Chapter 04 Fight (02)

~Amara~

All eyes turned towards me when my highly-pitched scream pierced through the air. I saw confusion and surprise on my fellow student's faces but I didn't care that much about it, all I wanted was to get to Nicholas and Luke to stop them from fighting.

As though Luke didn't hear me scream, he punched the confused Nicholas on the cheeks again and he stumbled backwards.

Nicholas gained his composure and punched Luke back, before he could punch him for the second time, I got between them and held Nicholas's fist which was about to smash Luke's face.

"Please don't do it,"I shook my head at him and he looked me deep in the eyes.Unexplainable emotions flashed in his green alluring eyes which I couldn't wrap my fingers around.

Nicholas lowered his hand and I was glad that for the first time, he listened to me. Fear crept into my heart when I realised that his lower lip was broken and bleeding.

My heart ached inside my chest and I stretched my hand to wipe blood from the corner of his lips but he backed away from my touch.

"Don't you dare touch him! The damage that you and your boyfriend have caused is enough !"Sandra stepped in front of me, blocking me from reaching Nico and I clenched my hand into a tight fist.

I looked at Nico and our eyes locked.He turned around and walked away without saying a word to me and I couldn't help but look at him until he disappeared around the corner of the hallway.

"What's going on here? Are they fighting over her? Nico has never fought for a girl."I heard students whisper amongst themselves.

I felt someone hold my hand and I turned my head to find that it was Luke.

"He deserves the punch and much more for making you cry." Luke said and I looked at him with grave eyes when I heard his words.

"You didn't have to do that, Luke. You would have asked me what was going on instead of getting into a fight!"I said through gritted teeth because I was disappointed by Luke's actions.

"Now I'm the one at fault for protecting you from him?I didn't need to ask who was at fault because I knew it was Nico. That's why I have been telling you to stay away from him, Amara. Who doesn't know that Nicholas is a troublemaker?"I heaved a deep sigh when I heard Luke's words.

"But guess what? There is no way I'm going to stay away from him because he's my step-brother, Luke.He's my freaking step-brother!I don't want to make things difficult between the two of us because it's already difficult than you can imagine.I want us to get along well the way siblings do."Luke was quiet when he heard my words.

The bell for classes rang and we headed to the English class. I realised that most students who never paid attention at me now they were looking at me as though I had grown a second head.I knew it was because of the fight earlier but I chose to ignore it.

I rarely got into a fight with other students on campus. Luke is the only friend that I have on campus since I don't talk that much with other students. I always minded my own business and tried hard to behave myself so that I don't get into trouble and asked to bring my Dad on campus by the disciplinary department for misbehaving.

My Dad is the Alpha of Silver pack, the strongest pack and he's a busy man. Since I didn't want to add more problems to his table, I tried my best to stay away from trouble and behave myself....

My eyes swept around the class and I realised that Nicholas was nowhere to be seen and I couldn't help but get worried.I hoped that his lips had healed since he was eighteen and had a wolf.

The English teacher entered the class and the lesson began. I looked at the door often since I was expecting Nicholas to walk in anytime.

To my disappointment, he never showed up. He missed the classes like he has always done and there was no doubt that he had sneaked out of the campus without telling the teachers.

For a split moment, I wished I could have his cellphone number so that I could call him and know his whereabouts. How will he catch up with the English lesson? I couldn't help but get more worried about him when I gave it a thought.

Lunch came and I ate the packed sandwiches that Nico had brought me. I have to admit that it tasted delicious, however, I didn't have that much appetite today.

The day passed by pretty first and now it was time to go back to the pack.Beta Michael, Luke's father came to pick us up.

"Amara?Are you okay? It's time for us to go back to the pack."I heard Luke shake me slightly and I turned to look at him with worried eyes.

"What about Nicholas? We can't go home without him."I reasoned out and Luke snorted when he heard my words.

"Nicholas is not a seven-year-old, he knows his way back to the pack.He can manage it."Luke said nonchalantly and I could tell that indeed he disliked Nicholas so much.

I looked among the students but Nicholas was nowhere to be seen, heaving a deep sigh,I nodded at Luke and we headed towards the car that was packed at the entrance.

"Where is Nico?"Beta asked us with raised eyebrows and we explained to him that we had tried to look for him so that we could go home together but he was nowhere to be seen.

Beta asked us to wait for him inside the car for a couple of minutes but he didn't show up and we had no choice but to leave without him.

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My father opened his arms wide for me when I got out of the car and I ran to him and wrapped my hands around him tightly and he hugged me back, rubbing my back.I really needed the hug to feel much better after having a long day on campus.

"How was your day? Is everything okay?Why do you look worried?"My Dad asked me with creased eyebrows but I gave him one of those convincing smiles.

"I'm fine. There's nothing to worry about,Dad."I told him and he relaxed when he heard my words.

"What about you? How is everything going with your girlfriend?"I asked my Dad and the smile on his lips widened and I could tell that things were not that bad.

"Everything is fine between us."He shrugged nonchalantly, "What about you and Nicholas? I hope you're getting along well. And where is he?"My Dad asked, looking around.

"Everything is fine. I think Nico is on his way to the pack. We waited for him for a couple of minutes but he didn't show up, perhaps he was talking to his friends."I explained to my Dad and he nodded to my words in understanding.

"I'm glad that the two of you are getting along pretty well. You need to be united since you're like siblings now."My Dad told me and I nodded, only the goddess knew of how much opposite we are.

My Dad looked so happy when I asked how his relationship with Patricia was progressing.That's why I didn't want to worry him about my fucked up relationship with Nicholas.

I hope Nicholas would not mention to his mother about what happened back on campus. I didn't want to have a bumpy relationship between me and Patricia since that would make my dad sad and worried.

Patricia hugged me so tightly when I entered the mansion and my father smiled when he saw the relationship between me and Patricia was blooming.

"Where is Nicholas?"She inquired and I explained to her the same way I did to my Dad and she relaxed and asked me to come home together with Nico every day and I agreed.

I went to my room, took a warm relaxing bath and changed into comfortable clothes. I looked through the window and saw Nicholas walking towards the mansion and I heaved a sigh of relief.

I had thought that maybe he would not come back to the pack because of the fight. He looked so strong and his lips were not bleeding anymore,it looked like he was never hurt in the first place.It had heeled completely.

His jet-black hair was a mess like it has always been. However,that didn't stop him from looking handsome.In fact he looked even hotter with his messed up hair.

As though Nico sensed that someone was watching him from the shadows, he raised his head and looked towards my room and we locked eyes.

I was glad that he came back to the pack, back to us. I'm quite sure her mother would be hurt if Nicholas would have decided to never come back because of the fight that we had.

I decided to work on the biology homework and when I was done, I headed to the kitchen to help Patricia prepare dinner. We talked about a lot of things and laughed happily whenever she said something funny.

"Nicholas?"I sucked nervously when I heard Patricia call her son's name. Stiffly, I turned towards the door and there he was. Nicholas smiled at her mother and I swear that was the first time I saw him smile.

He looked more handsome and cute when he smiled and I wished I could see him smile often. However, I didn't expect that much because I know it would never be the same when it comes to me.

I watched them hug each other and my lips curved into a smile. It reminded me of my little self and my mother.I couldn't help it but miss my mom even more.

"How was your day on campus? Why didn't you come home with Amara and her friend Luke?"

I coughed when I heard Patricia's words and they both looked at me.Nico looked at me with raised eyebrows.

"Everything was fine Mother, you don't need to worry about anything."He said and I was glad that he didn't tell his mother whatever happened.

Nicholas looked at his mother with gentle eyes and I could tell that he adore her so much.However,his eyes subtly changed when he looked at me.

They were not that delicate,they didn't hold any warmth in them either and it broke my heart but I chose to ignore it.

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When we were done cooking, we ate peacefully in the dining hall.I bid my dad and Patricia goodnight and headed to my room to have some rest after having a hectic day.

I leaned on the wooden mahogany door and took a deep breath. I didn't feel that comfortable because I knew I had wronged Nicholas. I wanted to talk to him but I didn't know how to go about the whole thing.

I walked to the bed side table and picked up my English book.I fixed my hair, becoming conscious of myself and looked myself in the full length mirror.

"You can do it, Amara!"I said breathly.I have never found it difficult to face someone in my life because my father taught me to be a fearless girl.

However…I couldn't help but feel nervous when I thought about talking to Nicholas.Taking a deep breath, I opened the door and decided to face my fears.

Standing before the wooden mahogany door,I knocked and waited patiently.

After a few seconds, the door clicked open and there he was, he was only wearing shorts and his upper body was shirtless. His abs were deep and I could tell that he had come from the shower because of the damp hair...