28 - Stronger

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"Let me go. Otherwise, I'll scream my fucking lungs out." I whispered angrily through gritted teeth.

"You don't have the guts." Noah responded cockily.

"I know about the photos Noah. I swear, I'll go to the fucking cops, if you don't let go of me!" I whispered angrily. I forced my arm out of his grip and quickly stood up to leave but he quickly stood up and grabbed me by the back of my top to pull me back, causing me to squeal in shock. My cheeks flushed red from embarrassment and anger as customers looked on, but no one deciding to get up and help me.

"Mate, she wants to leave. I suggest you let her go." An onlooker said as he walked up closer to Noah.

Noah held onto me as he looked up to the guy with a death stare, "Mind your business if you know what's good for you."

"Don't get involved, babe." His partner whispered to him, just loud enough for me to hear.

"You don't know if he has anything on him." She said as she walked past me. This interaction happened within three seconds before they left. I was in complete shock that this was happening. I couldn't exactly hate the stranger, he did try but just didn't try hard enough. His partner was right though, Noah could have a gun on him as we speak.

My mind raced as I tried to find a way out of this mess. However, God must have answered my prayers because one second I couldn't move and then the next I found myself stumbling on my feet. It all happened so fast as I saw someone run past me and slam Noah, back first into the wall.

'What the hell?'

"Dont fucking touch her!" Drew yelled out, as he clasped Noah by the throat.

"Who the fuck are you?" Noah forced the words out.

Drew leaned in closely, "I'm the older brother they never warned you about. Now, how about you pick on someone your own size, fuckface."

'What the hell? What was Drew doing here and how did he know where I was?'

"Drew?" I called out in shock.

"I didn't fucking touch her! She wants to be with me!" Noah barked back as he tried to loosen Drew's grip around his throat.

Their conversation happened all too quickly, it took me a minute to realise that Drew still had him backed up against the wall. I looked around to see everyone was still just standing around, some even had their phones out recording. Rolling my eyes, I quickly moved closer to Drew and placed my hand over his forearm.

"Drew. He's not worth it. Let's just go." I whispered.

Drew brought his face closer to Noah until their noses were touching, "Maybe I should carve my name into your forehead so you know who you belong to, bitch." Drew whispered angrily.

With that said he pushed Noah against the wall for good measure, grabbing my arm he turned us around, "Lets go, Avery." He ordered, anger evident in his tone.

"Did she ever tell you how we used to go at it like rabbits."

I closed my eyes as I tried to ignore Noah's words. As I opened them I forced myself to look at Drew. There he stood clenching his jaw in anger as his chest rose and fell rapidly. I wanted to grab Drew and drag him out of there because I knew what was about to come, but I couldn't move my feet. I guiltily watched on as Drew turned around slowly to face Noah until they were nose to nose. Without saying a word he instantly southpaws Noah across his jawline, tackling him to the ground before laying punch after punch.

"I'll fucking kill you!" Drew yelled at the top of his lungs. I screamed out for Drew to stop but it was no use. Thankfully a few of the male diners finally came to the rescue to pull the two apart.

"Stay away from my fucking sister!" Drew yelled, as he tried to break away from the three guys who were holding him back.

I grabbed a hold of Drew's hand, "Please. Drew. Let's just go." I begged in between sobs as the tears began to free fall.

Drew's eyes moved to look directly into mine, he took a few deep breaths before lowering his clenched fist, "Lets go." He whispered. I grabbed onto his hand and we both walked outside.

I watched him as he angrily kicked a trash can, "I could kill that motherfucker!" He growled out loud.

"Why are you meeting up with him?!" He yelled out.

"I'm sorry." I whispered guiltily.

Drew let out a deep sigh before turning to face me, "Avery, I want to know everything. Stop lying to me." He demanded.

"Okay." I responded, nodding my head repeatedly.

"I'm serious." He raised his voice.

I raised my hands up in defeat, "I swear. I'll tell you everything. Let's just get out of here please."

I looked around in panic but I couldn't see Noah anywhere.

"I'll see you back at your house." He responded in a clipped tone.

I swallowed the lump in my throat as I watched him jump on his Harley Davidson, roaring it to life. I knew he was angry the moment I saw his bike. He rarely took that thing out so he must of been in that much of a rush, that he just grabbed his helmet and jumped on it to get here. He moved his head into the direction of my car, I knew at this point that he wasn't planning on leaving until I left first. Letting out a sigh I unlocked the door to my car and drove off.

Looking into my review mirror there I saw Drew, following me to my house.

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"Easy! Avery!?" Drew hissed.

"Yeah, well. No one told you to go Rocky Balboa on him. Okay!" I snapped back.

"Drew? What happened?" Alena asked.

We both froze as we looked at each other before looking over at Alena.

"Uh-Alena. Why don't you go take a shower and get ready for a movie night."

Alena's eyes looked at Drew's bloody knuckles before looking at me and nodding before running upstairs. Drew grabbed the ice pack from me before placing it on his knuckles himself

"This is such a mess." I whispered to myself.

"Drew. How did you know where I was?" I asked as I crossed my arms and faced him.

I watched as he clenched his jaw as he stared at the wall absentmindedly.

"Drew!?" I yelled.

"I told him." Isaac said as he came into view. I creased my eyebrows in confusion.

"What?" I asked in a clipped angry tone.

"When you said you were getting my favourite muffin, I knew which cafe it was because it's the only place you get the muffin from." He added on.

"How did you know?" I asked in a clipped tone.

"When I saw you outside, I heard just enough to know you were speaking to him because of the tone of your voice." He responded calmly.

"Did it not occur to you that maybe I needed to see him, Isaac!" I yelled out in anger.

"Did it not occur to you that maybe he's a fucking psychopath, Avery!" Isaac yelled back.

"Enough!" Drew yelled out.

I let out a sigh as I sat down at the dining room table, I looked to my right where Isaac was sitting before staring ahead at Drew who was now looking at me.

"Tell me what you are hiding. No more fucking secrets!" Drew hissed at me. I clenched my jaw as I cracked my neck to realise the tension.

"Either he's the Noah who had the accident with Jaxon's dad, or there's two Noah's in this world, which I'm hoping isn't the case." Drew said.

"One in the same." Isaac responded before looking at me. He squeezed my shoulder as he walked past me to go put the kettle on.

"Why didn't you tell one of us that you were meeting up with him?" Drew asked in frustration.

"I didn't think he'd do anything in public." I whispered in shame. Drew let out a sigh as he got from where he was sitting and paced for a few seconds.

My eyes kept following his movement as he stopped pacing, before coming to sit to my left, "What else do I need to know?" He asked.

My eyes moved towards Isaac who placed the tray in between us before sitting down. I passed Drew's coffee cup to him before grabbing mine to hold.

"Thanks." Drew spoke calmly

I smiled at Isaac in appreciation as I leaned forward to feel the heat of the coffee on my face.

"Avery." Drew spoke sternly.

I swallowed the lump in my throat before turning to face Drew, "Biker Barbie." I said.

Drew shook his head in confusion, "What about her?"

I let out a sigh as my eyes flickered towards Isaac, who nodded lightly at me in encouragement, "It's me. I'm biker barbie."

Drew started to chuckle before shaking his head, "I'm serious, Avery."

"So am I!" I responded defensively.

The smile slowly started to vanish from his face as he stared at me, before turning to look at Isaac who nodded in agreement.

"Are you shitting me?" Drew asked as he leaned forward.

I bit onto my bottom lip as I shook my head nervously. I had no idea how he was going to take it, he could either lose his shit or laugh it off. The longer he stared at me, the more nervous I became.

"Why would you hide that from me? It's not like I wouldn't go to support you!" Drew spoke, you could hear in his tone that he was hurt by this secret.

I laughed defensively, "It's not like it was a subject I could easily bring up! Oh, by the way Drew, I partake in illegal street racing and my handler name is based on a fucking barbie doll! Thanks to Isaac!"    

Drew stared at me for a second before chuckling and shaking his head. His chuckle was enough to put a smile on my face. He reached over to grab my hand and squeezed it in encouragement.

"All this time. I could have been there, properly to support you!" Drew added.

I shrugged my shoulders guiltily as I smiled at him, my smile slowly fell when he raised an eyebrow at me, "Is that where you were yesterday?"

"Yes." I whispered, guilt evident in my tone.

"You made me watch kid movies with those two and you didn't think to tell me so that I had an excuse to leave the house!" Drew asked in shock.

I let out a chuckle as I pictured Drew sitting on the couch in between Michael and Alena in misery.

"Rude, sis. Just rude." Drew mumbled, making me chuckle. I got off from my chair to go hug him in appreciation before sitting back down onto my seat.

"By the way. Have you gone to the police yet?" Drew asked.

"They came to see me in the hospital, remember?" I said as I swallowed the lump.

"Yeah but that was to only get your story about what happened at your house. I'm talking about assisting them to capture Noah, tell them what happened today." Drew responded.

I bit on my inner lip as I thought about that, I knew by doing that, it would piss Noah off to another level.

"I can't do that." I responded.

"Why?" Drew and Isaac asked simultaneously.

"Because if they don't get him or have enough to lock him away for good, it will piss him off and then he'll be after me. I can't put Alena through that!" I responded in defence.

"He won't hurt you! He'll have to go through us." Drew spoke up.

Isaac nodded before adding on, "You just need to tell us where you are going, no more sneaking around"

"At least go file an incident report for what happened today." Isaac begged.

"Avery." Alena called out quietly

I looked at Alena who was holding my phone, "Your phone keeps beeping and I'm trying to watch this movie."

'When the hell did she come downstairs?'

"Sorry, Aly-Cat." I said as I reached my hand out.

With her short legs she jogged towards me to hand me my phone, before walking back to the lounge room to resume her movie.

I looked down at my phone and let out a shaky sigh when I saw three messages from Noah.

"Who is it? Is it that piece of shit?" Drew raised his voice in anger.

Sat, June 4, 04:48 PM
Noah: YOU FUCKING SET ME UP!

Sat, June 4, 04:48 PM
Noah: How could you do this to us!

Sat, June 4, 04:48 PM
Noah: Your brother is dead.

Drew snatched my phone off me to read the messages, "Your brother is dead? Mate, this kid has no fucking idea who he's messing with!" Drew whispered hastily in anger.

"The guy's fucking delusional, Avery. How could you do this to us? What fucking drugs is he on?" Drew asked in confusion.

I bit on my inner cheek as I let Drew have his rant because he wasn't saying anything I didn't know. My eyes moved over to Isaac who stretched his hand out to take the phone off him. I watched as his finger scrolled through the messages, his jaw clenching repeatedly in the process.

I took my phone from Isaac when he passed it to me, standing up from my chair I began to walk away.

Drew grabbed my forearm gently, "Where are you going?"

My eyes alternated between him and Isaac, "I'm going to the Police Station."

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A/N: Another chapter done and dusted! What did you guys think?

Next Chapter: No secrets here, Avery finally goes to the cops.

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