Drug of choice - ashtray

XXIII

"How do I look" I asked,showing ashtray my outfit.
"Like your going to your fucking prom, not a play"he said
"Good" I said turning back to the mirror beaming
"You know, I helped write that play"I said
"Yea,you've said, like a million times"ash said rolling his eyes.
"And I'm saying it again"I shrugged
The dress I wearing was an maroon colour and made of wool. Ashtray looked up from his phone and stared at me, then he looked curious, he was staring at my dress intently.
"What" I asked
"Come here" he said
I walked over and he didn't get up, I rolled my eyes and kneeled on the bed next to him.
He played with the fabric on my shoulders.
"Did you put this in my dryer?" He asked
"Huh" I said and looked down, looking closely I realised the fabric was frayed.
"You need to hand wash this with lukewarm water, then let it air dry, now it's fucked" he said, looking almost offended
I stared at him flabbergasted.
"It looks fine!" I said
"It looks cheap!" He said
"Sorry dr laundry, didn't realise how personal it was" I said, not believing he was actually annoyed.
"Take it off!" He said
"Okay" I said with a flirtatious grin
"Fuck-no. Go in the bathroom and take it off!"
"Ashtray your a fucking dad!" I shouted at him as I walked away.

I walked back in the room and threw it at him.
He came back 20 minutes later and hung it up to dry.
"What did you do?" I asked
"Fixed it" he shrugged.
"Your cute" I giggled
"How's that cute!" Ashtray asked, fed up of my bullshit.
I looked taken aback.
"You need anger management or something"I said incredulously.
"Yo ash get the door man" fez shouted to ash.
"Yea ash get the door" I teased
He picked up the pillow and went to smother me with it.
"Ash!" Fez shouted when ashtray didn't come.
He got up and threw the pillow at me. I just carried on laughing
He looked back and glared before he left the room.
He returned back looking panicked.
"Who was it"I asked
"Custer" he said
"What?" I asked when he still looked paranoid
He nodded for me to get up, which I did immediately, seeing his urgency.
He grabbed my hand and led me to a space where Custer and Faye where in eyeshot.
Faye leaned down so Custer could whisper something in her ear. It looked extremely suspicious to say the least, he looked over at me and gave him a look to assure him I knew what he was thinking.
"Yo Faye, come here for a split second" fez shouted
"I'll be right there" Faye said.
Custer was still looking around, paranoid.
Ashtray whisked away before I could stop him.
He picked up a pocket knife off the table and I ran down towards him.
I grabbed his wrist that was holding the knife by his side.
"Ashtray,no!" I said
He yanked his wrist of my hand and I tried to reach for it again but this time he grabbed my wrist and slammed it into the wall. He had a blank look in his eyes and i tried to hide the fact I was scared.
"Stop it" I whispered
He hesitated for a second then let go and turned around abruptly. Walking towards Custer.
My heart stopped in anticipation. Then he sat down, hiding the knife in his sleeve.
I stayed and watched for a while, before deciding what to do.
I walked towards ashtray and Custer. Ashtray was staring intently at Custer.
"How you doing, playa" Custer asked ash, who ignored him.
I sat down on the arm of the chair.
I looked over at Faye who looked tense.
What the fuck was going on.
"Alright,uh. Im finna head out" fez said
"Wait your uh, your leaving" Custer said
"Yea, I'm about to leave right now" fez said
Then he picked up on the atmosphere.
"Is-is everything good?" He asked
"Yeah before you go bro I really got to talk to you about something" Custer said.
"Like what, man" fez asked
"Everything" Custer said simply
"The fuck is you talking about bruh?" Fez asked
"Bro...the fucking cops found mouses body"Custer said.
Faye dropped a cup.
We all jumped.
"Sorry" she said, leaning down to pick up the pieces.
"Did you hear what I said" Custer asked
"I thought you told me that Laurie killed mouse, right" Faye said.
I looked at ash who returned to confused look.
"Wha- I never said that. What are you talking about?" Custer said
"Yeah, you know, Laurie? The drug dealer that lives off the apartment complex off kemper. You where the one who told me she killed mouse" Faye said
I shared another glance with ash. He squinted at me then at fez.
"I never said that" Custer said
"Yes you did" Faye said
"What are you talking about? Are you high" Custer said
"You know that Laurie and those fucking people scare me why are you protecting them?!" She said to Custer
"I'm not fucking protecting anyone. What the fuck is this" Custer said looking around at us all.
"So your working for Laurie?" Faye asked
"Hey, no. So how about you just shut the fuck up!" Custer said
"Ok, then why are you trying to cover up a murder that she committed" Faye asked
"Alright now, I think it's time for you to get up outta here, big fella" fez said
Ashtray started to sit up. I panicked. I pulled his shoulder back but he shrugged me off.
"Ashtray stop!" I whisper shouted.
"Bro...we gotta figure out what the fuck we're gonna say" Custer said
"Wait, ash. Wait ash no!" Fez shouted but it was too late.
He had stabbed Custer in the neck.
I ran up and grabbed the knife off ashtray while fez covered Custer's mouth to drown out the noise of him choking on his own blood.
Fez signalled for us to be quiet then pointed to the phone on the table.
Me and ash looked at each other terrified.
Eventually Custer stopped choking and struggling.
Fez held his hand out for the phone.
I handed it to him and he walked over and put it in cup of soda.
I collapsed on the couch. Ashtray was panicking about what he had just done. I got up and pulled him towards me. I stared over his shoulder at fez who walked towards us.
"Get out, the cops are gonna knock down that door any second, even if they know that you did this, I'm still going down longer.
"Nah" ashtray whispered.
"Come here" fez signalled for us.
We all put our foreheads together.
"Listen to me, you two go out there and surrender. It's all on me, you hear me?" Fez said
"Nah" ashtray repeated
"They gon come in here, and find me with the knife in my hand, you tell em yall had nothing to do with this shit" fez said
"Listen to me! I did this shit! I killed this motherfucker! You hearing me. Not you!" Fez shouted
"Nah" ash said for the third time.
"Now go wash your fucking hands, I love you two" fez said
Me and ash followed each other to the laundry room. He pulled out a gun and looked up at me. I nodded.
We ran to the bathroom with all the guns and fez saw us.
"Yo! Stop playing! I need yall to walk out this fucking door right now. We not doing this shit, man. How do you think this gon end bruh? Yall tryna die?" Fez shouted
We had made our decision and we where ready to do anything. We put all the guns in the bathtub.
We both had the 2 biggest guns in our hands.
"Come on abbi, give me the gun bruh" fez said
I shook my head.
"Ash, I'm not finna let nothing happen to you two now give me the gun" he said holding out his hand.
Ash shook his head.
"Come on, yall" fez pleaded
We both stood our ground.
"I'm not fucking asking, come on, please!" He said tiredly.
We heard a drill and ash pushed me back then shut and locked the door. We heard fez banging from the other side of the door.
I sat in between ash's legs in the bathtub. He looked down at me terrified.
We heard the door break open. I jumped violently and dropped the gun, covering my ears.
"Don't shoot, don't shoot. There's kids in there." We heard fez shout.
Ashtray cocked his gun as I sunk lower into the tub. He put one arm around me and kept hold of his gun with the other, pointing it at the door.
We heard a loud bang and ash started shooting wildly at the door. I screamed loudly. The police where shooting back through the door.
Fez was still screaming for us to come out.
There was rest and I thought it was over. Then ash started shooting again.
Then the police started shooting.
We could hear fez shouting ash weakly. My heart pounding as I wondered if he'd been shot. All the shooting stopped.
Ash sat up and kissed me.
"I love you" he whispered
"I love you too" I said
Then he hit me with his gun and I blacked out.
For a while everything went dark, then I woke up and could only open my eyes but couldn't move, I couldn't see ash. Then I looked down and saw him on the floor, I couldn't see a billet wound so I knew he had a plan, I heard the doorknob turn and I forced my eyes shut.
"He's down" I heard the cop say.
Then ash sat up and shot he cop in the chest.
I saw the red light travel up ashtrays body and panicked. I jumped out the tub and ran next to him. By the time I got there and lifted up my gun it was too late, then the red light traveled to myself, and everything went black.

I had to rewatch this scene to make this. Your lucky I love yall. Story isn't over remember! Should I make a second book or just do it on this?