Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Freya's POV continued....

Driving in silence, something felt off, before he was so dominate and demanding yet now that we are alone in his truck he is quiet and seems to be stewing about something.

"Okay, what's wrong? Did I upset you somehow?"

"What are you talking about, how could you upset me?"

His tone was cold, distant, I really did do something to upset him, but what?

Oh....

"Is it that I told Addy to have her mom come get me in the morning?"

Silence filling the truck, it was awkward.

Great we are going tobget home and my dad is going to think I was rude and upset him already, before he even spends his first night at his new home.

"Look, I'm sorry."

He glanced at me before looking at the road again so I continued.

"I only told her to have her mom get me because, well, it's what we have always done, but also because why would I make you wake up that early when you don't have to just to drive me somewhere you don't even have to be at for another week? I wasn't meaning to make you mad or hurt your feelings or anything."

I looked over at him noticing he was smiling slightly but when he realized I was looking he stopped putting a scowl back on his face.

Seriously? Why is he being this way? Ugh he's frustrating already.

"Want to stop to get dinner?" I asked him softly to see if that would just make him angrier, but I was hungry and didn't want to cook anything tonight. Addy's mom usually stops to pick us up food on drama meeting days since we leave so late.

"Why would I want to do that?" again that cold tone.

"I don't know, because it's dinner time? We don't have to, we are almost home now anyway."

Feeling defeated I looked down at my phone, scrolling through my i***a when he took a sharp turn to the right instead of left to go home.

Looking up slightly, with only my eyes to see where he was heading, seeing we were going in the direction of town I smiled a little but then looked back at my phone like I hadn't noticed.

Driving for another 10 to 15 minutes when we finally stopped. Still looking at my phone when he finally spoke.

"Hey, so ummm, still want to eat with me?"

Looking over to see him looking at me, a half smile on his face but also laced with concern it seemed. Smiling at him as I lifted my head while turning my phone off.

"Yes, I would like to have dinner with you but we should get something to go for my dad too, and your mom?"

"They went out together for dinner, she texted me earlier."

"Oh, well perfect then, come on!" I went to open the door when he wrapped his hand around my wrist stopping me as I looked down at his hand then back up to his face.

"We haven't decided what we are going to eat Freya."

"Oh come on! We will walk around a bit until we decide which place to stop at to get some food."

"Walk around? Really?"

"Yes, come on, it won't kill you to walk around with me will it?"

"Don't you have like homework or something?"

I couldn't help but laugh.

"I'm done with most of it already and I will finish when we get home. I have a free period for fifth so I do most of my homework then. Now come on, please"

I tried my best puppy dog eye's to convince, it always works on dad and Cody so I figured I could at least try.

He looked at me, cocked his head to the side before finally smiling as he shook his head, letting my wrist go before he turned towards his door opening it.

"Fine, you win, let's go walk around until we agree on something to eat."

He was trying to sound sarcastic but I could hear the hint of happiness in his tone as I left the truck.

As I went to open my door after grabbing my phone then my wallet from my bag he opened my door for me holding his hand out for me.

"Oh being a gentleman?" i grabbed his hand as he helped me from the truck.

Standing face to face for a moment, him still holding my hand as I looked down at our hands, those butterflies consuming my insides yet again as I slowly looked up to his face, our eyes locking as he moved in a bit closer to me making my breath hitch in my throat.

"Wh...what... are.. you.. doing?" I couldn't believe how nervous I was at his closeness to me, my body betraying me when the thoughts of him pinning me to the truck, pressing his lips to mine, was all I could think about.

He leaned down, his nose gently brushed mine at how close he was, his breath fanning my face when he brought his hand up to my face placing my cheek in his hand as his thumb brushed under my eye before he pulled back.

"Eyelash" he said quietly showing it to me on his thumb. He went to brush it off but I grabbed his hand quickly.

"Wait! I have to make a wish silly." I brought his thumb to my lips before looking up to him, our eyes locked on one another as I blew it away.

My heart skipped a beat as I found it hard to look away.

'Brother, he is your brother now! Stop thinking like this, turn around and walk away'

Taking a deep breath, listening to my concious reluctantly as it dawned on my that I was still holding onto his hand. The way he looked at me, it does something inside of me but I can not act on that, it's wrong.

I brought his hand down slowly when I saw his eyes trail with them, he watched intently before I finally let go.

"Okay, let's go!" I skipped off down the sidewalk towards the shops trying to block out that crazy intense moment.

I stopped after walking passed a few shops to turn to see where he was when I saw him still standing beside his truck.

Cocking my head to the side while I raised my arms up shrugging my shoulders when he smirked at me before pushing off his truck while slowly making his way towards me.

When he finally got to where I was standing he was still smirking at me before he brushed passed me to keep walking ahead of me making me scoff at his action.

"Really!? What the hell was that?"

I stood with my hands on my hips, my brows furrowed as I felt a surge of anger pass through me.

"Just wanted to see how far you'd walk before seeing if I was with you."

He shrugged his shoulders as he spoke to me with a nonchalant tone as he turned his head back away from me before walking further away from.

He had longer strides that I did so I basically had to run to catch back up with him, when I finally did it was just out front of a little family owned Italian restaurant, one of my favorites around here.

"Want to eat here?" I basically panted out from running to catch up when he turned to look at me, something I his eyes that made me stand up stiffly while fixing my hair.

"Have you ever eaten here before?"

Nodding to him

"It's my favorite place to come to with my dad."

His right brow raised as he had a questioning look on his face.

"Only your father?"

"Yeah, we used to come all the time until he started..."

I cut off when I realized what I was about to say but he knew and finished it for me.

"Started dating my mom?"

Sighing, I looked at him as I nodded lightly before looking down at my feet embarrassed that I didn't catch myself before saying something like that, it's one thing to think it, or express it to Addy but another to say something to the son of the woman that I felt caused the shift in my relationship with my father.

This isn't his fault. Closing my eyes before taking a deep breath I felt his body closer to mine again.

"Hey, I'm sorry for before, I was being a dick.

Let's go inside, you can order whatever you want as you let me know whats good here okay."

I looked up to him, his eyes on me but this time the look was almost like he was concerned about me, sympathetic maybe?

He suddenly grabbed my hand before pulling me to the door then leading me inside, letting go of me just as quickly but not before I felt a surge of butterflies rush through my stomach.