𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐁𝐈𝐃𝐃𝐄𝐍 || 𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐘

chapter 38

i sat on annalise's bed next her her, and hazel. i explained everything that had went on in my life the past few days, since i had skipped school and basically ignored them for awhile, i knew i needed to tell them what had happened, and so i was.. even if it hurt me all over again.

"- i haven't read the letter yet... i don't know if i should. but yeah, that's what happened."

the two sat with wide eyes and seemed at a loss for words, which only made me chuckle. "...guys?"

hazel pulled me into a hug immediately, rubbing my back to comfort me. she always did this, at times when she didn't know what to say she would just hug me, and i loved it about her.

annalise on the other hand, "what the fuck? anthony was trying to hide it.. or what?"

with a breathy laugh, hazel and i pulled away and hazel slapped anna's arm. "i don't know, he said i couldn't be there." i answered.

"do you think he did it?" she asked, and hazel shook her head, again slapping her with a "anna!"

i hadn't even thought about that before, but i remembered the car that had sped off before i walked into the room... and even though i didn't know anthony, and he seemed be a drugie from the two times i did see him, he didn't seem like an awful guy. so, no. i don't think he did it.

"no." i blankly replied, shrugging as i laid down on my stomach, the twos eyes still on me.

she gave me a sarcastic suspicious look, but quickly shrugged it off and said 'okay.' and then i felt it get awkward between the three of us, and i hated that feeling, so, maybe not being the best question to ask at the time, it was the first thing that came to mind.
"so, hazel.. how are you and your mom?"

anna's head whipped back over to me, her eyes a little wide while hazel chuckled the tiniest bit, "uh... we're better?"

i slowly nodded at her unsure answer, i had put off asking her for quite sometime, just because i'm not exactly sure what had all went down, givin i was drunk when she actually told me.

"..better than we was, at least." she added, giving both me and anna a nod of reassurance.

"she still saying all that shit?" anna asked her, getting up from her bed.

i raised an eyebrow, trying to remember what exactly 'all that shut' is, while getting up to follow anna after hazel got up.

"she hasn't in awhile." hazel shrugged, the three of us entering anna's kitchen.

i shot anna a look of confusion, and she sent me a wave, basically saying 'later' without saying the words.

for some reason, anna's mom left the three of us alone, along with anna's little brother... i don't really know why she trusts us to watch him, but she does.

"malani." liam came from running from the hallway, and stopped at the fridge to eye me.

"liam." i responded in the same 'intimidating' tone.

"you haven't left yet?" for an eight year old, he sure had an attitude.

"obviously not." i watched as he walked over to the pantry, and struggled to reach what he wanted, so with a chuckle i stood up, and made my way over to him.

"haven't grown yet?" i grabbed the cheezits and handed them to him.

he reached up, and smacked the back of my head before running off to his room with the cheezits.

again, for an eight year old, he is short. he's barely grown since he was like six, and for as long as he's 'hated' me, i've made fun of him for being short.

"anna, do you have pickles?" hazel stood up and walked over to me, searching through her fridge before pulling out the pickle jar.

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"i'm gonna beat your ass."

i had my back pressed against the front door as i tried to close it fully, to lock it, so it would be much easier to 'lock' ashtray out.

"alright, move so i can open it." i told him, and waited for him to move.

"i'm not fucking stupid, you move." he kept trying to push the door open, which was working more than i'd like, so i panicked and waved fez over, "fez! help me!"

he threw his hands in the air, shaking his head, "fez, help her and i'll beat your ass too." ashtray quickly stated.

"okay, seriously.. move first and i'll let you in." i york him again, and smirked to myself as he got quiet for a second, before taking a step back and i immediately closed and locked the door.

"malani!" ashtray shouted, fez and faye chuckling as i sped off to his room, trying to beat him to the back door.

"fuck no." i heard as the door flew open just as i tried to close it, and ashtray walked in.

i took a step back, sending him a small smile before running out of his room, making sure to close his door on my way out to slow him down.

"malani! close one more fucking door." he yelled behind me, making me let out a loud laugh, but out of breathe i was slowing down, so i quickly went to my room, but since there was no lock i gripped onto the door handle and leaned a little, hoping the tighter i held it, it would stay closed.

but the door slowly opened and i fell on my ass, making me let out a loud groan. "ow."

i heard him laugh, before he picked me up bridal style and threw me on the bed.

i had no clue on what he planned to do, but i held my hands up quickly, "wait! okay, truce!"

he stood over me, before rolling his eyes and shaking my hand, and then dropped on the bed next to me.

we both caught our breathe, before he pulled out a piece of paper from his sweat-pant pocket and handed it to me. "you know, you forgot this in my room."

i eyed the paper, slowly taking it out of his hands, and once i saw, in big letter, "malani." i realized what it was. "oh, yeah.."

he furrowed his eyebrows, and then stood up, putting his hand out for me to grab, "wanna watch a movie?"

i smiled, grabbing his hand and nodding, "sure."

AUTHORS NOTES:

may or may not be ending by the next chapter or two..

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