Shattered

Chapter 15

TW: Brief mention of suicide and bullying.

Please enjoy this very long chapter.

Stay safe 😊

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I woke up to someone messing with the doorknob.

I sat up quickly, immediately thinking of Scott and Martha.

After a few seconds of the person fiddling with the doorknob, I heard a knock.

Then I remembered I had the door locked.

I quickly got up and unlocked the door, opening it to see Ace standing there with a key.

"You really shouldn't lock the door." He commented before pulling me into an unexpected hug.

"Sorry." I mumbled, still trying to wake myself up.

"The twins are going to take you to school; you have 30 minutes." He said, ruffling my hair before walking away.

So, I shut and locked the door again and went to take a quick shower.

Once I was ready for the day, I went downstairs, seeing everyone sitting in at the kitchen counter again.

And just like yesterday, everyone stopped talking once I entered the room.

Once and a while at school this would happen, but when it happened here, it was even more weird.

I smiled a little and sat next to Charlie, playing with the hair tie on my wrist.

"Good morning." Hunter smiled.

"Good morning." I said quietly with a small smile.

"Dad is having some people over tomorrow, right?" Daxton asked.

"Yes," Ace said, "It's kind of like a work party, I guess."

None of them seemed excited about it in the slightest, but I wasn't either.

I've never been good around people, especially when I don't know them.

"How many people are going to be here?" Noah asked.

"Around 30, I think." Ace said.

Hunter, Charlie, Daxton, and Noah all let out a collective groan.

"Why do they always have to have them here?" Charlie asked, "Why can't they do it at the courthouse or something?"

"I have no idea." Ace said, also not sounding excited about it.

I still didn't really know what they were talking about, so I just sat there quietly and listened to the conversation.

"Is David going to be there?" Hunter asked with a hint of disgust in his voice.

"Yep." Ace confirmed in the same tone as Hunter.

This made another collective groan come from Charlie, Hunter, Daxton, and Noah.

Whoever this David guy was, they seemed to really dislike him.

"Adeline, at the party, whatever you do, stay away from David." Daxton warned me.

How am I supposed to avoid someone when I don't even know what they look like?

"She doesn't know who David is, you moron." Noah said, lightly hitting the back of his twin's head.

"Oh, yeah, she's never been to one of these." Charlie said, looking at Hunter and Ace.