Chapter 23

"Fucking pricks." I grumbled under my breath. I froze in place when I heard the familiar squeaking of my bed springs. I had totally forgotten that Aurora was asleep behind me. Well, was asleep behind me. I doubt she stayed asleep through the duration of that fight. "Why are you looking at me like a scared mouse?" She giggled out once I'd finally turned around to face her. I released the breath of air I'd been unknowingly holding in before sauntering over to her, one small step at a time. "I wasn't sure how you would react to violence. It won't happen again." I admitted vehemently, afraid that she'd react like my mother and sisters do whenever I came home bloody from some stupid fight at school. "I don't know what you're talking about. It gets me all hot and bothered to see you defending my honor." She flirted playfully. A huge grin broke out on my face at her words. Pulling her up into a sitting position, I slipped my way-too-big t-shirt over her