The Mistake | Colby Brock

One Twenty Four-Nerves

Jordan's pov
  "Jesus Christ," i mumbled to myself, before turning away, trying to suck up my sadness. "You got it?" Jake asked me, as i wiped my face with my hands, and looked back to him. I knew i had puffy eyes, but i hoped my bags covered it. "How bad do i look?" I asked, smiling a little after. He chuckled, patting me on the back as i stood up, closing the door behind me. "Absolutely terrible." I smiled, my head hurting from my tears, is still couldn't believe what had happened, as i said hi to Spirit, it's almost like i wasn't there. That my mind was somewhere else, trying to figure out if that man was still out there looking for me, or even anyone else more vulnerable than me. I hated thinking about that. That there's actual people out there that just want to take weak looking men/woman and use them for God knows what, and just throw them around like rag dolls. It absolutely terrified me, more than anything, more than David plotting to kill off around 1/3 of the population just to keep the streets clear of people out of the ordinary. That's how bad it shook me. We walked inside the first house, absolutely huge, with two big modernized doors. I walked behind a little, letting Spirit go up with the boys. God, it was gorgeous. The flooring was a deep dark brown wood, shining from the light, and the ceiling looked never ending. "Jordan?" I stopped for a second, ignoring Colby at his attempt to try and 'make up'. Is that what couples did? "J," he started, but i turned my head around, raising my eyebrows up for a second before narrowing my eyes. "No, i don't want to talk to you right now." I moved out of the way, walking straight past him to the hall, running my hands through my hair. "Okay, then don't talk just listen." He ran up to me, attempting to grab my hand that i snatched away out of quick instinct, that for some reason i immediately regretted. "What? Am i not allowed to touch you again?" He asked, almost offended himself. I scoffed, shaking my head slightly. "Why do you get to be offended? Like i shouldn't act this way when you made that scene earlier." I didn't even let him speak then. I just turned away, catching up with the group quickly. Honestly, i probably would've blown him up if i let him talk anyways. He was just getting on my damn nerves every time i tried to make a point. I try to speak up for myself; he cuts me off, not even knowing the whole story. Then, he tries to hold my hand in the car while i literally could've gotten kidnapped, and gets mad when i don't let him? Oh and let's not forget when just now he gets mad at one thing i did, out of instinct, starting some 'am i not allowed to touch you?' bullshit. Absolute bullshit. Fuck, it's always something with someone. I can't get a calm day for once in my life. "You good?" My head snapped to where Coreys voice was coming from, that's when i knew i was literally leaving a trail of my own flare with me as i walked, thankfully, i didn't hurt myself or anyone in the process. "Yeah, i'm good. We going to the next house?" I asked, walking up to him. "Yeah, we're thinking seven to eight bedrooms, this one has six." I nodded, not really understanding why the hell we needed all these bedrooms, but sure. We were about to pile back into the car, when Spirit stopped us suddenly. "One or two of you can ride with me to the next house? Just so you're not all crammed up in there." She smiled, chuckling a little. "I'll go," i said quickly, before anyone else could. Honestly i didn't want anything better than to be away from Colby, he was getting on my last damn nerves and i wasn't sure if i could even handle a car ride with him. "I'll join," Corey said happily, hopping over to Spirit. "Okay cool, so we'll just follow you then?" Sam asked, unlocking the car. "Yep, see you there." She waved as Corey and i walked up to Spirits fancy car, shining bright from the sun. "Wow, this is sick." Corey said, getting in the backseat. I hopped up passenger, feeling the leather beneath me, smooth and even smelling fresh. "Wow, i'm almost scared to touch it." I said, Corey and i laughing. "Ready?" Spirit asked, not even letting us answer as she pulled out the driveway, accelerating quickly before slowing down, letting Sam catch up behind us. When we got to the house, this one had more of a ranch feel, not really my type, but i also didn't really care. A house was a house in my eyes. As long as i has somewhere to sleep at night i was fine. "So this one has seven bedrooms, six baths and one half bath so seven total. This is one story, if that's not what you're looking for we can move on?" She asked, stopping for a second. Jake looked at Corey, who looked at Sam, who looked at Colby, who looked at me. I turned away, nodding at Spirit. "That's fine we can see what we have here first." Everyone nodded in agreement, well except for Jake that was already tired of house hunting, but it didn't really matter, his attention span wasn't that big. After finishing that house, we decided on keeping the style not too modern, but not like super ranch styled or anything like that, to keep it two story, and to have at least seven bedrooms. This time around Colby and Jake rode with Spirit, leaving me and Corey with Sam, Corey up front. "Tell me why we need seven bedrooms again? I'm no mathematician but there's five of us total." I said, making Corey laughed out loud with Sam, making me crack out a smile. "Well just in case anyone wants to visit and they drink too much and can't drive home. We wouldn't want them always sleeping on the couch." I nodded, laying across the seats in the back, fitting perfectly along the seats. "You guys think i'm being over dramatic?" I asked, getting stuck in my own thoughts for a second. "Being over dramatic about what?" Corey asked, chuckling a little before Sam shot him a look. "About me getting mad at Colby, Corey. Do you guys think i'm just doing too much? And i should just forget about it?" I asked, sitting up, and putting my seatbelt on.  "Absolutely not. Colby was being dramatic about this whole thing to begin with." Sam said, shaking his head like he was disappointed in Colby. "Did you tell him what actually happened in the conversation?" I asked, messing with my ring. "Well we didn't because we weren't there, but after a little arguing he finally listened, and took it down a notch." Corey said. "So what do i do? I feel like he doesn't even know what he did wrong and he's just trying to push past it like nothing, that's mainly what's pissing me off." I said, looking between them for a moment before leaning back in my seat, and running my hands through my hair. "You don't do anything, wait for him to do something about his mistakes, that's when you react. And before you ask, you'll know when he means it." I smiled at Sam, who basically read my thoughts for a second. "Okay, thanks guys." I said, just as we pulled against the curb, Sam turning the car off before responding. "Don't worry about it. I love Colby, but he can be stupid sometimes." We laughed, agreeing as we walked out, Corey stopping me for a moment. "What's up?" I asked, a small smile plastered on my face. "Just in case you want it, didn't want to come without it." He handed me the wristband i basically ripped off my skin from anger, and i nodded at Corey. "Thank you." I took it from him, clipping it on, my vision almost immediately feeling clearer. Wow that did make a difference. "No prob, let's go." We walked into the house, that was hopefully a keeper.