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the not so great thing about having nolan as my roommatewho lived with me predominantly to keep an eye on the house while i was deployedwas this : i wanted to come home and not worry about anything but laying my tired ass in my own bed .
instead , i was getting fifty questions .
everythings fine , i said , knowing nolan wouldnt believe me , especially with the state i was in .
glancing down at my chest , i noticed the claw marks under the thick cream had scabbed over .
that wasnt normal .
i shouldnt have healed so fast .
damn .
maybe mia did have powers , aside from throwing fireballs , at least .
the picture of her crying while her boyfriend had walked all over her gnawed at me .
fucking asshole .
nolan put a hand on my shoulder .
dude , what the hell ?
no , its not fine .
you have blood on your pants and your shirt is ripped .
let alone the fact youre not wearing it .
he nudged me toward the house .
come on .
lets get inside .
you need to talk to me .
what did mia do ?
mia didnt do anything .
why didnt you tell me she had such an asshole boyfriend ?
more to the point , i said , whirling on my best friend , why have you let her keep seeing that shithead ?
you beat the shit out of me in tenth grade when i went through that fling .
greg ?
oh , fuck .
im going to kick his ass for this .
anger darkened nolans green eyes , and he balled his hands into fists .
he never shouldve been allowed to get away with this for so long .
once i kick his ass ... .
while i wanted to see that , i shook my head .
it wasnt greg .
but i saw the way he treated her .
not well at all .
how can you stand back and let her take that ?
nolan cocked his head .
why do you care , all the sudden ?
youve never shown much thought toward her since middle school .
besides , ive tried talking to her about it .
she wont listen to me .
when i pushed her , she said she didnt have the heart to break up with him before the holidays .
he hates me , but i know mom and dad dont like him much either .
he looked around the neighborhood , then back at me .
well talk more inside .
sighing , i knew he had a point .
not being able to have mia in my life had sent me running in the opposite direction , but my feelings for her had never lessened .
the cold weather made the healing cream on my chest icy .
while the cool night air didnt bother me , i didnt want to get sick .
besides , id lost some blood , so getting out of the elements would be best for me .
the home i shared with nolan was a typical bachelors pad .
the homey pictures and decorations from my deceased parents made it more than a house , but it wasnt at all like what id experienced at nolan and mias parents , or even mias home .
it just felt ... less than .
maybe because of the memories i still had of my parents when theyd been alive .
they had been good friends with the brooks .
i wished they were still alive , but having the brooks in my life had helped a lot .
theyd encouraged me like my parents wouldve , but i knew theyd also had their own children to raise .
they hadnt been able to support me or foot the bill for my college tuition .
that had prompted me to go into the military .
there id been able to get an education , have a career , see the world , and make something of myself , like my dad would have wanted .
if only he were around to see it .
i dropped my backpack onto the floor next to the door and headed for my room .
the desire for questioning nolan waned .
hey , where you going ?
werent we going to talk ?
nolan came up beside me , putting his hand on my shoulder .
whats going on , man ?
this isnt like you .
talk to me .
i will .
right now , i need a shower and to unwind a little .
i grabbed a change of clothes from my room , then hit the shower .
it was exactly what i needed .
hot water streamed down my body , clearing my mind .
i didnt want mia to be in a bad relationship .
what could i do about that ?
nothing .
unless greg kept acting like a total jerk .
i wouldnt sit back while she went through that .
id stand up for her , even if the other people in her life hadnt .
my heart knew that if i didnt id regret it , because i wanted to be with her .
i wouldnt stand there and let someone else mistreat her .
balling my hands into fists , i leaned against the bathroom counter .
while nolan said she didnt want to break up with greg because of the holidays , just how long had they been together , and why was she with him in the first place ?
if nolan wanted to talk , then he had a lot of explaining to do .
when i got downstairs , nolan was flipping through channels on the flat screen tv .
he glanced up at me .
you hungry ?
i could order a pizza .
mom and dad were thinking about surprising you , but when i didnt hear anything from mia , i told them it was probably best to wait because your plane mightve been delayed .
pizza would be good .
tell your parents , thanks for everything .
if theyd gone through the effort to set all this up , then why had mia seemed as confused about nolans suspicious behavior as i had been ?
i wanted to get into this , but i didnt want to scare nolan off .
he had been worried about me , but i couldnt forget how suspicious hed been of mia when shed done nothing wrong .
she was going through things i wasnt exactly sure how to understand , but that didnt mean she meant ill toward me .
will do , nolan said and grabbed his phone .
he punched in a few buttons , and before i knew it , hed already ordered the pizza with an app .
crazy but cool .
so whats going on ?
why were you injured ?

the not so great thing about having nolan as my roommatewho lived with me predominantly to keep an eye on the house while i was deployedwas this : i wanted to come home and not worry about anything but laying my tired ass in my own bed .

instead , i was getting fifty questions .

everythings fine , i said , knowing nolan wouldnt believe me , especially with the state i was in .

glancing down at my chest , i noticed the claw marks under the thick cream had scabbed over .

that wasnt normal .

i shouldnt have healed so fast .

damn .

maybe mia did have powers , aside from throwing fireballs , at least .

the picture of her crying while her boyfriend had walked all over her gnawed at me .

fucking asshole .

nolan put a hand on my shoulder .

dude , what the hell ?

no , its not fine .

you have blood on your pants and your shirt is ripped .

let alone the fact youre not wearing it .

he nudged me toward the house .

come on .

lets get inside .

you need to talk to me .

what did mia do ?

mia didnt do anything .

why didnt you tell me she had such an asshole boyfriend ?

more to the point , i said , whirling on my best friend , why have you let her keep seeing that shithead ?

you beat the shit out of me in tenth grade when i went through that fling .

greg ?

oh , fuck .

im going to kick his ass for this .

anger darkened nolans green eyes , and he balled his hands into fists .

he never shouldve been allowed to get away with this for so long .

once i kick his ass ... .

while i wanted to see that , i shook my head .

it wasnt greg .

but i saw the way he treated her .

not well at all .

how can you stand back and let her take that ?

nolan cocked his head .

why do you care , all the sudden ?

youve never shown much thought toward her since middle school .

besides , ive tried talking to her about it .

she wont listen to me .

when i pushed her , she said she didnt have the heart to break up with him before the holidays .

he hates me , but i know mom and dad dont like him much either .

he looked around the neighborhood , then back at me .

well talk more inside .

sighing , i knew he had a point .

not being able to have mia in my life had sent me running in the opposite direction , but my feelings for her had never lessened .

the cold weather made the healing cream on my chest icy .

while the cool night air didnt bother me , i didnt want to get sick .

besides , id lost some blood , so getting out of the elements would be best for me .

the home i shared with nolan was a typical bachelors pad .

the homey pictures and decorations from my deceased parents made it more than a house , but it wasnt at all like what id experienced at nolan and mias parents , or even mias home .

it just felt ... less than .

maybe because of the memories i still had of my parents when theyd been alive .

they had been good friends with the brooks .

i wished they were still alive , but having the brooks in my life had helped a lot .

theyd encouraged me like my parents wouldve , but i knew theyd also had their own children to raise .

they hadnt been able to support me or foot the bill for my college tuition .

that had prompted me to go into the military .

there id been able to get an education , have a career , see the world , and make something of myself , like my dad would have wanted .

if only he were around to see it .

i dropped my backpack onto the floor next to the door and headed for my room .

the desire for questioning nolan waned .

hey , where you going ?

werent we going to talk ?

nolan came up beside me , putting his hand on my shoulder .

whats going on , man ?

this isnt like you .

talk to me .

i will .

right now , i need a shower and to unwind a little .

i grabbed a change of clothes from my room , then hit the shower .

it was exactly what i needed .

hot water streamed down my body , clearing my mind .

i didnt want mia to be in a bad relationship .

what could i do about that ?

nothing .

unless greg kept acting like a total jerk .

i wouldnt sit back while she went through that .

id stand up for her , even if the other people in her life hadnt .

my heart knew that if i didnt id regret it , because i wanted to be with her .

i wouldnt stand there and let someone else mistreat her .

balling my hands into fists , i leaned against the bathroom counter .

while nolan said she didnt want to break up with greg because of the holidays , just how long had they been together , and why was she with him in the first place ?

if nolan wanted to talk , then he had a lot of explaining to do .

when i got downstairs , nolan was flipping through channels on the flat screen tv .

he glanced up at me .

you hungry ?

i could order a pizza .

mom and dad were thinking about surprising you , but when i didnt hear anything from mia , i told them it was probably best to wait because your plane mightve been delayed .

pizza would be good .

tell your parents , thanks for everything .

if theyd gone through the effort to set all this up , then why had mia seemed as confused about nolans suspicious behavior as i had been ?

i wanted to get into this , but i didnt want to scare nolan off .

he had been worried about me , but i couldnt forget how suspicious hed been of mia when shed done nothing wrong .

she was going through things i wasnt exactly sure how to understand , but that didnt mean she meant ill toward me .

will do , nolan said and grabbed his phone .

he punched in a few buttons , and before i knew it , hed already ordered the pizza with an app .

crazy but cool .

so whats going on ?

why were you injured ?