Forever Mine (The Moreno Brothers)

FOREVER MINE - Chapter 28 Part 1

CHAPTER 28

Friday morning Angel sat in the kitchen going over last night's Spanish homework. After switching his schedule around to get out of his physics class, he got stuck with the same Spanish teacher as the previous semester. At the time he hadn't cared. All he could think of was getting out of seeing Sarah every day. Now he was seriously regretting it. The amount of homework this lady packed on was unreal.

 Alex was fixing himself a protein drink when Sofia walked in. "So, dad said if one of you can come into the restaurant for me tomorrow morning I can take the morning off."

"I'll go in," Angel said, without looking up from his homework.

"Where you gonna be?" Alex asked.

Sofia stuck her head in the refrigerator and said something Angel couldn't make out.

"Where?" Alex asked again.

"Running with the team." She poured herself a glass of orange juice.

Angel looked up. Sofia avoided looking at him. "On a Saturday?"

"Ah huh." She pulled out the toaster and plugged it in.

Angel frowned. She was being weird. Ever since she'd told him about her feelings for Eric and been so brazen about going through dad to get her way, he'd wondered how long it would be before she'd start to get sneaky.

"Why on a Saturday, Sof?"

Alex poured himself his drink from the blender and leaned against the counter. "Yeah, your track meets don't start yet, do they?"

"It's not a track meet. We're just going to go run the trails at Mount Soledad."

"So, it's a field trip?" Angel asked, feeling the tension release.

"Not exactly." Sofia buttered her toast and spoke with her back to them.

"Well, what the hell is it?" Alex asked.

Sofia exhaled but didn't turn around to face them. "The coach is taking a bunch of us to run the trails. That's all."

Angel's eyebrows shot up. "You're going in his car?"

"Oh, hell no!" Alex scowled in Sofia's direction, but she still hadn't turned around.

"Sofie, what did I tell you about watching out for this guy?" Angel stood up.

Sofia finally turned around. "You said not to be alone with him. I won't be. There's going to be other people from the team there. Sarah will be there."

That only soured Angel's mood further. "So, he's taking a bunch of girls up to the mountains with him?"

"I don't know. Sarah's the one that told me about it. I figured if she would be there, it would be okay. We're just running."

"Forget about it." Alex's tone was final.

"But why?" Sofia looked up at the ceiling, frustrated. "You guys are so unreasonable. Dad said it was okay."

"Does dad know he's a pervert, Sof?" Angel demanded.

"Don't worry. I'm sure he'll agree with us when I'm done talking to him," Alex said on his way out the kitchen. "You're not going, Sof."

Sofia looked at Angel exasperated. "Don't bother going into the restaurant tomorrow. I'll be there." She threw her toast in the trash and walked out.

Angel was fuming. What the hell was Sarah thinking? He thought about what Eric had said. Maybe his warnings hadn't been enough. If he hadn't heard the rumors about the perv being accused of rape and he'd been at this school a lot longer, maybe she hadn't either.