In The Woods

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Jahseh POV

I woke up to the sound of my front door closing. I sat up quickly and listened to see if  could hear anyone. There were light footsteps that sounded like they were going towards the kitchen. I put on my ski mask and grabbed my gun. I slowly and quietly made my way towards the kitchen and stopped at the end of the hallway to peep into the kitchen. I still couldn't see anyone so I leaned forward a bit but lost my balance and fell flat on my face. I groaned in pain but stopped when I heard a small giggle. I stood back up fast as fuck and pointed my gun at them. 

"You're an idiot." Xenia said as she started laughing a bit harder. Shit, I forgot she lived here. Don't judge okay I've been in the house alone for almost a year now and she's been here for what, like two days?? Give me a break. Anyways, I took off my ski mask and lowered my gun. It's not funny." She shook her head and laughed some more. "Yes it is dude." I just rolled my eyes and walked back to my room to put my gun and ski mask back. I looked over at the time on my phone. 7:53 AM. I made a weird face and went back into the kitchen where Xen was washing the dishes she just used. "Hey Xen, why did you just come through the door at almost 8AM?" She turned off the water and looked over at me. "Oh, I uh- Ski came by and took me to get decorations for my room." I thought about it for a second. It takes about two hours for ski to get out the woods and on the way back in. That means he would've had to come pick her up at 3AM at the latest... that seems a bit fishy to me. "So he came to pick you up at 3 in the morning..?" She hesitantly nodded her head. "Yeah, I couldn't sleep so I called him and he said we could go ahead and get it over with." She started fidgeting with her necklace. She's lying. I nodded my head. "Oh, Okay."

I left the kitchen and headed over to the bathroom to take a shower and brush my teeth. About 30 minutes later, I opened the bathroom door with my towel wrapped tightly around my waist. On the way to my room, I passed Xen's room and noticed something. It still looks the same. There's no decorations at all. Now I KNOW she's lying. I went into my room and threw on a pair of boxers and black sweatpants. I came into the living room where Xen was sitting on the couch watching Jerry Springer. "Xenia." She quickly snapped her head towards me. She could probably sense my annoyed tone. She stared at me waiting for me to continue. I sighed. "Why did you lie to me?"

Xenia POV

Shit. I'm such a bad liar. "What are you talking about?" He stares at me quietly for about 30 seconds before speaking. "There's no new decorations in your room. And it doesn't make sense to go decoration shopping at 3 in the morning." I stayed quiet. I didn't know what to say. He sits on the recliner across from the couch and looks at me. "Care to tell me why you were really out?" I sighed. "I'm sorry. I was up all night thinking and thinking and I just couldn't sleep so I called ski and he said he would come talk to me and comfort me but he didn't want me to tell you because he thought you would get mad or something I don't know. Im sorry." He looks over at the TV but I could tell he was thinking really hard. "I'm not mad," He pauses and thinks a bit more. "Why couldn't you talk to me about it?" I look down and fidget with my fingers. "I don't know." He sighed and looked at me again. "Xen, are you fucking ski?" My head shoots up and I look at his expression to see if he's joking. He's not. He's staring deep into my eyes as if he's trying to see if I'm lying. I shake my head. "What?! No, absolutely not! Are you crazy? Ski is like a whole 5-6 years older than me!" He stares at me for a bit before responding. "Okay." 

Skip to around 12am...

Jahseh's POV