Page 60 of Loving Bad

"You look tired," Matthew remarked when I entered the kitchen still dressed in my pajamas. I gave him a slight shrug as I poured some coffee into my cup.

"Your brother phoned this morning to check up on you," he revealed to me. I ignored him. I'd made it clear the night before that I wasn't talking to my brother. The fact that my phone was still off should have given my brother the clear message that I still didn't want to talk to him.

"I still don't want to talk to him," I reminded him even though I knew at some point I would have to switch on my phone and go through all the messages from Connor. I felt an ache in my chest when I wondered if Sin had tried to call me. I tried to push the thought from my mind.

"Morning," Jordan muttered as she entered the small kitchen was well.

"You guys are like little dwarves this morning," Matthew said as he leaned against the kitchen counter and took a sip of his coffee.

Jordan and I shared a questioning look before looking expectantly at him.

"You know, the seven dwarves," he added.

"You're Grumpy," he said while looking at Jordan and then his eyes shifted to me. "And you're definitely Sleepy."

Our only responses were to glare at him and he quickly moved out of the kitchen to the living room a safe distance away from us.

"He is far too chirpy in the morning," mumbled Jordan as she got a cup and poured coffee.

"He is a morning person," was all I said.

"So are you going to sort things out with Sin?" she asked, watching me for my reaction. She didn't know the whole story. She'd probably assumed it was just a disagreement that could be easily fixed, but it wasn't that simple.

"I don't think it can be sorted."

I was tired and feeling a little raw. I really hoped I wasn't going to bump into him at college today.

"I know that I warned you off him," she started. "And trust me, I never in a million years thought I'd be saying this, but he is different with you."

I dropped my gaze to the floor, unable to look her in the eye.

"Don't sweat the small things."

I looked up at her. She had no idea last night hadn't been about something small—well, at least it wasn't small for me. Normally I kept most things to myself, but I had a need to share some of the weight on my shoulders and she might not be as sympathetic to Sin when she found out what he'd done.

"He told me a little bit about his past and he wanted to know about my past," I began to explain, "but I didn't want to tell him."

I let out a sigh. She knew how I was about my past.

"He pretty much told me that we were done when I wouldn't open up to him."

"That's a bit harsh," she said, frowning.

"Then my brother went to go and see him," I revealed and she looked a little shocked.

"What did your brother say to him?" she asked.

"He told Sin to stay away from me," I revealed with a shrug.

"That's out of line," she said frowning.

"You're right, it was out of line. My brother's little visit made Sin look into my past and he found out...everything," I said with a little emotional hoarseness in my voice.

A few moments of silence turned into a minute.

"I'm not one to defend Sin, but maybe he did it because he cares about you."

I bit my lip, contemplating what she said.