knees up to hug them.

“I-I..you can’t tell anyone ok?” Nora pleaded, her eyes were red and puffy.

“Of course, unless I need to for your safety..” I answered her honestly.

“And you have to promise you won’t do anything about it..” Nora said firmly. Now I was getting angry, it was quite obvious someone had hurt my baby sister and I wasn’t going to let that slide.

“Tell me Nora.” I said angrily.

“Ok..um..well since everyone was gone for the weekend and Mom was working last night..I invited Oliver to come over for a movie..” Nora said, trying to avoid looking at me.

“Go on.” I said through gritted teeth.

“He came over and we started watching a movie..and then I kinda made a move on him..I wanted to kiss him..we kissed for a few minutes and then before I knew it, we were both naked and..we had sex.” Nora said sheepishly. I was outraged!

“He took advantage of you?!” I shouted as I stood up. He would f*****g pay.

“Relax Mila..it wasn’t his fault.” Nora replied lowly.

“Yes it is his f*****g fault! He’s older than you and he took advantage of that!” I screamed.

“He’s one year older than me. I was the one who initiated it and he asked for permission before doing..it.” Nora said with tears in her eyes.

“Ok..what did he do after that is upsetting you this much, Nora?!” I asked her.

“Nothing Mila..he was really sweet about everything. But..it hurt, and now I feel kinda empty. I realized that I wasn’t ready for that yet..I let my infatuation cloud my senses, and I feel really shameful about it.” Nora said covering her face and started to cry again.

I sat back down next to her and hugged her while rubbing her back.

“It’s ok Nora. You made a mistake, it happens. Hopefully you learn from this. I kinda made a mistake this weekend too, do you wanna hear about it?” I asked her.

She looked at me and nodded. I preceded to tell her everything. I had gotten closer to my sister in the last week and it felt amazing. I knew my father would be so proud to see that his daughters were getting along, although he obviously wouldn’t approve of the reasons we were bonding.

As I finished telling her everything that happened, she dropped her mouth and gasped.

“Wow Mila..what are you going to do?” She asked me curiously.

“I don’t have a f*****g clue..”