Chapter 7

‎Lilith POV

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Nolan stopped the bike immediately, we stepped down from it and he had a quick look at me.

“Are you okay? I'm so sorry, didn't mean to do that,” Nolan said holding my helmet head between his hands.

“I fucking told Cassian that this would be dangerous, I'm so sorry Lilith, please let's just end it right now,” Nolan said, panicking even more than me. I was the one who would have panicked but here I am watching Nolan panic like a ten year old who had just lost his phone and would be killed by his parent if they found out. It's cute seeing him this way, he was always so rigid back then when I knew him, like nothing could break him at all.

“I'll call a cab, they'll take you home, enough of this stupid games,” he said, bringing out his phone from his pocket.

“I accept defeat okay,” he said, briefly locking his eyes on mine and then he started dialing his phone for a cab.

“I mean who wouldn't want to be a slave for the Queen Bee ‘Lilith’, I would,” he said, consoling himself.

I placed my hand over his phone screen stopping him from dialing the phone.

“It's alright Nolan, let's just drive back home, no need to call a cab,” I said, placing my other hand on his shoulder.

“But we could have almost d..” I interjected him before he could finish.

“Yes we could have almost died, I get it, but we didn't, I have been enjoying the evening so far, it's taken my mind off things a little,” I said forcing a little smile on my face.

“Can we just continue and forget this ever happened okay?” I said, looking straight at him in the eye.

“Fine, fine,” he replied grudgingly.

I got so excited when we got back on the bike and continued the journey to the fueling station, we got there in no minute and we met Cassian leaning on his bike eating chips he had gotten from the convenience store.

“Turns out we have our loser,” he said, cackling like a victorious villain.

“Yeah, yeah, whatever,” Nolan said nonchantly.

I remained silent watching the both of them, I'm grateful I had them both in my life I wondered how I would have pulled through this season if they were not there for me. We got back on our bikes after refilling our tanks.

“Oh how the mighty biker Nolan has fallen,” Cassian said, making mockery of Nolan.

“You only won because of….” Nolan got interjected before he could finish his statement.

“Yeah, yeah, whatever man, no excuses, you lost fair and square,” he said laughing out loud while driving his bike.

“Oh Cassian stop acting like a child and stop bothering Nolan,” I said, trying to make him stop teasing Nolan.

“Oh darling, let me have this moment, Nolan has never stopped to remind me that he was a better rider than I was and I never had the opportunity to prove myself and now the opportunity presented itself allow me celebrate my victory,” he said, smiling contentedly.

“Admit it Nolan,” Cassian said, his hands on the handles, his gaze fixed on Nolan.

“Admit it man!”

“Fine!” Nolan sighed out of frustration. Cassian was such a bother, he has always been this way. “You're the better rider, Cassian,” Nolan added, accepting defeat.

“Wooo….. Hoooo…..” Cassian shouted excitedly, taking his hands off the handle and throwing his arms in the air.

“Cassian be careful,” I immediately said, scared something might happen since his hands weren't on the handles.

“Yes mummy,” he said, smiling sarcastically. I rolled my eyes at his response. “Meet you guys at home,” Cassian said, speeding off leaving Nolan and I behind.

Soon afterwards we got home to meet Cassian pressing his phone and grumbling underneath his breath.

“What's the matter now?” I asked, seeing his worried expression.

“Turns out there's no reception right now and I can't seem to order dinner for us tonight,” he said grumbling and pacing the room.

“We should have just gotten dinner before coming home.”

“I could…” I tried speaking out but Cassian cut me out before I could.

“An idea, I could cook for all of us,” he said smiling happily.

“Uhm, I think I'll pass on this one, I'm not eating no poison made by Cassian,” Nolan said, about walking away.

“Why don't you make it, Nolan. At least I offered to cook,” Cassian said, slightly annoyed at Nolan's word.

“You and I both know that I'm a terrible cook,” Nolan said back at him.

“Exactly,” Cassian said giving him a judging look like who was he to judge his culinary skills.

I bursted out in laughter, and they both turned to look at me. “I'm sorry I didn't mean to laugh, it just….” I bursted into laughter again.

“It's just that you guys haven't changed at all,” I added, smiling. “Anyways since you're both terrible cooks…” I immediately stopped talking after seeing their face after calling them terrible cooks.

“Sorry,” I giggled. “I'll just cook alright, you both will assist me in the kitchen, agreed?”

They both nodded in response, the boys helping her out. We had a good laugh, reminiscing on our teenage years, Cassian, Nolan and Calian, my brother, the school sweethearts and heart breakers.

We finally settled down to eat, serving wine in our individual glasses. I gently clinked my spoon against my glass cup, drawing their attention.

“I really want to appreciate you guys so much, I have never felt this happy in ages and I only feel this way all thanks to you both,” I said smiling at them.

“Honestly I don't know how I would have passed this phase without being completely down or even depressed but you guys make me feel like the happy teenager I was back then so I'm really grateful,”

“Thank you so much and cheers,” I said, lifting up my glass of wine.

“Cheers Lilith,” they chorused in unison.

This was a very emotional moment for me, it reminded me of when we all dined together as teenagers except that my brother wasn't here with us.

“You know Lilith you wouldn't have gone through this season of your life without us, you need to show more appreciation,” Cassian said sarcastically, laughing.

“Oh shut up Cassian, you just had to ruin the beautiful moment,” Nolan fired back at him.