Page 109 of Somewhere We Belong

“Why wouldn’t you take it?” Nova rubbed circles on my back.

“You want him to go?” Theo clipped.

“I mean, if this is his dream, if this?—”

“So, breaking us up, is ok?” Theo lashed out.

“Theo, what’s going on?” Nova stood up walking to him.

He shook his head, rubbing his chest.

“Stop,” he shook his head, taking deep breaths.

I glanced at Colt, who also looked perplexed.

“Theo, what do you need us to do?” Nova asked, holding her hands up in a non-threatening way.

Theo looked at all of us like he was panicking.

“Babe, what do you need from us?” I asked, trying to figure out what was happening.

“I need people to stop wanting to leave me,” he whispered, before walking away from us.

Nova started walking towards him, but Colt caught her around the waist.

“Let’s give him a moment,” Colt said, holding Nova back.

“He doesn’t need to be alone,” Nova snapped.

“Let’s give him a little time,” I said, getting up.

“Something is obviously wrong.” She glared at us.

“Pushing him to talk is only going to make him lash out more,” Colt sighed.

Nova’s lips trembled. “I don’t like not doing something.”

“I know, we don’t like it either,” I said, feeling dead on my feet. “Hey, are you ok?”

I rubbed Nova’s back.

“I’m ok, just this class didn’t go how I had imagined,” she mumbled.

“What happened? You were on such a high last night.” Colt looked concerned.

Her lip trembled. “Sol’s father was with Lauryn and guess who has a daughter the same age?”

“That fucker,” Colt growled.

“He got both you guys pregnant?” I snarled. “That fucking asshole.”

“She looks a little like Sol and the asshole wanted to talk, after six years he wanted to talk,” she cried, putting her face into her hands.

“Why would she bring you?” Colt asked, putting his arms around her and I did the same.

“I don’t know, to gloat?” she murmured against Colt’s chest.

“That makes no sense,” I scoffed, kissing her head.

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