Chapter 1: The answer

...Alex just glares at me without responding. I slam the rest of my clothes into the bag. "I'm leaving." I declare out loud like it wasn't obvious.

His hard ice blue eyes tears away from my face slowly and looks down at my bag then slowly back up to my face causing my heart to leap.

After a few more silent seconds, he unfolds himself from leaning against the closet's door frame and quietly walk over to the bedroom door. Meeting and holding my startled gaze, he reaches over and slowly turns the lock on the door. "No you aren't."