Chapter 180 - Grounded

"Hey dude, what are you saying? I am not just banging her or anything like that, we are legit dating for months now," Calvin snapped and took several steps backwards just in case Noah would throw a punch right on his handsome face. 

With a huge frown on his face, Noah hissed, "What? Dating? You gotta be kidding me." Without waiting for anyone's reply, he snapped, "What makes you think that I will believe you? And don't tell me that you tow haven't...yet—"

Giving him a half shrug, Calvin awkwardly answered, "Well now that is—"

Snapping his fingers at them, Noah started freaking out all over again, "Ah huh see, I told you. You are so dead Calvin and you are going to be more dead when I tell Sebastian about this." 

"Noah you can't—"

Cutting Ava off, Noah fumed, "Zip it young lady because you are grounded." 

"What? You can't ground me just like that,' Ava snapped, she knew that the situation in which Noah found out about her secret relationship with Calvin wasn't favourable or big brother friendly but she was still expecting some kind of support from him because according to her personal analysis, Noah was more understanding and cooler than Sebastian. 

"Oh yes I can and guess what? I just grounded you." Without giving Ava a chance to retort, Noah added, "And there is no way you are going back to his place and living with him, you are gonna stay here with me right under my nose."

"Well, why don't you keep her inside your pocket or even better, build a cage for her and just keep her there," Melissa snapped before placing her hand on Noah's shoulder. 

"Honey they—"

"You are behaving all weirdly again Noah so what have I asked you to do when you can't think straight about something?" 

"Take deep breaths and repeat it ten times," he answered. 

"Yes, now I want you to do that and listen to what I say, okay?" When Noah nodded his head and started with his breathing exercise, Melissa continued, "You can't just draw a conclusion to anything without learning about the entire truth. What if they are not just doing it for pleasure sake but are actually and legitly dating each other? And what if they actually love each other?"

After completely his self calming exercise , he inquired, "But its Calvin honey and you know how he—"

Cutting him off, Melissa rolled her eyes, "Oh please Noah just stop with that shit, you also a jerk like him before you met me. I mean, if Sebastian would have said this, I would have definitely given it to him but you also know what the reality is. Love changed you, didn't it?" When he nodded his head, she added, "Then maybe it changed Calvin as well."

"Yes it did, I am a very very changed man now." Without waiting for any sort of reply, Calvin continued, "Like previously, turning me on was very easy but these days, only Ava can do that so—" he stopped midway when both the women glared at him and it scared the shit out of him. 

"Seriously, say another word and I'll kick your ass without Noah's help," Ava threatently whispered. 

"Babe what did I do?" 

Glaring at him, she gritted her teeth, "You are telling a brother that only his sister can turn you on? Did you drink something inappropriate early in the morning?" Without waiting for his reply, she added, "Let Mel do her thing and calm Noah down first and then we'll talk."

…..

Ellie's apartment 

"Why don't you just leave this place?"

Opening the windows of the living room, Ellie answered, "Hmm I guess not, my parents might visit me so I need to keep this place just in case—"

"Well, we have enough rooms in our real place so I don't think so that is a real problem." 

Nodding her head in agreement, she smiled, "Yes, you are right and I can be like 'Hi mom and dad, this is my boyfriends place, so please make yourselves comfortable here', it will be so much fun and my parents will happily and willingly stay with us." 

Taking off his coat, he chuckled, "Well, the way you said it sounds very inappropriate but I really don't mind them staying with us."

Wrapping her arms around his waist, she smiled, "There is nothing much to grab from here, I just need to pack my clothes and a few other things from the bedroom so why don't you go in there and I'll make us some coffee." 

"Do you think we should have got some bread?" 

Helplessly skating her head, she chuckled, "Do you think about anything else other than bread, butter and everything else that makes the sandwiches?" 

"I think about you all the time, in fact, I think about you even if you are near me." 

Patting his cheeks, she sighed, "You are getting better with the lines everyday." 

"That wasn't a line honey, that is exactly how I feel." 

Lightly pushing him away, she made her way towards the kitchen. "I'll be there in a minute." 

….

Inside the bedroom.

Taking out a bag from underneath the bed, Sebastian placed it on the bed and made his way towards the cupboard. 

As soon as he opened it, his eyes landed on a very familiar dairy. 

Taking it out, he scoffed before mockingly flipping over the hard front cover. How could he forget about Ellie's diary which he had read a few months ago and also about Craig on whom the entire context of the dairy revolved. 

Raising his brows, he randomly flipped over the pages and grunted, "So what if your name is all over this dairy? It also doesn't matter whether you have dimples and I don't because Ellie is my girlfriend now and you are some random guy who couldn't make it to her heart successfully. So I completely out shadowed you which made me the winner."

Thrusting his fist in the air, he howled, "In your face you dimple guy." 

"What on Earth are you doing Seb?" Ellie chuckled.

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