𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲; 𝐭𝐰𝐝

𝐭 𝐞 𝐧

Rory

"I do miss my Maytag." Carol sighs, dunking a shirt into the water before taking a brush to it.

"I miss my Benz, my sat nav." Andrea says.

"I miss my coffee maker, with that dual-drop filter and built in grinder, honey." Jacqui adds.

"I miss Ritz crackers." I shrug, I had been craving them for the past week.

"I miss my computer." Amy sighs

"I miss my vibrator." Andrea whispers to us. my mouth drops open.

"Oh my god." Amy erupts into a fit of giggles. Carol looks behind her a bit before leaning in.

"Me too." The laughter grows louder with her response.

"What's so funny?" I stop laughing, feeling uncomfortable with Eds gaze on us now. Andrea looks back at him before rolling her eyes.

"Just swapping war stories Ed." she replies. Taking a shirt she dunks it in the water before handing it off to me. I gently squeeze the water out of the shirt.

"Problem Ed?" Andrea stands up, looking at the man who had gotten closer to the group.

"Nothing that concerns you," he shrugs. "You oughta focus on your work. This ain't no comedy club." Excuse me, are we not allowed to talk to each other now?

"Tell you what, you don't like how your laundry is done, you are more then welcome to pitch in and do it yourself." Andrea throws the wet t-shirt at him. I watch as Ed harshly throws the shirt back.

"Ain't my job missy." Amy gets up beside Andrea, ready to defend her and I get up next to Amy getting ready to do the same.

"What is your job? Sitting around on your ass and smoking cigarettes?" I question, crossing my arms over my chest. He looks at me.

"Well it sure as hell ain't listening to some uppity smart mouth bitches! Tell you what, come on!" Ed reaches for Carol, but we stop him. "Lets go!" He demands and I shake my head

"I don't think she needs to go anywhere with you Ed." I pull Carol back before she could go with him.

"And I say it's none of your business! Come on, now! Ya heard me!" Carol sends me a pleading look and I shake my head, holding her tighter.

"Don't think that just because you're a woman I won't lay your ass out!" Ed snaps at me. My confidence withers away a bit and I protectively put a hand over my stomach. With my grip loosening, Carol untangles herself from me.

"You'll come on now, or you'll regret it later." Ed grips her harshly. I gasp moving forward and catch her hand.

"You don't have to go!" I say

"You don't tell me what! I tell you what!" Ed snaps, throwing his hand back into Carols face. I gasp as she lands into my arms. I hold her tightly, planning on not letting go anytime soon.

I watch as Shane comes from playing with Carl and grips the back of Eds shirt before pulling him to the ground.

"Shane! Shane! Stop you're gonna kill him!" I let amy hold Carol as I rush to stop Shane. I grip his fist, stopping his from landing another punch to Eds bloody face.

"Listen to me," he gets closer to his face. "You ever hit Carol, Sofia, any woman ever again, I won't stop next time." He gets off of him and before he walks away he spits next to him.