Brittany Hills Chronicles: Act 3

Xion 120

I just wanted to go home; I didn't want to hear his apologies, I didn't want to hear his explanations, I didn't even want to be in his house... Carter followed me while I got dressed insisting that he was just trying to 'help' but I... I finally got my clothes on, there were white spots dancing in my eyes but I finally managed to get outside with Carter right behind me. I hated that he lived so far away because there wasn't any public transportation out here, my only options were to have Carter take me home or wait for a ride. Carter kept trying to help but I was over it, his words were a jumbled mix of apologies and anger that I wasn't talking to him... Y'all know I am a quiet person but the anger that I was feeling growing inside of me... it scared me a little, but the more he talked the more it grew and now I was standing here... my hands shaking with each word he spoke was only adding fuel to my anger. All I could think about was the pain in the back of my head, the blood I could still feel trickling down my neck, the guilt for having pushed him that far, and the anger for feeling guilty about something that should've never gone this far. Carter touched my shoulder gently and I turned on a dime and punched him dead in the eye... there was a moment when I was shocked by my actions and scared of his reaction but Carter quickly pushed his hands in his pockets, even though he was beyond pissed I could tell he felt guilty about what he had done.

"Take me home...." I said looking away from him, right now it was in everyone's best interest if we just separated, we didn't need to be anywhere near each other at the moment and once I got home I would go get some stitches or whatever.

"So we're just not going to talk about what just happened?" Carter asked and I really didn't see the point because it was pretty obvious to me. "Xion you know that shyt was an accident... that's not even how I move and you know that." Carter said, accident or not there was really no excuse for his actions. "Are you good enough to drive? My vision is fucked up..." Carter asked and I continued ignoring him, he better be lucky he was my only way home otherwise I wouldn't even be in the car with him.

The ride to my place was completely silent after that, the silence allowed me to think and I the closer we got the more afraid I became... one thing, one person I didn't account for was my brother Lavercier... I knew the second he saw the blood there would be no talking and despite my anger towards Carter, I didn't want Lavercier killing him which was extremely likely. We stopped in front of the house and it seemed like the coast was clear but I didn't want to take any chances because Lavercier could show up at any.... Oh fuck.... Lavercier pulled into the driveway and got out his car.... What the fuck is he walking over here for?

"Ayy come help me with these groceries." Lavercier said knocking on the window. "Carter that means you too... you're family and that means you gotta help." Lavercier said smiling as he backed up. I looked at Carter and his eye was slightly swollen and the back of my head was still throbbing, I didn't feel the blood trickling down my neck anymore but the pain was still there.... I really didn't know what we were going to do and then Carter got out of the car. "Damn what the fuck happened to you?" Lavercier asked.

"We got jumped...." I said quickly and Carter looked at me like I was crazy. I just wanted to make it clear that I wasn't protecting Carter, I was making sure Lavercier didn't do anything to fuck up his future. "Don't worry you should see the other guys...." I said using the oldest cliche available to me.

"Wait... what? Nah back the fuck up, what do you mean y'all got jumped? By who, where, when? Tell me something because I'm fuckin lost." Lavercier said as his smile faded and he went into 'big brother' mode. He grabbed my face and started checking my head and I could tell he was pissed because his grip kept getting tighter. "Is that why your eye is swollen?" Lavercier asked Carter.

"That's not what happened...." Carter said looking at Lavercier.... I really wished he would just shut the fuck up, but he insisted on making things worse. "We were arguing about him possibly moving and it wasn't intentional but I pushed him and he hit is head on the corner on the stand where I display my shoes...." Carter said quietly.