seven souls seven sins - Chapter 54: Chapter 54

Xavier's pov:
"You excited for the game on Wednesday?" My teammate Dylan asks. "Duh. My whole family is coming to watch since it's the finals." I smile at the thought of Nat cheering from the bleachers. "Yo mine too!" He pats my back as we enter our Portuguese classroom together.
"Oh my god I can't wait for training later today." Dylan yawns and stretches in his seat.
"Bout that.. me and Xander aren't gonna make it." I scratch the back of my neck awkwardly. Dylan's mouth drops wide open. "Say WHAT now? It's the finals Xav! Not to mention that you're a co-captain! I don't see Nico lousing around." Dylan critiques. "I know, I know. Nat, Xand and I are going to get food with Chase later after school." I shrug my shoulders.
"That sounds chill man but the game is literally two days away." Dylan crosses his arms.
"Don't worry. Harper has got you all covered for today and tomorrow I'll be back better than ever." I flash my pearly whites. "You better be a bolt on that pitch bud." Dylan daps me up. "You have nothing to be worried about." I smirk at his concern for the team. The teacher walks in and goes straight to her desk.
Shit, I completely forgot about the project that was assigned last Friday.
I was too busy with the whole Xander-fight situation and I forgot to ask Nat about it. The teacher begins to take the roll but Nat is nowhere to be seen. "Natasha Clark?" She calls out but receives no answer. She sighs and crosses Nat off as absent. Where the hell is she?
I also need to set a mental reminder to change her last name from Clark to Morales with the receptionist.
She doesn't need to hide who she truly is from the world anymore. She's our sister and she needs to be proud of that. That surname does wonders in the business community. The door bursts open as Nat and Flynn rush in. "You're late." The teacher establishes in a strict manner.
"Don't blame me, blame this one." Nat points her finger towards Flynn.
"Guilty as charged." He grins as he puts his hands in the air. "Come in quickly and take out your books." They both scurry to the next available spot and sit down together. When she notices me I flick a small smile at her and she winks at me, returning the gesture.
"I hope you all enjoyed the weekend with no Portuguese homework to do." The teacher sighs and types on her keyboard.
Wait what? No homework? I thought that there was a project due, no? I glance towards Nat she looks a tad bit red in the face. She looks over to me with widened eyes and then retreats her gaze back towards Flynn. She lied. She lied and got away with it. There was no project to begin with.
She's gonna get a talking to after this class.
My jaw hardens and I continue on with the lesson. I jot down my notes and answer vocal questions when necessary. I can't believe she lied straight to our faces. If she wanted to go out with Flynn so bad she should've just said it. As much as we dislike Flynn he could've stayed at our house.
With the door wide open of course.
Natasha's pov:
"Cmon Flynn you can tell me." I plead him to tell me the big secret that he's been hiding from the whole day. "You'll have to wait and see." He folds his arms whilst I try to pry them open. "Noo, I swear I won't tell anyone. I pinky promise." I hold out my 5th finger to him.
He gently pushes it away and stares deeply into my eyes.
"It's a surprise and I don't want to spoil it." He reasons with me and smirks at my excitement. Ooh, I wonder what it could be. "Now I'm gonna have to wait a whole ten minutes." I pout, trying to get Flynn to spill the secret already. "It's ten minutes Tash. Portuguese isn't even that boring." He takes down his notes from the board.
"Portuguese isn't boring, but waiting for my surprise is." I emphasise my surprise.
Flynn halts mid-word and scribbles a blob all over my copy. "Hey!" I squeal and do the same to his book. "Hey!" He repeats and scribbles more on my book. I draw a dick on his copy and he immediately crosses it out. He then draws a squiggle on my hand and I reach for his but he leans back and falls off his chair.
I couldn't hold in my laugh as everyone watched him and laughed alongside me.
Once he sees me smile, the corners of his mouth hitch up a bit and he reaches out for my hand. I pull him up and the teacher's voice booms throughout the now silent room. "Ai ai ai, no more of that or you two will be getting a detention." She warns and tilts her head towards us.
"My bad." He apologised with a smile broadcasted on his face.
She rolls her eyes at his fake apology and he kicks my leg under the table. I would usually hit him back but I do not want to go to detention. The look of disappointment on Vincent's face would do permanent damage to my self esteem. We silently finish our note-taking and shortly after, the final bell rings for the day.
I yawn and get up to back my things away.
"Come outside with me to find your surprise." Flynn teases. "What is this, a treasure hunt?" I joke and zip up my bag. "I think you'll like this surprise much better than a measly treasure hunt." He walks out of the classroom with me. "The suspense is killing me." I shake his bicep. He laughs at my happiness.
"Oi Nat! Wait up!" I overhear Xavier's voice boom in the corridors.
I turn around but there's too many people so I can't see him. I continue walking up with Flynn but we stop at my locker first. "Ugh I'm so hungry. Is my surprise food?" I arch a brow as my stomach grumbles. "No silly, even if it was, it would've melted by now." He leans against my locker, towering over me.
"Hey can you pass me my history book?" I ask and point to the textbook on the top shelf of my locker.
Flynn's hand hovers over it but Xavier pops in out of nowhere and grabs it for me. "Looking for something?" He flashes a smile and hands it to me. "Not anymore." I respond back and swing the bag over my shoulder. "Chase is out front." Xavier mentions. "Long time no see." Xander shuts my locker closed.
A speck of blood is still on it after the fight on Friday.
He notices where my vision is directed and picks it off. "Better?" "Much better." I playfully whack his head. "Ouch." He rubs it. I chuckle at his reaction. "I gotta bounce but I'll see you tomorrow Princess." Flynn backs away from us. I grab his hand. "Where do you think you're going? You haven't forgotten about my surprise have you?" I gently remind him.
"It's outside in the car park, you'll know once you see it." He winks at me before turning around and walking away.
His riddle leaves me clueless about what this surprise actually is. "See you tomorrow!" I shout to his back and turn to face the twin's puzzled faces. "What's that about?" Xander questions. "Oh nothing. Flynn says that there's a surprise waiting for me in the car park and he's been teasing me about it for the whole day." I try to conceal my excitement.
"Well it'll have to wait. Chase is already here and I'm starving." Xavier pats his belly.
I laugh at his childish behaviour and we begin walking towards the entrance of the school. "So where are we heading out?" I curiously ask with an empty stomach. "A burger joint near the pier." Xander fills in the gaps as we walk down the steps. "You used to love it as a child." Xavier smiles at the memory.
"Times change." I shrug my shoulders as I spot a familiar face.
"Hey Ms.Perfect." Nico comes up to me, not acknowledging my biological brothers right behind me. "Mr.Mysterious, fancy meeting you here." I peer into his emerald eyes. "Matching nicknames? Really?" Xander crosses his arms. Nico finally acknowledges his presence.
"I don't recall that you two have any matching nicknames together. Beg to differ?" Nico snaps back, his head tilting in the process.
"Not any for now." Xander mumbles and looks away. "I thought so." Nico reveals his dimples as he grins at me. I roll my eyes as he bickers with Xander. "I hate to cut this meeting short but we have a reservation to be at." Xavier sarcastically swoops me away from Nico. "I'll see you at history tomorrow!" He calls out to me.
I turn my head to the side and give him a cheeky wink before turning around again.
I feel his stare on my back as I walk towards Chase's car in the distance. "Why does he have to park so far away?" I complain and pick up my feet one by one. "You tell me." Xander shrugs at my comment. Xavier lets a chuckle out at my annoyance. As we walk along the car park, I feel a presence linger around me.
It's not just Nico that is watching me, it's someone else too.
I turn around but I'm only met with Nico's gaze. I flash him a smile and continue walking with the twins, keeping my head down to my feet. "I'm so excited to taste the new Bacon Cheese Barbecue Burger later on." Xander explains his priorities. I look up to meet a familiar pair of eyes. "Yea I know, you've been talking about it forev-" Xavier gets interrupted by my high pitched squeal of shock.
Xander's pov:
All within the span of a few seconds, I watch as Nat looks up from her feet and towards the horizon. Her mouth widens in realisation and she lets out a loud squeal. She used to do those all the time when she was younger, it was refreshing hearing it again.
She then bolts forward, dropping her school bag in the process.
I glance at Xavier, and he glances at me. We both don't know what's going on and we look back at her. We didn't acknowledge him before, but she runs and jumps into the arms of a blonde guy who hugs her back and spins her around. Behind him is a shiny sparkling 2001 Ducati MH900e Evoluzione. I've been wanting that motorcycle since the beginning of time.
But I can't focus on that when this asshole is practically groping my sister right infront of me.
My fist clenches whilst Xavier's gaze hardens. Blondie pulls her in and gives her the biggest hug that I've ever seen. They both grip onto each other, as if they're never going to let go. I turn to my left to find Nico's envious reaction. His mouth wide open and he can't seem to look away from Nat and Bumble Bee 2.0.
It would suck to be in Nico's position right about now.
I shrug off the Nico Harper pity and refocus my attention back on the new couple of the century. "Who the fuck is that?" Xavier curses with a harsh frown. "It won't matter when I punch the fuck out of him first." I grit through clenched teeth. Blondie leans backwards against the bike as Nat leans frontwards, on top of him.
"So are you just gonna stand here whilst Goldilocks tries to serenade our sister?" I scoff and begin making my way towards the two, Xavier following after my lead.
I don't mean to be harsh towards Xavier but after seeing Nat be affectionate with Blondie, my blood is boiling. Nat doesn't even notice us at all, all she's doing is talking to Bumble Bee 2.0. Doing this in public is wild. "Care to introduce us?" I intrude on their conversation. Nat turns to look at us and turns back to Goldilocks without saying a word to us. He flicks a glance at us and looks us up and down.
This chap is really starting to get on my nerves, the audacity.
"Natasha Amor Morales." Chase's voice echos from behind me, sending shivers down Nat's spine. I turn to face him, he does not look happy. Nat finally turns to face us. "Oh I'm not feeling that hungry after all. You lot can trod on without me." She plasters a fake smile on her face. "Nice try Nat, but you're coming with us." Chase demands and takes her hand.
"She's not going anywhere." Bumble bee's abnormally British accent shines through.