Chapter 9

I was out of the flat before either one of the girls were awake. I was still angry from last night and I knew that if I saw Montana this morning I would go crazy on her ass all over again.

I had a few classes this morning so I was happy to be busy with that and to help get my mind of it all. I found myself a small booth in the library, I had my books spread out and my laptop out as I started on one of my assignments.

Everything I was doing today was much more intense, I was still fuming after everything that happened last night and I knew that I would need a break from the flat tonight.

Thankfully my mother had made plans to go see the family of Nolan. She had originally asked me to invite cole because technically he helped me out as well but I would rather not get burned alive for inviting him.

I packed up my things and headed out of university with my parent's address in my my mind. I had already packed a small bag with everything I needed for just one night.

I sent a text to the girls group chat.

Staying at my parents tonight, I think we all need a break. See you both tomorrow x

After sending the message I muted my notifications so I wouldn't be notificed if they replied I just needed my space from them.

It was 4pm when I walked through the doors to my house. Mom was in her office typing rapidly and dad was multitasking as he watched the cricket on the TV.

" sup family" I said walking in and taking off my shoes. Dad simply nodded and mom called me into her office.

I walked inside and sat down in one of the chairs in there. " so his children live over in leeds so were heading there to see what they know" she explained to me, not once did her eyes leave her mac book screen. This isn't strange, this is her job which she takes very seriously.

" do you think they will want to meet him after everything" I asked her. This time she looked at me, there was hesitancy.

" it depends, Nolan was honest with me but I do think there's a lot that he is scared to tell us" I could see that. But what family doesn't want to have a reunion like this.

I waited for mom and she finished off whatever she was doing. This wasn't the only story she was doing so I knew that I just had to be patient with her.

We both got into the car and headed for Leeds.

" This Cole boy is causing you a lot of problems, is he really that worth it" mom said after I told her about what happened last night. If I was going to vent to anyone about it, it was definitely going to be my mother.

I simply just showed her a picture of Cole from his Instagram. " makes sense" she muttered.

Mom has never really cared about guys in my life she just doesn't think that I need to be worrying about boys now and probably will never want to meet boys unless I plan on marrying them.

"is this it?" I asked my face pressed up to the window. It was a quiet neighbourhood about 10minutes from the city. Mom parked the car and stepped out. "looks like it, oh look I think I see his sister" at that exact moment a woman stepped outside.

I could already see the resemblance between her and Nolan.

" Hey, how are you" we said Waking up to her, I felt guilty when we saw her looking around. Did she think we were going to bring him. We didn't bring him right away just incase she didn't want to see him.

That would hurt Nolan possibly to the point he doesn't want to try ever again.

We all walked in and sat down where I noticed she had two young boys, both holding envelopes in their hands.

Mom nodded over at me as she started to speak with Natasha.

"hey boys, shall we walk around" they both nodded jumping up and leading the way outside. They led me out into the garden where there was a massive trampoline.

They were quite well behaved boys, no doubt they have been told to behave.

"I'm chad" the older one said sticking his hand out to me, oh man the manners.

" Tristan" the other one followed.

" shall we jump" their heads spun on hearing my request, they probably didn't expect me to say that but I'm not too old for a trampoline.

I joined them and kicked off my shoes and climbed up. we all started jumping, the boys showed off their skills by doing some flips.

" Are we going to meet our uncle today?" Chad asked. I slowed down the jumps and sat down with my legs crossed.

They both sat down as well.

"its up to you and your mother, you can imagine how scary this must be right" they both nodded in understanding.

" Do you want to meet him"

They both paused before nodding " yes"

That's the only answer I needed. I slowly took both their hands and we headed back inside to join their mom. When we stepped inside the boys rushed over to console their teary mother. She was shaking a she read a letter from Nolan.

Mom turned to me. "Make the call" she mouthed.

I slowly brought out my phone and was welcomed to numerous messages from Nolan.

How is it.

Are you there yet, what happened?

Please tell me they want to see me.

I pasted the address and sent it to him. I watched the three dots appear signalling he was typing to me.

I thought about it hard and long, but I didn't feel right having this happen without Cole here. He did technically help this happen and I think he would really enjoy watching this unfold.

I searched his facebook and started typing.

Hey Cole, I don't know if you remembered meeting Nolan but we managed to find his family and are about to reunite them and I was just wondering if you wanted to be a part of it, I'm sure Nolan would really appreciate that.

I waited a few minutes and since he was online he read it instantly.

Sure, message me the address

So I did. His response was not the greatest if I'm being honest but I wasn't going to worry about it. This will probably be the last time I message him for something as long as he's with Montana.

Mom suggested that I meet Nolan and cole at the door to make sure he's alright and calm.

Cole was a gent and picked up Nolan so they arrived together in Cole's car. I walked over and met Nolan, he looked good in a simple black tshirt and jeans, we managed to give him some nice clothes to wear.

Cole wore a simple pair of dark blue jeans with a hoodie.

" how do I look, should I change oh this is ridiculous" Nolan rambled on as he got out of the car. Cole switched off the engine and walked around. He placed his hands on Nolans shoulders. " chill Nolan, you've got this. this is your family you don't need to be worried" he comforted him.

I smiled at cole.

" come on, they're dying to see you" I said all giddy as I pulled at Nolans arm with cole next to me.

We slowly walked towards the house. The boys sat on the steps next to both my mom and theirs. Poor Natasha was an actual mess.

I held firmly onto Nolans hand until we met them at the steps. Natasha took one step before wrapping her arms around Nolan who could only stand there. I guessed he was in shock and that was understandable. Cole reached out and tugged me to his side leaving me to give Nolan his space.

" I'm so sorry" Nolan said as he finally let his arms wrap around Natasha. They weren't thinking about it anymore but rather just enjoying the moment.

" I'm just happy your alive, god Nolan you had me thinking you were dead" Natasha full on sobbed against her older brother.

I can only imagine what she feels right now finally having her older brother hugging her, talking to her.

"oh please meet my sons Nolan. This is chad and Tristan. Boys this is your uncle Nolan" Natasha said pulling back and letting the boys walk between them. Nolan very slowly bent down and took a long look at the boys.

"we're really glad your alive Uncle Nolan" they said together, their hands reaching out to hug Nolan who was just staring at them most definitely mesmerised.

"Why don't we all talk inside " Mom said as she clapped her hands happily.

" Thanks for inviting me" Cole whispered bending down to my ear. Thanks to his ridiculous height I was nothing compared to his height. Stupid basketballers.

"no problem, thanks for coming for Nolan " I said back, I didn't want him to think this was my way of making friends or any other ulterior motives.

"wait" he walked up, blocking me from going anywhere. I paused waiting for him to say something else.

"Are you okay, I thought we could grab something to eat " I closed my eyes for a few seconds.

" I'm fine. I'm not really hungry but you go" I told him waving it off.

I hoped that he wouldn't push anymore.