All Chapters of Nightmare turned love : Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

Aiden’s POV The moment the door snapped shut behind her, the sound echoed through the quiet house like a punch to the chest. I stood there frozen, trying to process what just happened. My bare feet dragged across the floor as I slumped down onto the couch, my hands, hands that should’ve stopped her, dangling uselessly at my sides. I should’ve gone after her. I should’ve said screw it and pulled her back, made her stay, made her listen. But I didn’t. Because when it came to Nova, I didn’t want to risk messing it up anymore. I didn’t want to scare her away with more of my usual cocky, careless stunts. So I just sat there, staring at the door like an idiot, half-expecting it to swing back open. I imagined her storming in with that sharp glare of hers, demanding an explanation in that stubborn Nova way I was starting to love way too much. But nothing. Minutes passed. Ten. Twenty. Every tick of the clock felt louder than the last until it became this stupid battle between pride and p

Aiden’s POV I felt it in every part of me the exact second I lost her. It wasn’t the yelling, because she didn’t yell. It wasn’t the eye-roll, because she didn’t do that either. It was the way Nova just gave me one long, unreadable look before speaking in that calm voice I knew too well by now. The voice she used when she was beyond upset. “I’ll say I’m definitely more than a little friend. But I’ll let you hear that directly from him.” I didn’t even get the chance to respond before she said she was leaving and turned on her heel, walking away with her head high. I wanted to smile and tell her how proud I was. How hot she looked doing that. But with Judy still latched onto my arm, all I could do was let Nova walk away. Again. “Wow, she seems intense, don’t you think?” Judy chirped beside me, like she hadn’t just detonated a grenade in my life. She’d been around me for barely two days, and the damage was already spreading. The moment we were far enough down the hall and out

Nova’s POVSchool ended way sooner than I expected , and coming from me, that says a lot. For someone who’s always counting down the minutes to sprint out the door, today I took my time, casually walking the halls like I didn’t have anywhere better to be.Was it because things with Aiden finally felt clear?Yeah. Probably.Okay, definitely.I’m not even shy to admit it anymore.I made it to my locker and leaned against it, waiting for the overly dramatic diva I called a best friend. After a few minutes of watching students do very questionable things like seriously, was that girl licking her phone?, Eli finally strutted around the corner, Ty in tow like a very stylish, very quiet handbag.I almost rolled my eyes at the model walk he was doing. Of course.But honestly? I was quietly relieved that things between him and Ty weren’t worse.No promises of progress, but at least no backward steps yet.“Can you walk faster, Eli?” I called, arms folded.“Beauty takes time, girl. So freaking w

Nova’s POVThe truth I was expecting to hear from Arnold? Yeah… definitely not this.It hadn’t even crossed my mind that something like this could happen. So when he said it, when those words left his mouth, I froze. And I don’t mean figuratively. I mean literally. I couldn’t move. Couldn’t blink. Couldn’t breathe.Ty? Moving away?How did it even get this far without me having the slightest clue?My mind jumped back to that day I stopped by Eli’s place, right after Judy first showed up. I’d walked in on him and Ty.Was that what they were talking about?Was that the moment I barged in and made it all about me?God.How long had Eli been carrying this alone? Smiling through it.Laughing with me. Showing up for me, every single day.How did I miss it?“Nova!” Arnold’s voice snapped me out of my spiral.“It’s not confirmed yet,” he said gently, like he could feel the panic building in my chest. “That’s probably why Eli didn’t say anything. He didn’t want to worry you if it didn’t end up

Ty’s POVI wasn’t sure what point in my life I was at right now, but standing in the middle of my room, shoving my belongings into cardboard boxes, I knew this wasn’t where I wanted to be.Moving away wasn’t even a decision I made. Not that I ever got to make decisions in this house. But this was the first time I’d actually been threatened for disobedience.When my dad had shouted, “We’re moving away before you embarrass us more by hanging around that boy,” I wanted to scream back. I wanted to tell him to do his worst, that I’d stick with Eli through everything. But no words came out. I just gave him a silent nod and walked to my room—like always.Before Eli, I never had a real problem with my family’s suffocating rules or their obsession with appearances. But something changed when I started feeling... whatever this is for him.I still don’t even know if I’m into guys, or if it’s just Eli. But it doesn’t really matter anymore, does it? I’m not being given the time or space to figure