A ǫᴜᴀʀᴀɴᴛɪɴᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇ sᴛᴏʀʏ

12

Location: Party
Time: 5:30 Am

Q'anna

I look and I see that it was Desmond who caught the bullet. Right smack middle in his forehead. I hold my tears and make my way upstairs.

Once I make it to the top I feel a sharp pain in my foot. I probably stepped in some glass. I ignore it and keep pushing.

I scan for Lante but I don't see him.

I see so much blood and dead bodies. I try not to cry.  Desmond didn't deserve to die. Those bullets weren't for him. That could have been me.

I shake out my thoughts and finally make it into the bathroom. I open all the cabinets and and search all around until I find it.

Remembering I stepped on some glass I grab some tweezers and pull out the pieces. I pour some peroxide on it and wait a few seconds.

A few moments later Lante busts into the bathroom.

"𝑀𝑎 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑑?, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒? 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑡?"

I notice he has blood stains on his clothes.

"𝐼𝑚 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝐿𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒 𝑖 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐷𝑒𝑠𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑑"  I say curtly.

" 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑚?"

"𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑖 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑢𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑚, ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑖 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑓"

He nods and doesn't say anything more.
" 𝐼 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦𝑒𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓, 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑚 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑔𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑦!"

He looks at me confused.

"𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢"

"𝑄'𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡?"

"𝐶ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑛𝑎𝑝..."

He pulls out his phone and looks.

His face turns red. "𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑑𝑟𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑑"

He lifts up his shirt. He has bruises and bite marks all over him leading down to his lower area.

"𝑆ℎ𝑒- 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢?"

He nods. "𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑖 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑢𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑥 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙"

Yet I'm over here mad at him. I grab him and hug him.

"𝐼𝑚𝑚𝑎 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ, 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑔𝑢𝑛"