chapter ten
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The house was completely silent, it was weird and I didn't like it.
I hadn't seen Ambrose or any of his friends since yesterday morning when I woke from my blackout. My brother had obviously text me a few times to check I was still alive but never answered when I asked where he was or when he would be home.
I probably should've been making the most of the free time but it didn't feel right not having Ambrose or his loud friends here. Silence really was deafening.
My phone ringtone caught my attention and I stared down at the caller ID. Tobias.
When I had eventually found my phone yesterday I was greeted with many concerned texts and missed calls from the whole group. Except Rebecca, which didn't surprise me at all.
"Hello?" I spoke when accepting the call
"Ayanna, hey. How you feeling?"
I could hear the concern in his voice, If I could see his face now then I would be analyzing it to test if his concern was genuine.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Head aches gone"
"That's good"
There was a silence on the line which made me feel awkward. Why wasn't he speaking? Was he waiting for me to say something?
"Yeah..." I huffed
"I'm really sorry you know"
"for what?" I asked confused
"I'm just sorry that It happened to you, I don't understand how it happened but I'm sorry that it did"
"you tried to help me so thank you"
"I was only gone less then a minute, I just wanted to help and I came back and you were gone. I looked everywhere for you"
I still hadn't remembered any more about that night so I was still clueless as to who brought me home. The only person that had been to my house was Amira but I had spoken to her and she told me that it wasn't her.
"It's ok, luckily nothing bad happened"
"Do you remember who took you home?"
"No"
"Not anything?"
"No"
Silence
"well I'm just really glad you're okay" he eventually spoke
"yeah me too"
I heard a car pull up to the driveway which I could only assume was Ambrose.
"I need to go, bye!"
I quickly hung up and flicked the TV on just as the front door opened. Ambrose stepped in slowly and then shrugged off his coat.
"I'm home" he says
"I can see that" I deadpan
He rolled his eyes and made his way over to the empty seat then plunked himself down.
"so about the party.."
"Can we please just drop it?"
"I'm you're older brother and you got drugged at a party, most likely by you're so called friends. So no, I will not just drop it"
"So called friends?" I repeated
He looked at me as if to say is that really the only part you picked up on?
"You're not to hang out with them again" he stated
"Excuse me? you can't tell me who I can and can't be friends with"
"Well I am and I mean it Ayanna"
"I can't believe you. What is you're problem with them?"
He paused for a moment and scratched his head before answering.
"They are trouble and I don't want you hurt"
"How do you know they're trouble?"
"I just do and look, you go to one party with them and you're drugged"
"That was nothing to do with them" I defended
"How do you know that?"
I rolled my eyes. I know that whatever I say, Ambrose will have an answer to it and he is definitely too stubborn to give up anytime soon.
"I'm done with this conversation Ambrose"
I gave him a deadly glare which he clearly understood because he didn't say anything else. He just turned his attention to the Tv.
"The guys are coming round for food in a bit" he spoke
No surprise there
"You're all really close aren't you"
"They're all like brothers to me, and the twins like sisters"
I held back the sarcastic comment I wanted to make about it being nice to have friends since I didn't want to argue.
"They're all cool...well except Azande"
Ambrose released a small laugh before nodding.
"He's a tough guy to figure out, he's had it rough. Just ignore him, he only likes certain people and its hard to get you're name added to that list"
"I can tell"
In the next moment the front door opened and in walked the trio. Zander first, then Wyatt and Azande.
"Ayanna!" called Wyatt excitedly
"Hey guys" I said
"Glad to see you're doing better" Zander spoke
"Yeah, I'm great now thanks"
Azande didn't say anything, he just silently made his way to the empty space beside Ambrose. He grabbed the Remote and quickly changed channels.
"Oi, I was watching that" I stated annoyed
He briefly turned his attention to me and shrugged before looking back to the Tv screen.
What a giant doofus.
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