Axel’s POV
“M-M-M-Mom?”
“Hello, Axel. I didn’t expect to see you here” she says, giving me a tight lipped smile.
“E-Excuse me, I think I left my phone upstairs. I’ll be right back” I say, and run past everyone, running upstairs into Jay’s room. I sit beside his bed and I hug my knees into my chest. I look at my hands and notice I’m shaking.
“Hey, hey. Baby, I’m here” Jay comes and sits in front of me, giving me a sweet smile.
“I-I, s-s-she-” I stutter, unable to form a sentence.
“Hey, hey, shh. It’s just me, okay? She’s downstairs, and we’re up here. The door’s locked, so no one’s going to come in, okay? It’s just us” he says, and wipes some tears off my cheeks. I didn’t even notice I’m crying.
I give him a small smile and nod. I appreciate that he didn’t say it’s okay, because it’s not. I didn’t think I’d have such a big reaction seeing her again.
Jay pulls me into his lap and I rest my head on his shoulder. We sit in silence, besides my sniffling.
Jay soothingly rubs his hand up and down my back, “Hey, you want to go to your place? I’ll explain to my mom that you’re not feeling well and that I’m staying the night at your place. Sound good?”
I nod. He stands up, carrying me. “W-What are you doing? I can walk myself!” I say, embarrassed.
Jay chuckles, “But my baby’s sad, I can’t let him do unnecessary work when he’s not feeling like himself” he says and taps my nose.
I giggle, “Me being sad doesn’t affect my ability to walk, now put me down you doof!” I say and smile.
He grins, “There’s that beautiful smile, now keep it there. We’re heading out” he says and carries me out of his room, much to my protest.
“Jay, put me down! I swear to god, Jay! I’m going to fall!” I say as we descend the stairs, him chuckling.
“Jay seriously put me down, don’t walk in there carrying me, it’s embarrassing!” I say and he laughs.
“I’m just taking care of my princess, what’s so wrong with that?” he says, surprisingly not dropping me on the stairs, as he walks towards the kitchen.
“Jay, Jay, Jay! Seriously put-“
“Hey mom, my baby here’s not feeling well. I’m going to take him home and stay the night so I can take care of him, yeah?” he says, and I look up to see everyone looking at us. Jason, May and Dan looking amused.
“Yeah, sure honey. Make sure to take good care of him” May giggles.
Jay smirks, “Of course. I treat him like royalty, right, princess?” he says, and looks at me. I blush, and hide my face in the crook of his neck.
“Oh god please let this humiliation be over with. I plead guilty, just please kill me now” I mutter and I hear Jay chuckle.
“Okay, see you later mom!” Jay says as he turns and walks to the door.
“Thank you for the invite, I’m sorry I couldn’t stay for dinner” I say as we walk away, and May just mouths it’s okay and glances over at my mom, who’s looking at me. I hide my face in Jay’s neck.
Jay finally puts me down on a chair, and helps me put on my shoes. I blush, “I feel like a 3-year old baby who doesn’t know how to do anything”
Jay looks up at me and smiles, “Yeah well you’re my baby so I’ll do everything for you, no worries”
I roll my eyes as Jay puts on his shoes. He opens the door and picks me up again, closing the door and walking to his car. He places me into the passenger’s seat and buckles me in.
Jay pulls out of my driveway, “So I’ve been thinking, you want to just carpool to school from now on? I live a couple houses down from you , and I pass by your house to get to school anyways. I can just pick you up and drive you home since I hang out at your place basically everyday”
I think about it, and nod. It would save a lot of gas. “Yeah, sure. That’d be nice”
We pull up onto my driveway, and Jay gets out of the car quickly to open the door for me. Thankfully, he doesn’t carry me again, and just holds my hand as I unlock the door and we head inside. I kick off my shoes and go upstairs, Jay following. I plop down on my bed and sigh, Jay laying down beside me.
“You feeling better?” Jay asks and I nod. I never feel sad whenever I’m with Jay, he always helps me forget about what’s upsetting me, and just makes me smile.
“You want to order take out or do you want to make dinner with me?” I ask, and Jay shrugs.
“Do you feel like cooking?” Jay asks, and I nod. Cooking relaxes me and helps me take my mind off things.
“Then let’s get to work” Jay says as he gets up from my bed, pulling me up with him. We walk downstairs, and hear a knock on the door.
Confused, I go to open it and see my mom standing outside. I freeze, but thankfully Jay comes and stands between us.
“Hello, is there something we can help you with?” I hear Jay say calmly. Anyone would think that he was being polite, but I know that he was really angry. I’ve only seen Jay mad once, and it was when some guy called me a nerd and basically forced his homework on me, in which Jay reacted eerily calm. He didn’t lash out or hit the guy, he just talked in a low, calm voice to keep his anger tamed, much like he is now. It’s quite scary to be on the receiving line of his anger, from what I’ve seen.
“Hi Jayden, I would like to speak to my son” I hear my mom say and I feel myself shaking at her sickly sweet voice.
“I don’t know who your son is, please be specific” Jay says and I know he’s about to lose it.
“My son, Axel Miller. The boy you graciously carried through your house” my mom says, with an irritated tone.
“Ah, Axel Miller. I apologize, but please do not call him your son, as you do not have the right. As far as I’m concerned, his parents are dead. Maybe not physically, but you get the gist of it right? You’re not as stupid as you are vile, am I correct?” Jay says and I hold back a snicker.
“Young man, I do not like your attitude. Know that I shall be reporting this to your parents” my mom says.
“Please do, and please do not forget to mention that the reason for my behaviour is that you have always verbally abused your son, and then you left him to fend for himself when you found a new family. I’m sure your boyfriend would be pleased to hear that as well, since Mr. Quin is quite a good man. He hates anyone who is horrible to their children, as you are to yours. Do you think he will still be with you when you are the one type of person he absolutely despises?” Jay says, and I grab his hand, trying to calm him down. His hands grab mine tightly, and I see his tense shoulders relax a bit.
My mom huffs, “This is still my property. This house is signed under my name, so I can call the police to get you removed from my property if you don’t let me talk to my son”
“Then Axel shall no longer need to live on your property. He will be moving out today” I hear Jay say and my eyes widen.
My mom scoffs, “Then where is he going to stay?”
“With me” Jay says and I could hear his smirk.
“He’s still my son by law. If you take him to your house, I can legally press charges against you for kidnapping” she says smugly.
“I really do not think you want to bring this to court, ma’am. Axel will be able to freely tell the judge about what you and your ex-husband have put him through, which the punishment would be much more severe on you, am I wrong?” Jay says and I can see the smoke coming out of her ears.
“Fine! I don’t even why I’m arguing with you about not taking him. Keep that dirty, useless runt, I just wanted to speak with him about moving out of this house anyways. I need to rent it out so I can earn some money” she says angrily, and I feel tears brimming my eyes. She wanted to kick me out of the house that she bought so I could live in, so she no longer had to deal with me. Did she hate me that much?
I see Jay shake his head, “You are a sorry excuse for a human being, kicking out your son from a house you bought for him just to earn some money. Does it not cross your mind that he could become homeless?”
She shrugs, “I could care less. I give you until the end of the day tomorrow to get all your stuff out of my house, Axel” she says and turns to leave.
Jay slams the door shut, and I jump a little. I see Jay seething, his jaw tense and eyes narrowed into a frightening glare. I grab his face and make him look at me, and his facial features soften when his eyes lock with mine.
I smile up at him, “Hi”
He gives me a weak smile, and sighs, putting his forehead on mine. “How could they do this to you? What have you ever done to deserve this?”
I shrug, and give him a kiss on the lips. I pull away and look at him, smiling brightly.
“I don’t know what I did to deserve this, but at least I have you now. Thank you for standing up for me baby, I really appreciate it” I say and he kisses me.
I kiss him back and he pulls away. He looks me in the eyes for a second before putting his forehead back on mine.
“I love you” I hear him whisper, and my eyes widen. Did I hear it wrong?
“I love you so much. I hate that this has to happen to someone as generous, caring and loving as you. But I love you so much that it hurts. I really, really love you Axel Miller. I know this is a really big step so early on in our relationship, but please move in with me?” he says and I feel tears well up my eyes, happy tears.
“I love you too Jayden Williams, and I don’t really have a choice now, do I? I’m being evicted” I say with a sad smile.
Jay gives me a small smile and takes both my hands. “Can I tell my mom about your situation? I’m going to need a reason to tell her why you’re going to move in with us. Not that she would mind, but it’s better”
I nod, and he smiles. “Great, I’ll give my mom a call real quick. You go pack first okay?”
I nod again, and he pecks me on the lips. He gives me a small smile, “I love you”
“I love you too” I say with a smile, and head upstairs to my room.
I look around and sigh, feeling tears finally pour out my eyes. I fall to my knees and let out quiet sobs.
Jayden’s POV
“Hey mom”
“Jayden, honey. How’s Axel doing?” she asks in a worried tone.
I sigh, “Not good. Hey, could Axe move in with us?” I say, getting straight to the point.
“Um, I don’t mind. But I’m going to need a reason hun” she says and I take a deep breath.
I explain how Axel’s parents treated him when he was younger, and how they abandoned him and neglected him. As I explained, I felt myself get angrier and angrier. I still couldn’t understand how they had it in their hearts to be so cold and uncaring to someone as awesome as Axe.
“Then Axel’s mom came over earlier, and I had an argument with her. She’s kicking Axel out of the house so she could rent it out and earn some cash” I say as I roll my eyes.
“What. the actual. FUCK” I hear my mom scream and I flinch. My mom never swears, the only time she swears is if she’s pissed off to the point she’s ready to kill. I’ve only heard my mom swear once, back when this kid in elementary school made fun of my hair. I came home crying to my mom and she went and yelled at the poor kid with many profanities. Needless to say, I started attending a different school the next day.
“How could they do that to him?! He’s an absolute angel that deserves so much more than this world can give and then he ends up with ASSHOLE PARENTS?! You better drag Axel’s ass over here, even if he says no because he doesn’t want to be a burden, tell him he’s being a burden by not coming to live with us” my mom says pointedly and I can only nod.
Then I realize she can’t see me so I say, “Yeah mom, don’t worry. I’m not letting him stay here any longer than he needs to. I’m going to go help him pack, I’ll see you tomorrow mom. Love you”
“I love you too honey”
I hang up and go upstairs, and see something that shatters my heart into a billion pieces.
Axel is on the ground, sobbing and crying his heart out. I rush over to him and immediately pull him into a hug. He leans into my touch, and I bring him onto my lap. Every sob that leaves his mouth sends a pang to my chest. He doesn’t deserve this, why is the universe doing this to him? I want to curse the universe for doing this to Axel, but I don’t want the universe to get angry and do something worse to him, so I keep them to myself.
Axel eventually stops crying and falls asleep. I carry him to his bed and help him change out of his clothes and into his pyjamas. I tuck him in, and I take off my shirt before slipping in next to him. I hug his waist and pull him into my chest so that I’m spooning him.
I sigh, and kiss his head. I close my eyes and think of all the ways to make Axel smile as I slowly drift off to sleep.
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A/N: Hey guys, hope you enjoyed this chapter! Please vote, and have a nice week!
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