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“What are you doing?” he asks.
“Sitting, what does it look like?”
“You want to stay in here?” he asks, and I nod.
“Eli won’t like that, Addie,” Cyrus says, but I shrug, not caring in the slightest about what Eli likes.
“Well, we all have to do things we don’t like, don’t we?” I tell him, and he sighs before walking off and taking my bag with him. I groan; I am not staying in there with them.
“Addie!” I hear Eli call out to me from downstairs.
I get up, walking toward the door. Cyrus comes out of their room down the hall, following behind me.
I walk into the kitchen, standing in the archway.
“What?” I ask, just wanting to go to bed.
“Attitude, or I will turn that ass of yours red.”
I roll my eyes, about to walk off, only to bump into Cyrus, standing directly behind me.
“Move,” I tell him, but he doesn’t budge.
“You won’t talk to your mates like that,” Eli says behind me, making me turn around to face him.
“What do you want, Eli? I am tired,” I tell him.
“Why did I overhear Cyrus talking about you not being in our room?”
“Because I am not sleeping in a room with you two,” I tell him.
“You slept fine with us last night.”
“Yes, but last night I wasn’t forced out of my home to move to Bumfuckville now, was I?”
“You stay with us. I don’t need you running off during the night.”
“And where would I go?”
There is no way buses will come out this far, and I’ve already left my car with my sister.
“Nowhere because where we go, you go,” Eli says, walking toward me.
“Whatever,” I tell him, turning around and heading for the door. “Cyrus, will you move, please?”
“I know you’re not happy about this, but it will get better, Addie. Just give it a chance,” Cyrus says, but I glare at him.
That is easy for him to say; he hasn’t just given up his entire life for me.
“Can I go?”
“Yes, but to our room,” Eli says, and Cyrus steps aside, letting me pass.
I walk upstairs back to the room. I shut the door, locking it. When I can no longer hear any movement on the stairs, I pull out the phone I have in my pocket, trying to find somewhere to hide it. Turning it on, I check to make sure it is on silent. I notice a message from Sam.
Sam: Let me know when you get this.
I reply. Me: Got it.
