The Boy I Knew

The Truth

I wake up to an empty bed. PJ and Madison must have left already. I look over at the alarm clock on PJ's nightstand. It's 10:00. I grab some clothes and go to the bathroom to take a shower. I set my clothes down on the counter and see a note on the bathroom mirror.

Good morning Sweetheart,

Madison and I went to work. There's plenty of food in the kitchen, help yourself. Please make yourself at home, we'll be home between two and four. Depends how productive I am today haha. Anyway, enjoy some alone time. I'll see you later.

Much love,
-PJ

The note makes me smile. I get in the shower and think about what I'm going to do today while Madison and PJ are gone. Even though I can't wait for him to get off work, I'm excited to be alone in this giant ass house. Maybe I'll go for a swim later, but right now I think I'll make some breakfast and watch some tv. I get out of the shower and get dressed in some shorts and a tank top. I put my hair up in a messy bun. I walk into PJ's bedroom, and just when I'm about to walk out of the bedroom, I hear the front door open....PJ can't be home already....Unless he forgot something? I quietly walk out of the bedroom and over to the railing by the stairs. I hear a bunch of moving around downstairs, but don't see anyone. It could possibly be PJ, but I'm still kind of freaking out. PJ has a code to his gate that only certain people know. And since you need a code to get in, PJ never locks the front door. Could someone still sneak in somewhere?

"PJ?" I call out. Nothing. I go back into the bedroom to see if there's anything I can use to protect myself. I look into the closet and find a baseball bat. I grab it and walk back out. I slowly and quietly walk down the stairs. The front door opens again, followed by more noise. There is someone in the mud room.

"H-Hello??" I call out to that direction. Someone emerges right away into the living room. Someone I never would have expected. Melanie.

"Oh holy shit, I didn't think anyone was home." She says, startled. She puts a cardboard box down on the floor next to two others she had already brought in.

"Oh, yeah. PJ's at work, he took Madison with him." I answer as I come down the rest of the stairs to go talk to her. She takes her sunglasses off and sets them on top of her head. She leans on the doorway and crosses her arms.

"Huh, okay, well....I've been going through the house since the divorce and I've been finding a bunch of PJ's shit laying around everywhere so....Here." She says snottily, pointing to the boxes on the floor, conveniently labeled "PJ's shit". I return a bitchy smile back to her.

"Okay, thanks Melanie." I say sarcastically, giving her attitude right back.

"You're sure territorial already, aren't you? Well trust me honey, I'm not trying to steal your man. Just dumping his shit off at his house." She retorts, still with full attitude. We never really came out and told her we were kind of a thing....Well, not really a thing since we're not together, but still.

"Oh trust me, I'm not worried." I say, keeping my shitty grin. She chuckles angrily and shakes her head.

"Well these are just full of clothes and Jackass shit, and some of his stupid little knick-knacks." She says, kicking at one of the boxes.

"Okay, thanks...." Is all I say, nothing else. I'm hoping she gets the hint I want her to leave.

"Okay...." She says, her arms still crossed. We stare at each other for a few seconds before she puts her sunglasses back on and heads out the door....What a surprise that was. I really don't like that she can come in whenever. Not that I don't trust PJ, I just don't like her. I leave the boxes there and go to the kitchen to make myself some breakfast. I sit and eat my breakfast at the island in the kitchen. After I get done I decide to pick the house up a bit. There's still nerf darts and guns all over the floor from last night. I pick them all up and put them back up in Madison's room. I clean the pizza and trash up off the coffee table. I tidy the house up, even though it's fairly clean. PJ is usually pretty tidy, but he can also be messy. I mean after all, this is kind of a bachelor pad. After I get done, it's about 1:00. After that, I decide to go outside and tan for a bit, then go for a swim. After about an hour and a half, I go inside and take another shower. I'm taking in the relaxing sensation of the hot water on my skin, eyes closed, when all the sudden....Someone grabs my leg. I swear I died inside. I scream and pull the shower curtain open to see a hysterical PJ laughing his ass off.